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Supply Chain Shaman

Category: Market-Driven
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Lead Time: A Broken Gossamer

If you are struggling with supply chain planning, dancing in the light of shiny objects, and scratching your head, please read on. My goal is to help you.

Please do not AI Stupid. What do I mean? AI Stupid is putting agents and agentics on top of existing architectures believing that making them faster and hands free add value. To me, this is fools play.

I love AI. I am excited about new technologies. To this end, I want to shine a light on how new technologies can help address the black holes and inconsistencies in today’s supply chain, which largely stem from the limitations of the first generation of supply chain planning and execution technologies. In this blog, I give you three places to start.

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July 16, 2026 No Comments
analytics

Can We Side-Step the AI Spin Cycle?

When it comes to combining tech, 1+1+1 should equal more than 1. The impact should be exponential. Unfortunately, today, the answer is 0.

What do I mean? Let me explain.

I find that the supply chain technology market moves slowly along traditional technology lines. Conferences are usually focused on the use of technology, not on redefining work. This bothers me. I want it to bother you as well.

Here I share some insights to drive change.

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June 7, 2026 No Comments
analytics

We Should Not AI Stupid

Holding my coffee tight, I gingerly slid into the last seat on the bus. It was early morning following a long night of travel. I

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September 22, 2024 No Comments
Market-driven value networks

Navigating the Journey from Cost to Value

Today’s supply chains focus on cost reduction with the assumption that the reduction in cost will translate to margin. This is not the case.

The lack of organizational degrades value.

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June 14, 2024 No Comments
demand driven

Navigating Demand Streams

Traditional supply chain planning approaches push all products through a common engine to produce time-phased output. The demand stream is analyzed for error and bias, but in traditional processes, companies do not see the patterns. Pattern identification is key to drive successful supply strategies. This is a missed opportunity in traditional approaches.

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May 7, 2024 No Comments
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Just Jump

Like a secretarial typing pool, the definition of work for a supply chain planning is ripe for rethinking work. The redefinition cannot be crawl, walk and run. Instead, companies need to just JUMP!

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March 21, 2024 No Comments
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