The Strongest Link in Your Supply Chain – Relevant Today
Taking Control of Customer Success Using SIOP (S&OP)
Stabilizing Supply Chains: Supply Chain Brain Video
August 17, 2020 Robert J. Bowman, editor-in-chief of SupplyChainBrain and I recently talked about how to stabilize the supply chain. We talked about your customers’ customers, your suppliers’ suppliers, how to access them, whether they’ll share data, how technology can help, how SIOP can help and more. Listen to [...]
What’s Going on in Supply Chain: Shark Bite Biz Video
August 17, 2020 David Strausser, podcast host of Shark Bite Biz, and I talk about what’s going on in supply chain. We talk e-commerce, customers’ customers, suppliers’ suppliers, what our most successful clients are doing currently, the pareto principle and more. Listen to our episode (after a short [...]
Walmart & Costco Moving Towards Farmer-to-Shopping Cart Strategies
March 26, 2019 The squeeze continues. During my Aerospace & Defense speech recently on the Resilient Supply Chain, the concept of vertical integration arose as Boeing and Airbus are expanding and squeezing the middle in a noteworthy fashion. Similarly, according to Journal Star Walmart and Costco are moving to [...]
What is the Supply Chain?
Certainly, we are well-known in supply chain circles; however, what does that mean? This topic has come up somewhat frequently lately - should we call this position an Operations Manager or a Supply Chain Manager? Which will get us the best fit talent? Because we are known as supply [...]
The Manufacturing Connector – Profit through People
More than ever manufacturing and distribution operations are linked and fueled by people worldwide. When you make them the cornerstone of your success profit will follow. When I talk about The Manufacturing Connector(SM), I am referring to the comprehensive process to connect the rapid assessment and identification of key [...]