Navigating Demand Streams
Traditional supply chain planning approaches push all products through a...
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Thoughts. Selecting Supply Chain Software
Let me start with why I selected a baby with...
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Network Investment. Defining the ROI.
The supply network–shipments and production of trading partners–represents over 70%...
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Outside-in Planning: How To Jump
When teams say that they want to move to outside-in...
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If Only There Was There There
I take supply chain management seriously. My focus is writing...
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Outside-in Process Q&A
On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to...
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Shouldn’t GenAI Mean New Gen?
Can we redefine the work of a supply chain planner...
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Happy Groundhog Day
On February 2, in a small town in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania...
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Are You Caught in Word Salad Dribble?
A discussion on data latency and distortion and why it...
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Making The Case for Value Network Enablement
Another call. Same story. As my client explains that they...
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Congrats to the Winners of the Supply Chains to Admire 2023
The supply chain is a complex, non-linear system. Supply chain...
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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System
In this blog, we challenge traditional thinking to embrace supply...
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Trying to Push Content Above the Noise
In this post, I explore the definition of supply chain...
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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?
To drive action, supply chain resiliency needs a clear mission...
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Not To Be A Losing Pawn
When I was a teenager, I spent afternoons after school...
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What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?
Supply management. Supply chain management. Supply chain planning. Are these...
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Definitions Matter
In my writing, I try to get clear on definitions....
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A short post on the current state of supply chain...
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Battered by Fierce Winds. Will E2open Survive?
Winds and rising tides threaten homes on Rodanthe Beach. The...
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What Does Good Look Like For S&OP?
The journey for S&OP is a road with many ruts...
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Transversing the Paradox River
Here the author struggles with nine paradoxes in traditional supply...
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Reflection: Advice for Supply Chain Technology Leaders Making Today’s Technology Pivot
Seven pieces of advice for technologists making the current pivot...
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Demand Planning: Whipped And Chained by Tradition
In a recent blog post, I was challenged by Anna....
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Untangling The Tangled Web We Weave
How do we use technology to make better decisions? Gain...
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Please Do Not AI This
Thoughts on the application of artificial intelligence to supply chain...
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Navigating The Snails’ Trail: Moving to Outside-in Planning Processes
An overview of the difference between outside-in and inside-out planning...
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The Dance With AI
The evolving promise of AI in supply chain. Getting ready...
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Dancing in the Ring of Fire
This week, I spoke to John. As a supply chain...
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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian
As a contrarian in the supply chain technology market, I...
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Lora Cecere is the Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights , the research firm that’s paving new directions in building thought-leading supply chain research. She is also the author of the enterprise software blog Supply Chain Shaman. The blog focuses on the use of enterprise applications to drive supply chain excellence. Her book, Bricks Matter, published in December of 2012.
As an enterprise strategist, Lora focuses on the changing face of enterprise technologies. Her research is designed for the early adopter seeking first mover advantage. Current research topics include the digital consumer, supply chain sensing, demand shaping and revenue management, market-driven value networks, accelerating innovation through open design networks, the evolution of predictive analytics, emerging business intelligence solutions, and technologies to improve safe and secure product delivery.
She comes to the stage with over thirty years of diverse supply chain experience. She spent nine years as an industry analyst with Gartner Group, AMR Research, Altimeter Group and is now the founder of her own firm Supply Chain Insights. Prior to becoming a supply chain analyst she spent fifteen years as a leader in the building of supply chain software at Manugistics and Descartes Systems Group, and twenty years as a supply chain practitioner at Procter & Gamble, Kraft/General Foods, Clorox, and Dreyers Grand Ice Cream (now a division of Nestle).
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Navigating Demand Streams
Traditional supply chain planning approaches push all products through a common engine to produce time-phased output. The demand stream is analyzed for error and bias, but in traditional processes, companies do not see the patterns. Pattern identification is key to drive successful supply strategies. This is a missed opportunity in traditional approaches.
Thoughts. Selecting Supply Chain Software
Let me start with why I selected a baby with ears for this post. I find that most companies’ understanding of supply chain planning is
Network Investment. Defining the ROI.
The supply network–shipments and production of trading partners–represents over 70% of the environmental impact of supply chain decisions. Despite the importance, the investment in networks
