Arkieva

MARCH 24, 2016

2006-2009 I did a PhD on Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization. Though benefits are clear, multi-echelon inventory adoption has been very slow. Pilots within and across company boundaries have been convincing, but we have not seen a widespread multi-echelon inventory adoption. Trusting multi-echelon inventory adoption.

Inventory Reduction 60

Inventory Reduction Inventory Procurement Analytics Cost Reduction Strategies 60

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

My caution is not so fast… 95% of companies are not making progress at the intersection of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and asset strategies. Here I show orbit chart comparisons at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns for the period of 2006-2017. This is especially true for the Titans.

Sourcing Strategies 150

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 28, 2013

Historically, businesses have used one of two extremes for inventory management: push-based or pull-based. Push-based inventory management uses demand forecast to manage inventory and replenish from the supply base. The pull-based method relies on the ability to replenish the “pulled” demand.

Vendor Strategies 76

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The companies were selected based on performance better than peer group for 2006-2013 and delivering better than average improvement within the peer group as determined by the Supply Chain Index. However, due to a variety of factors, companies are losing ground on driving progress on both inventory turns and operating margin.

Pharmaceutical 275

Pharmaceutical Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design 275

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

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 is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle. Inventory. My takeaway?

Optimal Sourcing 235

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Design Software Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction 235

GlobalTranz

MARCH 1, 2018

In 2003, Walmart announced that all of its suppliers would need to have Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all pallets and cases by 2006. Instantaneous inventory cycling reduces delays and speeds SCM. For many reasons, that transformation did not happen and RFID was put on the industry’s back-burner.

Supply Chain Design Software 165

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. We then rated companies on their ability to manage and improve a portfolio of metrics: operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

It is for this reason, that we analyze the patterns of the Metrics That Matter using orbit charts over the period of 2006-2014. In this analysis, we evaluate relative performance and improvement of a company on the supply chain metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and ROIC within its peer group.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We believe that a supply chain leader is defined by both the level of performance on the Effective Frontier (balance of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Profitability and Inventory Turns) and driving supply chain improvement. During the period of 2006-2012, Campbell Soup Company outperformed its peer group on the Supply Chain Index.

Case Study 286

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Companies entered the pandemic with twenty more days of inventory than at the beginning of the great recession. A balance sheet analysis shows that 95% of publicly traded manufacturers are stuck (when compared to peer group) at the intersection of growth and margin, margin and inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and growth.

Gartner 198

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 18, 2017

As shown in Figure 1, the company has been unable to maintain balance on the portfolio of cost and inventory. Note that recent inventory progress is slipping against the improvements during the recession). Orbit Chart of Dow Chemical and BASF for the Period of 2006-2016 and Performance Data for the Chemical Industry.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The companies were selected based on performance better than peer group for 2006-2013 and delivering better than average improvement within the peer group as determined by the Supply Chain Index. However, due to a variety of factors, companies are losing ground on driving progress on both inventory turns and operating margin.

Pharmaceutical 179

Pharmaceutical Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design 179

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For the discrete industries we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee, and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. Inventory Turns. Progress on inventory turns is declining due to business complexity. What can we learn?

Industrial 150

Industrial Industry Inventory Reduction Metrics 150

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For the discrete industries, we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. Inventory Turns. Progress on inventory turns is declining due to business complexity. What can we learn?

Industrial 150

Industrial Industry Inventory Reduction Metrics 150

Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Today, 90% of publicly-traded companies are stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. While most companies have been able to make progress in one of these two critical metrics in the period of 2006-2013, they have not been able to make progress on both together. It is needed.

Supply Chain Design Software 253

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 24, 2020

One landmark in the lean revolution for retailers was Walmart ’s decision in 2006 to thin out inventory by $6.5 Companies that adopted the lean-inventory approach largely omitted tenets of the system that called for having extensive backup plans in case of an event that interrupted plant operations or caused a sudden demand surge.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. Orbit Chart for L’Oréal at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin.

Case Study 261

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

The concept of the Effective Frontier is that best in class companies align functional metrics to balance growth, cost, inventory and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) performance while balancing customer service metrics. The cash-to-cash definition is: Cash-to-cash= Days of Receivables+ Days of Inventory-Days of Payables.

Optimal Sourcing 171

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JULY 7, 2021

Growing up with a father who developed inventory management software for a living spawned some interesting conversations around the dinner table. It hasn’t been lost here at Herlitz Inventory Management! Since 2009, when Herlitz Inventory Management was founded, annual inflation has been below 3 percent in the US. War on Terror.

Pricing Training 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

They all sound alike and each company makes similar claims of how the implementation of supply chain planning improves costs, lowers inventory and improves the return on assets. Note that there is an inverse relationship between inventory turns and inventory targets. So, you might be saying, “ WOAH!”

Supply Chain Planning Software 171

Supply Chain Planning Software Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software 171

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Note that neither company is making progress at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. The level of performance in 2015 is the same as 2006. Performance of BMS and Merck at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin. The patterns are circular.

Pharmaceutical 150

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Opened in 2006, this plant is responsible for building the Buick Enclave and the Chevrolet Traverse. While companies do have some excess inventory available, the automotive supply chain is experiencing layoffs, furloughs, auto parts shortages, and idling operations. GM’s Lancing Delta Township, conversely, is GM’s newest US plant.

Automotive 75

Automotive Negotiate Pricing Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Planning 75

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2014

In short, they have been able to drive improvements in one or two metrics; but, they are struggling to improve a portfolio of metrics that includes customer service, cost, inventory turns, and growth. In 2006, I met a man by the name of Dick Clark that traveled the world working on role definition of planners for Procter & Gamble.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

I just don’t think the comparison of very different industries in a spreadsheet based on growth, inventory values, and Return on Assets (ROA) is meaningful. The metrics of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Inventory Turns and Operating Margin have the highest correlation to market capitalization.

Gartner 304

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2013

It was called multi-enterprise inventory optimization. In the beginning, the inventory management solutions of LogicTools , Optiant and SmartOps pushed to take operations research to a new level through supply chain optimization. SmartOps entered the supply chain optimization market in 2000 and became an SAP partner in 2006.

Supply Chain Planning Software 215

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. We find that this is true of too few companies. Supply Chain Design.

Optimal Sourcing 303

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2013

We used the period of 2006 to 2012 to build the model and we used the formula to attempt to predict 2013. We have found that nine out of ten organizations are stuck on their ability to make improvements on both operating margin and inventory turns in the same year. The result is outlined in figure 1. Here we share some insights.

Gartner 257

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 30, 2016

GDP has changed since 2006. Changes in transportation and storage of inventory costs made up significant portion of the 2016 SOL. Inventories are a major issue analyzed by the 2016 SOL as well. While inventories had steadily grown since 2005 at 5-percent annually, growth of inventories in 2015 flattened out.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 126

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

Both Kimberly-Clark and P&G are going backwards on operating margin while making progress on inventory turns. Orbit Chart for Kimberly-Clark and P&G for the Period of 2006-2015. Orbit Chart of Colgate for the Period of 2006-2015. As the company spiraled in the updraft of the market, it built inventory.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 31, 2023

The speakers and the attendees all likened this moment in AI adoption to other key moments in time – it’s 1997 and the internet is gaining traction, its 2006 and the smartphone is revealing its power, and, now, it’s 2023 and the curtain is going up on Act 1 of the generative AI play.

Optimal Sourcing 73

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APICS

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Earning the Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) in 1992 opened up a world of opportunity for me and super-charged my career, eventually bringing me to work for APICS as the Sr. Director of Professional Development in late 2006.

Inventory Management 40

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APICS

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Earning the Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) in 1992 opened up a world of opportunity for me and super-charged my career, eventually bringing me to work for APICS as the Sr. Director of Professional Development in late 2006.

Inventory Management 40

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 29, 2020

Books We Recommend - Purchasing Book - Six Sigma Books - Operations Management Book - Inventory Control Book - Lean Books - International Business Book Last review and update: January 30, 2020 Obsolete and out-of-print books are not included. Editor's decision is used to finalize the list of the best books. - The links below are #paid links.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

The more that I work on supply chain metrics, the more that I believe that both the SCOR model and the Gartner Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics (which I worked on for the period of 2006-2010) reward functional, not end-to-end supply chain behavior. I get called frequently to talk to supply chain leadership teams about inventory.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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AB&R

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Our tagline dates back to 2006, when AB&R was about three years into working with RFID. We realized that while they encompass much of what we do, we’ve never out-right explained why they’re vital to our brand identity. Let’s change that! The Origin of Identify.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

When we do these types of analysis, we look back at the data as far as we can reach (Y chart data is available only back to 2006 in a reliable form) and then we look at the period of 2006-2014 and the more recent period of 2011-2014. (This is an analysis of traditional retail minus eCommerce pure plays.) The difference?

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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