Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 25, 2016

Headline: US Manufacturing Contracts at Fastest Pace in Six Years. Headline: Truck Stocks Plunge in 2015. Analysis: When manufacturers look at their orders for the upcoming year and determine sales will be down significantly, they cancel orders for more and newer equipment to transport their goods. Over the Road Trucking.

Price Reduction 60

Price Reduction Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Cleveland 60

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

It is data driven research: a deep analysis of performance, improvement and Price to Tangible Book Value of 320 companies across 31 industries for the period of 2009-2015. We find the patters and the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin and growth and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) to be insightful.).

Pharmaceutical 210

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Planning 210

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

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Cost Reduction Strategies 150

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2017

Only 12% of public companies are making improvement during the period of 2009-2015 in both operating margin and inventory despite spending an average of 1.7% I believe that 80-90% of planning jobs will be eliminated and that there will be substantial cuts in the workforce for distribution and manufacturing through robotics.

Cost Reduction Strategies 90

Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Six Sigma Agile and Lean Supply Chain 90

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

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. In the period of 2008-2009, both supply chains made some major shifts. It is a strong downward trend.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 150

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Strategy Global Supply Chain 150

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

For December 2015, retail sales were the lowest since 2009. Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. Retailers can no longer have their heads in the sand, but neither can consumer products manufacturers. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. What does this mean?

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software Manufacturing Procurement 150

Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2016

Global trade volumes fell for the first time since 2009 by 1.7 percent between the final quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016 and the International Air Transport Association has lowered its growth forecast for air freight demand in 2016 to 2.1 percent from 3 percent. retailers, and half of the top 100 Internet retailers.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 100

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Software Demand Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software 100

C3 Solutions

JULY 28, 2020

From a term that came into use in 2009, the Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long way in 10 years. What's interesting is how the use of IoT technologies to track inventory throughout the supply chain can dovetail with the kind of visibility you gain when you implement a best-of-breed dock scheduling system from C3 Solutions.

Internet of things 78

Internet of things Retail Real-time Visibility Optimal Sourcing 78

Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

It is data driven research: a deep analysis of performance, improvement and Price to Tangible Book Value of 320 companies across 31 industries for the period of 2009-2015. We find the patters and the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin and growth and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) to be insightful.).

Pharmaceutical 110

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Planning 110

Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Inventory : Having raw materials, work-in-progress (WIP) or finished goods that are not having value added to them. Unfortunately, many companies in the process industry still have a limited view of their value streams — that is, their view usually doesn’t extend past their manufacturing processes or four walls.

Waste Reduction 100

Waste Reduction Agile and Lean Supply Chain Six Sigma Supply Chain Optimization 100

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

The Company was my client for many years at AMR Research, and when I look at Mark’s slides for the webinar, I see many of the elements that we heatedly debated in the period of 2009-2010. Less than 10% of manufacturing companies are effectively using cost-to-serve analysis. Your advice was a large part of our journey.”

Cost Reduction Strategies 150

Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Price Reduction Supply Chain Strategy 150

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. Resiliency is the tightness of the pattern, or the reliability of operating margin and inventory turns results.

Case Study 286

Case Study Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 286

Elementum

MAY 3, 2018

In mid-March, Toys "R" Us announced plans to close down and liquidate the inventory for all 735 of its stores in the United States. In April, it rejected an $890 million bid from toy manufacturer Isaac Larian, in a move further cementing the bleak future ahead for the company's namesake.

America 68

America Price Reduction New York City Vendor Strategies 68

Elementum

MAY 3, 2018

In mid-March, Toys "R" Us announced plans to close down and liquidate the inventory for all 735 of its stores in the United States. In April, it rejected an $890 million bid from toy manufacturer Isaac Larian, in a move further cementing the bleak future ahead for the company's namesake.

America 60

America Price Reduction New York City Vendor Strategies 60

Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Most companies are moving backward on the Supply Chain Matrix That Matter (growth, operating marging, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital). In process manufacturing BASF, L’Oréal and The Clorox Company. In discrete manufacturing those are Apple, Cisco, Coopertires, Cummins, Edwards, Steelcase and Tsmc.

Pharmaceutical 60

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Design 60

TMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As I explain in my book, The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected (MIT Press, October 2015), companies can improve their disruption detection capabilities in a number of ways. Companies can then prioritize their mitigation efforts based on parameters such as value-at-risk, customer importance, and field inventory.

Metrics 67

Metrics Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software Supply Chain Software 67

6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. Additionally, the company’s manufacturing expertise will enable the reduction of production costs.

Supply Chain Design Software 45

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction 45

CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2015

reading in April, a reflection of currently manageable capacity utilization and low fuel prices—something that is expected to stay intact through the end of 2015. ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello expressed concern with flat factory output, falling retail sales, and elevated inventories at retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.

Transportation 34

Transportation Industrial Industry North America 34