The sharing economy, aka Uberization, may be the biggest disruptor to supply chain strategic thinking since lean. Surprisingly, it still ranks last among our Future of Supply Chain survey respondents as a "disruptive and important technology." I suspect this will change soon.

Late last month, Robert Pirsig died. For those who haven't heard of him, he wrote the classic philosophical novel whose title I have bastardized for this column: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I first read it in the early 1980s while searching for a purpose in life. Its lasting message for me was all about the pursuit of quality.