Unexpected conditions continually disrupt operational performance. Further, demands on supply chains are ever increasing as companies vie to deliver more personalized products, with faster lead time, at a lower cost.
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A.I. in Planning – Podcast
I held a podcast this week with Supply Chain Management Review on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in Planning.
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New Model for Big Box Last Mile Delivery
Last mile home delivery is a key driver shaping the growth and trajectory of the US online sales for large format category products.
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Orchestrating Complex Innovation in CPG and Retail
With escalating pressures to continually provide innovative market offerings while simultaneously demonstrating sustainable, profitable growth, it’s no surprise that CPG and retail companies are thinking more like their consumers.
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Collaboration: Lessons from Medieval Trading
As global markets become more complex, companies are increasingly pursuing collaboration to unlock value chain efficiency and agility. From joint demand planning to asset sharing, companies are seeking to unlock cross-firm economies of scale and scope. A key challenge preventing systematic collaboration
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“Princely” Insights in M&A Success
Business is often compared to war and statecraft, as reflected in every-day management jargon (e.g. competitive positioning, stick vs. carrot, war-gamming, etc). If business is war then merger and acquisition (M&A) integration, also known as post merger integration (PMI), would be analogous to the capture and annexation of new principalities. In both scenarios, the acquirer…
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Sourcing success under time pressure
Emergency room (ER) physicians constantly make critical decisions with limited information and under extreme time pressure. What separates best-in-class ER physicians from the pack is that they not only “do the right things,” but also “do things right.”
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Strategic outsourcing is not an oxymoron
The term “strategic outsourcing” may sound like an oxymoron since the central dogma of outsourcing calls for companies to sequester strategic capabilities in-house and only source non-core activities from 3rd parties.
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Drivers of Pharma R&D Gap and New Models for Success
In the past decade(s) the pharma industry has experienced an innovation gap crisis characterized by relatively flat growth rate in new drug approval rates and a steady growth of 2.5X in cost.
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