Given statistics of use, why would you not want your team to manage their supply chain from a smartphone? The ability to stay informed of real-time events and quickly communicate are becoming more an expectation of professionals - especially in supply chain management. The average attention...
As we approach holiday shutdowns, it may be a good time to ask some general questions about your supply chain. While we can see much more than 3 questions, here are the three that we have recently seen as top-of-mind by executives: Are we planning or...
We are very proud and flattered to be selected by CIO Magazine. Below is the press release: Sage Clarity Selected by CIO Review in 20 Most Promising Collaboration Technology Solution Providers Annual list showcases the 20 Most Promising Collaboration Solution Providers. FREMONT, CA—December 10th 2015—CIO Review (www.cioreview.com)...
We have been involved in several large-scale supply chain visibility projects recently. When we started on these projects, we found an Aberdeen Group Benchmark report from 2006 (!) and felt nostalgic. The industry has been talking about supply chain visibility for 20+ years and we...
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Balanced Scorecards and Spreadsheets: The Right Starting Point? A recent insight by Bain and Company discusses Balanced Scorecards as one kind of management tool. While balanced scorecards have been in use by organizations for years, one trend we see is organizations and executives using balanced scorecards...
A recent FORBES article discusses, and actual has 10 Steps To Conquer Information Overload. FORBES has some great steps. However, we prefer not to “conquer” information overload, but how to use so much information to your advantage. One thing we all need to realize is...
It is always exciting to see an area we are very passionate about gain some steam. Our friends at Transparency Market Research just published a new market study entitled Supply Chain Analytics Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast 2014 –...
Still our most popular post, we discussed moving from static to real-time Key Performance Indicators and a methodology we use to help achieve real-time KPIs. Executing a static to real-time KPI transformation does not need to be a daunting task, when executed in a methodological...
Transforming a culture can be a daunting task and certainly requires more than can written in 1 blog post. However, there are a few items we notice in working in large-scale transformations over the past 3 years. Communication. Not a new aspect of cultural change, but...
