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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 14, 2014
When I wrote the book Bricks Matter , I cavalierly penned a chapter on the evolution of supply chain thinking from cost to value. I found this out the hard way when Keith Harrison , contributor to the Forward of the book, asked me to define what I meant by ”value.” E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 9, 2016
Today Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical industry. To build this model, I flew to Arizona to develop it with Carol Ptak of the Demand-Driven Institute. Together, we built this model.
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Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 17, 2013
Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The market shift is towards analytics, but this new market is confusing. They are step change requiring either the redeployment of existing technologies or the purchase of new platforms. Data model structures are the difference between success and failure. The acronyms keep coming….
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
One of my clients waits four days for a custom report. Historically, supply chain processes were functional focused on make, source and deliver. As a result, analytics are usually based on historic data with outputs having a one- or two-day lag. Digital sourcing? Digital path to purchase? It is sad, but true.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. There is also no Santa Claus.
GlobalTranz
DECEMBER 7, 2015
Manufacturers will integrate e-commerce systems with IoT (Internet of Things) initiatives. A recent report by Frost & Sullivan, “The Future of Parts and Service Retailing in the Automotive Aftermarket” , predicts that by 2025, 10 to 15 percent of all global parts sales will be made online.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 15, 2016
Sadly, I find each to have a limited view of supply chain analytics. However, visibility of channel relationships–customer orders and consumption/purchase–in the demand network, or the use and consumption of materials in the extended supplier network, is an ongoing issue. In 2004 Compuware purchased Covisint.
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