Let’s Talk Water, Part 2
June 30, 2011
In the first segment of this 3-part series, I discussed some of the reasons that there is likely to be a shortage of fresh water in the decades ahead and some of
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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
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Let’s Talk Water, Part 1
June 29, 2011
With all of the recent flooding in the United States, shortages of water may seem like a strange subject with which to be concerned. As we all know, however, like other resources,
Supply Chain Opacity: Looking through a Glass Darkly
June 28, 2011
David Manners, a blogger who focuses on the semiconductor industry, asks, “Why is the Supply Chain so Opaque?” [Mannerisms, 28 April 2011] He made that query following the devastating earthquake/tsunami disaster that
Assessing Supply Chain Risk Events
June 27, 2011
Before jumping into today’s topic, I hope you will pardon a little horn-blowing. I was recently contacted by Tracy Myers of PMPCertificationTraining.org and told that this blog had made the group’s list
More Discussion about Sales and Operations Planning
June 21, 2011
As I noted in a recent post [Is S&OP a Guiding Light or a New Religion?], there is an ongoing debate about the role of sales and operations planning (S&OP) in the
Kimberly-Clark and Reducing Supply Chain Complexity
June 20, 2011
Dan Gilmore, Editor-in-Chief of Supply Chain Digest, writes that he once heard a PepsiCo supply chain executive declare, “Complexity is like a cancer that destroys supply chain efficiency.” [“Supply Chain Complexity Crisis,”
Gartner Publishes Its Supply Chain Top 25
June 16, 2011
Each year Gartner releases a list of the Top 25 corporations noted for their supply chain excellence. In an article announcing the release, SupplyChainBrain wrote, “Long gone is the day when materials
Is S&OP a Guiding Light or a New Religion?
June 14, 2011
Robert J. Bowman, from SupplyChainBrain, wonders aloud if sales and operations planning (S&OP) is setting itself up to be another enterprise resource planning (ERP) nightmare. [“What Is This Thing Called S&OP?” 25
How Important is Supply Chain Forecasting?
June 13, 2011
Dan Gilmore, Editor-in-Chief of Supply Chain Digest, has stated that his favorite vision of the future supply chain is one “where, when a sweater is sold in Peoria, somewhere in New Zealand
Interesting Students in a Career in Supply Chain Management
June 10, 2011
Earlier this year, Dan Gilmore, Editor-in-Chief of Supply Chain Digest, was asked to give a speech in Columbus, OH (I’m assuming at The Ohio State University), about the supply chain. Before the
