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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. As I squeezed into the middle seat of a crowded conference room, I got the stare. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The reason?

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) My desire was to make the rankings of the Top 25 supply chain report data-driven based on balance sheet results. When companies were growing, I also discovered that the cost and inventory metrics better aligned with peers.

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Amazon AWS Supply Chain Announces Four Added Capabilities

Supply Chain Matters

The product announcement was made in conjunction with the Amazon AWS re:Invent conference held in 2022. The data is then layered with machine-learning based analytics, reportedly based on Amazon’s noted nearly 30 years of supply chain experience in extracting data from ERP and specialty supply chain applications.

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Let the Design Begin…

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, I spoke at the Llamasoft Summercon Conference. The conference was low-key. They came to Boston to tell us the story of Llamasoft. We laughed, and felt a bit silly, leaving the conference room holding our new furry tchotchkes. I smiled as I began to present the story of the “Metrics that Matter.”

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Supply Chain 4.0: The Supply Chain of the Future

Enterra Insights

Jennifer Overstreet, Director of Digital Content at the National Retail Federation, reports Li & Fung, CEO Spencer Fung, told participants at a 2018 NRF conference, “The supply chain will become faster, digital and more innovative. Predictive Analytics. 3D Printing and On Demand, Additive Manufacturing.

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Will the Downturn Signal an Upturn?

Supply Chain Shaman

Many organizations will play the shell game of reporting forecast error so that the numbers look better: either calculating the forecast at a higher level in the forecast hierarchy (not at the item level) or reporting the data as a Weighted Mean Absolute Error. It was a cold, crisp winter in Boston.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

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. Sorry to break the news.