The Impact of Supply Chain Strategy
Effective supply chain strategic planning secures a competitive edge, ensuring efficiency, adaptability, and market leadership.
VMI – Supply Chain Collaboration on Steroids
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) revolutionizes supply chain collaboration, optimizing inventory management and partner relations.
VMI – What are the Benefits?
What are the strategic and tactical benefits of VMI for enhancing supply chain collaboration, increasing revenue, and improving service levels?
How to Get Out of an Escape Room & What It Has to Do With Work
How escape room strategies can improve workplace collaboration, problem-solving, and team dynamics for business success.
Collaborating on Economic Forecasts
Since economics can have a dramatic impact on our business, it is worthwhile to pay attention - at a minimum. Attend sessions on economics trends, read economic updates, and dig into the key factors that are most likely to impact your business.
The Drucker Supply Chain Forum
April 3, 2017 I participated on the panel, "Professional Pathways in Supply Chain" at the Drucker Supply Chain Forum last week. Interesting to note that the panel was all women - definitely not typical but nice to see! I was joined by executives from Walt Disney, Source Intelligence, Intelligent [...]
Tour of Combustion Associates & Collaboration
March 13, 2017 Earlier this week, I participated in a manufacturers' roundtable and tour at Combustion Associates as an APICS Inland Empire chapter event. It was an enlightening conversation and tour since the products and services are quite unique and the power of collaboration shined through at every point [...]
How Effective is Your Cross-Functional Collaboration?
Teamwork, communications and shared objectives are essential for cross-functional collaboration and project success. Cross-functional collaboration can make or break success. No matter how well a particular department or team performs, it is largely useless if done in isolation. Just like a car won't go if you press the accelerator [...]
Case Study in Spotting Hidden Opportunities
To take a profitable path forward engage a team to spot hidden opportunities and reward the whole team for its collaborative efforts. Situation: Our client was performing on par with their industry; however, to remain viable over the long-term, they had to kick it up a notch to grow [...]
Navigating the Global Supply Chain Starts with People
Your supply chain is only as strong as your weakest link so you must develop your employees and find ways for them to work together more effectively. At APICS Inland Empire's recent executive panel and networking symposium on "Navigating the Global Supply Chain", we had some intriguing discussions on [...]