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

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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).

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Why Financial Reengineering Does Not Equal Supply Chain Improvement

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Financial Reengineering is the radical redesign of business processes and organizational structure in order to achieve significant improvements in performance, such as productivity, cost reduction, cycle time, and quality. Snow fell last night as I worked on my last Supply Chain Metrics That Matter report. Sounds good? Think again.

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Clorox Successfully Implements a Program for Value Chain Segmentation

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It was a strategy day in 2006. In 2006, Clorox was adding businesses through acquisition, expanding globally in both existing and new markets, moving into new distribution channels, and adding customers who required different route-to-market models. I remember the first discussion with Mark and Dave. A Closer Look at Clorox.

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

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We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During During the period of 2006-2012, Campbell Soup Company outperformed its peer group on the Supply Chain Index. Food and Beverage Company Performance on the Supply Chain Index for the Period of 2006-2012. We named it the Supply Chain Index.

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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

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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. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.

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Carter’s: A Story of Supply Chain Leadership

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Based on a heritage of quality and innovation, the designs earned the trust in generations of families. Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As As a group, these metrics have the highest correlation to market capitalization. Carter’s, Inc.,

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Novo Nordisk: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

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The level of performance in 2015 is the same as 2006. Orbit Chart for Novo Nordisk at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the period of 2006-2015. How we can work with our partners, wholesalers, distributors, pharmacies to ensure the delivery of highest quality of products to the patient.