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Why 73% of AI Pilots in Supply Chain Never Reach Production — and What Changes That

The failure point is not the technology. It is the absence of clean data governance, clear ownership, and an integration path that respects how your ERP actually works. We have deployed AI across 11 enterprise supply chains. Here is what separates deployments that last from those that do not.

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Supply Chain
March 2025
8 min read
Procurement in Flux: How Geopolitical Volatility Is Forcing a Rethink of Single-Source Strategy
For two decades, procurement optimisation meant consolidating to fewer, larger suppliers for scale and cost leverage. That model is now structurally fragile. Here is how we are helping clients rebuild sourcing resilience without abandoning commercial efficiency.
Analytics
February 2025
6 min read
The Analytics Maturity Trap: Why Most Companies Plateau at Descriptive and Never Reach Predictive
The gap between knowing what happened yesterday and predicting what will happen tomorrow is not primarily a technology gap — it is a data governance and organisational accountability gap. We see it in almost every client we assess.
ERP & Technology
January 2025
10 min read
ERP Selection in 2025: The Questions Vendors Won't Answer Unless You Force Them
We have sat across from every major ERP vendor. We know what they lead with in demonstrations, what they downplay, and what they omit entirely. Here are the questions that expose those omissions — and the answers that should give you pause.
AI & Supply Chain
December 2024
12 min read
Why 73% of AI Pilots in Supply Chain Never Reach Production — and What Changes That
Based on our analysis of 11 AI deployment engagements, the failure pattern is consistent: good technology, poor data foundations, unclear ownership, and an integration design that treats the ERP as a constraint rather than a partner.
Operations
November 2024
7 min read
The 90-Day Operations Improvement: Why Speed Matters More Than Perfection in Process Change
Long, theoretically perfect improvement programmes consistently underperform compared to faster, narrower interventions. Here is the evidence from 28 operational engagements — and the principles we now apply universally.
Management
October 2024
9 min read
Market Entry into the GCC in 2024: What Has Changed and What Has Not
The GCC is one of the most actively courted markets in the world — and one of the most frequently misunderstood. We have supported 12 market entry programmes in the region. These are the variables that still surprise clients who have done their desk research.

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