Philadelphia Procurement Analytics Supply Chain Software 
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 3, 2013
I asked companies to “Navigate through the hype focusing on the feasibility of scope and technology.” In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. At the time, the popular belief was that Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) technologies would build multi-tier capabilities.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 16, 2014
Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck. Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. Like an artifact, I have kicked around in the supply chain space since the 1980s.
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Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains. While many old-fashioned supply chain leaders speak of Risk Management and the need for Control Towers.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
I love photography, and mused as I walked into the shop on that rainy day in Philadelphia. At their request I wrote on the digital supply chain. Digital supply chain is such a buzzword. The digital supply chain is about SO much more than gadgets.” I cringed when I got the assignment. Reflection.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 30, 2017
(I had scheduled the last flight out of Philadelphia on a Sunday night to spend the afternoon with my grandchildren.) Surreal technology abounds. On a visit with Jabil, I had a great discussion on the paradigm shifts required by supply chain leaders to drive improvements through robotics and 3D printing.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 6, 2015
The premise of the Christensen’s book is that when companies focus on current customer needs, they fail to adopt new technologies or business models that will meet the customer’s unstated or future needs. I think that IBM, HP, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Teradata are victims today in the information technology sector.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
The city of Philadelphia is eerily quiet this morning. I live in city-center Philadelphia. We are watching the redefinition of the principles of safe and secure supply chains and corporate liability. PCA was a small player in a complex supply chain of big brands. There is no traffic on the streets.
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