What are the Best Referrals You’ve Received?
What stands out in your mind as the most valuable introduction, resource or help provided by your colleagues and contacts?
Why Persistence Matters
Persistence is important in supply chain in overcoming challenges and driving significant improvements and innovation.
The Eagles and Apprenticeships
Are you thinking about apprenticeships? It doesn't have to be as dramatic as an untimely death; there are many reasons you should be thinking many years down-the-line with your apprenticeship programs.
Are You Asking Good Questions?
Asking the right questions can unlock business success, improve operations, and drive strategic insights. Lisa Anderson shares how!
Forget Data Cleanup and Find a Measure to Start NOW!
Are you mired in data cleanup and not focused on measures that can immediately help you? Stop searching for the “right” data lever and look for measures to track and improve processes. If you have the systems to measure your ideal metric, go for it but don't let it [...]
Forget About Cost Savings: Look for Process Opportunities
Have you ever thought about how easy it is to uncover process opportunities? Most executives tell me 'no' as it seems much harder than it is most of the time yet they are very interested in these opportunities to improve their business. As interested as they are in these [...]
Plan the Work; Work the Plan
Oftentimes we spend countless hours planning a project with details, responsibilities and timelines, only to forget to work the plan. Once a plan is done, refocus your energy to execution.
Lessons Learned from a Genius Businessman
Harry used uncommon common sense to spot opportunities to turn around companies. His wisdom, integrity and generosity will be missed. My best friend's dad was as close to a business genius as I've stood. He made his employers rich beyond their wildest dreams yet he was happy with this [...]
The SIOP Conveyor Belt Analogy
The ongoing planning and adjustments integral to the SIOP is like a conveyor belt carrying along current data and processes until they become history. SIOP (Sales, inventory, & operations planning) is a methodology of sorts that aligns demand with supply – and, more importantly, the various functions of the [...]
An IT Roadmap
Creating an IT roadmap shouldn’t be all about the bells and whistles of the system, but rather on the technology that supports the strategy and business objectives. Ever heard about 1's and 0's as it relates to computers? That level of detail is often what I see with systems. [...]