Outside-in Planning: How To Jump
When teams say that they want to move to outside-in processes using the crawl, walk, run approach, I say not so fast! The shift is a step change not an evolution. Here I share how to jump into the new paradigm.
When teams say that they want to move to outside-in processes using the crawl, walk, run approach, I say not so fast! The shift is a step change not an evolution. Here I share how to jump into the new paradigm.
I take supply chain management seriously. My focus is writing research for the business leader that is an early adopter attempting to drive first-mover advantage.
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!
On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to a consulting group. I love the questions when I present. The reason? The dialogue helps
A discussion on data latency and distortion and why it should come first before defining the supply chain architecture.
The supply chain is a complex, non-linear system. Supply chain excellence is easier to say than define. The Supply Chains to Admire analysis, now in its tenth year and publishes here, celebrates 34 winners.
In this blog, we challenge traditional thinking to embrace supply chain planning to better manage a complex system that is growing in complexity. Here, I share insights on the Leverage Points in the Supply Chain as places to start. The blog builds from the Donella Meadows Project.
In this post, I explore the definition of supply chain excellence and the challenge of resilience.
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?
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