Philadelphia Procurement Sourcing Strategy 
Supply Chain Game Changer
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 18, 2015
In supply chain strategy documents, terms like alignment, agility, responsiveness, and flexibility dot the page. In meetings, groups nod their heads that the strategy is correct. However, at a practical level, companies struggle with the implementation of strategy due to a lack of definition. The goal was efficiency.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 5, 2013
It was a sultry day in Philadelphia. Management and planning of the entire network against a value network strategy. Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Recognition of asset strategies in go-to-market plans. Focus is on make, source and deliver together. Procurement. client meeting.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 3, 2018
On Wednesday morning, when I finished speaking at the Foundation for Strategic Sourcing in Fort Lauderdale, an executive from J&J pulled me aside and said, “Our strengths, are now our vulnerabilities.” Strategy to Network Design. Leaders make choices on strategy and these decisions are tied to network design parameters.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 7, 2015
The answer for many teams I work with is to wave their hands and declare the need for an end-to-end supply chain strategy. Building the Effective End-to-End Strategy. While companies believe that there is opportunity to building an end-to-end strategy, there is no standard definition. Figure 1: Supply Chain Descriptors.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 11, 2015
The rising complexity of items sold decreases the organization’s ability to forecast, and the longer lead times across multiple tiers of sourcing and supply, increases the bullwhip impact (distortion of the demand signal across multiple tiers of the value network). This increases risk. Figure 1: Bullwhip Impact.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 16, 2014
These tools allow us to look at sell, source, make, and deliver together. They also enable the evaluation of networks for both sales and procurement relationships to optimize the flows upstream and downstream. On October 15th, I will be speaking on the Qunitiq World Tour in Philadelphia.
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