Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2012

” CFO of a major manufacturer. I have been an industry analyst since 2001. Ownership of Inventory as a Metric. In High-tech, there is greater ownership of the “inventory metric” across the organization. A decade ago, the supply chain had two buffers: inventory and manufacturing. I really do.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

Year after year, well intentioned people toiled against improving metrics that reduced, not improved, the effectiveness of the supply chain. The example that I give in the first post is the focus of manufacturing strategies to drive strong results to improve Return on Assets (ROA) that have actually caused a deterioration in operating margin.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013. The goal is deeper analytics to sense and respond across make, source and deliver. It is clear.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

” At the other end of the continuum is the argument that “ Forecast error is the most important metric to improve.” I also worked in manufacturing during the period of 1978-1992 trying to plan demand. Demand latency is the time from channel purchase to translation into an order. ” I am in the middle.

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Vanguard Software

JULY 20, 2021

And before that, in 2001, Nike also had a demand planning blunder that led to a $100 million loss in sales. Supply planning includes distribution, manufacturing, and procurement. Not too long ago, in 2014, Walgreens had a $1 billion forecasting error that led to the exit of two executives.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. manufacturers have increasingly relied on parts produced in low-cost countries, especially China, a practice known as offshoring. ” An expected global surprise.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Kirkegaard holds a BS in manufacturing / industrial engineering and a Masters Degree in Finance. In 2001 Mr. Kirkegaard founded DCRA Inc a supply chain solutions firm leveraging best of targeted management consulting and supply chain technology solutions with an emphasis on S&OP. The DCRA Inc.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Liquor wholesalers buy beer, wine, spirits and other alcoholic drinks from manufacturers, and sell them to pubs, bars, supermarkets and other liquor retailers. Brewers have captured the drinkers that have traditionally purchased light and premium brand beers. The Complete Guide To Calculating Total Manufacturing Costs.

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