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In a recent exchange with Lora Cecere on Twitter in which I stated that “agility” is a requirement for any modern supply chain, Lora challenged my statement by stating that there isn’t a standard definition for agility. More precisely, Lora’s point was …
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The new hot topic from the proponents of social, of which I am one, is ‘engagement platforms’. In a blog from August 28 th titled ‘ The New Engagement Platform Drives The Shift From Transactions’ Ray Wang states that: If Business Value And Outcomes Are …
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I want to bring together a number of thoughts in this blog, most importantly the idea that as the practice of supply chain management has aged, there is a more rounded approach to the education and training of people entering the practice. Lora Cecere’s …
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For some months now, I have been discussing how best to measure the value-add of the supply chain with Lora Cecere and Abby Mayer at Supply Chain Insights . Abby has started the Supply Chain Index blog and Lora’s latest blog is titled “What I have learned …
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Control Towers, perhaps the most important concept to come out of Supply Chain Management practices in some time, is a concept in desperate need of definition and description. Aberdeen recently ran a survey of Business Intelligence (BI) looking for …
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Oliver Wight has long been at the forefront of Sales and Operations training and consulting - even to the point that many companies will tell you very proudly that they have attained Ollie Wight Class A certification for a variety of processes. Oliver …
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It is with great surprise that I read about the demise of yet another company focused on supply chain planning, namely the purchase of JDA by RedPrairie for $1.9B. Of course RedPrairie does not see it in this manner. They see this as growth, as …
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It is some weeks since I wrote a blog, but I have been mulling over some ideas, which was triggered by a colleague challenging me on my title of Thought Leader. While this is a personal tale, bear with me because it is about planning, or, more correctly, …
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It should come as no surprise that SCM World recently published findings (from the November 2012 report Apple and Amazon: Lessons for the Rest of Us ) that Amazon beat out Apple in a survey of top Supply Chain executives polled on which had the best …
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It is the traditional period in which people make resolutions and predictions for the next year. I have always followed the path of least resistance and succumbed to the general view that I need to do the same, despite having little confidence that my …
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A couple of weeks ago I came across a really interesting article titled “How Leaders Succeed in an Era of Volatility” in IndustryWeek by Mark Pearson of Accenture . Mark discusses how some US manufacturing companies have recovered more quickly than others …
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Over the last 20 years there has been a huge shift in Operations toward outsourcing, lead primarily by High-Tech/Electronics. This, coupled with rapid globalization not only into emerging markets, but into other developed economies too, has led to very …