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Thirteen Years a Blogger

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the past decades the definition of the supply chain has become narrower with a focus on supply and improving enterprise efficiency which decreases resiliency. Last year, the lovefest was digital supply chain transformation. Investment in Legacy Technologies. The Lovefest with Shiny Objects.

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

In our recent survey on analytics, today 74% of companies are attempting to improve supply chain visibility (as shown in Figure 1). Projects Being Implemented as Part of a Digital Supply Chain Transformation Project. Visibility means many things to different people. What To Do? Use it to educate your organization.

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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

Challenges Traditional definitions of supply chain excellence focus myopically on cost but are too slow in making decisions in inflationary periods. Companies needed quicker answers with better insights, but current organizational processes are slow, putting supply chains on the back foot. Shift in cycles.

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Why Our Goal Should Not Be an Integrated Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

To me, the integrated supply chain made no sense. I believed that planning needed its own system of record and that this definition was distinctly different from a transactional system of record. This goal is at odds with making the supply chain more effective. Transactional systems are vertical by definition.

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What Remains the Same?

Supply Chain Shaman

Make digital supply chain transformation a priority. I define the digital supply chain as “rethinking the atoms and electrons of the supply chain to improve value.” In each of these process definitions, the “What?” So what to do? ” This takes many forms.

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Two Measures: Stock Buybacks and Supply Chain Transformation- Are They Related?

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters editorial commentary this Editor dwells on data relative to U.S. corporations having actually accelerated stock buyback efforts contrasted to ongoing investment needs for supply chain transformation focused on added agility, more improved resilience and augmented technology support.

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Are You Active in the Digital Transformation Drinking Game?

Supply Chain Shaman

While these teams try to piece together the picture, which is difficult, in rooms with few details, overall excitement for supply chain technology advancement is waning. Digital Transformation. As a conference attendee, the discussions of digital transformation for me stretches over the period of 1988-2017. It worries me.