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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

As a result, each time someone uses the word, you should ask for a definition. The lack of a common definition of the use of ‘research’ by industry analysts, bloggers, and consortia muddies the market. I struggle to find a good supply chain academic journal, and often speak to my academic network about the need for one.

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Clorox Successfully Implements a Program for Value Chain Segmentation

Supply Chain Shaman

Unlike most supply chain leaders that I coached in this period, he understood that by definition an agile supply chain or a responsive supply chain would not be able to have the lowest cost per unit. A supply chain with the lowest cost per unit is a different design.