This is the third (3rd) time I’m correcting myself regarding Supply Chain Visibility. I erred in my first essay published on June 01, 2020, We Need Better Monitoring Systems, when I said: “two things comprise a monitoring system: visibility and guidance.” And I erred again in my second essay dated December 09, 2025, Supply Chain Visibility:Continue reading “What Makes a Supply Chain Visible?”
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Supply Chain Visibility: Monitoring & Measurement
Supply Chain Visibility is the ability to observe the activities and movement of merchandise from their sources to their final destinations. When it comes to setting up a system of visibility, two features must be present: monitoring and measurement. The first is monitoring in which its effectiveness depends on the abilities to sense, detect, andContinue reading “Supply Chain Visibility: Monitoring & Measurement”
We Need Better Monitoring Systems
Most executives like performance measures. Otherwise known as metrics, key performance indicators (KPI’s), analytics, or scorecards, enterprises embrace performance measures as a means to assess how their businesses are doing. The point of a performance measure is to check how an individual or team is doing against a target that is set by superiors. (NoContinue reading “We Need Better Monitoring Systems”
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