Innovation Corner – Page 4 – Supply Chain Innovations

21 Feb

Voice Of VICS: Notes From The Birth Of CPFR With Marianne Timmons

By admin In Podcast Posted February 21, 2012

Lessons learned from those who were involved with Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR®) from the very beginning. This episode is with Marianne Timmons – Founder of Supply Chain 2020 As part of this series of articles about the beginnings of the CPFR movement, we’re talking with Marianne Timmons, former VP Supply Chain Strategy […]

20 Feb

SC Today Podcast: Interview With Sheila Barry, CEO Of E3Pak

By admin In Podcast Posted February 20, 2012

We talk with Sheila Barry about her product, the E3Pak, which is set to revolutionize the packaging of “hard goods.” In this podcast, she explains how her product can reduce waste, improve efficiencies, contribute to the bottom line while satisfying customers with your product. Listen, and visit her website at http://E3Pak.com Follow Steve on Twitter, […]

4 Feb

Steve Brady And Pete Swan – Peter Swan And Highway Privatization

By admin In Podcast Posted February 4, 2012

We chat with Dr Peter Swan from Penn State University, in Harrisburg. His recent study (with Michael Belzer of Wayne State University) found that increased privatization of highways may increase the traffic on what are perceived to be free roads (of course, they carry costs–just not directly billed.) According to a Penn State press release: […]

19 Dec

Interview With Matt Johnson… Lessons Learned From Those Who Were Involved With Collaborative Planning Forecasting And Replenishment (CPFR®) From The Very Beginning

By admin In Podcast Posted December 19, 2011

In this interview, I talk with Matt Johnson about the earliest days of CPFR®, and in fact we go back to when it first started, and was known as CFAR. For those that go back far enough, we remember when CPFR® was the 9 Step model. In this interview, Matt reveals how it transformed into the […]

14 Dec

Redundancy And Customer Satisfaction

By admin In Uncategorized Posted December 14, 2011

One element common to most major catastrophes is the chain reaction failure of redundant systems. Whether we’re talking about the Challenger or Columbia disasters, drill rig disasters, railroad disasters, or even simple automobile accidents we read time and time again about a series of safety checks and systems that failed. Not to be overly dramatic […]

3 Dec

Interview With Andre Martin, Father Of DRP

By admin In Podcast Posted December 3, 2011

In this Voice of VICS I talk with Andre Martin- co-founder Red Prairie Collaborative Flowcasting Group, LLC. He is considered the father of Distribution Resource Planning, or DRP. He talks about the early days, when he was developing the concept of DRP while working at Abbott, and how that has evolved into Flow Casting among […]

1 Dec

Chris Sellers – The Start Of CPFR®

By admin In Podcast Posted December 1, 2011

Technical and political Lessons learned from those who were involved with Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR®) from the very beginning… Chris Sellers – Interim CEO, Mobeam In this installment of interviews about the beginnings of the CPFR movement, we interview Chris Sellers, who is currently the CEO of Mobeam. Previously, as CEO of Agentrics, […]

4 Nov

Learning From Steve Jobs–RFID, And Logistics

By admin In Uncategorized Posted November 4, 2011

Mark Roberti has written a very good article over at RFIDJournal.com “What the RFID Industry can Learn from Steve Jobs.” Mark makes, as always, very good points. It should come as no surprise that some of the aspects of products that Steve Jobs tackled (simplicity, focus on the consumer not the technology). Go read the […]

18 Mar

Social Media And Supply Chain Organizations

By admin In Uncategorized Posted March 18, 2011

I had a discussion today with a few colleagues in a conversation hosted by VICS.org and in that conversation we talked about how organizations can use “social media” and “social networking” to help get their message out. I think we can all agree that what we are doing is important. If it wasn’t I would […]

10 Mar

Target Bests Walmart In Prices: Does Service Trump Supply Chain?

By admin In Uncategorized Posted March 10, 2011

A recent study by Customer Growth Partner seems to indicate that Target is beating Wal-Mart on Wal-Mart’s home turf. Now the study they conducted (as reported in Chicago Breaking News) is limited in scope. It only looked at 35 brand name items in 3 states, but it does seem to mirror experiences seen by consumers […]

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