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Supply Chain Metrics That Matter: Is Revenue per Employee Still Important?
andnbsp; Revenue per Employee has been used as a business metric for a very long time. Production IS important. But is Revenue per Employee all it is cracked up to be in todays global environment? Should we be looking at OTHER, or additional metrics in o
Unilever vs. Colgate: Two Bookends?
andnbsp; Here is an excerpt from the opening paragraph of the 13 FEB 2013 blog post that started a firestorm of discussion: We waded through spreadsheet after spreadsheet of data for the last three weeks and contrasted the progress of the high-tech, cons
Winning with Analytics: The Art of the Possible
andnbsp; Today we’re witnessing a data explosion. Huge amounts of data (structured and unstructured) are created every Mminute. Sadly, Excel will never be able to make use of that data. A whole new realm of analytics is being born and companies need to
Supply Chain Talent: The Missing Link?
andnbsp; There is a looming middle-management supply chain talent crisis. In this podcast Lora Cecere drags this potentially disastrous problem out of the closet for everyone to see, and to learn what companies are doing to mitigate the vacuum to be left
The Supply Chain Plateau
andnbsp; Lora Cecere claims we are at a supply chain plateau. In this podcast, Lora maps out where we are after 30 years of supply chain management; how companies THINK they’ve made profound progress, but are actually stuck on what she calls the supply
Open Content Research: What is it?
andnbsp; Supply Chain Insights produces three to four supply chain research reports a month and publishes them in front of the firewall for all to read and share with their networks, at no charge. Why do we do it? Hear Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chai
The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit 2013
andnbsp; In a sea of existing supply chain events, many have wondered why on Earth Lora Cecere, of Supply Chain Insights LLC, would entertain the thought of putting on another supply chain centric event. Well, hear it straight from Lora as she explains w
The End of a Fairy Tale, Or Who IS the Big Bad Wolf?
andnbsp; Our first podcast, based on Lora Cecere’s blog post “The End of a Fairy Tale – Part 1†on the popular www.supplychainshaman.com website. Lora gives you straight talk about ERP as a legacy system and what companies must do to break the st