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Collaboration? When It Comes to Cash-to-Cash, We Don’t Know How to Walk the Talk

Supply Chain Shaman

Inventory, in this time of uncertainty, is the organization’s most important buffer to protect against variability. However, organizations are not good at managing inventory. Cash-to-Cash Metrics. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle.

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Untangling The Tangled Web We Weave

Supply Chain Shaman

The year was 2004. I was working on a report on the Multi-Enterprise Inventory Management (often termed MEIO) and I challenged Pete. The software never expanded in scope to manage multi-tier inventories. Rise in Inventories. Across industries, we carry 28 more days of inventory. Old habits die hard.)

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Struggling with Multi-Echelon Inventory Adoption

Arkieva

I came into the field of supply chain management in 2004. 2006-2009 I did a PhD on Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization. 2006-2009 I did a PhD on Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization. Though benefits are clear, multi-echelon inventory adoption has been very slow. Why is multi-echelon inventory adoption limited?

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Grocery Shopping and Inflation, Part One: Impact on Grocers

Enterra Insights

”[1] His prediction proved accurate. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported, “The food-at-home (grocery store or supermarket food purchases) CPI increased 1.1 ”[2] The USDA went on to predict, “In 2022, food-at-home prices are expected to increase between 1.5 In November, the U.S. ”[6].

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Walmart Supply Chain: Building a Successful Integrated Supply Chain for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

SCMDOJO

By employing these technologies, Walmart gains valuable insights into customer buying behavior, sales trends, and inventory levels. The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting.

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Throwing Down the Gauntlet

Supply Chain Shaman

Hau L Lee, Triple-A Supply Chains, Harvard Business Review, October 2004. I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. However, no company in this chart is on a linear path towards improving both margin and inventory turns. What can we learn?

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Disruption in China Ripples Across Global Supply Chains in April 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The report authors noted that this index, when calculated without the impact of China would have posted a 53.2 The report specifically indicated: “ Average purchase prices rose to one of the greatest extents during the past 11 years, leading to the joint-steepest increase in output charges since the series began in October 2009.”. .