Last week I had coffee with a senior executive at one of Europe’s leading enterprise software providers. We talked about my earlier article on the dot-com lessons for AI. In that article I described how we burned €28 million on e-commerce hype, because we started with...
Sometimes you get a very clear feeling of déjà vu. These days, almost every executive meeting ends up in the same place: AI. And in most cases, people actually mean one thing: Generative AI. Chatbots. Copilots. Content generation. The urgency is real. The fear of...
Generative AI is everywhere. Boards ask for it. Teams try it. Budgets appear. The promise is simple: faster work, better decisions, new ways of operating. But where are the real results? The conclusion is disappointing.
A U.S.-based Consumer goods company found itself highly dependent on China for manufacturing, a strategy once driven by low costs but now fraught with risk. When U.S. trade policy shifted, punitive import tariffs on Chinese goods suddenly threatened to erode the company’s margins overnight. What had been a routine low-cost sourcing model was turning into a profitability crisis. Facing this challenge, the company engaged Qwinn Partners to design a data-driven solution. Qwinn’s team deployed an AI-powered sourcing optimization approach that went far beyond traditional spreadsheet analysis. The goal: model and compare multiple sourcing scenarios—from maintaining the status quo in China to shifting various percentages of production to alternative countries—to identify an optimal mix that would restore margins while mitigating risk.
The €200K Reality Check That Every Executive Needs to Hear If you're a business leader, you've heard it countless times: "AI will transform everything." Your board asks about AI strategy. Consultants pitch AI solutions. Every conference promises AI breakthroughs. The...
In our previous article, “Thriving in a VUCA World” we introduced the concept of VIDA Supply Chains (Visibility, Integration, Digital, and Agility) and outlined how utilizing the VIDA framework helps supply chains navigate these turbulent conditions. In this article,...
