Dec 12, 2016
Over the course three days last week, a group of executives from a variety of different companies came together to share ideas and thoughts on the future of supply chain.…
Dec 1, 2016
The SCRC meeting was a huge success yesterday. I led off the discussion and took this opportunity to share some of the highlights of my new book, The LIVING Supply…
Oct 12, 2016
Stuart William was in one of my former MBA classes at NC State in 2008, and graduated into one of the worst economies ever in May of 2009. Upon graduation, there…
Aug 16, 2016
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
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
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…
Apr 19, 2016
I had an opportunity to sit in on the second day of the Sourcing Industry Group meeting in Orlando today. Ed Hansen from the law firm of Morgan Lewis presented…
Apr 11, 2016
Automotive news seems to be coming up a lot lately. A story in the Wall Street Journal revealed that Bo Andersson, the current CEO of Russia’s largest car maker AvtoVAZ, plans…
Mar 13, 2016
The concept of supply chain transparency and velocity is based on two essential elements of technology: 1) The rapid digitization of the supply chain, and 2) the rise of real-time…
Feb 8, 2016
I had a chance to review the new book by Jim Hansen and Kelly Barner, “Procurement at a Crossroads“, which explores the many changes that the profession is facing, and…