Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Network Design Software Procurement Analytics 
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. While the supply chain technology market lost its allure at the start of the last decade, it is now cool again. Leaders are starting to experiment with new technology approaches giving rise to new spending and interest by Venture Capitalists. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2022
Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.)
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 10, 2025
Technology can change or even improve work. We are not designing work with the human factor in mind. The goal of human factor process design is to make it easy for employees to do the right thing (and hard to do the wrong thing). What’s missing? A recognition of the reality of the current state.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 16, 2014
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. My goal is to understand the impact of technologies and processes. Today, we have a number of burning platforms. It is easier said than done.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
I know that your primary focus is procurement. The issues are largely rooted in politics and the lack of clarity on supply chain excellence. However, few measure it, and no technology is available to drive a learning engine to minimize the bullwhip impact. Or planned orders to purchase orders?) I don’t know.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 29, 2014
The attendees were sitting on the edge of their seats to hear about the next release of Llamasoft software. The market for network design tools was growing at a moderate rate, and most of the market had invested in technologies from either i2 Technologies (then termed i2 Strategist) or Logictools.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 26, 2025
This week, the organization reported that net sales decreased 2 percent to $19.5 It does not fit into traditional supply chain models. With schema-on-read technology approaches, we no longer have to focus on making data perfect. The typical supply chain focuses on cost, which does not translate to value. The result?
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