Analytics
The Current State of PPE in Healthcare: Guest Post from Professor Blan Godfrey
In the last few weeks, me and my research team of Beena, Nikhil, and Pratyush have been communicating frequently with Professor Blan Godfrey, and his team of graduate students taking his Six Sigma class. Dr. Godfrey is the Joseph D. […]
Steps for industry and government to prepare for the Coronavirus
As I noted in an earlier blog, the issue of global epidemics is something that we have seen in the past with the SARS epidemic. People sometimes think these come around once every ten years – but the reality is, […]
Third Annual State of Supply Chain Data Quality and Governance Report Released
This morning, the SCRC and Ivalua released the latest report on the state of data governance in supply chains, which provides insights into some of the key trends in this rapidly shifting area. This year’s study was conducted with the […]
Pierre Mitchell of Spend Matters: Delivering Value in the Face of VUCA
Variability, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA) – these are the conditions of the “new normal” set of operating conditions faced by most firms today in their value chains. When one layers on top of this the challenges of navigating one’s […]
Data Analyst, Data Scientist, and Data Engineer: What’s the Difference?
Many CPO’s and CSCO’s today complain about being overwhelmed with the amount of internal and external data they are being asked to analyze to create improved supply chain outcomes. The volume and velocity of data streaming at us is increasing […]
New Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi Highlights our LIVING Supply Chain Book
I recently learned that the new incoming CEO of Flex, one of the largest global contract manufacturers in the world, has highlighted the book I wrote with Tom Linton last year called the “LIVING Supply Chain: The Imperative of Operating […]
Siemens BT: Every analytical transformation requires a “Jonah Hill”
One of our newest SCRC partners, Siemens Building Technologies, recently shared their insights on creating an analytics strategy. This effort was led by the Chief Procurement Officer for Siemens BT, Carl Oberland, but has recently been rolled out across the […]
SCRC Meeting: Practical Approaches in Creating Analytics (from People Who Have Actually Done it, Not Just Talked About it)
Our upcoming SCRC meeting is focused on how organizations are undertaking practical approaches to creating business analytics. As many companies are in the throes of launching business pilots and Proof of Concept approaches with their analytics efforts, using a variety […]
More Data is Not Better and Machine Learning is a Grind…. Just Ask Amazon
I had an opportunity to sit in on a lecture today by two experts on Machine Learning from Amazon, during a lecture at UNC. Ed Banti is Director of Software Development, Core AI Amazon, and Pat Bajari, was VP and […]
CSCMP Awash in Debates on how Blockchain, AI, and Digital Technologies Will Change SCM Forever
I had the opportunity to speak at the CSCMP conference this past week. This was an exciting time to be talking to people about logistics and supply chain! SCRC Director, Troy Pinkins, MBA student Sara Sonderman, and I hosted the […]