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The semiconductor industry has experienced rapid growth over the past few decades driven by leaps in innovation. To meet demand for specialized application devices, US based semiconductor firms realized they needed to become more agile and focus more …
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In November 2009 Morgan Stanley published “The Mobile Internet Report” that outlined the massive uptake of mobile devices over the past few years, particularly Apple’s iPhone. While there is some indication that Android phone activations have caught up to …
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I am often asked what will be the role of social networks in supply chains. I think their potential is enormous, and I think we are seeing an emerging interest in their use in supply chain management. I’m not talking about the direct use of Facebook or …
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Tony Martins at Cyber Supply Chain published a very interesting blog over the weekend titled “ The post-S&OP era – Managing in NOW mode ” that explores the need and nature for more responsive and timely processes. I agree very much with most of Tony’s …
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Several colleagues and I attended the recent LogiPharma 2013 Pharmaceutical Supply Chain conference in Geneva, Switzerland . We were fortunate enough to have a customer, Elisabeth Kaszas of Amgen , speak at the conference about “A Journey to Optimizing …
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Lora Cecere over at Supply Chain Insights has been writing for some time about Conquering the Supply Chain Effective Frontier . Lora characterizes this as a focus on long term resiliency of the supply chain, not just short term cost efficiency. She is …
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It is always dangerous to draw too many parallels between companies, and yet benchmarking is one of the most effective ways of expressing comparative performance. The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 , which was started by AMR nearly 10 years ago, is an annual …
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With good reason there is a lot of focus in the overall IT community on in-memory computing, including the usual Gartner Hype Cycle (subscription required). There is no doubt that over time, in-memory computing and supply chain planning will result in …
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I chose this picture because I was lucky enough to attend the first Supply Chain Insights (SCI) Summit held this past week in Phoenix, which was an eye-opener and inspiring, but also just a little scary. It was a little scary because it shows how much …
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I’m a ‘numbers guy’ and tend to gloss over ‘fluffy’ things like talent. Of course I understand and endorse the three-legged stool of People-Process-Technology and the need to keep the stool balanced by developing all the legs. Consequently when the panel …
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“Many business process directors are under pressure to help make the best possible process-related decisions to ensure desirable business outcomes, business differentiation and continuous innovation.” Sinur J., Schulte R., “Use Intelligent Business …
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This post is a continuation from a previous blog: check out part 1 . A Single Rapid Analysis Capability across Planning and Event Management. Because Intelligent Business Operations ( IBO ) deals with important exceptions, a very rapid analysis …