Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). The high-flying company had no clarity of purpose or clear governance, but the funds kept coming. In the Gartner article, I cautioned companies to invest only if three conditions were met: A well-defined scope. Transora had a short history. Let me know.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Then, in 2019, SDS acquired French digital transactions technology company, eServGlobal. The acquisition was key to opening doors to expansion in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Their scalable solutions have proven to help companies reduce their logistics costs and optimize their supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

In this post my goal is to help companies build outside-in processes through a clearer definition. I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 14, 2014

In this edition: Marion Kohlmeier, Head of supply chain planning and project purchasing at Weidmann Plastics Technology. Weidmann Plastics Technology is part of the Techniplas Group and I am responsible for three teams: Logistics planning; pre-series scheduling; and project purchasing. The third team is project purchasing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

Wumdrop is a successful last mile logistics company in South Africa. In 2013, I was working in a media company in Cape Town. I worked at an online media company scrapping content from other sites and selling advertising. I pitched the owner of the company on generating content, he said ‘no.’ Absolutely not!

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I will be speaking and working with clients in wonderful locations in Brussels, China, Germany, London, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. Few companies speak of digital marketing now: it is just assumed. Digital path to purchase? Lora thinks that we are never too old to learn or to push for supply chain excellence.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

According to IDC, most companies lose 20-30% in revenue every year due to bottlenecks and inefficiencies. If companies can’t dynamically analyze and create executable insights from the existing data systems and teams they already have in house, then they simply aren’t ready for any sort of so-called Digital Transformation or Industry 4.0

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