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Happy Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

It is time to bring Manufacturers, Retailers, and Distributors together with Technology Providers in order to better understand the issues and generate ideas to help build the “network of networks.” Brand owner to contract manufacturer or third-party logistics provider to a retailer.) Decline in Innovation Due to M&A.

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. We are not clear on definition. So, if you use the Supply Chain Insights definition, you might ask, how are we doing commercially against this goal?

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Side-step Oxymorons to Make Progress in Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

Definitions: Oxymoron: The combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness) Juxtaposition: The act of placing words or concepts close together or side by side, for comparison or contrast. True innovation is never defined initially by a mandatory Return on Investment (ROI).) Buyer beware.

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Philip Morris Drives Manufacturing Insights Using A Digital Twin

Supply Chain Shaman

The goal is to transition from fads to drive true innovation. In our pandemic research, we interviewed thirty manufacturers. To gain insights, we interviewed Alexandros Skandalakis, Director of Manufacturing Capacity, reporting to operations/manufacturing globally within Philip Morris. We avoid big buzz words.

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Driving An Octopus

Supply Chain Shaman

Each box has an optimizer that drives output from a model based on a functional definition using enterprise data. The current taxonomy (or frame/models) for the engines does not address the issues of the global multinational manufacturing company. There is no unifying data model; all items are treated equally, regardless of the flow.

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The Courage to Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

The term is a spin-off of the “Big Data” work from the open source innovation of the last decade. As shown in Figure 1, only 3% of companies consider themselves innovators. The obstacles for innovators are intense. Innovation Openness. These definitions are shared in an earlier post.)

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

” The industry is in a groupthink, largely missing the opportunities for breakthrough innovation. Before you react, here are some definitions. The analysis is biased toward large process-based manufacturers in the Gartner network. My question is, “How do we break the conventional norms to drive breakthrough thinking?”

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