Why Revenue Management Principles Apply to Capacity Allocation
What airlines learned about empty seats applies to every idle production line and half-full truck
What Cross-Docking Actually Requires to Work
Cross-docking promises efficiency, but only delivers when demand, timing, and technology align precisely
How Disruption Mapping Transforms Risk Management
Making supply chain vulnerabilities visible turns abstract risk registers into strategic intelligence you can actually act on.
How to Actually Calculate Total Cost of Ownership for Sourcing Decisions
Why the lowest quoted price often delivers the highest actual cost in sourcing decisions
The Uncomfortable Truth About Supplier Single Sourcing Risk
Why your single sourcing savings might be borrowed against risks you haven't priced
The Underappreciated Power of Supply Chain Segmentation
Why treating all products and customers identically guarantees suboptimal performance for most of them
Why Transportation Procurement Cycles Create Predictable Opportunities
Transportation markets follow predictable rhythms—smart procurement strategies ride the cycles instead of fighting them.
How Contract Manufacturers Actually Price Your Products
Understanding cost structures and margin strategies transforms adversarial negotiations into partnerships that benefit both sides
Why Network Design Models Give Wrong Answers Without Right Questions
Network optimization models can only answer the questions you ask—and most teams are asking the wrong ones
What Zara Understands About Speed That Others Miss
How structural supply chain choices transform speed from operational metric into strategic weapon.
Why Lean and Resilience Aren't Actually Opposites
The false dichotomy between efficiency and robustness dissolves with smarter supply chain architecture
The Hidden Logic Behind Amazon's Inventory Positioning
Why your package was waiting nearby before you knew you wanted it
The Real Reason Your OTIF Metrics Are Misleading You
Why your supply chain performance score hides the problems that matter most to your best customers
Why Your Demand Forecast Will Always Be Wrong—And What Actually Matters
Stop chasing impossible forecast accuracy—master the art of performing brilliantly when predictions inevitably fail
How Container Shipping Economics Actually Work
Decode the cycles, indices, and consolidation forces that determine your freight costs and carrier negotiations
The Counterintuitive Math of Warehouse Consolidation
Why the spreadsheet case for fewer warehouses often collapses when hidden transportation costs, demand correlations, and customer defection risks enter the calculation.
The Strategic Advantage of Boring Supply Chain Technology
Why master data management and system integration deliver more competitive advantage than AI initiatives ever will
How the Bullwhip Effect Silently Destroys Margins
Understand how small demand changes cascade into massive supply chain waste—and the practical strategies that restore margin through signal smoothing.
Why Your Safety Stock Formula Is Costing You Millions
Traditional safety stock formulas assume stable demand that rarely exists—segmented approaches and dynamic triggers unlock trapped working capital.
Why Most Supplier Scorecards Measure the Wrong Things
Transform your supplier scorecard from a backward-looking report card into a strategic tool that identifies hidden costs and future competitive advantage.