Segmentation: Shift from One-Size-Fits-All Supply Chain
In January, I identified segmentation as one of key strategies for supply chain managers in 2012. Segmentation is a powerful data- and analytics-driven approach for creating one-to-one relationships...
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Hot Topics: Segmentation and Automotive Supply Chain
I had the pleasure of attending the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference last week. The conference was started by AMR Research a number of years ago and continues to be a strong draw for supply...
View ArticleAutomotive Resurgence
After a dark period of retrenchment caused by the economic downturn of 2008-2009, automotive companies across the globe are now investing to solve some of the most interesting challenges in supply...
View ArticleManaging Demand Variability and Volatility
Supply chain leaders continue to rank demand variability as one of the top challenges to achieving their goals and objectives. For five years running, respondents to the “Gartner Supply Chain User...
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Should Your Supply Chain Be Customer-Focused or Shareholder-Focused?
Peter Drucker, an influential writer and self-proclaimed “social ecologist”, famously said: “The purpose of any business is to create a customer.” First-principles thinkers are sometimes baffling in...
View ArticleBlack Swans and Supply Chain Resiliency in 2013
The November 17-18 weekend edition of The Wall Street Journal dedicated its Review section cover to a story titled Learning to Love Volatility, written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Several years ago,...
View ArticleHow Much Inventory is in the World?
JDA’s CEO, Hamish Brewer, gave a presentation last year at the Economic Club of Phoenix in which he talked about the intersection of supply chain management and economics. In preparing for that...
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