Home The Shaman’s Circle The Shaman’s Journal Supply Chain Shaman Where’S Lora? About Lora Contact Where’s Lora? About Lora Contact September 23, 2016 0 Direct Material Woes: Seven Steps to Take to Improve Value By Lora Cecere | innovation, Procurement, Risk management, Supply Chain Excellence | No Comments It is fall. The hot and humid days are giving way to cool and crisp weather. Today, as I type this blog post, the rain is softly falling on my windowsill. The wet streets below signal a shift in seasons. The seasonal rhythms link the threads of our life. As fall becomes winter, supply chain leaders are planning their budgets and building strategies for 2017. With this in mind, in this blog… Share this: Email Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Like this: Like Loading... Read More September 13, 2016 2 Supply Chain 2030: Forge a New Path By Lora Cecere | customer-centric supply chains, Demand, demand driven, Global Supply Chains, Market-Driven | No Comments The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is over, but we hope the energy to define Supply Chain 2030 is just beginning. Our goal is to build a guiding coalition to think differently to improve outcomes. Today only 12% of supply chain teams are driving improvement, performing better than their competitors and driving value (as determined by Price to Tangible Book Value). As companies prepare for Supply Chain 2030, we think that it… Share this: Email Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Like this: Like Loading... Read More September 2, 2016 0 Happy Labor Day! Insights on Building Supply Chain Talent By Lora Cecere | Supply Chain Excellence, Supply Chain Talent | No Comments In the United States, families are packing for Labor Day. The exodus from the cities leads to jammed roads and packed parks. Now a ritual, Labor Day is the first Monday in September. Dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers, it is a welcome three-day weekend. So, with labor day approaching, I am penning a blog on supply chain talent. Labor day also signals the end of… Share this: Email Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Like this: Like Loading... Read More August 21, 2016 1 S&OP: Five Steps to Get Started By Lora Cecere | Sales and Operations Planning, Supply Chain, Supply chain excellence, Supply Chain Performance Index, Supply chain planning | No Comments It is Sunday. Today I assume a familiar position. Now a ritual, with coffee in one hand and country music blaring, I sit in my faded green chair to write a blog post. I have done this for seven years. This afternoon I am writing my 334th blog post. I will also pen my 95th report for this week’s Supply Chain Insights newsletter. We now reach 23,000 supply chain leaders… Share this: Email Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Tumblr Pinterest Like this: Like Loading... Read More 1 2 3 … 85 Next » Click For More Info … Stay Connected Blogroll Bricks Matter LinkedIn Influencer posts Lora on Forbes Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Insights Global Summit About Lora Cecere Lora Cecere is the Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights , the research firm that's paving new directions in building thought-leading supply chain research. She is also the author of the enterprise software blog Supply Chain Shaman. The blog focuses on the use of enterprise applications to drive supply chain excellence. Her book, Bricks Matter, published in December of 2012. As an enterprise strategist, Lora focuses on the changing face of enterprise technologies. Her research is designed for the early adopter seeking first mover advantage. Current research topics include the digital consumer, supply chain sensing, demand shaping and revenue management, market-driven value networks, accelerating innovation through open design networks, the evolution of predictive analytics, emerging business intelligence solutions, and technologies to improve safe and secure product delivery. She comes to the stage with over thirty years of diverse supply chain experience. She spent nine years as an industry analyst with Gartner Group, AMR Research, Altimeter Group and is now the founder of her own firm Supply Chain Insights. Prior to becoming a supply chain analyst she spent fifteen years as a leader in the building of supply chain software at Manugistics and Descartes Systems Group, and twenty years as a supply chain practitioner at Procter & Gamble, Kraft/General Foods, Clorox, and Dreyers Grand Ice Cream (now a division of Nestle). More about Supply Chain Shaman... 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