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To Move Forward, We Need to be Clear on What We Are Automating

Supply Chain Shaman

Next week, I will welcome over 100 participants to the annual event. The event is designed to Imagine Supply Chain 2030. For the event, I also invite the Supply Chains to Admire award winners to present their story and give the winners awards. The event is live cast and will be archived. The reason? There are many.

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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

He was also unaware of how to measure Forecast Value-Added, the Bullwhip impact and the health of inventory. What is the role of the forecast, budget, market data, and inventory in the proposed project? The conference has both an online and an in-person event designed for extreme networking. Imagine Supply Chain 2030.

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Overcoming The Barriers to Use Channel Data

Supply Chain Shaman

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. The decline in inventory turns uses cash. Industry events and the press perpetuate the status quo. Growth requires cash.

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

To help, we analyze business results each year to understand which companies outperform on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) over the past ten years. The focus of the conference is on Supply Chain 2030. The event is designed for extreme networking.

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Four Strategies To Deploy As Supply Chain Hits Main Street

Supply Chain Shaman

Social media awash with pictures of supply chain professionals attending the Lady Gaga event at SAP’s Sapphire, celebrating with drinks at the Gartner event, or rocking to the ZZ Top performance at JDA’s Icon conference trumpeted excitement. The news from these events? Second Step: Understand the Role of Inventory.

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Supply Chain Diagnostic: A Four-Step Process

Supply Chain Shaman

In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. In the period of 2010-2018, within the chemical industry, margins fluctuated, largely driven by the price of crude, but inventory turns plummeted.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

Rise in Inventories. Less Effective at Inventory Management. Inventories grew twenty days over the decade. Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory. Despite spending 1.1% Alignment Barriers.