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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

The gloomy streets will soon be alive with Mummers to ring in the New Year in Philadelphia. The Mummers Parade is a Philadelphia tradition. This thing called research in the supply chain market has many arms and legs. Bimodal Supply Chains Are a Viable Strategy. It is a dark and dismal day.

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Supply Chain: The True Game of Risk

Supply Chain Shaman

For the supply chain leader it is not a game… The stake is business continuity. Gamers do well in the world of supply chain. Designing value networks and managing what-if conditions is fundamental to managing supply chain risks. The move from global to regional supply chains increased risks.

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What Remains the Same?

Supply Chain Shaman

The supply chain leader is incredibly busy and made even busier by having to navigate systems that don’t work well. ” A supply chain leader from GE at another conference said, “Yesterday, we called it big data. Challenge them to build new capabilities working with innovative technology leaders.

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Navigating The End-to-End Journey

Supply Chain Shaman

” While the last decade was all about marketing and commercial processes, with the digital pivot, the supply chain matters now more than ever. The need is a supply chain that is more proactive, agile and flexible. Supply chains respond. Figure 1: Supply Chain Descriptors.

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Do No Harm…

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck. Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. Like an artifact, I have kicked around in the supply chain space since the 1980s.

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Open Letter to the Chief Financial Officer

Supply Chain Shaman

I walked into the event early before my speaking slot and sat down to listen to the CFO of Samsung Europe wrap-up his speech about his supply chain. After his presentation, there was a facilitated networking session on the role of the CFO in supply chain. Supply chain capabilities disappoint.

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Integrated Planning: Is It Rubbish? Be Careful What You Ask For….

Supply Chain Shaman

The combination of weather and the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia delayed all my flights for at least two hours on multiple days. …for 8:00 AM strategy meeting(s) with clients.) Most of the Integrated Supply Chain Planning Projects Generate Rubbish. Supply chain planning is decision support technology.