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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

On average fo rthe period of 2006-2016, L’Oreal had a 17% operating margin as compared to Estee Lauder’s operating margin of 13%. We define agility as the ability to deliver the same cost, quality and customer service given the level of demand and supply volatility.

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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. Our journey for supply chain excellence has changed and evolved over time.

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Carter’s: A Story of Supply Chain Leadership

Supply Chain Shaman

To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. Based on a heritage of quality and innovation, the designs earned the trust in generations of families. Orbit Chart of Carter’s: Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operation Margin for the Period of 2006-2015.

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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

The German team overcame disappointments in 2006 and 2010 to win the World Cup this year, while favorites Spain (the defending champion) and Brazil (the host country) were humbled by the competition. BASF’s goals included: Automating the end-to-end Purchase-to-Pay process from purchase requisition to invoice.

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Visibility: If Only I Could See

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004-2006, Greg Aimi (now a Gartner analyst) and I worked on a common definition of visibility for over a year. This team was working on quality improvements and found that the flows crossed 117 disconnected documents in access, excel, and google analytics. The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics.

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The Batch Food Traceability Survival Guide

RFgen

Keeping track of product batch numbers, lot numbers, and serial numbers is an excellent precursory initiative that mobile barcoding solutions excel at performing. 2006 $287,000,000 Peanut Butter/ Salmonella. 87% remain willing to purchase from a company they perceive as “honest and responsible” during a recall.

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Supply Chain Movement 19 – Software & Leaders

Supply Chain Movement

16 | Profile Ivanka Janssen, Director Global Sales Operational Excellence, Diageo. The Route to Consumer programme brings together the product flow from plant to retailer to consumer activities at point of purchase, all to service the consumer experience Diageo is trying to create. In 2006, with an export value of EUR1.5