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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Driving An Octopus
My Quest To Redefine Planning The focus of many discussion...
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Do You Need a Graph?
Discussion on the promising role of Graph Database to Improve...
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The S&OP Technology Quadry
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a business process. When...
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Why Organizational Alignment is Critical to the Supply Chain Response
Typing away on a beautiful May morning, with the flowers...
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S&OP: Should Not Be a Hammer Seeking a Nail
Currently, LinkedIn is flooded with smiling pictures of supply chain...
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Strategy. Strategy. Wherefore Art Thou Strategy?
This week, I finished a report. It will publish next...
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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.
Over four-hundred days of war in Ukraine. Growing tensions between...
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Side-step Oxymorons to Make Progress in Planning
I need to clear the air. My goal is to...
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Inventory Everywhere, But Not the Right Product to Ship
Rethinking the role of inventory in inflationary times.
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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.
The answer to a simple question of why do consumer...
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Do Digital Your Way. Sidestep the Supply Chain Conquistadors
In a recent research project, we found that 2/3 of...
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Organizational Alignment: Overlooked, but So Important.
When reviewing strategy decks for supply chain teams, I often...
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Four Strategies That Worked
An analysis of four strategies that worked over the last...
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The Fallacy of the Self-driving Supply Chain
Architectural shifts to take advantage of more advanced optimization in...
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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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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?
To drive action, supply chain resiliency needs a clear mission and definition. Improving resiliency requires courage to defy convention. Do you have what it takes?
Not To Be A Losing Pawn
When I was a teenager, I spent afternoons after school with my dad. As he lost his vision to macular degeneration, he taught me to
What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?
Supply management. Supply chain management. Supply chain planning. Are these terms the same? They sound similar, but do they describe similar capabilities? The answer is
