Friday, July 5, 2024 · Larry Lapide
Almost four and a half years ago, I wrote my first Insights column on artificial intelligence (AI) titled: “Rely on AI to make decisions? Yes, but warily” [March/April 2020]. I had planned to do an annual update, however, the COVID-19 pandemic came along—consuming much…
Monday, May 1, 2023 · Larry Lapide
The recent column discussed how global policymakers have been relatively ineffective in using diplomacy to come up with a coordinated plan toward a world free of fossil fuels.
Wednesday, July 6, 2022 · Larry Lapide
Prior to the pandemic, global supply chains had evolved toward being optimized, largely cost-effective and efficient vis a vis responsiveness.
Monday, September 6, 2021 · Larry Lapide
Managers should consider implementing optimized OP&F because more accurate promising will please customers, while at the same time provide greater benefits—and what could be wrong with doing that?
Monday, January 4, 2021 · Larry Lapide, lecturer at the University of Massachusetts and an MIT Research Affiliate
They will no longer have the economies of scale at levels they had when auto drivers used a lot of gas. A double whammy for logistics operations because diesel prices could go sky-high. How high? When? Beats me.
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 · Larry Lapide
COVID-19 virus has greatly disrupted the e-tailing market, making the stronger players stronger and the weaker players weaker.
Monday, August 31, 2020 · Larry Lapide
The major learning from the COVID-19 pandemic is that we need to support federal and local government efforts during emergencies like pandemics.
Monday, June 29, 2020 · Larry Lapide
This Insights column is the second of a two-part series. It deals with lessons learned from selling and surviving in an organization living through the realities of a “bad news” annual budget—and its corresponding forecasts and plans.
Thursday, May 7, 2020 · Larry Lapide
This “Insights” column is the first of a two-part series and deals with potential ways to forecast and plan major turning points—and get all-important organizational support for them.
Sunday, July 7, 2019 · Dr. Larry Lapide, lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and an MIT research affiliate
Being socially conscious and environmentally friendly are, of course, considerations.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 · Dr. Larry Lapide, lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and an MIT research affiliate
Note: This “Insights” is a reprint of my April 2007 column. While written 12 years ago it is quite possibly even more relevant today. In 2007, S&OP was not as widely used, but
Monday, October 29, 2018 · Larry Lapide
The series has chronicled the evolution of e-commerce using Walmart versus Amazon as a reflection of what has been going on in the battle between retailers and e-tailers.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · Dr. Lapide, lecturer at the University of Massachusetts and an MIT Research Affiliate.
Sales organizations of industrial product companies typically play the most important role in creating and shaping demand—because customers are largely businesses to which they directly sell.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 · Larry Lapide
To capitalize on all revenue opportunities, companies need what we call QRF to identify when a demand spike or drastic change in demand might occur.
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