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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. Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. There is a lack of clarity on what drives value and metrics are functional.

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Supply Chain: The True Game of Risk

Supply Chain Shaman

Procurement focus shifted from traditional programs focused on solely on contract management, price and term negotiations, and supplier scorecards to include the evolution of supplier development to manage product quality and multi-tier supplier relationships in and across value chain relationships. In my life time, supply chains changed.

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Do No Harm…

Supply Chain Shaman

I have learned that supply chain systems are more complex than I originally thought, and that the relationships between supply chain metrics are nonlinear. They also enable the evaluation of networks for both sales and procurement relationships to optimize the flows upstream and downstream.