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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2012 and 2013, they began using external consultants to model their Asian supply chain. We don’t want to be as reliant on long supply chains that can easily be broken.” One key tool they use to accomplish this is a supply chain design solution from Coupa.

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Thirteen Years a Blogger

Supply Chain Shaman

For over a decade, since founding Supply Chain Insights in 2012, I have pounded the keyboard, asking business leaders to think more holistically about the impact of supply chain decisions on the firm’s value, the improvement of a value chain, and the impact on the environment. Thirteen years. Where does time go?

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Organizational Alignment: Overlooked, but So Important.

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2012, I placed the first alignment study in the field. Organizational Alignment 2012. If you answer the survey, I will gladly give you a custom analysis of your organization against the peer group. To respond, follow this link. To entice you to participate let’s look at the data more closely. Organizational Alignment.

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3PLs and Software Vendors: 3 Questions to Keep Innovating Your Business Models

Talking Logistics

Author’s note: I wrote a slightly longer version of this post in November 2012. I’m sharing it again today with some minor edits because I believe the topic remains very relevant today. Most of the time, when people talk about innovation in supply chain management and logistics, the focus is on technology (e.g.,

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Thoughts. Selecting Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2012, when I started Supply Chain Insights , I believed that I could revolutionize the purchase of supply chain planning solutions by initiating a rating and review process across trading partners. The investment in these outdated concepts is an opportunity cost to improve outcomes. Here I share how to challenge the status quo. Reflection.

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Mush

Supply Chain Shaman

We will be plotting their progress for the period of 2006-2012. We have defined the Supply Chain Index methodology in a recent report , along with a separate report on Supply Chain Resiliency. Over the course of the summer, we will be taking a closer look at industries within each value chain.

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Seven Supply Chain Processes To Stop Doing In The Pandemic

Supply Chain Shaman

The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012, didn’t make headline news. As an United States resident, I was blissfully unaware of this virus and worried about catching my flight to Singapore. My ignorance of a potential pandemic was low. Changing My Mental Model.