by Janice Marquardt | Jun 10, 2025 | Creative Solutions, Supply Chain Career
To the chorus of a thousand clinking name badges, we sat down last week to the ISMWorld 2025 keynote speaker: Kevin O’Leary. “Mr. Wonderful.” His insights and thoughts over the next hour or so were fascinating, thought-provoking, and edged into thoughtful criticism of...
by Janice Marquardt | May 6, 2025 | Creative Solutions, Definitions, Processes
A large part of many corporate jobs is presenting data. Typically presented in chart form, data is intended to help others (especially management) make decisions, plan for the future, and understand the current state. This is especially true in a supply chain team,...
by Janice Marquardt | Apr 8, 2025 | Creative Solutions, Supply Chain Career
So you’ve been invited to a meeting with the consultant your company just hired. Ugh. What do they even know? They’re going to come in with their glossy PowerPoints and get everyone riled up, and then they’re going to leave you holding the ball. It doesn’t have to be...
by Janice Marquardt | Jul 2, 2024 | e-Auctions, Org Chart, Supply Chain Career
All my career I wanted to be a Vice President. Everything I did professionally drove toward that goal, including: Lateral moves from engineering to supply chain (which also had a bunch of other factors I won’t go into here) Earning a technical master’s degree, two...
