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.
mo·jo: noun. A magic charm, talisman, or spell. “Someone must have their mojo working over at the record company.” In the 1990s supply chain had MOJO. Then
I was sitting with a representative from the United Nations on my way back from Colombia. As we took off from Bogota, we discussed the
When I engage with supply chain leaders , I ask, “Are you making progress?” Most will nod their heads ‘yes’, but upon a closer look at
Holiday travel. Packed airports and the children screaming in unison. Today as I sit scrunched into a coach seat in 26C, working on this blog post and
Today’s supply chain is inside-out. Companies wait and process orders. They cannot sense and respond to demand. It is a struggle. The processes are largely
This past weekend I decompressed and turned off my cell phone. The concept of being on and available all the time– 24/7– wears on me.
This week I am busy packing. It is the same feeling that I had as a child getting ready for camp. For the next 18 weeks
In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, the research team at Supply Chain
Over the Memorial Day weekend, I stumbled on an old article that I wrote in 2001. At the time, I was a junior Gartner analyst.
