Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 29, 2016

As I study research methods, and the market, I realize the lies I’ve spun for prior employers (Gartner and AMR Research) are untrue: The AMR Research Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics. This research, released in 2005, gives a compelling view of a metrics hierarchy. In 2016 I wrote 35 blog posts. Reflections.

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Arkieva

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Even in the midst of obstacles companies with exemplary supply chains set themselves apart with their supply chain processes made it to the 2016 Supply Chain to Admire award by “simply” committing to a continuous supply chain improvement process. Figure 1: Supply Chain Insights Global Summit Supply Chain Challenges. Request a Demo of.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 1, 2017

What specific policies, processes, and metrics in the supply chain would achieve success in this strategy? Why are we forgetting to define what supply chain excellence means for the company or specific division, especially in terms of business metrics in financial statements, prior to the revamp of processes and policies?

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2019

. … Real-time integration, applying Six Sigma to know process bottlenecks, and re-engineering systems to be more customer-focused improve this metrics’ performance. Cycle Time is a predictor of the future of manufacturing as this metric captures improvement made across systems and processes immediately.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

P&G’s rate of improvement on the Metrics That Matter was lower than the peer group. In this period, a combination of rapidly increasing stock prices, market confidence on future profits, and speculation in individual stocks, made investors overlook traditional metrics in favor of confidence in future technological advancements.

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IQMS

JULY 22, 2019

in 2016 and is projected to attain a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 14.1% Improving inventory management accuracy and visibility requires a focused approach to capturing the most valuable metrics of performance and then tracking their performance over time. The Warehouse Inventory Management Software market grew to $1.4B

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GlobalTranz

JULY 7, 2016

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). Our last post covered the Top 5 Manufacturing blogs of 2016. Today's post will cover the top 5 supply chain blogs from 2016 so far. Current State of Today’s Supply Chain in 2016.

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

Two Foxconn Technology workers died in 2016 in work-related incidents at the company’s Zhengzhou, China plant, which produces Apple iPhones. Counting the Cost of Ignorance appeared first on QAD Blog. In April 2021, food giant Hershey Food announced its “ No Deforestation Policy ” to end deforestation across its supply chain by 2030.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This is expected to result in the reduction of over 26 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions — the equivalent of taking five million-plus cars off the road for a full year. 8] Richard Evans and Jim Gao, “ DeepMind AI Reduces Google Data Centre Cooling Bill by 40% ,” DeepMind Blog, 20 July 2016. Footnotes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

There are some positives: in 2016, over 60% of supply chain leaders are embracing cloud-based solutions, and 45% are increasing their spend in supply chain management solutions. Figure 2: Focus of Spending in 2016. For more on this topic, reference my blogs on the building of the digital supply chain. 2020 is four years away.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

In Figure 1, we share insights from a recent study on the overall focus of 2016 spending. Figure 1: Expected Changes in IT Spending in 2016. As I end this blog post, let me leave you with three thoughts. She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, at the Supply Chain Shaman blog, and for Forbes.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Many which I’ve highlighted over the years in blogs and articles. Intelligent IBP in the making As early as 2016, I wrote about autonomous IBP , comparing IBP to an autonomous car. In February 2022, I wrote the first of a five blog series using the name Intelligent IBP. Decision quality will become a performance metric in IBP.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

This is the goal of this blog. I then pack my bags and scoot out the door to sign books and discuss the research completed for the S upply Chain Metrics That Matter book at the ISM event on Thursday, May 14th in Atlanta. The book is selling well and will be translated into Mandarin for the Chinese audience for a release in August 2016.

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synchrono

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Through this guest blog series, my intent is to share some of my experiences implementing supplier quality and Lean manufacturing initiatives by focusing on eKanban systems. Before I move on, I want to take a moment to tie the value-stream mapping exercise to the key take-aways from the first blog in the series: Communication and buy-in.

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EcoVadis

DECEMBER 29, 2016

While this has not changed, the information to be declared by companies has now become more comprehensive: Since the new Decree of 19 th August 2016, important direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scope 2 and 3) GHG emissions linked to the supply chain will have to be declared, covering both upstream and downstream emissions.

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QAD

JUNE 18, 2019

That average dropped to 24 years in 2016 and is expected to shrink to just 12 years by 2027. Choosing an ERP solution based solely on the individual goals and KPI metrics of key stakeholders today can result in a suboptimal solution in the years to come. appeared first on QAD Blog. This means that 500 of the largest U.S.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Editor's Note: Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no blog post next week. In 2016, it seemed as if everyone in supply chain was looking to improve their forecasting performance. And how do you set your targets for the coming year?

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Arkieva

JANUARY 20, 2017

Using Metrics/Key Performance indicators that measure how well the shippers and transportation providers do promotes daily continuous improvement. Related: Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog. Related: Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

Years later in 2016, General Motors has implemented measures to make the company more equipped to handle disasters. The end result was that when another earthquake struck Japan in April 2016, GM was much better prepared. Source: Arkieva Supply Chain Blog. Source: Arkieva Supply Chain Blog. Read Full Article. Source: EBN.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Also, machine learning is leading to more accurate measures of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), a key metric many manufacturers and supply chain operations rely on. CB Insights, Stocked Up: 150+ Companies Attacking The Supply Chain & Logistics Space, November 30, 2016. References. Bendoly, E. Preston, D.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

During the next two weeks we will be sharing the interviews of 2016 Supply Chains to Admire winners and speakers for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Like the Shaman blog? Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is writing her third book, Leadership Matters.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 25, 2020

An explanation offered by Christensen was what he coined“The Church of New Finance,” in which business school professors act as the high priests that indoctrinate their MBAs into a belief system of complex, ratio-based financial metrics as the only correct system of measurement. This got me thinking….with

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Performance and Improvement for the Period of 2010-2016 for Trucks and Heavy Equipment. AGCO envisioned employing a 3×3 training metrics: every operation would have 3 people able to execute it, and every person would be able to do 3 operations. The move led to an additional 30% – 35% reduction in process time. Time to Value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Safe and secure and the redesign of the supply chain to protect the consumer is a part of the 2016 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit focused on Imaging Supply Chain 2025. The 2016 event will be held on September 7th-9th, 2016 at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, AZ. Check out the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit site.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2022

The major metrics that make up the cost are the make and model of the vehicle, and the economic conditions when you’re buying your insurance. ADESA owns over 75 auction sites within North America, and has even expanded overseas to the UK in 2016. Insurance rates vary between different states.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

We wanted to see which companies were driving the fastest rate of improvement on the supply chain metrics that matter. I am currently collecting case studies in supply chain leadership for my next book Supply Chain Leadership Matters to publish in 2016. We studied this pre and post-recession.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

(Included in this post is Cummins’ digital award for the 2016 Supply Chains to Admire. I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. It is a condition of too little sleep due to fabulous late night coverage of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Blog originally published at, and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks at, [link]. You need to ensure your suppliers are willing to share upon initial requests for information, undergo assessments, welcome audits and are open to evaluation on predefined performance metrics (should be compiled of both hard and soft metrics).

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FLEXE

JULY 8, 2016

Establish baseline metrics that will enable deeper historical trend analyses as the market matures over future quarters. The following is an overview of the marketplace rates offered and paid for each type during the first quarter of 2016. The post Dynamic Warehousing Quarterly Pricing Report appeared first on FLEXE Blog.

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Locus

DECEMBER 3, 2021

He joined in 2016, and was the first person with a business background to be hired by Krishna Khandelwal , the then Chief Business Officer at Locus. Once you get the momentum running, you want to close each and every deal but they are not efficient in terms of their metrics, profitability, acquisition and maintenance cost.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

During the afternoon, as I quietly held the pieces for Jake’s monster, my mind composed my blog post for the week. Today, supply chains do not use sentiment data–blogs, rating and reviews, social data on Twitter and Facebook, and call center logs in supply chain processes. Too much quilting, typing and repetitive motion….)

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 11, 2016

The blog was uglier then and less polished, and I have learned a lot about blogging over the years; however, my focus is the same. The Supply Chain Shaman is an independent blog. You will note that there is no advertising for the blog and I am never paid to write. How do you see 2016? This is my 310th post.

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Aera Technology

AUGUST 9, 2016

seconds separated the gold medalist from last place in the 200m women’s individual medley in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Standardize service level metrics across the business Having inconsistent calculations across plants, DCs or regions makes it hard to know how well you are actually servicing customers. Less than 3.5

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FLEXE

JUNE 15, 2016

Establish baseline metrics that will enable deeper historical trend analyses as the market matures over future quarters. The following is an overview of the marketplace rates offered and paid for each type during the first quarter of 2016. The post Dynamic Warehousing Quarterly Report appeared first on FLEXE Blog.

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IQMS

JULY 11, 2019

OEE is a pervasively used metric in manufacturing as it combines availability, performance, and quality, defining production effectiveness. Combined with other metrics, it’s possible to find the factors that impact manufacturing performance the most and least. Turning AI into concrete value: the successful implementers’ toolkit (28 pp.,

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2020

“Globalization and increased economic interdependence have accompanied — and facilitated — rapid economic growth in many countries and regions, helping world GDP grow from around 50 trillion USD in 2000 to 75 trillion USD in 2016” ( un.org 2017 ). But what is globalization, really? You’re in good company.

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ivalua

JUNE 2, 2016

Embracing sustainability as a goal and metric that you scorecard suppliers on is a good place to start to get ready for this trend that will become a staple in how successful companies do business. Also, to learn more about managing supplier risk register for our webinar on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 2 PM EDT. Globalization.

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