Supply Chain Metrics that Matter

About the Author

Lora Cecere is the founder of the research firm Supply Chain Insights. The company is helping supply chain leaders pave new directions.

As a prolific writer, Lora is the author of the enterprise software blog Supply Chain Shaman. Lora's weekly posts are read by 6,000 readers. She also writes a blog for Forbes, is a LinkedIn Influencer, and is a featured columnist for Supply Chain Management Review and Consumer Goods Technology. Her book, Bricks Matter, coauthored with Charlie Chase, was published in December 2012, and her self-published book, Shaman's Journal, was published in September 2014.

As an enterprise strategist, Lora focuses on the changing face of enterprise technologies. Her research is designed for the early adopter seeking first-mover advantage. Current research topics include the digital consumer, supply chain sensing, demand shaping and revenue management, market-driven value networks, accelerating innovation through open design networks, the evolution of predictive analytics, emerging business intelligence solutions, and technologies to improve safe and secure product delivery.

With more than 30 years of diverse supply chain experience, Lora spent nine years as an industry analyst with Gartner Group, AMR Research, and Altimeter Group. Prior to becoming a supply chain analyst, she spent 15 years as a leader in the building of supply chain software at Manugistics and Descartes Systems Group, and several years as a supply chain practitioner at Procter ...