On the third day of X-Mas my blogger gave to me tri-focal lens, two boxing gloves and a lesson in strategy. When coming up with a good strategy for your supply chain, one of the very first things you need to understand is that there will always be three views of the best decision: the […]
There was a great article recently in Supply Chain Brain that described a litany of failure. In measuring the value of supply chain consultants, the authors review five horror stories that resulted from consulting engagements. This article was very enlightening as it did a great job of what can go wrong when you fail to […]
It was nice to see the recent article by Henry Ijams of PayStream Advisors, Inc in Supply & Demand Chain Executive on “emerging payment and discount paradigms in the supply chain” and the benefits of working capital optimization, which include: paper reduction liquidity injection into the supply chain supply chain risk reduction purchase-to-pay automation financing […]
Negotiations. Some people love them. I don’t. My strategy is to go in more informed than the person I’m dealing with, with hard data to back me up, force a short circuit to the bottom line, and figure out if it’s worth talking for any more than 15 minutes. But still, it’s part of the […]
Note: This is written as a narrative and contains a lot of background on the doctor. Although the doctor believes that this information will help you put what he does into perspective, he understands that you might be time constrained and / or be more interested in a straight-forward listing of the services he offers. […]