Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. However, when Gartner bought AMR Research, and I left in the transition(because I don’t believe in the Gartner methodology), I launched a new methodology named the Supply Chains to Admire.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Supply chain shortages abound. The supply chain impact is unprecedented. I asked Greg Aimi, currently at Gartner to help. In our recent survey on analytics, today 74% of companies are attempting to improve supply chain visibility (as shown in Figure 1). The list goes on and on. What Is Visibility?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Supply chain innovation is slowly simmering in the face of radical disruption. The supply chain visionary wants novel and new. As a result, supply chain leaders continuously ask me to unravel market confusion. As a result, supply chain leaders continuously ask me to unravel market confusion.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

These questions are top of mind as I wrap up a class of 154 individuals learning the principles of outside-in supply chain planning processes. The continuation of the belief in the definition of today’s supply chain planning is a tangled web that we weave that is a bit of a mess. The year was 2004.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

As a guest writer for Forbes, public relations firms constantly pepper me with requests to speak to technologists boasting of having answers to improve supply chain resilience. I strongly believe that historical supply chain practices are not the answer. They need to evolve to help today’s supply chain business leader.

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Logility

AUGUST 7, 2017

Wait, it’s not spring; but does that mean you have to wait another eight months to review your supply chain? Often, it becomes necessary to reevaluate how supply chain performance is measured to ensure healthy operations. Ask yourself, “Are your supply chain metrics bogging you down?”

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QAD

MARCH 30, 2023

Manufacturers may not think they have much in common with the retail companies beyond producing the products that stock store shelves, but there could be a lot to learn from the latter as the manufacturing headwinds of the last few years carry into 2023. What is RFID Technology? Walmart Has Embraced RFID Technology – Should You?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

Today, the management of the supply chain is harder. Supply chain management is more complex. Sometimes the changes within a supply chain are subtle, but have a large impact. Sometimes the changes within a supply chain are subtle, but have a large impact. Organizational alignment is an issue.

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Vecco International

MARCH 31, 2024

Vecco International provides a game changing supply chain Planning & Inventory Management (PIM) product for “smaller” manufacturing, distribution, and construction businesses (SMBs). PIM will enable SMB companies to move from a primary reliance on spreadsheets for supply chain planning to managing at an enterprise level.

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QAD

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In the age of the Amazon B2C, buy-it-now, get-it-now landscape, B2B buyers are finding themselves also wanting the quick and easy shopping experience B2C companies offer, and some actually excel at. Gartner suggests that it won’t be long before 80% of B2B sales interactions between suppliers and buyers will be digital.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The model in Figure 1 became the foundational model for the Gartner S&OP model. Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Tight coupling of the supply chain forecast to the financial forecast will improve value.

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Supply Chain Insights

JANUARY 18, 2018

For the purposes of clarity, in this article, the term digital supply chain is the transformation of the atoms and electrons within the supply chain to unleash new levels of value. Here are my predictions for 2018: Supply Chain Excellence as We Know It Is Redefined. Supply Chain Planning Redefined.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

We are pleased to continue our 2021 fire-side chat series with key people in the supply chain industry, and it is with particular pleasure to catch up with Stuart Whiting, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Planning at Schneider Electric, based in Singapore but with a global functional responsibility.

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Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

Looking back a few months, no one could have predicted the current state of the global supply chain. Although maybe we should have been better prepared, after-all this is not the first major supply chain disruption faced by most companies. Yes, every disruption tends to challenge the supply chain in different ways.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

At the time, I was a junior Gartner analyst. This landed me in front of the Vendor Review Board at Gartner to defend my research. <This It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The supply chain is knotted. Yesterday, @DamarqueViews asked me a question on twitter: “What do you think are the greatest barriers in the adoption of social technology in the supply chain?” I find the evolution of social technologies, and the promise of social, exciting for the supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. million employees without a focus on good supply chain management. ” The Key’s To Walmart’s Supply Chain Management Excellence over the Year.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. This was my first foray into the world of supply.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

The confusion starts when a supply chain leader states the need for improved visibility without a clear definition. Well-seasoned supply chain leaders understand that visibility is a capability not an IT taxonomy. The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. Supply chains are complex.

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IQMS

JUNE 25, 2019

The majority of enterprises are prioritizing their blockchain pilots that concentrate on supply chains improvements (53%) and the Internet of Things (51%) according to Deloitte’s latest blockchain survey. By 2023, blockchain will support the global movement and tracking of $2T of goods and services annually based on a recent Gartner.

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Kinaxis

MAY 18, 2016

by Melissa Clow This guest post comes to us from Argentus Supply Chain Recruiting , a boutique recruitment firm specializing in Supply Chain Management. Today, we’re bringing your our follow-up to our interview with Supply Chain guru and advisor to Chief Supply Chain Officers Michael Massetti.

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Arkieva

JUNE 21, 2016

I was lucky to attend the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix last May. To understand today’s supply chain complexity … there is no substitute for hard work! Supply Chain Complexity 1 – Plan/Source/Make/Deliver/…. How to ensure their buy-in? Supply chain is complex.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Global supply chain disruption, rapid technological evolution, changing buying and selling habits – wholesale distributors have had to deal with some rapid and radical changes over the past couple of years. D2C logistics and eCommerce can still be burdensome for manufacturers who are not well-established in these areas.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 17, 2014

So mark your calendar with the relevant supply chain conferences. Supply Chain Movement helps you along with an overview of the most important European supply chain events in 2015. 14th annual Cool Chain & Controlled Room Temperature Logistics Europe. eWorld Purchasing & Supply.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 5, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Defining the New Normal in Supply Chain! As everyone in Supply Chain Management knows today, the field has come a long way. They use advanced ERP software and S&OP strategy to match supply with demand, and turn over inventory faster and faster.

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Logility

OCTOBER 6, 2015

”* Gartner and Aberdeen have also indicated that S&OP innovation is a top priority for companies seeking to balance and align future demand and supply, predict capacity and material problems with enough time to do something about them, and understand the financial consequences of production and purchasing decisions.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Over the past year, the Arkieva Supply Chain Link Blog provided thought leadership and informative posts on supply chain strategy tips, trends, and news. Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. Happy new year!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 3, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The goal of supply chains is to add value to the manufacturing and distribution processes. Supply chains can be differentiated based on characteristics such as price, time reliability, and risk, depending on the markets and value chains they serve.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 6, 2016

So mark your calendar with the relevant supply chain conferences. Supply Chain Movement helps you along with an overview of the most important European supply chain events in 2016. 14th annual Cool Chain & Controlled Room Temperature Logistics Europe. eWorld Purchasing & Supply.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain. you have to make your supply chain successful too. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Conversely, just 8% of businesses with less capable supply chains report above-average growth.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Supply Chain Operating Networks: The building of supply chain applications using many-to-many architectures to connect multiple parties to multiple trading partners to improve multi-tier supply chain visibility, planning and execution to improve relationships in extended value chains. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

During the conversation, he thanked me as an ex-Gartner analyst for putting Ariba on problem-watch in May 2001. For many years (1992-2001), I worked at Manugistics, a supply chain planning technology provider. It was refreshing for me today to talk to Adexa and see their fresh approach to supply chain planning.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 24, 2022

Maintaining healthy levels of Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) inventory is essential to the smooth running of your manufacturing, distribution or wholesaling operation – even if MRO goods aren’t part of your final products. Without centralised MRO inventory control, businesses lack demand and supply visibility.

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OptiProERP

JANUARY 8, 2020

Gartner calls customer experience the new battlefield, with 80 percent of companies expecting to compete mostly or completely based on customer experience by 2020. Shop floor execution solutions built into end-to-end manufacturing cloud ERP connect production operations with business processes. Customer Story.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. According to Gartner, Inc., ” The hyperconnected world is today’s reality.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. Now, I view the company as a supply chain laggard.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2020

For example, manufacturing may be tasked to fill all orders which requires having inventory on-hand in distribution centers. Cognitive technologies make supply chains better. Cognitive technologies can improve manufacturing. Consumers will purchase more and more goods and services online. ” 10. ”[4].

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