Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 8, 2024
turns in 2013. Kellogg posted 19% margin in 2013 and 6.96 turns in 2013 but fell to 11% margin and 6.05 Orbit Charts for Kimberly-Clark and Kellogg for 2013-2022 A good friend of mine, asked, “Isn’t this the impact of the pandemic.” This work completed in 2013 defined the Supply Chains to Admire.
Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 19, 2013
Over the course of the year, I’ve hosted 40 episodes on a variety of industry topics, and my guests have included supply chain and logistics executives from leading manufacturing and retail companies, professors from leading academic institutions, executives from third party logistics (3PL) and technology companies, and authors.
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Supply Chain Game Changer
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Today, manufacturing firms face increasing threats from cybercriminals targeting weaknesses in SCADA (supervisory, control, and data acquisition) systems. Regulatory bodies recognize the data security challenges that manufacturers face, and have initiated various requirements and standards of operations meant to safeguard data.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. I give you this evidence in this blog.). Organizational alignment in manufacturing organizations is worse between operations and finance teams today than in 2013.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 21, 2023
As you read this blog, I hope that you will see me as a positive contrarian versus an old curmudgeon. One of my insights from doing the industry analysis for the Supply Chains to Admire each year is that smaller and less well-known companies outperform larger and better-known manufacturers. As I listen, I struggle. Is this success?
Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
Cass Freight Index Report – January 2013. 2013 is off to a slow start for freight shipments, according to the Cass Freight Index Report for January. Here is an excerpt: Both shipment volume and total freight payments declined significantly from December [2012] to January [2013], as the economy slowed to a near stall.
GlobalTranz
JUNE 23, 2015
We first started writing about and featuring reshoring content back in September of 2013, and have since added 10 more reshoring related posts in our reshoring blog category. Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., 70% of manufacturers indicate that volatile energy costs are a major concern.
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