Dec 14, 2011
As I look back on 2011, I’m reminded of the success stories and disruptions that occurred, but am also thinking about who is going to win in the year ahead.…
Dec 6, 2011
One of the highlights of our SCRC meeting was a presentation by John Zapko, VP of Global Procurement at Lenovo. In his presentation to the group, John discussed some of…
Dec 5, 2011
Steve Allen, Professor of Economics and Associate Dean of the Graduate Program in the Poole College of Management spoke about the current state of the economy at the SCRC meeting…
In this second post, I summarize additional insights that several of our speakers put forward at our recent SCRC meeting on Dec 1-2, 2011. We were lucky to have Tim…
The SCRC meeting on “Creating Agility in a Globally Volatile Environment” provided a broad variety of speakers who shared a number of different perspectives on the approaches that supply chain…
Nov 24, 2011
Agility and uncertainty seem to be the hallmarks of today’s operating environment. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt cloud the horizon for many economic forecasts. The essence of this next meeting is…
Nov 11, 2011
I attended the Procurement Leaders’ Conference in Boston this past week, and heard from a number of top Chief Procurement Officers presenting on current topics, as well as sharing ideas…
Oct 31, 2011
In a recent study, we have interviewed a number of senior executives about their thoughts on the cloud….There is no question that Oracle and/or SAP has a dominant position in…
Oct 7, 2011
At a recent conference held by Tracelink (Nexus Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, Septmber 2011), Bob Celeste from the GS1 organization shared his views on how the new era of visibility…
Oct 6, 2011
SRM is an important element that drives a lot of the right strategic alignment of different initiatives. The key piece is establishing whether this is a tactical activity occurring through…