2012 Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Price Mitigation Strategies 
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 29, 2024
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. Buying supply chain planning software is hard. How are people buying software? Reflection. What Does Not Work. The reason?
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 15, 2022
When reviewing strategy decks for supply chain teams, I often see statements like “move from a functional-silo’d focus to a drive a more holistic response.” ” Followed by “How are you organized, and what defines functional excellence? And, how do you tie functional excellence to corporate value?”
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NC State SCRC
APRIL 2, 2023
The term “COE” is often a commonly heard term in supply managers’ vernacular, but it’s interesting to note that Centers of Excellence as an organizational entity have been around for more than fifty years – and evolved first in the form of what was called “shared services”.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 9, 2021
Average performance in 2016-2019 across twenty-seven manufacturing sectors on inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital and operating margin was worse than in 2012-2015. The myopic focus on IT standardization resulted in the purchase of technology, but not value delivery. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory. Alignment Barriers.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 8, 2016
As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The adoption of Terra’s products were brisk until 2011, but during 2012-2014 sales softened, resulting in employee layoffs and downsizing. However, there are no sure bets.
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 23, 2023
In 2012, I published an article on Sales and Operations Technology (S&OP) Maturity. (I ” Noel is one of the 84 sign-ups in my outside-in training (five virtual classes starting next week), and I hope that he has a better understanding at the end of the class. Why is there a discontinuous line on the model?”
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 14, 2016
The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” Drawing from the Whiteboard: Building Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies. In 2012 I built on these concepts to define the market-driven value network.
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