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Do Digital Your Way. Sidestep the Supply Chain Conquistadors

Supply Chain Shaman

In a recent research project, we found that 2/3 of companies had a digital supply chain transformation strategy; however, those that were evolving their strategy performed better during the early months of the pandemic than those that were “clear” on the project plan for a digital transformation. Supply Chain 4.0.

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Was Integrated Planning a Hoax?

Supply Chain Shaman

Integrated Planning: Tight Coupling of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to Supply Chain Planning (SCP). When companies tell me that they need to exchange their current Supply Chain Planning (SCP) from a best-of-breed provider to get a leg-up, I ask, “Why?” Was it intentional? Or accidental?

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience? The reason?

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The Covid-19 pandemic tested the global supply chain. Like riding a bumpy road, the supply chain leader is riding the ups and downs of changing market conditions facing greater variability day-to-day. Here, based on interviews with supply chain leaders, I share lessons learned. It will not be over soon.

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The Fallacy of the Self-driving Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

”) So, I sat across from a stranger on a cold winter night, the only thing that we had in common was our experience in supply chain planning. . And won’t the supply chain follow suit?” The perspective of a manufacturing leader is quite different than that of a business leader in logistics.

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Battered by Fierce Winds. Will E2open Survive?

Supply Chain Shaman

This notice of the Rodanthe house purchase by the National Park Service was listed in my news feed above an article that Elliott Management Partners announced a confirmed 13.8% Elliott Equity Partners believes E2open ( ETWO ) is undervalued and plans to engage with management and the company’s board on strategic opportunities.

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Navigating The Snails Trail: Moving to Outside-in Planning Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

The evolution of planning moves from a focus on the enterprise to an adaptive platform that senses and responds based on market data. An outside-in model requires a redefinition making today’s supply chain planning technologies legacy investments. What Is An Inside-Out Planning Process?