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Reflections: Building the Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

Working for a large manufacturer, she was trying hard; but failing, to integrate Ariba, Elemica, and GT Nexus. To help, I set up a series of dinner meetings for Maddy to speak to other manufacturers working on similar problems. In short, a Supply Chain Operating Network reduces latency and improves specific processes.

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7 Use Cases for Hyperledger in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I believe we need to move to Open Source tech. It is unrealistic to think that vendors like Infor, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP will ever work together to erase the dark holes of information in the supply chain. After publishing a series of reports on visibility, I facilitated a dinner between two major manufacturers. The reason?

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Recap: State of the Supply Chain in 2022, Live Chat with Tom Linton

Resilinc

Linton: I’ve coined the term “safe-shoring” to characterize the reduced risks of a supplier network that is closer at hand. They can put strategies in place to change them, to transform them. We had the purchasing power to accomplish that. Once you have your map in place, you can plan for optimization.