Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2021

Just as there are many flavors of sports teams, there are many types of supply chains. When I attempted to facilitate design thinking workshops on my own in 2015, I was bullish on the concepts. Remember the need for goal clarity, rules, and clear metrics in my opening paragraph? Supply chain management is a team sport.

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Logility

MAY 7, 2020

We know the right information can significantly improve a company’s ability to reduce operating expenses, improve customer service and reduce the time needed to respond to market disruptions and opportunities. However, capturing the data you need is just the start of the journey. Organizations are simply overwhelmed.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

From just being environmentally friendly, it has become a holistic framework that encompasses the environment, social and corporate governance. Over the last decade, the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has greatly evolved. The logistics business, is predominantly a network business driven by our employees. Photo Credit: L’Oréal.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 18, 2016

It has become a habit to make sure that I am getting all my steps in and not just meeting, but exceeding my daily and weekly fitness goals. As one of its many programs, it initiated the “2015 Going the Distance Challenge” here in North America. In supply chain planning, we are driven by metrics. As it turns out, plenty.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 9, 2017

and changed CEOs many times in the past 10 years. times higher than the second-ranked supply chain, with Samsung at 15.1. However, when you look at the 2015-2016 revenue growth, Nokia’s networking business grew 90%, while their Nokia Technologies only grew 3%. So Gartner looked at the numbers and created the Masters category.

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Unleashed

MARCH 2, 2021

Wearable healthcare works by collecting a user’s wellbeing and fitness data, and creating a personalised database of the user’s health metrics. They work by collecting a user’s wellbeing and fitness data, and creating a personalised database of the user’s health metrics. Profit margins in the wearable healthcare technology market.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Cerasis put on a 75-minute webinar entitled, The "Big Benefits of Effective Reverse Logistics" Webinar on September 30th, 2015 at 2:00 PM CST. Transportation Reverse Logistics Are More Than Just Buzzwords & The History of Reverse Logistics. The 9 Core RevLog Metrics to Track. What is Reverse Logistics?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 18, 2014

On my way back to the train, I struggled with what had just happened. Bridget, crossed her arms and asked why the project that they had just implemented on improving demand planning was not sufficient; and Lee across the table chimed in to say that the new processes of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) would do the trick.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

For me, it is a good time to reflect, think and share what I am learning. It is for this reason, that we asked companies participating in our 2015 Supply Chain Planning Benchmarking to share raw data. Business Dictionary.com. Writing a Shaman blog post is now a Sunday night ritual. This is my goal. A common definition is essential.

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Multichannel Merchant

JUNE 7, 2022

The company, founded in 2015, has experienced significant growth since the pandemic took hold , said co-founder and CEO Khaled Naim. It also features real-time tracking and delivery confirmation. “But that is a trend that has just continued from the early days of ecommerce.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Researchers assign various measures of importance to each of the metrics, sometimes treating them equally, sometimes separating one out of the pack.”[2] Yadav explains, “At times, even a couple of minutes may seem too late. Some processes, such as data fraud detection, may be time-sensitive. How big is big?

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

General warehouse industry statistics Warehousing costs & revenue statistics Warehouse efficiency statistics Labor statistics in the warehousing industry Automation adoption in the warehousing industry Warehouse performance metrics Warehouse automation stats: General warehouse industry statistics 1. According to data from the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

With little time to spare this morning, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s Deal for Whole Foods Seen as Ideal for Urban Pickup and Delivery Hubs (WSJ – sub. The competitive assets of Brick-and-Mortar are not just stores, but distribution and fulfillment centers too.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 2, 2015

But that’s just what companies need to do if they’re to embrace the opportunities of the new era of postmodern ERP – an era where companies are saying ‘No’ to monolithic ERP systems that monopolize IT resources and restrict innovation. What sounds good in theory may in fact be costing you time and money. Read the blog post to find out.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Barring some unexpected twist, COP26 will end with an updated version of the 2015 Paris Agreement, with commitments from individual nations to reduce their GHGs but no binding, enforceable international agreement. One example: just before COP26 kicked off, CEOs from more than 30 large financial institutions with over $8.7

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Logistics encompasses certain subsets of practices within the supply chain, such as just in time logistics, mission critical logistics, and more. The reason is that really, reverse logistics is something a lot of shippers and logistics providers have done for a long time. Top 15 Logistics Blog Posts of 2014. Read the Full Post.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2022

The winning companies are those that correctly identify the problem to solve — the performance metric to improve. We live in a digital age in which, according to Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, big data is an organization’s most valuable asset. ”[3].

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2016

It has become a habit to make sure that I am getting all my steps in and not just meeting, but exceeding my daily and weekly fitness goals. As one of its many programs, it initiated the “2015 Going the Distance Challenge” here in North America. In supply chain planning, we are driven by metrics. As it turns out, plenty.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

In 2010, Walmart announced its goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015. million metric tons to date, saying that some measures had led to a doubling of fleet efficiency. On September 3, 2016 China and the US agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

In 2015 Insight acquired E2open, and Infor acquired GT Nexus. We are just now starting to see innovation return to JDA and GXS assets under OpenText ownership. After a very tough decade, the Supply Chain Operating Network solutions were evolving with strong development plans during the period of 2012-2015. . A Look at History.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Before we discuss how mobile data collection solutions can help struggling businesses, we need to address just how serious it is that all companies continuously evaluate their supply chain for weaknesses. For example, in early 2015 Target announced it was closing all 133 of its Canadian stores due to setbacks in its supply chain.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Before we discuss how mobile data collection solutions can help struggling businesses, we need to address just how serious it is that all companies continuously evaluate their supply chain for weaknesses. For example, in early 2015 Target announced it was closing all 133 of its Canadian stores due to setbacks in its supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

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). 2015 Supply Chains to Admire. Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

As van Hove notes, “The times since Sales & Operations planning (S&OP) was born in 1987 as a solution for operational issues are long gone.”[1] They are: Common Definition of Time Horizons. ” Metrics Definition. ” Van Hove argues one reason for this lack of progress is supply chain bias. .”[2]

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Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning 100

E2open

JULY 15, 2015

Wednesday 15 July 2015. For that type of real-time information sharing to happen, the right technologies and processes need to be in place. More than half (51 percent) felt their inventory turns were “on par” or “worse” compared to the average performance observed in their industry for this key supply chain metric.

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synchrono

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In 2015, McKinsey Global Institute claimed that the IIoT had the potential to create as much as $3.7 From a demand-driven manufacturing perspective, this turns unplanned downtime into planned downtime and gives the planner/scheduler time to adjust and optimize flow. Is enthusiasm for Big Data wavering?

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Name changes are difficult to make, especially if they have been used for a long time. Today, supply chains are networks that have evolved with the times. In 2015, they accounted for over 53 million jobs, 43 percent of US employment.'” It just might be supply chain that is keeping the economy humming along.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 29, 2015

Steelwedge, a Software as a Service solution of S&OP, just announced a new round of financing by Camden partners. Steelwedge, a Software as a Service solution of S&OP, just announced a new round of financing by Camden partners. Over this period, I have watched the acceptance of cloud-based supply chain solutions evolve.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. It is morning in Orlando. The sun is rising. It is my seventh year of speaking at this small, and intimate event. The world of supply chain is active on my iPhone. This inbound news adds to the story.

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Oracle SCM

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

If your company commercializes the wrong innovations this holiday season, it could be just as disappointing. Timing is everything during the holidays, which means you can’t exhaust resources sifting through hundreds or even thousands of ideas. Finding Bright Ideas With Cloud PLM. Lost ideas represent missed opportunities.”

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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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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

A confluence of factors is limiting the talent pool and making it more difficult for organizations to find the right professionals to fill the necessary roles to drive supply chain success, as was cited in a recent article, Companies See ‘Massive Shift’ in Search for Supply Chain Talent , (Wall Street Journal, May 22nd, 2015, Loretta Chao).

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2015

That was certainly true at Starbucks, which went through some difficult times in 2008. Erin Nicole Gordon (@erinicolegordon) September 30, 2015. His point was that you need great people and a world-class supply chain to effectively grow a company, but many companies underinvest in those areas until it becomes an issue.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

The promise of a well-intended consultant just sounds sooooooo good. At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.)

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I have now spent just as much time being a startup founder as I had being an operations manager. The fight for talent I still remember the time the HR manager called me to the office from some part of the Arabian Desert for my promotion review, and asked, “Ali, what do you need to make this new operation successful?”.

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