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Monday, April 15, 2024 · Norman Katz
CIOs often turn over the job search process to HR or search on job boards, often with a jumbled job description. That may not be yielding the best candidates and exacerbating a talent shortage.
Monday, March 18, 2024 · Norman Katz
Good reporting standards should be part of an organization’s policies and guidelines. Don’t wait until someone asks, and don’t force someone to be an exception: make sure that your data visualizations can be read by all those who receive them.
Monday, February 19, 2024 · Norman Katz
Supply chain execution, from one end to the other, is the new competitive edge, and this applies whether you are the brand or whether you are the retailer. Working collaboratively is the glue that holds it together.
Monday, February 19, 2024 · Norman Katz
Supply chain execution, from one end to the other, is the new competitive edge, and this applies whether you are the brand or whether you are the retailer. Working collaboratively is the glue that holds it together.
Monday, January 15, 2024 · Norman Katz
The use of a 3PL offers flexibility and scalability while bringing fulfillment and distribution expertise and at the ready software systems. But just like not all brands make every consumer product in their vertical, let alone in the market, not all 3PLs are set up for all…
Monday, December 18, 2023 · Norman Katz
Traditionally, vendors viewed vendor compliance as a burdensome cost. Truthfully, it is to a certain extent. But it also can be an investment that can be turned internally and used to benefit the vendor company widely.
Monday, November 20, 2023 · Norman Katz
Detecting and reducing supply chain fraud can be done using artificial intelligence and the existing supply chain systems and the familiar transactions that they produce.
Friday, October 20, 2023 · Norman Katz
The supply chain predicaments that companies are still reeling from were not caused by the use of methodologies such as lean or just-in-time, but rather likely due to the abuse of these methodologies, compounded by the seemingly carefree attitude to outsource work.
Monday, September 18, 2023 · Norman Katz
People still matter a lot in making the supply chains function. Train them, educate them, equip them, support them, and pay them for what they are really worth, because the supply chain breaks down without them.
Monday, August 21, 2023 · Norman Katz
The ERP system sits at the center of the other supply chain systems and the overall connectivity. As the source of truth, this is where the foundational data should be stored.
