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SMART Metrics and Your Edge Perception

Translating the vast amounts of available business information to an intelligent dashboard upon which to base decisions and align...

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Disruption Management: A Key Pillar to Advancing Business Agility

Agile enterprises create smart value chains within which to operate, thereby minimizing the chance of disruptive events, whether they be...

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How Process Improvement Can Empower Future Growth

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the 20th Annual OPEX Week: Business Transformation World Summit 2019, which took place in...

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Use the Dynamic Duo of Hoshin Kanri and OPEX to Boost Business Agility

Increasing business agility is the name of the game in today’s rapidly evolving markets, yet remains an elusive goal to many in the...

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Moving beyond the hidden factory: why a learning organization is crucial to business agility

Wasteful operations are not just part of the factory floor. Outdated, inefficient, or even undocumented business processes can do more...

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How to implement a supply chain technical solution... with a reluctant organization

The truth is, when it comes to change, almost nobody greets it with unbounded enthusiasm. When it comes to a new IT application...

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Why rifle-shot solutions often miss their target when it comes to supply chain improvement

Of the many laws related to Systems Thinking, the diagram below is certainly a reminder that cause and effect in most instances are not...

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The path to a leading edge, sustainable supply chain begins with a best in class strategy process

The supply chain strategy is renewed in concert with the business strategy, which in general is an annual cycle. While this seems...