It all depends on whether [companies] view supply chain as a strategic variable or an execution variable.

The global food supply chain is a multitrillion-dollar industry. That's the market we're thinking about disrupting.

The 'adaptive supply chain' has been the buzz over the last few years.

Hiring should always be part of your long-term strategy, not a quick fix to an immediate problem.

Companies are urged to remember that no supply chain exists in isolation. Many supply chains are integrated and a disruption at one point could have knock-on effects for other companies.

CDC is made up of Pivotal, IMI, which is a supply chain player, and Ross, which is an ERP player. CDC has integrated none of these into a suite. This new entity was going to be made up of all these new pieces, plus Onyx. Our shareholders were going to walk away being a small, minority owner in CDC, as opposed to being 100 percent owners in Onyx, a company that is doing very well right now.