Technology is an integral part of managing your business and supply chain. Are you leveraging technology to improve your business performance? It is quite telling that every executive panelist on the "Professional Pathways in Supply Chain" panel at the Drucker Supply Chain Forum (Walt Disney Company, Source Intelligence, Intelligent [...]
Many manufacturers and distributors focus on collecting data rather than using it to analyze performance and achieve business results. "Data, data data" seems to be the hot topic for manufacturers and distributors, similarly to "location, location, location" in real estate success. What is going on? As technologies have come [...]
March 15, 2016 In today's Amazon-impacted world, if you cannot make rapid yet effective decisions, you'll be left in the dust. It is no longer acceptable to wait for IT to write a report in order to make a decision. Executives must have the "right" information at their fingertips [...]
Business processes should evolve as the business climate changes by keeping an eye out for emerging trends and finding opportunities to pull ahead of the competition. As the year rapidly comes to a close, it seems an opportune time to discuss systems and process trends. I find that those [...]
