Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 29, 2016
The gloomy streets will soon be alive with Mummers to ring in the New Year in Philadelphia. The Mummers Parade is a Philadelphia tradition. As I study research methods, and the market, I realize the lies I’ve spun for prior employers (Gartner and AMR Research) are untrue: The AMR Research Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 5, 2013
It was a sultry day in Philadelphia. Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. There is a lack of clarity on what drives value and metrics are functional. Inventory is often focused on as a singular metric, not as part of a complex supply chain system. Procurement. client meeting.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 3, 2013
In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The widely-held view was that the e-procurement market would fuel the next generation of marketplace applications. The rebirth of marketplace offerings is not on the back of e-procurement or ERP. The debates were heated.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 18, 2015
In discrete industries, the early supply chain organizations reported to procurement. When there is a common reporting strategy, progress in metrics performance at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns is faster. In the beginning, the emerging supply chain concepts focused on functional excellence.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 7, 2015
The company that plays to win does not strive to have the best manufacturing costs, or the best procurement practices; instead, the team focuses on winning together cross-functionally on a commonly held portfolio of metrics. These leaders orchestrate the trade-offs between functions with a focus on shared metrics.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 11, 2015
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.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 15, 2015
I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. Ariba, while mature for indirect procurement, is still not the preferred method for direct material management. As I look below, I see field after field of United States farmland. The land looks like a giant puzzle.
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