Holiday travel. Packed airports and the children screaming in unison. Today as I sit scrunched into a coach seat in 26C, working on this blog post and
Slowly, more and more companies are waking up to the cold and hard facts. Financial balance sheet improvements cannot be driven by traditional supply chain
It was November. I was speaking at a client site. The topic was customer-centric supply chains. We started the morning by asking attendees to share
The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is over, but we hope the energy to define Supply Chain 2030 is just beginning. Our goal is to
Market-Driven Value Networks: An adaptive network focused on a value-based outcomes. The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with
Functional silos define today’s supply chain organization. The silos compete. They lack alignment, and a result, cannot effectively collaborate. This lack of alignment is an
Today’s supply chain is inside-out. Companies wait and process orders. They cannot sense and respond to demand. It is a struggle. The processes are largely
This past weekend I decompressed and turned off my cell phone. The concept of being on and available all the time– 24/7– wears on me.
Supply Chain Operating Networks: The building of supply chain applications using many-to-many architectures to connect multiple parties to multiple trading partners to improve multi-tier supply chain
This week I am busy packing. It is the same feeling that I had as a child getting ready for camp. For the next 18 weeks
