Analytics

Oct 24, 2014

Global Luxury Management "Lifestyle" brands require push supply chain design customization

More and more global luxury brands such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and others are promoting themselves as Lifestyle brands, spanning many products including fragrance, home collections, apparel, paint, wallpaper, foods, and… 

Oct 10, 2014

Presentations from Workshop on Human Centered Big Data Research are Out

The proceedings of the 2014 Workshop on Human Centered Big Data Research was recently posted.  At this meeting, I was selected to make a presentation on the organizational structure and… 

Jun 22, 2014

Thoughts from EurOMA Palermo: Operations Management and the Innovation Economy

Just finished speaking at the EurOMA conference in Palermo, and was excited by the discussions and feedback over the course of today.  I arrived in Palermo yesterday, and had an… 

Jun 10, 2014

Data Cleansing as the Foundation for Supply Chain Analytics

Many organizations are focused on driving analytics as a foundation for competitive advantage.  Often overlooked in this discussion is the importance of establishing a foundation for analytics through the process… 

Feb 5, 2014

Insights from the 2014 Institute of Analytics Winter Symposium: Building a Culture of Analytics

I had the privilege of leading a session at the Winter Symposium of the International Institute of Analytics, with a host of great companies discussing how companies are embedding hardware… 

Dec 16, 2013

Handfield's Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

2013 has certainly been an interesting year!   I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives… 

Dec 2, 2013

Jeff Stonebraker: Get Decision Makers Involved in Your Analytic Models!

Jeff Stonebraker, a leading professor of decision analysis at NC State’s Poole College of Management supply chain program, discussed some of the important issues in decision analysis in his presentation at… 

Dec 2, 2013

Introducing the Masters of Supply Chain Engineering and Management (MSCEM) at NC State

In 2008, Jim Owens, the Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar,  gave the Poole College of Management a $2.2M gift to support the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative.  Part of the mandate… 

Nov 25, 2013

Student projects focus on supply management segmentation, risk analytics, and predictive cost models.

My MBA 541 students presented results from their projects this semester. One team on a project for Bayer Crop Science focused on supplier segementation methodologies – reviewing current Bayer methodologies,… 

Nov 23, 2013

28th SCRC Meeting to Focus on "Mapping Your Supply Chain Analytics Strategy"

Our upcoming 28th Semi-Annual Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC) Meeting will convene at noon on Monday, December 2nd and conclude Tuesday, December 3rd at 4:00 pm.  The Board of Advisors…