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Provoking the Industry to Move Past Incrementalism

Supply Chain Shaman

For the past month, I have been working alongside companies implementing digital strategies. Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. In this case, the metrics are operating margin and inventory turns. of revenue on IT are we improving inventories.

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What Remains the Same?

Supply Chain Shaman

Through digital marketing, small brands are cropping up all over, and it is sentiment analysis and digital content driving purchases. Instead, companies need to build it into digital process redefinition like digital path-to-purchase, digital procurement, digital agriculture, digital manufacturing or digital service.

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Do No Harm…

Supply Chain Shaman

Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. On October 15th, I will be speaking on the Qunitiq World Tour in Philadelphia. Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck. They are slow to adapt.

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Integrated Planning: Is It Rubbish? Be Careful What You Ask For….

Supply Chain Shaman

The combination of weather and the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia delayed all my flights for at least two hours on multiple days. …for 8:00 AM strategy meeting(s) with clients.) Buying From the Same Vendor Improves Integration. Lora believes that we are never too old to learn or push for supply chain excellence.

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When The Wheels Fall Off

Supply Chain Shaman

For the prior ten years, as a city dweller in Philadelphia and Baltimore, I walked everywhere. If I do an excellent job at safety stock management, my company will have the right levels of inventory. Call the cross-functional strategy whiteboard meeting, and map the issues over the last year. Material Constraints.