Reflection and Celebration for the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology
The Supply Chains to Admire to is an objective, data-driven...
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Five Things I Don’t Understand
Solutions that we never imagined years ago are emergining, but...
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My Answer to Joe. The Future of APS
Traditional Advanced Planning Systems (APS) are unlikely to become true...
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Teaching Your Organization to Jump
Remember the story of the frog in the pot of...
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Navigating Supply Chain Economic Downturns
In 2007, the average company took six months to sense...
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Warning: Sidestep the Narrative of the Misguided Goldiggers
Ten years ago, I started writing a book titled Stories...
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The Myth of End-to-End Planning
Supply chain planning, supply management, supply chain execution, network design,...
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Lead Time: A Broken Gossamer
If you are struggling with supply chain planning, dancing in...
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Do You Need a Supply Chain Coach?
Supply chain is where the rubber hits the road. For...
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Is your Supply Chain AI Ready?
A simple quiz to assess an organization's AI readiness. The...
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Case Study: A Scrappy Demand Management Approach
This study of Franklin Sports shines a light on the...
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Can We Side-Step the AI Spin Cycle?
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Supply Chain Health Check: The Power of an Orbit Chart
An orbit chart is a powerful tool for understanding the...
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Industry Solutions Should Drive Value Networks: They Don’t Today
Today, companies require industry-specific supply chain solutions. The performance of...
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Are You Writing a Check You Cannot Cash?
Don't let a well-intending, but ill-informed consultant or technologist set...
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The Sad Demise of the Food Industry
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Hooey /hoo͞′ē/: Phooey /foo͞′ē/
This post aims to shed light on a dark, automated...
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SAAS: A Prescription for Success
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Let’s Form a Coalition to AI Smart
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Meet the New Dr. No.
The buyer today for supply chain planning is more conservative....
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Move Your Own Mountain
The journey of AI automation is a path of carrying...
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Don’t Forget To Question First Principles and Design the User Experience
The industry need state requires the redefinition of the current...
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Failure: a Building Block for Success
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My Answer to Vijay
My answer to Vijay on techniques to try to improve...
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The Beat Goes On
A reflection of how we need to unlearn to rethink...
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The Re-Tread Dance with Late Adopters
Building innovation in supply chain requires a new approach and...
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Supply Chain Engineer Apply Here
Definition of a Supply Chain Engineer to Orchestrate.
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Beyond Rabbit Ears on a Black & White TV
When I was a young girl, we received one television...
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Digital Transformation: Where Was the Beef?
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Zac, Don’t Waymo My Supply Chain
Companies use the term autonomous supply chain planning often as...
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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).
Reflection and Celebration for the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology
The Supply Chains to Admire to is an objective, data-driven standard for measuring supply chain excellence and moves beyond industry reputation, anecdotal evidence, and technology claims. Using revenue growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and return on invested capital (ROCE, the research evaluates how companies perform relative to industry peers over time. Here Lora shares information on an upcoming event to celebrate the Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners.
Five Things I Don’t Understand
Solutions that we never imagined years ago are emergining, but I pause when companies are unwilling or unable to roll up their sleeves and redefine work. Historic practices are not best practices, and there is a wealth of opportunity for those that do challenge the existing status quo. .
My Answer to Joe. The Future of APS
Traditional Advanced Planning Systems (APS) are unlikely to become true enterprise platforms because organizations remain functionally siloed, metrics are misaligned, and current APS architectures were designed for an environment that has fundamentally changed. Here I share how I think that APS systems can adapt to drive more value.
