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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I love photography, and mused as I walked into the shop on that rainy day in Philadelphia. ” I hate buzzwords and try to sidestep hype, but as I held my mug tight in my hand on a cold Philadelphia day, I thought more about the photo shop experience. I smiled when I saw that they still printed film the old-fashioned way.

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week I spoke at the CLX Logistics Conference in Philadelphia on the future of Supply Chain Management. This includes: Sensors coupled with data from the Internet of Things (IOT). Next year’s event will be in Philadelphia on September 4th-7th. Blockchain/Cryptocurrency. 3D Printing.

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Driving Organizational Alignment

Supply Chain Shaman

for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. The conference will feature case studies on crowd-sourcing, robotics, demand sensing, rules-based ontologies/cognitive learning, Internet of Things (IOT) and the use of sentiment analysis.

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

It was a sultry day in Philadelphia. The most mature clients are moving to digital manufacturing based on the Internet of Things (i.e. Last week, it felt like August not May. I found myself counting the street signs to be sure that I was on track for my 8:00 a.m. client meeting. Procurement.

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XX and XY: A Different World in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

It is such a very different landscape than the green mountains of my farm in West Virginia or my city streets in Philadelphia. Digital Manufacturing: How are process manufacturer’s using the Internet of Things to automate process manufacturing, and how are digital manufacturers embracing 3D printing?

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Rethinking the How….

Supply Chain Shaman

It includes Internet of Things, Digital of Everything, and Commerce of Anything. We are working on the completion of our new game– SCI Impact – for the public training in Philadelphia in June and August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. For me, buzzword bingo on Big Data is bad.

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The Lenovo Way

Supply Chain Shaman

We need to be able to monitor and measure the progress of orders across the supply chain – this is even more key as we start to look at the internet of things and the impact of that on visibility and track and trace. For us, it needs to be VISIBLE, FLEXIBLE and AGILE. We hope to see you there! _. Life is busy at Supply Chain Insights.