During my wait for the bus this morning, I did my daily ritual of scanning a select set of websites. And this morning on CNNMoney, I read an excellent (and lengthy) article about Nick Saban, Head Coach of University of Alabama’s football program. Titled “Leadership Lessons from Nick Saban” (see the article here — actually, this […]
Today, I am excited to introduce to you Max Moriarity as a guest writer for today’s post. Max provides an interesting perspective on Reverse Logistics (RL). All too often, I hear of RL as a pure service-related play. However, Max shares good insight on how manufacturing companies can leverage the RL supply chain as a competitive […]
Irv Grossman, VP of Supply Chain Operations in Chainalytics, wrote a very interesting article regarding the similarities between fishing and Reverse Logistics. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, go ahead and take the time to read it first (here) and then come back. What I’ve seen, as has much of the industry, […]
Jon Stegner’s famous article “Gloves on the Boardroom Table” is a classic example of not just leaders in denial (for my business school friends) but also the opportunity in procurement – specifically, strategic sourcing. The article can be found here. I’ll downplay the leaders in denial aspect in favor of the Supply Chain benefits in […]
What is the state of your business? If I were to ask you how are your operations faring, would you hesitate? What about the trends? Has operations been reducing no-trouble found/ cannot-duplicate rates? Is your call center not asking the right questions when triaging customer complaints thereby letting through costly non-warrantable devices? Has your days […]
It seems everyone’s looking for Ninjas and the like these days… shout out to Irv Grossman for sharing and dubbing me the SC Ninja. This, of course, is the stroke of genius that is this (my) blog! Check out the WSJ’s article below! Wall Street Journal – Ninjas and Jedis Wanted
I wanted to continue my first post on being an effective consultant with this — the sequel. What I mentioned before greatly hinges on the ability to quickly learn but adaptation and becoming a SC Ninja is more than learning. Another attribute and key ingredient to being an effective consultant is blending in, too. I […]
To be an effective consultant, supply chain or otherwise, you have to be able to adapt. As a Supply Chain Ninja, I have to be a chameleon… to be able to blend into my surroundings and new engagements. Otherwise, you end up sticking out like a sore thumb and you don’t pick up new projects […]