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Investing in SCM Technology: 6 Hints for Success – From a Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

“Chaos, complexity, and uncertainty” often victimize an organization’s supply chain outstripping the ability of spreadsheet-based tools to respond intelligently. Sounds like 2020? In fact, this comes from one of the original Jedi Knights Dr. Harlan Crowder in a 1997 paper titled “Helpful Hints for OR/MS Consultants”. The purpose of this blog is to revisit this paper since the hints for success are as relevant now as they were then.

By
Dr. Ken Fordyce
November 4th, 2020
Central Planning, Machine Learning, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management Technology Investment

Supply Chain Management – Autonomous is Far Away and Resiliency is Needed Now

Over the past few years, the chatter about the role of AI to “optimize” supply chain has been almost endless. Some of the material is great, other is hype, some conjecture, and in most cases, we will not know the impact...

By
Dr. Ken Fordyce
June 24th, 2020
Community Intelligence, Data Analysis, Supply Chain, Supply Planning

Lessons for COVID-19 and Supply Chain Management Models

For those that work regularly in the supply chain or managing the demand-supply network (DSN) models are commonplace to help with similar questions. This blog will provide some basics about models that all will find helpful...