In the 1980s commercial internet providers evolved. In 2001 Steve Jobs put 1000 songs in our pocket. And steadily, over the last three decades, mobile phones changed the pace of business. In the process, the banks got bigger and business networks grew more complex. In the last decade social networks and new business models evolved. eCommerce and electronic shopping carts drove new forms of commerce. It lifted all boats in…
In a recent post, Time to Paint Outside the Lines , I advocated that we needed to expand our current concepts of supply chain management. I challenged readers to rethink conventional processes and to think outside the lines; to redefine them using the new capabilities of mobile, social, cloud-based computing and more advanced analytics. The post was about the “what.” In a discussion with a client, I was challenged to write about a third…
It happens all the time. IT says to line of business leaders, “Tell me what you need for Business Intelligence (BI), and I will go find the right technologies.” The issue is that we don’t know, and we will not know soon. We only know that applications are changing and that the data is growing exponentially. The answer to the question of: “What is the right data architecture for demand-driven…
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 stained, but the newspaper clippings were marked with telling, cryptic comments. I miss them. I loved his insights. When I was an analyst at AMR Research, they were gifts from my friend Bruce Richardson. He was helping me lighten up my writing and enjoy blogging. I…
There is an elephant in the room. This one is white. No, it is not at your Saturday yard sale. Instead, it is deeply embedded in Information Technology (IT) strategies. You probably built it with sweat and tears. It was most likely purchased as part of a strategy to build an integrated end-to-end supply chain. It is ERP. What is a white elephant? A white elephant is an idiom , a figurative expression, that extends beyond its literal meaning. A white elephant…
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