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Aug 17, 2011

Thinking about human supply chain intelligence

The value of supply chain intelligence coming from street level knowledge is a recurring theme that people are struggling to understand. The military is a good case study of how…

Aug 10, 2011

Intelligence from the ground up…

Extending my thinking from my prior post….I think it’s time for enterprises to begin to drive decision-making based on ground-level intelligence – not just a centralized view. I recently finished…

Aug 10, 2011

Musings on the global economic crisis ….and the rise of fractionated banking

The instability in the current global economic system driving stock market drops is suddenly a topic of great concern. What’s going on here? Clearly the selling is driven to some…

Aug 6, 2011

Impact of the US Debt Downgrade on Supply Chains

Yesterday evening, the S&P credit rating agency downgraded U.S. sovereign debt from AAA to AA+ with a negative outlook. As noted by my good friend Jason Schenker, an economic forecaster,…

Aug 3, 2011

Who's Next After the Lawyers are Reverse Auctioned?

Yesterday’s WSJ shared an interesting story about the application of reverse auctions to the legal profession. For those of you who don’t know what these are, we have a long…

Jul 21, 2011

More supply chain disruption lessons learned from 3/11

Michael Koploy’s recent blog on the after-effects, losers, and winners from the Japanese 3/11 incident provides some interesting points for thought… One of his key points is that companies who…

Jul 20, 2011

The Most Commonly Used Supply Chain Software Tool Is…..

EXCEL. This may sound surprising, but based on my most recent discussions with supply chain executives reveals a surprising reliance on spreadsheets. This is happening in light of increasing complexity…

Jul 13, 2011

Tsunami-Driven Energy Shortages Are Driving Sustainable Thinking in Japan

In a recent discussion with a group of Japanese supply chain executives, the discussion came up regarding the current state of the economy after the massive tsunami of March 2011.…

Jul 9, 2011

HJ Soft: the emerging Chinese competitor to SAP and Oracle….

As part of our recent study, we also studied a large Chinese government-owned manufacturing entity that has begun moving into the construction industry space . Obtained detailed information on this…

Jul 9, 2011

Is IT strategic spending aligned with Corporate strategy ?

The SCRC team recently conducted a benchmarking study focused on IT spending in the manufacturing sector. In our opinion, the current roadmap for IT in many companies is NOT aligned…