Supply Chain Innovation

Aug 16, 2016

Supplier Co-Innovation: The Next Source for Economic Growth

We hear the words “innovation” as a source for growth in the economy over and over again. New ideas on how to manage business processes, digital technologies, ways of delivering value…

Jul 23, 2016

Beyond Collaboration: Supply Chain "Federation"

The idea that large organizations can create a “federated” network, by integrating smaller firms into their network and drive a common purpose is a concept that is emerging as key to…

May 30, 2016

Mapping Product Genomes: The Life Blood of Supply Chains

One major technological development is being able to map genomes for products. A genome is all of a living thing’s genetic material. It is the entire set of hereditary…

Mar 15, 2016

Procurement Technology: An Update from Spend Matters in Baltimore

Today I travelled to Baltimore to attend the ISM/Spend matters Global Procurement Tech Summit. I will be speaking on procurement analytics tomorrow, but got to attend a set of great sessions…

Mar 9, 2016

Is it Time for to Move Away from "World Class Supply Chains"?

An excerpt from our book “The Procurement Value Proposition” got a nice section of CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly edition this week. The book looks at what the future procurement capability will…

Feb 11, 2016

6 Questions on the Minds of Every Chief Procurement Officer

I spent some time working with IBM this past month on a slide share that covers 6 key questions on the minds of many of the Chief Procurement Officers I’ve…

Jan 21, 2016

Nike partnership with Flex producing innovation coupled with digitization

I spent the last two days meeting with members of the Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing team at Nike, in Beaverton, Oregon. Nike has developed a partnership with NC State’s…

Nov 6, 2015

SIG Webinar on Procurement Analytics and Innovative Data Leveraging

I will be leading a webinar with the Sourcing Interest Group next Nov. 12 at 2 PM, based on a study I have been working on with some folks at…

Oct 14, 2015

The View from Houston: DHL Global Energy Conference 2015

I had the opportunity to speak to a group of oil and gas executives at the DHL Global Energy conference this week, held in the Petroleum Club. I was joined…

May 19, 2015

Utility Supply Management Association Notes

I had the opportunity to speak to a group of utility companies and many of their direct suppliers at the annual Utility Supply Management Association in Savannah, Georgia, on Monday.…