Is Wal-Mart really going after Amazon? I can’t believe people will go to stores to pick up goods ordered online. But then I’m a man. Perhaps women may feel differently!
Walmart Targets Amazon in Potentially Costly Distribution E-Commerce Battle – Supply Chain 24/7.
Posted in Logistics, Strategy, Supply Chains
Gartner’s top supply chain firms for this year. As I’ve written, it is biased toward companies with large capitalization, but still there are a lot of fine companies here that have worked very hard on their supply chains.
Gartner Announces Their Supply Chain Top 25 Rankings For 2015 – Supply Chain 24/7.
McKinsey is reputable and has a good track record. Are these essentials oriented enough toward disruptive innovation? Or are they too much in line with large company needs? I’m constantly reminded of Clayton Christensen and the big firm need to keep appeasing their very large customers with new highly targeted minor innovations instead of disruptive changes that would require the old customers to throw away their investment. But we may need more of the latter.
The eight essentials of innovation | McKinsey & Company.
Still, it is very interesting. I was impressed at how many firms think they have a culture of innovation. I’ve been watching SAP from within their user organization, and seeing how really slow even a very substantial corporate wide thrust at disruptive innovation fueled by high powered individuals is.
Posted in Leadership, Org Behavior, Strategy
Tagged design thinking, disruption, innovation
Supply Chain Digest Port Technology International Marine Link
