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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Go to Market Strategy before Supply Chain Strategy

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This article is directed mostly towards practitioners who operate supply chains within companies which market and sell products. I have done...
Sunday, August 28, 2022

Zero Dark Thiry, Precision, and Supply Chain

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 Last night I re-watched Zero Dark Thirty which is a great Hollywood rendition of the search for and ultimate killing of Osama Bin Laden.  ...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

My Thesis on FOMO for Logistics and Supply Chain Technology Has Stood The Test of Time

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Paraphrase:  "We reduce the logistics' cost as % of GDP which results in lower costs for goods and services, which lifts the standa...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Beware FOMO and New Supply Chain Technology

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 In November of 2019 I wrote an article entitled " What Do FOMO and LinkedIn Have To Do With Supply Chain ". FOMO is short for &qu...

Great Update from Craig Fuller on Supply Chain in 2022

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 I am sure many in this community follow Craig Fuller from Freightwaves.  I thought this was a very good interview on Bloomberg so I thought...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

What Separates "Vital Few Metrics" from "Nice to Know" Metrics - And What Can We Learn from Tom Brady...

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 I was reading an article about Tom Brady today in the Washington Post and it led me to think about metrics in supply chain.  How could tha...
Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Supply Chain Update - Hint: Disruption is Not Going Away and as The Who Warned Us: Don’t Get Fooled Again

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I am traveling for the last time this year and when I am on the road I get to reflect a lot on what is actually going on within supply chain...
Friday, October 22, 2021

Thursday Note on THE Supply Chain - Birth Rate in The United States

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 This is just a quick note on some learnings from the last few days.  While there are a lot of issues in supply chain which are well documen...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Wednesday - Mid Week General Thoughts

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 Here is just a quick summary of some things I am looking at this week and also some things which just make you go ... hmmmmmm: California P...
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Sunday, October 10, 2021

This is Not Just COVID - Supply Chain Disruption Has Been Building for Years

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 I will not bore you with all the pictures and the discussion of how many ships are off the coast of LA waiting to get unloaded.  If you are...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Is the Chief Supply Chain Officer now A Chief Crisis Manager

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The last two years have been incredibly challenging for anyone in supply chain.  It started with a supply disruption out of China in late 20...
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Monday, March 29, 2021

What Does The Ever Given Episode Teach Us?

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 Many have focused on the Ever Given episode as a symbol for the dangers of international shipping.  Some have discussed it in terms of &qu...
Sunday, November 29, 2020

Why The Chief Supply Chain Officer Needs to Understand Customer Experience in Detail

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  Thesis :  The Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) needs to be very close to the Chief Customer Officer or whoever in the enterprise is respo...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

There is No "Fast Following" in Today's Technology

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There have been a lot of supply chain learnings as a result of the COVID-19 environment and there is nothing more important than the lesson ...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

The Final 3 Feet Have Become The Most Important in The Supply Chain

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We have talked about "the final 3 feet" before which is defined as the leg of the supply chain where product is brought from the b...
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Sunday, April 12, 2020

Have Clicks and Bricks Won The Game over Pure E-Commerce

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First, I will give you my hypothesis answer which is " Yes " it has.  Of course, I have been wrong before and will be wrong again ...
Monday, March 23, 2020

The Final Three Feet is Really Really Important (As We Are Re-Learning)

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Back in April 2, 2013 I wrote a blog post entitled, " Is the 'Final Three Feet' The Most Important Logistics Leg" and it ...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

Time for a Supply Chain Reserve Corps

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As I am sure every supply chain professional and logistician is doing now, I am spending quite a bit of time thinking about the overall supp...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Extreme Ownership in Supply Chain Management

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I think it is well known that the supply chain area becomes somewhat of a hub for the corporation.  Just about every activity either flows i...
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Thursday, November 21, 2019

What do FOMO and Linkedin Have to Do with Supply Chain Management

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Has anyone noticed recently that your linkedin feed is just full of a bunch of technology looking for a reason to exist and all sorts of con...