Who Will ‘Supply Chain Dellify’ the Mobile Phone Industry?
Supply Chain Dellify’ the Mobile Phone Industry Dellify (verb) – the process of changing an industry model from high cost, low flexibility, make-to-stock model to a low cost, high flexibility make-to-order model. Before Michael Dell started his business from the college dorm, computer industry followed a very different model. It was been nearly 30 years, […]
5-STAR Business Network – A Company is Known by the Company it Keeps
5-STAR Business Network I am always amused to see the starry eyed stories of success of the companies in the business press. Many of the stories do not go deep into the real reasons for that success or to trace how transitory it can be, if those reasons disappear. It was not that long ago […]
Globalisation – Big Solution That We Need for Today’s Big Problems
About Globalisation No matter which country you look at today – you see big problems. Emerging problems are currently grappling with massive monetary expansionism triggered by a need to keep currency stability in face of periodic bouts of Quantitative Easings. Learn More About Globalisation For example see the article “Rajan Warns of Policy Breakdown as Emerging […]
SUPPLY CHAIN 3.0 IS REAL, AND HERE NOW
Supply Chain 3.0 Is Real When I explain to people that supply chain 3.0 is real, in general, I get three type of responses. Most of the McKinsey (or their clone) trained strategists ask me to show data to back up this assertion. On the other hand, more intuitive executives (mainly from sales and marketing […]
Supply Chain Segmentation – The Next Step in Delivering What you Promise in Digital Marketing
Trust & Care – Two Hallmarks of Supply Chain Segmentation Supply Chain Segmentation Drives Today’s Digital Marketing – This is how I explained the situation to a group of a senior executives of the company I was consulting to recently. The profitability was falling, and customers were abandoning the company (I cannot go into too […]
The Rare Art Supply Chain of Getting Rapid Results
Rare Art Supply Chain I was in a meeting with one of my clients who was one of the top 3 executives in a large company, and he was telling me his experience from a recent corporate retreat, where 24 of their top managers had gone in for a strategic planning session for three days […]
How To Find a Supply Chain Job
Supply Chain Job This blog post is relatively small and simple. Yet, as you will see, it is of immense use to anyone in today’s world. I do not want to make it any more complicated than necessary. My friend Tony has a recession proof career. No matter what happens to the economy, or to […]
Supply Chain is the New Electricity For Today’s Business
Supply Chain is the New Electricity Recently I did a small but quite interesting thought experiment with one of my sons. We were discussing the invention of electricity and he asked me: “Dad, what would happen if there was no electricity?” Since I actually had such an experience, I recounted to him my life in […]
Supply Chain Excellence – Go Good to Great in Supply Chain – Vivek Sood
Great in Supply Chain Management It is only natural that many companies today want to go from good to great in Supply Chain Excellence. It takes a lot of effort to go from good to great in any field of endeavour. It takes even more discipline and technique, than the effort. But, there is another […]
How to Increase Profits – Address The Confusions In Your Company
Five Confusions in Your Company Could Wipe Out the Entire Profit for the Year There is no doubt that confusion results in loss of action. Because clarity is the basis of all actions. Clarity gives you confidence and confidence results in action. Imagine a scenario where you need to make a decision and, in order […]
