Enterra Insights
MAY 6, 2020
Arntzen, the former executive director of the supply chain management program at MIT, recently republished an article he penned 2009, during the Great Recession. This year’s fall in output would be far more severe than the last recession, when the world economy contracted by less than 1 percent between 2008 and 2009.”
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 31, 2017
There are many techniques–lean, six sigma, Total Quality Management–but, the over-arching focus is on managing and reducing costs. 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%
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Supply Chain Collaborator
JANUARY 25, 2016
With manufacturing falling at the fastest rate since 2009, it’s no surprise to see truck stocks plunging, and truck builders cutting back on staff. Headline: Intermodal Cargo Falls in 4Q for First Time Since 2009. Headline: Bloated Inventories May Slow Port Activity. Rail and Multimodal.
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.
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).
Resilinc
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Stakeholders often balk at supporting supply chain risk mitigations, such as building buffer inventory and engaging secondary suppliers, because they fear these will add costs and undermine efficiency goals. The business case should demonstrate how SCRM can strengthen lean and just-in-time initiatives.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 12, 2017
Note that neither company is making progress at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. Performance of BMS and Merck at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin. Orbit Chart for Novo Nordisk at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the period of 2006-2015.
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