While supply chain companies gather enormous amounts of data, Supply Chain Quarterly found that few companies actually derive sustainable value from the data they accumulate. Instead, they struggle with how to ensure the quality of their data, how to analyze, and how to make practical use of what they learn from it. For a comprehensive view of the [...]
In a turnaround situation of a $400M private equity-backed concern, Xenon Group closely collaborated with the COO and his operational teams over 18 months to drive board-level improvement initiatives across the business. Highlights include: 1. Crisis response - rapid assessment and onboarding of outsourced suppliers to close an existential manufacturing capacity gap 2. Manufacturing plant [...]
For a $3B public utility, Xenon Group was tasked to assess six key operational functions: distribution management, analytics/reporting, strategic sourcing, supplier performance, organizational performance and procure to pay processes. Over the course of 12 weeks, the team conducted nearly 40 interviews with analysts, managers and senior leaders while concurrently compiling, blending, and evaluating large data-sets [...]
The team at Llamasoft works closely with its customers and industry analysts, analyzing supply chain challenges and trends. They conclude, “It’s clear that in order to thrive in the new year companies must make decisions faster, smarter and more frequently across every aspect of the supply chain.” Review their supply chain predictions for 2018.
“A recent study conducted by the Digital Supply Chain Institute (DSCI) at the Center for Global Enterprise, in partnership with APQC, revealed that over one-third of supply chain professionals surveyed are either extremely or moderately unfamiliar with blockchain.” See why author Becky Partida says some supply chain organizations have started considering blockchain for their businesses, while [...]
