Supply Chain Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

In Open Content research, we are dependent on companeis giving us their time to help us complete research studies. In 2013, we will continue to serve this community by expanding services. This will be a monthly public two-day training course in manufacturing centers in Europe and the United States. It published on December 26th.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2013

The AMR Top 25 was the first methodology that tried to connect financial metrics with supply chain excellence. It elevated the discussion on supply chain excellence and drove more discipline and rigor in the use of financial metrics. See how different the progress is on this metric by industry? The intent was good.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During The second principle is that the supply chain needs to be managed cross-functionally, end-to-end, from the customers customer to the suppliers supplier; and as such, it cannot be viewed as just another function. We named it the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

At the 2013 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, Rick Sather , now VP of Supply Chain for Jack-O-links stated that “there should be an app for that.” The information is sticky for a period of time, but then is gone. There just isn’t an answer. In enterprise architectures, portals proliferate, but they are not the answer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

At the time, I had just left AMR Research. AMR had just been bought by the Gartner Group. The most popular posts are on demand management and Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. I try to have a good time with this blog. This is the third birthday of the Supply Chain Shaman. I created this blog three years ago.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

I now have a working manuscript for the entire book of Metrics That Matter. How has progress changed over time? It is time for reflections. In my opinion—it is a very biased opinion, I admit—the role of women in the workforce in supply chain has come sooooooooooo far during the time of my career. It has been a good week.

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Logility

JANUARY 22, 2014

Against this backdrop, it is interesting that many companies still depend on spreadsheets for demand planning and S&OP , as noted in the recent survey by APICS ( see Are Spreadsheets the Answer , SC Digest, September 2013 ). Demand management has always been at the top of supply chain professionals’ list of challenges.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

The recent uptick of sustainability bonds from global companies like Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and most recently Amazon sends a strong market signal that focus on corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is no longer just a trend – it’s the new business imperative. At the same time, pressure from NGOs was on the rise.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

If you’re like me, today is about easing back into the work routine — like a runner stepping to the starting line and making sure his shoelaces are tied one last time before the race begins. I hope you all had a fun and relaxing holiday. What challenges and opportunities lie ahead? Here comes the starter, arm raised, pistol in hand.

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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. Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. A Look Back. It is seldom a step change. How Have They Done?

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2019

To help them in this effort, supply chain managers would do well to look to one of the greatest connectors of all time — Leonardo da Vinci. We have established business metrics and we love to quantify our business strategies. We evaluate our successes by cost savings and shortened cycle times and order fulfilment cycles.”

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

The recent uptick of sustainability bonds from global companies like Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and most recently Amazon sends a strong market signal that focus on corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is no longer just a trend – it’s the new business imperative. At the same time, pressure from NGOs was on the rise.

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E2open

JULY 15, 2015

The basic concept of VMI, as described in a previous post , is this: A manufacturer or distributor in a VMI relationship assumes the role of inventory planning and management for the customer. For that type of real-time information sharing to happen, the right technologies and processes need to be in place. Wednesday 15 July 2015.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The production and use of biobased products replacing petroleum-based products has the potential to reduce GHG emissions up to 10 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents. “Better economic opportunities, like those offered by the biobased product manufacturers, are creating wealth in rural America. As head of the U.S. percent.

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Supply Chain Trend

JULY 22, 2018

What Do You Mean, Time Fences? When It Comes to Metrics for S&OP, “One Size Fits All.”. Implementing S&OP in a complex business environment—across countries, business units, and manufacturing and distribution footprints—is difficult. With this time frame in mind, S&OP needs a long-term view.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Sometimes, they’re subtle: Team members are burning out, outflow and profit margin ratios are off, or you gradually start missing certain success metrics. Other times, they’re obvious: You haven’t achieved consistent profitability, or you’re hiring despite losing money every quarter. By 2013, it had lost two-thirds of its value.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 2, 2024

They could just as well have insisted that businesses become decision-driven — it is the decisions made as a result of analyzing data that are really important. That observation has withstood the test of time because it makes perfect sense. For years, business consultants have encouraged businesses to become data-driven.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Through initiatives such as sustainable power utilisation, 600 tons of carbon was removed from the firm’s supply chain over a three-year period to 2013, with the added advantage of massive cost reductions , according to its Chief Supply Chain Officer. 4 Leading Operators with the Supply Chain X-Factor. The Sustainability Drive.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The top cybersecurity threats in 2017 for small and mid-sized industrial manufacturers were identified as phishing attacks, IP theft and third-party security breaches. The top cybersecurity threats in 2017 for small and mid-sized industrial manufacturers were identified as phishing attacks, IP theft and third-party security breaches.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

I got started just as the dotcom craze was taking off, with new logistics startups coming to market every day (all of them announcing they were “The world’s leading provider of X” even though they were just a few months old). I’ve been an industry analyst for over 20 years, which is hard to believe sometimes. Source: Google.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. « Oil operators and Oil services firms - time to dissolve internal walls | Main | Enabling individual item picking in tomorrows warehouses » Rapid Innovation will Differentiate the Future of Retail Industry. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. During the closing session, our host - Himanshu Shah - reminded us to be on time next day and promised a surprise. With this change, infrastructure does just not mean data centers but it is extended to mobile and cloud as well now. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Healthcare.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

You’ll lose this title if more than 25 percent of your business is owned by a larger alcohol manufacturer. A 2017 ANZ report suggests that craft breweries are more labour intensive, which may explain the rise in the employment rate for the beer market, as well as its relatively low labour productivity metrics over time.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Sometimes, they’re subtle: Team members are burning out, outflow and profit margin ratios are off, or you gradually start missing certain success metrics. Other times, they’re obvious: You haven’t achieved consistent profitability, or you’re hiring despite losing money every quarter. By 2013, it had lost two-thirds of its value.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

While there was always passionate discussions on companies and metrics, the end goal was to raise awareness of supply chain as a practice. She is analyzing growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and return on invested capital, performance and improvement over time. . “ As an ex-AMR Research analyst, this was my favorite venue.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 22, 2017

by Alexa Cheater From designing, sourcing and manufacturing, to distribution and consumption, your supply chain is at the heart of your customer satisfaction levels. trillion in cash according to a 2013 US Working Capital Survey. The focus with Inventory optimization is often on analytics, but that’s just the beginning.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 17, 2015

It is that time of year again where we feature the most viewed articles on the Cerasis blog in each of the six main categories we write about: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. . Since we started the blog in January 2013, we have published over 650 blog posts.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Yesterday, I came across a Financial Times article that mentioned two examples: Red Robin and GE. Peter Coffee, vice-president of platform research at [Salesforce.com’s] Chatter, said General Electric was using the service to cut the time spent responding to machine errors. “A What’s the potential value in dollar terms?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

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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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

At the time, Alan was frail. He discussed the adoption of the steam engine and the electric motor in the manufacturing sector. Today, we take these technologies for granted, but the electric motor was the genesis of the horizontal manufacturing plant. This is disruptive innovation. Kodak was a victim in the film industry.

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Supply Chain Network

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Last year in Florida at RILA Logistics 2013, the topic of multi-channel was discussed with 5 related presentations delivered where the challenges of the coming omni-channel revolution were laid down. Operations Engineering & Real Time System-directed Work Planning Design. Room 25, Tuesday Feb 25 th , 1:30 pm.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

How Do I Know When It’s Time to Automate? It doesn’t matter whether you utilize inventory in warehouses, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, supply chain and logistics, MRO parts and equipment , field services or consignment retailing. But manual inventory tracking is error-prone, time-intensive and opaque.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

How Do I Know When It’s Time to Automate? It doesn’t matter whether you utilize inventory in warehouses, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, supply chain and logistics, MRO parts and equipment , field services or consignment retailing. But manual inventory tracking is error-prone, time-intensive and opaque.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

We will feature our 5 main categories all week: Logistics, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Transportation, and Freight. We are laser focused on not being just another company blog, but a destination of quality content. The competition is fierce in each category, as so far this year we have published over 150 blog posts! for everyone else.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 21, 2018

A series of social compliance audits had failed to uncover structural problems in the five-story Rana Plaza building, which collapsed on April 24, 2013. Just hours after workers were threatened with termination if they failed to enter the facility.) It was reportedly the deadliest garment-factory accident in history.

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