Thought Leadership – Shape the Future of Supply Chain Strategies

Thought Leadership

Every bold idea starts below the surface. Since the term “thought leadership” was coined in 1994 by economist Joel Kurtzman, it has been synonymous with innovative ideas and deep market understanding. That’s exactly what we stand for: Fresh thinking. Strategic depth. Real-world impact. Join us beneath the surface and dive deeper into what matters.

Thought Leadership

Every bold idea starts below the surface. Since the term “thought leadership” was coined in 1994 by economist Joel Kurtzman, it has been synonymous with innovative ideas and deep market understanding. That’s exactly what we stand for: Fresh thinking. Strategic depth. Real-world impact. Join us beneath the surface and dive deeper into what matters.

“Real Supply Chain Management has to break organizational Silos. Breaking Silos requires C-Level-Attention

– Klaus Imping CEO, mSE Solutions

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E-Book #1 Excel to excellence

A hidden obstacle to your growth

Still relying on Excel to manage your supply chain? This expert guide reveals how spreadsheet-based workflows limit forecasting, inventory optimization, and S&OP execution. Learn how to ...  

  • Reduce capital tied up in redundant buffers and inventory 
  • Eliminate tribal knowledge and dependency on individual tools 
  • Shift from reactive firefighting to proactive decision-making

Strategic supply chain leadership starts where Excel ends. Overcome limitations with holistic planning: one source of truth, cross-functional collaboration, and translating data into impact. 

E-Book #2 S&OX

S&OX®: The Next Evolution in Supply Chain Planning

Outdated planning cycles can’t keep up with today’s pace. S&OX®, our original framework, merges strategic S&OP and operational S&OE into one scenario driven model that empowers fast, informed decisions across your supply chain and financials, serving as your key to agility and growth. 

  • Gain end-to-end visibility into demand and supply shifts 
  • Identify risks early and take proactive action 
  • Evaluate decisions across cost, capacity, risk, service, and more

This guide shows how to bridge strategic intent and operational reality through a continuous, scenario based process that drives agility, resilience, and measurable impact. 

In the end it’s simple

Why can we resolve multi-tier planning within the four walls of our enterprise, but we can’t in a multi-company setup? Indeed, there are good reasons why we can’t. But our pragmatic and robust approach addresses these reasons. As often in life, when it becomes complicated the answer lies in simplification. That’s the leading thought of our “Multi-tier S&OP”. 

E-Book #3 End-to-end

Rethink Supply Chain Transformation: Why Tools Aren’t Enough

You’ve invested in digital tools, but the results fall short? This expert guide shows why real transformation needs more than technology: it requires a new operating model that breaks silos, aligns decisions across the value chain, and gives teams true end-to-end ownership. 

  • Understand why most digital initiatives fall short 
  • Learn how to redesign roles, responsibilities, and processes for real impact 
  • Discover how horizontal integration enables enterprise-wide success

If you're ready to move beyond isolated fixes and start reengineering your supply chain for true transformation, this guide is your starting point. 

E-Book #4 Beyond Visibiliy

Beyond Visibility: Why Seeing Isn’t Solving

In today’s VUCA world, supply chains need more than real-time data. This expert guide introduces the “Maturity Model for Variation and Disruption Management”, a practical framework for evolving from reactive firefighting to AI-enabled decision automation. 

  • Understand why visibility alone doesn’t drive business value 
  • Learn how to design high-performing response processes across silos 
  • Discover how to scale from pilot use cases to enterprise-wide impact

If you're done with ad hoc reactions, it's time to move beyond tribal knowledge and manual coordination to structured, scalable decision workflows.

Tribal F*cks Up Digital – Discover the Blind Spots

Digital transformation is the next industrial revolution, and it is imperative to corporate success in this day and age. Yet, studies show that only 30 percent of these digital transformations are successful in achieving their objectives.
Many corporations struggle. Get it right, or leave it. Anything else is waste.
Money, time, energy invested for nothing. Your KAIROS, your decisive moment of seeing things differently.

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