Supply Chain Blog
For most of my career in supply chain management, the implicit goal after every disruption was the same: get back to normal. Restore the baseline. Return to stability. We treated disruptions as unwanted visitors that…
Why Cross-Functional Literacy Is the New Competitive Advantage Supply chain management has spent decades living in the back office. It was the function that quietly kept shelves full, factories running and shipments moving. It is…
Just as Darius Foroux’s Six Spokes Theory emphasizes the importance of balancing body, mind, work, love, money, and play for an optimal life. I believe that the supply chain management requires a similar holistic approach….
From Athletic Powerhouse to Strategic Restructuring Under Armour‘s journey from a garage startup to a $5 billion athletic apparel giant is well-documented. However, the company’s recent struggles offer a sobering lesson in how supply chain…
Last year, I was sitting in yet another vendor demo for a process mining platform. The price tag? 6-figure$ for the first year, plus implementation costs. The sales rep was enthusiastic about their revolutionary(!) capabilities,…
In the world of marketing, serendipity often plays a role as significant as strategy. Sometimes, the most unexpected events can lead to surprising outcomes, and the story of Mars bars and NASA’s Pathfinder mission is…
The supply chain world is constantly evolving, and a new debate has emerged regarding two dominant SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) models. On one side stands the traditional SCOR model (Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Return),…