Month: February 2020

Introduction: Link between Strategy and Operational practices Back in 2016, I wrote an article on LinkedIn that followed the linkage of Corporate strategy to Operational

Introduction One of the key milestones of procurement transformation was a paper by Peter Kraljic in 1983 in which he described a way of analyzing

Supplier Selection Problem: Ranking of Suppliers In real world, sourcing executives generally have a large pool of suppliers to select from.  In terms of leveraging analytics,

I have received few requests asking for my 2 cents on learnings from Coronavirus epidemic impact on Supply Chains so here we go (I will

Manufacturing Digital twins are becoming the new normal fast Chances are that every time you hear about Digital Twins, it is in the context of

The Long tail of Machine Learning becomes longer in Supply Chains In layman’s terms, what the long tail of Machine learning entails is that it

“Great innovation needs great Marketing” – Denise Yohn, Leading Brand Consultant Wonder why……? Do you wonder why the market is extremely forgiving towards likes of

As the business landscape around us evolves at a rapid pace, organizations that have a vision of the future are scrambling to implement Industrial Internet

If you follow the automotive industry, you have probably read this WSJ news article: Detroit vs Tesla So….how can Detroit biggies chart a path out

Predictive Maintenance is the new buzz word in Manufacturing these days, thanks to advances in Machine Learning methods, specifically predictive analytics methodologies. However, I always

Every weekend I go book hunting, mostly to old book shops in flea or street markets. This book hunt is mostly related to non tech

As I have insisted consistently in my articles and posts on LinkedIn, the real value of Smart Manufacturing will be in the data generated by

Note: As a standard practice, I will include a plagiarism detection link in all the articles on my blog site. You can use the online

Two different worlds of Silicon Valley and Bentonville  “….The episode illustrates a broader culture clash at the world’s largest retailer, one that pits its Bentonville,