Posts Tagged "culture change"

My friends Keith and Sean from the company REVEAL recently shared an excellent meal with me in old Montreal. Keith and I were both featured speakers at the Logistics and Supply Chain Management conferences in sunny Orlando (2012) and Fabulous Las Vegas (2013). My speaking engagements were centered on Sales and Operations transformation as well as Supply Chain Optimization.  We also both share the same insights on business fundamentals...

Here are a few sobering statistics on how IT automation has eliminated non value adding tasks – from Quartz magazine. Between 2000 and 2010, the jobs of 1.1 million secretaries were eliminated In the same period, the number of telephone operators dropped by 64%, travel agents by 46% and bookkeepers by 26%. “Two-thirds of the 7.6 million middle-class jobs that vanished in Europe were the victims of technology”. Let’s talk about...

Companies can potentially bleed staggering amounts of money implementing SAP APO (Advanced Planning Optimizer), with a mediocre results that requires extensive re-engineering.  Here are the top five steps required to create a company – wide – lean – mean – APO machine. 1. Get the best of the best to consult and guide you. You will fail or create a nightmare APO design if you do not do your homework and hire the very best...

I’m speaking at the 2013 Logistics and Supply Chain Conference at the Mirage in Las Vegas next year.  My presentation will be on the best methods to optimize supply chains using large scale IT systems. All my expenses are paid. How did I end up speaking at leading edge industry events?  I began my career in the mail room for Pete’s sake.  I don’t have a university degree.  Here are the top reasons why my career has taken off. I took...

Company’s resources must work towards the same goals. Once the Key Performance Indicators are in place, people throughout the company will share the same vision and have overlapping common goals. Executives must share their vision and expectations to all levels of the company. Because the supply chain is a set of subsequent processes it is absolutely essential that excellent communication information exchange be maintained to...