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Supply Chain Leaders Rearranging Deck Chairs? Yes, I Think So.

Supply Chain Shaman

The supply chain is complex non-linear system that is easily thrown out of balance through a focus on functional metrics. They rock back and forth in improving singular metrics but struggle to improve a portfolio of growth, margin, inventory performance, and asset utilization. Comparing 2010-2019. Change metrics systems.

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Tell Me Why

Supply Chain Shaman

As a result, tor most companies, the goals are unclear and the financial metrics are not well-understood. When I started this research in 2010, I believed that P&G and Wal-Mart would meet this criteria. This year-over-year comparison, enables visualization of performance on two metrics. ” The answer will be “Yes!

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ERP Aids Your Sustainability Initiatives

QAD

In 2020, Coca-Cola achieved a goal to reduce relative carbon emissions by 25% by 2020, against a 2010 baseline, and is now working on further reductions. Lean techniques have played a key role over the years to improve operational performance and save money. Consider the effects of excess inventory and unnecessary shipments.

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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

The winners drive improvement while posting financial results in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter ahead of the peer group. Inventory Turns. Better performance in inventory turns than the peer group average for the period of 2006-2015. The performance factors evaluated in the analysis are: Growth. Operating Margin.

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Lora Cecere Asks: Why Do People Question the Value of S&OP?

Logility

The two companies’ results on operating margin and inventory turns are shown in figure 1. Owens Illinois is investing 3X more in R&D than Sonoco Products; yet Sonoco products had 5X greater growth with 1/2 the inventory. Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio. Notice the more controlled pattern of Sonoco products.

S&OP 101
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Lora Cecere Asks: Why Do People Question the Value of S&OP?

Logility

The two companies’ results on operating margin and inventory turns are shown in figure 1. Owens Illinois is investing 3X more in R&D than Sonoco Products; yet Sonoco products had 5X greater growth with 1/2 the inventory. Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio. Notice the more controlled pattern of Sonoco products.

S&OP 100
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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. These giants drove slight improvements in operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) despite a slowing economy. With a strong manufacturing culture, much of the focus was on lean production systems. It is seldom a step change.