How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 22 I have been thinking about shortages again and how one might improve their supply situation in these difficult times. In July, I posted a blog to scmroundtable.com titled “Shortages: Three Extreme Mitigation Approaches” where I suggested things that are somewhat “outside-the-box” for normal sourcing but not […]
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How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 21 “We are entering times of trouble”. This is the opening sentence in an article by Oliver Wymans’ partner, Armin Scharlach, titled “Procurement During Trade Wars – Competitive Advantage in Times of Trouble”[i]. ) His article looks at one’s ability to succeed with serious trade wars between
How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 20 This blog’s title is an email quote from a customer trying the extreme shortages mitigation approaches outlined in my last blog. He was surprised by the number of alternatives we tabled for him. This individual is one of the best supply chain professionals I know. He
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How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 19 The introduction of semi-autonomous vehicle demand coupled with the already growing smart phone requirements for passive components – particularly MLCC capacitors – has created significant shortage problems for EMS and OEM companies in the last year. This has caused a surge in prices for those lucky
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How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 18 Before Donald Trump entered politics, his name appeared in less than 0.1% of mainstream news publications. During the election, that number increased to about 10% and has now fallen back to around 5%. It is also worthy of note that both Trump and Hillary Clinton (although she
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How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 17 I missed a cycle in my biweekly blog posting. This I understand to be a faux pas of herculean proportion for bloggers as continuity and consistency are critical to readers. For this, I apologize. I offer no excuses other than things have become very hectic in a
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How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 16 It has been about one year since Lytica began its investment in AI research and development through our newly created Advanced Technology Center. Aside from focusing the company exclusively on supply chain analytics, this was the most significant strategic move that Lytica had made and underpins our
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How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 15 I repeatedly see an all too familiar shape. It is the shape of a transition between two plateaus, where the second is a step higher than the first. As I plot my customer’s competitiveness, starting from our first engagement, this shape becomes visible over time. The
How Lytica became a unique analytics company: Part 14 Characterization and prediction are two of the things we are working on in our Advanced Technology Center (ATC). When you look at what all of our effort in AI technology and data science deliver, it is really the ability to characterize your supply chain performance against
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A customer shared a striking cautionary tale after reviewing one of our Spend Benchmarking analyses. He gathered his entire design team in the company auditorium to spotlight a costly oversight: the millions lost by excluding purchasing and supply chain teams from the initial design socket award process. Here’s how it happened: A well-timed lunch hosted
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