
Zac, Don’t Waymo My Supply Chain
Companies use the term autonomous supply chain planning often as a goal without a clear understanding of what it takes. Here we try to explain how it is not a realistic goal today.

Companies use the term autonomous supply chain planning often as a goal without a clear understanding of what it takes. Here we try to explain how it is not a realistic goal today.

The journey to becoming data-driven requires owning the cycle of ingestion, storage, and usage. The adoption of new technologies makes this easier and drives process flexibility in schema and the preservation of semantics.

Semiconductors. Plastics. Coffee. Copper. Building Supplies. Motors. The list goes on and on. Supply chain shortages abound. Today, more than 1% of the world’s container

After a dramatic drop at the beginning of the pandemic, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software public valuations are near twice

When I was six, my mother volunteered me for a new polio vaccine trial. It was risky, but my determined mother took a chance. She

Remember the Peter, Paul and Mary song, Puff the Magic Dragon? It was a song from my youth. While there is a raging debate on

Yawn. I spent time this week completing reference calls on the use of S&OP technologies. Seeking the next sequel in technology adoption, I want to

Over the last month, venture capitalists evaluating the supply chain planning market called 3x/week. I know of five companies for sale. Sharks are in the

My phone rang. Consultants, technologists and ex-analysts called to challenge my position in my last post focused on control towers. I love this type of debate.