I am excited to join Altimeter Group (www.altimetergroup.com) to continue to do the research that I love in the way that I love to do it. In my work at Altimeter Group, I will continue to focus on the evolution of supply chain excellence and the use of technologies in consumer value networks (retail through consumer products).
The primary driver of my choice to join Altimeter Group is the opportunity to collaborate with smart people on the evolution of disruptive technologies. It is my goal to to map the impact on supply chain technologies. I want to help early adopters leverage the value of new technologies. I love Jeremiah Owyang and Charlene Li’s market-leading research on leveraging social networks, Deb Schultz’s work on innovation and Ray Wang’s insights on enterprise strategies. I join Altimeter with Alan Weber, focused on the use of enterprise applications in the government sector. I am excited to be part of a small-focused team helping companies navigate disruptive technologies.
Please join me as I plot this course on my blog at www.supplychainshaman.com.
Is your Supply Chain AI Ready?
A simple quiz to assess an organization’s AI readiness.
The pace of change is fast and furious. Every day, technology advances faster than we can digest. A great challenge to have.
Determining whether a supply chain is “AI-ready” is less about technology and more about the gray matter between the ears of supply chain leaders. Leadership, alignment, and clarity of goals matter.
Too few companies are clear on the definition of supply chain excellence. Measuring and rewarding functional metrics reduces the firm’s value. Putting agentics on top of today’s processes can make bad practices run faster, reducing value.
The toughest job for the supply chain leader is challenging existing supply chain paradigms that were defined by the limitations of decades of supply chain technologies. As the curtain lifts on the potential of new forms of technology, process redefinition is our opportunity, but only if we are clear on what drives value. (Here, I link to the Supply Chains to Admire reports to help you define value. The next report will be published on June 23rd, along with my Dynamic Benchmarking Product, to help you define value in the face of your AI readiness. More information about the launch is at the bottom of this blog.)
