The Network Effect Part 2: Key Concepts And Value Of Network Effect
This is part two of a two part series on the Network Effect in Supply Chains. You can read part one here. In today’s world, companies will not generate market share without a well thought out and activated network effect strategy. Businesses are embracing resilient supply chain networks…
The Network Effect Part 1: Driving Value Across the Supply Chain Ecosystem
In recent years, companies have outgrown the traditional capabilities provided by hub and spoke, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions. Based on an increasingly omni-channel world, these systems are challenged to handle the combination of downstream demand variability, upstream supplier variability, and the risk that comes…
3 Foundations For An Effective Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Network
When Henry Ford launched his Rogue manufacturing complex near the city of Detroit at the beginning of the 20th century it was a manufacturing marvel. Raw materials entered one side of the factory, and finished vehicles drove out on the other side. While making the…
What Constitutes a True Supply Chain Network?
Over the past few years, the disruptions of the pandemic and the Suez and Panama canals have highlighted the shortcomings of the traditional ways of running a supply chain. Many businesses are embarking on a digital transformation to turn linear supply chains into connected, intelligent, scalable, customizable, and nimble…
Generative AI: Force Multiplier for Autonomous Supply Chain Management
With the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) the world has come to anticipate a huge increase in productivity. Businesses have a tremendous opportunity to capitalize on these technologies not only for supply chain productivity improvements but for overall efficiency, resilience, and agility. At first,…