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My Response to SAP. Bigger, But Not The Answer We Need

Supply Chain Shaman

The EDI Vans lack multi-tier process canonical (agreed multi-party definitions). We cannot confuse data sharing with the process definition. SAP Ariba started as an indirect procurement network and lagged the market in developing multi-tier process definition.) No network crosses over the source, make, deliver processes.

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Achieving the Value of Digital Twins

DELMIA Quintiq

Defining the Digital Twin Let’s start with some definitions to make sure we have a common understanding of what we talked about. Core to this definition is the ability to simulate and evaluate different scenarios to select the best potential future outcome. Is it Attainable?” That’s why we call it virtual twin.”

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

I did not think that anyone had a clear definition of supply chain excellence. Using new technologies in traditional process definitions reduces the potential for value enablement. Companies want a definitive Return on Investment (ROI), limiting the opportunity to test and learn with new technologies. I disagreed.

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

Due to travel restrictions, I cannot attend many industry events, so I observe from home, watching webinars and remote broadcasts. Before you react, here are some definitions. Figure 1: Definition of Planning Horizons Wrap-up The supply chain planning technology space is ripe for disruption. Surgery is over.

Gartner 346
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Building a Triple A Supply Chain: Ten Tactics That Work

Supply Chain Shaman

In our monthly webinar last Wednesday, I presented these results. During the webinar, a respondent asked me to not present just the facts but to give advice. Let’s Start with Definitions: One of the difficulties in supply chain is the lack of common definitions. This is the goal of this post. Maturity in Analytics.

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Achieving Healthcare Transformation, Powered by Supply Chain

ivalua

According to 2019 Definitive Healthcare data, U.S. Quite often there can be a general lack of spend and vendor management and strategic sourcing activities. Watch a BSW webinar here. To paint a somewhat simple picture: The basics may involve simply building up internal sourcing expertise and addressing basic indirect spend.

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Like A Green Lump of Clay….

Supply Chain Shaman

As I picked it up , I saw a twitter alert welcoming people to the APICS webinar with @lcecere on Agility that afternoon. As we went live with the webinar, I laughed. When I think of the definition of the word agility, I think of Gumby, pictured here. In this blog post, I publically answer the questions from the webinar.