I was on my way to Peru. I scooted into an aisle seat and sat beside a stranger. He begrudgingly let me slide my bag
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 Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical
Groundhog Day is celebrated on February 2. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a Groundhog emerges from the burrow, then the forecast of an
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.
The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. Historically, the traditional supply chain focused on improving costs. Today more mature supply chain
Understanding the new world of supply chain analytics is my current research project. Using unstructured and stream data is a brave new world. The possibilities of
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
Tomorrow, I am off to Europe. On Thursday I speak on the future of supply chain technologies at an EyeOn conference in Rotterdam. It is the
