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10 supply chain KPIs and metrics to track

Taulia

Blog Expert Advice 8 min read 12 Jun 2023 By Taulia Share: Share via linkedin Share via twitter Share via facebook Share via email Copied Copy page URL to clipboard 10 supply chain KPIs and metrics to track We’ve listed the 10 top supply chain KPIs you can use to measure your supply chain performance and find opportunities for optimization.

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Supply Chain Leaders, Chained to Tradition, Face the Whip

Supply Chain Shaman

Price of Ocean Shipping Business Continuity. One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In A focus on functional metrics degrades balance sheet performance.

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

According to the press release : The proposed standards are expected to lower CO2 emissions by approximately 1 billion metric tons, cut fuel costs by about $170 billion, and reduce oil consumption by up to 1.8 miles out of its network from 2007-2010 and had increased its CWT per truck from 382 in FY 2007 to 415 in FY 2010, an 8.6

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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. To meet the criteria for The Supply Chains to Admire for 2016, companies needed to score better than their peer group average for performance metrics, while driving a higher level of improvement than 2/3 of their industry peer group.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

No metric should be measured in isolation, and functional metrics should be replaced with the balanced scorecard metrics shown in Figure 2. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. 5 A Focus on Functional Metrics Throws the Supply Chain Out of Balance.

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3 Initiatives Driving Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Management

BlueYonder

In 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated that CO2 emissions from transportation surpassed two billion metric tons ; it’s hard to imagine what that number looks like today. Recent studies have shown that transportation is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers. According to Supply Chain Dive , “ Cost-cutting has become a major focus for the agency, which has posted $87 billion in losses from fiscal years 2007 through 2020. ” million metric tons. .