While supply chain leaders design and fine-tune their networks, supply chain laggards inherit and accept their supply chain networks as a given. Leaders understand the power
Warning! A holy war is raging. It is a religious war. …one of holy factions. It cannot be won, and it is not worth trying.
Last week, I spoke at the S&OP IE event in Boston (http://www.theiegroup.com/SOP/Overview.html). There were 29 speakers. In the course of two days, 80% of the
It was a hot Atlanta day. The temperature in the cab was sweltering. It was the kind of day that makes you feel like
Shhh…. Listen closely. You cannot hear them. They are quietly working. They don’t ask for breaks. When it comes to lunch, they are never late.
With the current economic uncertainty, is it time to step out and to make lasting and meaningful supply chain relationships and unleash the opportunities in the
For about eight months, on Monday morning,he would push the well-worn newspaper clippings under the door frame of my closed office door. They were folded and
It was one of the calls that we all hate to get. My 86 year old mom had broken her hip. The voice on the
As we watched the ball drop on Times Square on New Year’s eve 2000, we witnessed the dawn of a new decade. Those were
It is the longest recession of the last four decades; and economists are gathering to discuss the possibility of a double-dip recession. It will not go away
