Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Last week, I bought a shirt at Bloomingdales on Walnut Street in Philadelphia for 1$. Business continuity continues to be a risk for many retailers and manufacturers. Wall Street Journal Headline on Retailers Using Containers to Store Excess Inventories. However, with declining customer sentiment, few were in the stores.
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
Last week, I spoke at the CPHA supply chain conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Companies that are good at demand management understand the need for design–form & function of inventory and push/pull decoupling points –and the orchestration of demand to make better decisions in sourcing, transportation and delivery.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 3, 2013
The piece, “CPG/Retail E-Marketplaces: The Emperor’s New Clothes?” It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. The rebirth of marketplace offerings is not on the back of e-procurement or ERP.
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
In March 2020, Real Estate Investor/Tax Analyst Carlos Colon (a Philadelphia native, raised in Puerto Rico) decided to bring an idea of his to life; one which was building in his heart for a long period of time. Soon thereafter, the genesis of #ThankX was born: Concierge Community Couriers (based in our very own Philadelphia)!
ShipBob
MARCH 23, 2020
They will deliver free, fresh salads and bowls to hospitals in the cities they serve: DC Area, Philadelphia, Boston, NYC, SF, LA, Chicago, and Houston. Free hand sanitizer and medical supplies: many retailers’ factories. Sweetgreen is offering free meals to healthcare workers and first responders in the coming days.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
The city of Philadelphia is eerily quiet this morning. I live in city-center Philadelphia. In 2008, the company manufactured 2.5% PCA’s customers were larger food manufacturers. The manufacturers sourced the peanut butter primarily on cost. On the door of my favorite coffee shop is a closed sign.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 17, 2017
Last week I spoke at the CLX Logistics Conference in Philadelphia on the future of Supply Chain Management. Open Source Technologies (Examples include Hadoop, Spark, Kafka). Localized manufacturing. Shipment and manufacturing of the unit of one. Next year’s event will be in Philadelphia on September 4th-7th.
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