This blog aims to discuss the future of Supply Chain Management software, for which we’ve coined the term SCM2. The term draws a parallel to MRP/MRP II, ERP/ERP II, and Web/Web 2.0, but we’ve avoided using both “II” and “2.0″ as qualifiers, since the parallel is not strict in either case. The “meat” of what, when, if, how and why SCM2 will or should succeed SCM we will leave to the blog postings and comments from readers.

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At this time there are only two authors, but we welcome offers from other accomplished or experienced practitioners or academics to become a regular author with this blog.

Stefan de Kok
Stefan has 12 years of experience marketing, designing, developing, managing, implementing, integrating, consulting on, and using Supply Chain Management (SCM) applications. He has published articles and had many public speaking engagements on both the concepts of, and the available systems for SCM. Most of his experience and knowledge is in the process industries.

Stefan had the luck to start as a consultant with FYGIR Logistic Information Systems that had a commercial scheduling application (GRIP) and were about to do a first release of an advanced planning application (FIT), both of which were far ahead of their time. These products are through acquisition, divestation, and rebranding now known as Advanced Scheduling and Advanced Planning of Infor Global Solutions, which is where Stefan is currently re-employed as a senior business consultant.

In the mean time Stefan was a product manager for an entire suite of SCM products, provided independent consulting on various SCM-related topics, was a supply chain planner for both a commercial product line and clinical trials at a Biotech company, and started his own company, Wahupa, with the intent of building the first SCM2 system.

Stefan holds a master of science degree in mathematical engineering with minors in computer science, applied physics, and electronic engineering from the Delft University of Technology. He has various vocational certifications in the areas of CPFR, marketing, and product management, amongst others.

Stefan’s extended resume is available on LinkedIn

Vivek Sood
Vivek is the Managing Director of Global Supply Chain Group, a boutique strategy consulting firm
specialising in Supply Chain Strategies, and headquartered in Sydney, Australia . He has over 24
years of experience in strategic transformations and operational excellence within global supply
chains. Prior to co-founding Global Supply Chain Group in January 2000, Vivek was a management
consultant with top-tier strategy consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton.

Vivek provides strategic operations and supply chain advice to boards and senior management of
global corporations, private equity groups and other stakeholders in a range of industries including
FMCG, food, shipping, logistics, manufacturing, chemicals, mining, agribusiness, construction
materials, explosives, airlines and electricity utilities.

Vivek has served dozen of world-wide corporations in nearly 70 small and large projects on all
continents with a variety of clients in many different industries. Most of projects have involved
diagnostic, conceptualisation and transformation of supply chains - releasing significant amount of
value for the business. His project work in supply chain management has added cumulative value in
excess of $500M incorporating projects in major supply chain infrastructure investment decisions,
profitable growth driven by global supply chain realignment, supply chain systems, negotiations and
all other aspects of global supply chains.

Vivek has written a number of path breaking articles and commentaries that are published in several
respected journals and magazines. Vivek has spoken at several supply chain conference, forums and
workshops in various parts of the world. He has also conducted several strategic workshops on
various aspects of supply chain management. He received his MBA with Distinction from the
Australian Graduate School of Management in 1996 and prior to these studies spent 11 years in the
Merchant Navy, rising from a Cadet to Master Mariner.

Vivek’s extended resume is available on LinkedIn