Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The first definition of Demand-driven Supply Chains was pushed into the market by AMR Research (now part of the Gartner Group) in 2004. Some supply chains also have inputs from the evolving world of the Internet of Things where machine sensors transmit frequent streams of data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The technology shifts are many: internet of things, mobility, analytics for social and unstructured data, cognitive learning, cloud-based software, canonical integration in B2B networks, e-commerce, and digital images. Too few companies understand the differences between syndicated data sources and the use of channel data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

It is one thing to write it, but it is a horse of another color to defend it. I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. This is the clear articulation of when and how to make, source, and deliver for the community. It is about new models.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2016

In the traditional supply chain world, the processes of sell, deliver, make, source, and plan are separate and distinct. The metrics reward functional thinking. By definition, the silos struggle to align. Definition of Horizontal Processes. This is not an easy transition. The silo’d organization is insular.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

While many technologists wave their hands advocating that Internet of Things (IOT) is the answer, I say not so fast. Won’t we have the same issue for Internet of Things data? ” At the other end of the continuum is the argument that “ Forecast error is the most important metric to improve.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

Starting With Definitions. To help, I wrote a few definitions on the board: Demand-Driven Processes. In 2012 I built on these concepts to define the market-driven value network. The definition: an adaptive network focused on a well-defined value-based outcomes. Definition of Outside-In Processes. The Building Blocks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

Each are good at localized planning within a focused area of demand, supply, network design, transportation planning, material sourcing or finite scheduling. Let’s start with a definition. I find five common definitions: Tight Integration of Transactional and Planning Data. Get Clear on the Definition. Get Started.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 1, 2019

technologies like additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing) and the Internet of Things (IoT). It helps organizations improve fundamental business metrics such as productivity, product reliability, quality, safety and yield, while reducing downtime and lowering costs.”[3] What really makes Industry 4.0

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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. This outside-in orientation needs a definition to make it actionable. The goal is to understand how companies manage sourcing in innovation, compare suppliers and collaborate on design. Reflection. Let’s start with the basics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Is it a coincidence that process industry leaders have standardized on SAP and blindly followed the SAP IT-centric definition of supply chain automation without holding SAP accountable to build effective supply chain solutions for the extended value network? I will let you draw your own conclusions. In 2004 Compuware purchased Covisint.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2015

It includes Internet of Things, Digital of Everything, and Commerce of Anything. Do not force teams to do documented phased process flows and a definitive ROI. However, in the roll-out, do not forget to tackle the change management and the well-embedded process definitions. For me, buzzword bingo on Big Data is bad.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Data integration capabilities: Your supply chain generates data from various sources – inventory systems, production lines, transportation networks, etc. Top-tier analytics software should seamlessly integrate data from these disparate sources, offering a unified view of your entire supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

The winners drive improvement while posting financial results in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter ahead of the peer group. Only 5% of public companies meet the definition for the Supply Chains To Admire for 2016. A Supply Chain Leader will make progress on both of these key metrics with a very tight and controlled pattern.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 30, 2018

There is a lot of work going on in how to use the Internet of Things in buildings to control them, and so we have a lot of investments in this space. We created a visualization platform to focus on internal operational, and customer-facing metrics, which is NOT part of R&D’s scope of work – so we not on your turf.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

High-velocity or streaming data requires different architectures built on non-relational, cloud-based architectures using open source tools like Apache Spark. Or is it the use of the Internet of Things to transform manufacturing or reduce issues with counterfeiting? source Moody’s). The opportunities are numerous.

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Shipsy

JUNE 20, 2017

Key Trends in Gartner Top 25 Supply Chain Rankings 2017 (Source?—?Gartner) Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and advanced analytics have been some of the most disruptive technologies that leaders are adopting. The Rankings Gartner has used three financial and corporate social responsibility metrics for the ranking.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy and sell-side markets) bi-directionally with near-real time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. The question is will this enable E2open to build a solution to deliver on the promise of Market-driven Value Networks (see definition above)?

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

That said, with increased globalization, smart devices, new channels or routes to market, and the Internet of Things, the number of items we want visibility to and the number of partners in our supply chain ecosystem we need information from, has simply exploded. This is technically true but not a complete definition in my opinion.

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 29, 2017

It matters not what your metric is, you get the same results: too much of our trade spend goes down the drain, doesn’t it? Most domain experts will say that there are many causes for why trade promotions fail; but it really comes down to only one major thing: bad intelligence. Bang…deduction!

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

If you’re unfamiliar with the acronym, IoT is short for “Internet of Things,” referring to the online networks of devices and objects, which communicate with other devices in the same network through their connection to data centers. It definitely helps me with inventory management and seeing what’s going on.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

McKinse y, Cap Gemini and the Boston Consulting Group all suggest digital transformation is about applying digital technologies [such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain] to operational processes and creating improvements.

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