Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Manufacturing Modeling Software 
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 19, 2021
The Process of Software Selection. I am constantly amazed that business leaders can engage with technologists month after month (often over eight and sometimes over a year) to select a supply chain planning system and then call me to ask for help on the decision. And, what are you trying to model? My struggle? ” Lora.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 7, 2025
I laugh when business leaders tell me that they are going to replace their current supply chain planning technologies with “AI.” Each supply chain planning technology at the end of 2024, went through disruption–change in CEO, business model shift, layoffs, re-platforming and acquisitions. You are right.
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Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 19, 2021
The Process of Software Selection. I am constantly amazed that business leaders can engage with technologists month after month (often over eight and sometimes over a year) to select a supply chain planning system and then call me to ask for help on the decision. And, what are you trying to model? My struggle? ” Lora.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 21, 2024
During the 1980s, I was on a management team for a large manufacturer. The Company was attempting to gain economies of scale by grouping manufacturing technologies within a common infrastructure to reap the benefits of a co-generation facility, a centralized warehouse, and a talented administrative team. Why Jump Now?
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 21, 2013
We have to change the mental model of our organizations to move forward.” Medical Device Manufacturer. We have used Lean process systems and swim-laned ourselves to death. In the last five years, while the physician is still important, the buying decisions transitioned from the supplier to the care provider.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 9, 2021
of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. 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. Rise in Inventories.
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 19, 2020
Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change. What Is Supply Chain Excellence? Leaders design a response based on the business model. My second observation is that for 96% of public companies supply chain excellence is slip-sliding away. Tom Peters.
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