Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Cash-to-Cash Metrics. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle. Note the elongation of the cash-to-cash cycle in the chemical industry of 38 additional days when comparing the 2014-2019 averages to the pre-recession period of 2004-2006.

Optimal Sourcing 236

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Design Software Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction 236

SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

By maintaining its own trucking fleet, Walmart gains greater control over transportation and delivery schedules, leading to improved efficiency and timely product replenishment. Through VMI, Walmart empowers its suppliers to take on the responsibility of managing their inventory stored in Walmart’s warehouses.

Inventory Reduction 74

Inventory Reduction Vendor Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software Price Reduction 74

Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

I remember speaking a few years ago with Art Mesher, Descartes’ CEO from November 2004 through November 2013, and he attributed the turnaround to Descartes’ shift from a “culture of selling” to a “culture of serving.” Real-time freight visibility is quickly becoming a “must have” capability for transportation managers.

Supply Chain Design Software 20

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

It’s not unusual for a company’s transportation management system (TMS) and warehouse management system (WMS) to not be fully integrated, or for a degree of manual processing or reprocessing to be necessary to process customer orders. Increased Collaboration – everyone working on one shared set of data within one agreed process.

Supply Chain Planning Software 165

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software 165

6 River Systems

JULY 22, 2020

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment in the warehousing and storage industry grew from 1,133,900 to 1,194,400 from May 2020 to June 2020. In fact, warehousing accounted for the largest portion of jobs added in the transportation and warehousing sector in June, about 61,000 of 99,000 total jobs.

Warehousing 105

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

In 2004, with the evolution of demand sensing applications, the tactical and operational forecasts were both modeled using optimization, but the lack of synchronization of the two forecasts limited the technology adoption. The root issue is functional metrics. D on’t Assume That Functions Within A Companies Want to Share Data.

Supply and Demand 377

Supply and Demand Modeling Demand Planning Supply Chain Planning Software 377

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 11, 2016

We are also more advanced on transportation and warehouse planning than supply chain planning. As shown in Figure 3, while the adoption of SAAS was 5% in 2004 it is currently the deployment preference for the Line of Business Leader. 2004 data references the work that I completed while an analyst at AMR Research.)

Supply Chain Planning Software 165

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Demand Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software 165