Category Archives: Supply Chain

Feb 15

Making Best Use of Intuition in the Supply Chain

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Julian Blumenthal

In the 4th quarter 2018 edition of CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly there is article entitled “What is intuition in the Supply Chain”. That is where people fit in to this massive data process logistics and supply chain has become. Even … Read More →

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Aug 12

Davy Crockett and the Supply Chain

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Julian Blumenthal

In the latest addition of Supply Chain Quarterly, Dr Bruce Arntzen, Executive Director of Supply Chain Management at MIT writes an article about the lack of leadership training for students in logistics/supply chain courses entitled “4 Keys for Unlocking Leadership … Read More →

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Jun 11

Talk about the data

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Julian Blumenthal

I sometimes think about changing the wording of a famous poem about the sea and lack of water to drink to focus on the flood of data and it would read: Data, Data, everywhere, although the laptop did squeak, data, … Read More →

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Apr 01

Trendy Blockchain

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Julian Blumenthal

A few weeks ago in the March 12, 2018 edition of Bloomsberg Businessweek Paul Ford wrote an article entitled ” The Blockchain is a Mind Virus”. In writing this, he was pointing about how trendy items in the business world … Read More →

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Dec 17

B to B staring at B to C

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Julian Blumenthal

If you are in a B to B, that is a business whose primary customers are other businesses, you are probably staring at the B to C, business selling directly to consumers, supply chain world. Vast changes are happening there, … Read More →

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Oct 26

Dealing with the non-digital or partially digital world

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Julian Blumenthal

I do volunteer work for the Chicago area food bank which goes under the name of the Greater Chicago Food Depository. This organization through its 2004 built warehouse serves Cook County annually shipping 70 million pounds of food per year. … Read More →

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Jul 12

Retirement Supply Chain Positions – Part 2

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Julian Blumenthal

I am fortunate enough to have a retirement position in Supply Chain with Signode. In my previous email I talked about the skills that are needed to be attractive to a potential hiring firm. This blog post I will write … Read More →

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Jun 05

Breaking Up Silos is Hard to Do

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Julian Blumenthal

I had to laugh at myself, when I heard a recent Rabbi sermon about being a better person by breaking out of your personal silo. Silo is a term we who have a career in supply chain/logistics hear a lot. … Read More →

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May 23

Success has to be more than cutting costs

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Julian Blumenthal

I recently attended the annual one day seminar of the CSCMP Chicago Roundtable. The key note address Dr. Jonathan Bryne, a senior lecture at MIT and yes, a supply chain consultant. The thesis he presented was that to be a … Read More →

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May 01

Using the Energy of Complaining

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Julian Blumenthal

Complaining, you hear it during coffee breaks, at special events, and yes, of course, in the rest room. By nature, the supply chain/logistics affects many departments, many people, management and customers. With that many moving parts, something will be suboptimal. … Read More →

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