Changing Role of Supply Chain optimization in Digital Economy
In the rapidly changing world – role of supply chain is constantly evolving. There are now at least three generations of supply chains and the confusion about the roles and expectations is leading to massive losses inside the corporations. Here are some insights and excerpts from my speech on this topic. You can see the video on Latest […]
Industrial Age Tools vs Information Age Weapons
This is the part 2 of my earlier post What I Learnt Fighting Pirates (Not in the Caribbean)! (that post was getting too long, so I had to break it into two parts). Industrials Supply Chain I asked bosun to send a repelling party to cut the ladder and the scrambling rope, while I sent two […]
The Last Miles of Amazon – vivek sood
Amazon Business A false-color satellite photograph of the Amazon River in Brazil. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Rivers become amazingly complex in their last few miles. If you have not yet done that try and navigate the Amazon delta from the sea up the river – it is an enlightening experience. As a former ships master, I […]
Globalisation – Big Solution That We Need For Today’s Big Problems
Learn Supply Chain Globalisation No matter which country you look at today – you see big problems. Emerging problems are currently grappling with massive monetary expansionism triggered by a need to keep currency stability in face of periodic bouts of Quantitative Easings. For example see the article “Rajan Warns of Policy Breakdown as Emerging Markets […]
5-STAR Business Network – A Company is Known by the Company it Keeps
5-star Business Network I am always amused to see the starry eyed stories of success of the companies in the business press. Many of the stories do not go deep into the real reasons for that success or to trace how transitory it can be, if those reasons disappear. It was not that long ago […]
A Good Supply Chain but What Does it take to Go to Great?
Good Supply Chain VS Great Supply Chain Management It is only natural that many companies today want to go from good to great in Supply Chain. It takes a lot of effort to go from good to great in any field of endeavour. It takes even more discipline and technique, than the effort. But, there […]
What is synchronicity in Business and Carl Jung’s Perception
In his book The 5-STAR Business Network (http://bit.ly/5-STARBN), Vivek Sood mentions the concept of synchronicity in business, and focus on Carl Jung’s perception of it. The concept of synchronicity has a specific definition in Carl Jung’s mind. For him, it is a causal connection of two or more psycho-physic phenomena. He started to use this […]
Upgrading your Supply Chain To Its Next Level- Vivek Sood
Upgrading your Supply Chain To Its Next Level The meeting room was as sparsely appointed as most meeting rooms used for supplier meetings these days. There were no windows, and barely any space to move. A round table in the center was surrounded by four cheap chairs. The message it sent was of frugality and […]
Information Age Thinking Needs Information Rich Leadership
Information Age Thinking Needs Information Rich Leadership Boards always ask the hardest questions. That is why these gentlemen (and ladies) get to be on the boards. They know just the right questions to ask at the right moment. Towards the end of this blog I will relate my recent experience with one such question. They […]
Buyers and Management Consulting -What are The Types ?
Buyers and Management Consulting -What are The Types ? Global shipping is a very cut-throat business where you can make a lot of money just by buying and selling ships at the right time. So ships in operation are sold quite regularly. When I was in shipping – there were two kinds of buyers who visited […]
