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What's the Best Supply Chain Solution?

There are a number of ways to optimize your supply chain's performance. A couple common approaches are simulation and optimization. Which one is better? Read more...

Accenture Acquires Procurian

In a big recent move, Accenture has started the process of acquiring Procurian, a key sourcing technology and services company. It makes sense in light of previous acquisitions and improves their position in business process outsourcing (BPO). Read more...

Reaching for Supply Chain Excellence

The Supply Chain Shaman, Lora Cecere, explains her concepts about supply chain excellence in a recent article on her site. She compares the performance of two similar companies and comes up with some key points about Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). Read more...

The Fragile Chain

With everything a supply chain executive has to worry about, you'd think the weather would be far down the list. Unless, of course, manufacturing is contracted out to a country with infrastructure that's vulnerable to weather-based disruption. Read more...

The Omni-Channel Last-Mile

The impact of the rise of the omnichannel experience extends across all aspects of the retail business. One of the final steps in the process, actually handing the purchased item to the consumer, is a big challenge but could be a differentiator. Read more...

The Servant-Leader

In his latest blog on the A Lean Journey site, Tim McMahon tells us how important the 'servant-leader' is to lean organizations. His description of the traits of this type of leader is impressive. Read more...

SaaS WMS + ERP= Winner

It seems like we're always arguing full ERP functionality vs. best-of-breed components. If warehouses and DC's are important to your supply chain, what a good WMS system can do in combination with an ERP may be just the ticket. Read more...

Procurement Talent Needs for Future

Getting the right people in place in your procurement area is an ongoing challenge. The target keeps moving as well, making it even tougher. Read more...

Sustainable Execution

As an old operations guy, I'm a big believer in execution. But can it be a differentiator for your company? Read more...

Presentation Advice

Getting free advice from a champion public speaker on how to tighten up your presentations is almost too good to be true. Jeff Nolan, from Enterprise Irregulars, comes through for us in a big way. Read more...

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