Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Inventory Strategy Supply Chain Transformation 
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 1, 2023
This includes digital supply chain transformation and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) upgrades. In contrast, those who outperformed were better at strategy and aligned with outcomes. We find that companies with an analytics center of excellence drove progress faster than those with a supply chain center of excellence.
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 27, 2022
In a recent research project, we found that 2/3 of companies had a digital supply chain transformation strategy; however, those that were evolving their strategy performed better during the early months of the pandemic than those that were “clear” on the project plan for a digital transformation.
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Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
As a result, most projects are not clear in scope, with the implementation of visibility as a “functional extension to existing process” lacking a holistic outside-in approach/strategy to sense, respond, and act. I volunteered to write a report on supply visibility. Design an Over-Arching Strategy and Building Blocks.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 3, 2015
When it comes to the management of inventory in value chains, frustration abounds. Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” The supply chain is a complex system with increasing complexity.
Supply Chain Matters
SEPTEMBER 10, 2022
Arthur Valdez, Target ’s Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer since 2016 , will retire from the company but continue in an advisory role through April 2023. Gretchen McCarthy, current Senior Vice President , global inventory management, will succeed Valdez and join Target ’s leadership team.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2018
For the past month, I have been working alongside companies implementing digital strategies. Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. Sometimes, even the definition of a supply chain is not clear. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. ” Incrementalism. I am tired.
BlueYonder
JANUARY 31, 2023
The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and webinars that we prepared for jointly. If the organization is used to doing certain things in Excel, just automating the same process will not be sufficient.
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