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. We complete the analysis each year. In this analysis, patterns matter. Growing Pains.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Worldwide Stores retail segment was part of that analysis, particularly when the company reported in April 2022 the first quarterly operating loss in over seven years. We sense that the above, coupled with Jassy’s business reviews were the catalyst for undergoing an analysis of how this provider’s U.S. after an order was placed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

While the majority of companies focus on balancing demand and supply ( an analysis based on volume), those rating their S&OP plans as effective, have a focus on balancing cost, volume and mix. Planning in isolation, not connected to execution is a major factor in the analysis. This is a maturity factor. 3) More Aligned. .

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The demand planning process can be extremely complex as it requires the analysis of numerous factors, including historic and current datasets and internal analytics. For example, a decision will need to be made on what time frame is most useful for analysis. Actual sales vs forecasts This metric is also known as ‘forecast error’.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

I had fire in my belly for this answer… I spoke of Anthony Volpe’s presentation on sentiment analysis at our recent Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. As I spoke, I asked “Who knows what sentiment analysis is?” It is one of my favorite questions. ” No one raised their hand.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

” They go on to report, “A recent Deloitte analysis of the top 52 U.S. consumer products companies by market capitalization suggests those organizations were already increasing their use of data analytics across many areas of the business, although they have been doing so in different ways.”

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Logility

JANUARY 22, 2014

This blog post is in response to recent results from the APICS/Logility Survey, Consumer Goods S&OP research, and ChainLink’s end-user research. I recently read a very good survey by Consumer Goods Technology , focused on S&OP.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Recently through my analysis of the planning benchmarking work, I have become fascinated on the role of inventory in the market-driven value network. Most companies are not measuring and adapting with volatility.Analyzing forecastability of the item portfolio is a good starting place. Inventory management is a complex subject.

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E2open

MARCH 17, 2017

Orchestro’s data, visibility and analytics solutions strategically complement E2open Demand Sensing and have enabled a truly demand-driven supply chain for many leading consumer goods companies. Consumer Goods. Users need tools at the "Speed of thought, not speed of vendor". Demand-driven. Forecasting.

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E2open

MARCH 17, 2017

Orchestro’s data, visibility and analytics solutions strategically complement E2open Demand Sensing and have enabled a truly demand-driven supply chain for many leading consumer goods companies. Consumer Goods. Users need tools at the "Speed of thought, not speed of vendor". Demand-driven. Forecasting.

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Alloy

MAY 8, 2019

making work faster so that users can get more done in less time, and focus on more strategic insights and analysis. On a closely related note, Alloy has enabled over 40% of customers to do analysis that they simply weren’t able to before. That was followed closely by providing access to data that they weren’t getting before?—?namely,

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Alloy

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Consumer goods companies rely on forecasts to support inventory planning and distribution across their sales channels. Below, we’ll explore two of the top forecasting errors consumer brands commit, along with suggestions for how to avoid these pitfalls.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

Andrew Lynch is President and Co-Founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. Forward-thinking brands are tracking crucial metrics to illuminate their supply chains and find control. Perform a network analysis.

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Alloy

JANUARY 2, 2019

Lesson Two: Focus on the End-Consumer When you’re used to selling in bulk orders to retailers, it’s easy to become fixated on wholesale metrics, like sell-in and OTIF. However, digital-native brands are quick to remember that, ultimately, it’s the end-consumer who matters most.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

For example, Unilever, a consumer goods company, has a responsible sourcing policy that includes human rights due diligence and requires suppliers to adhere to its human rights principles. Spend analysis is crucial for identifying the main risk areas and discovering opportunities to make changes toward sustainable procurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

We are trying to understand how supply chain leaders have raised the bar at the intersection of these four sets of metrics on the supply chain effective frontier. I also believe that it is because the organization is not incented to manage cash-to-cash metrics. The results have been eye-opening. I really want to believe.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

While they have actively worked on the implementation of a cost-to-serve analysis. The Supply Chains To Admire Repor t analysis, as shown in Figure 2, illustrates that while SanDisk is driving significant improvement, they are not the B2B leader. Does it work? This honor goes to Cisco Systems, EMC, and Western Digital.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

4) Implement Cost-to-Serve Analysis to Drive Actionable Results. An effective way to align commercial and operational teams is the implementation of cost-to-serve analysis. I firmly believe that the successful implementation of cost-to-serve analysis is one of the reasons for L’Oreal’s improvement.

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E2open

OCTOBER 13, 2016

As a way to quantify the impact on productivity, workload (in terms of the number of base codes managed by each full-time planner) was compared to forecast value-added (a standard metric to measure the value provided by planning systems, processes, and people). Consumer Goods. Forecasting.

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E2open

OCTOBER 13, 2016

As a way to quantify the impact on productivity, workload (in terms of the number of base codes managed by each full-time planner) was compared to forecast value-added (a standard metric to measure the value provided by planning systems, processes, and people). Consumer Goods. Category.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 5, 2017

Promotional/event lift analysis. In some cases, a demand planning organization will be in a better position to produce this promotional lift, both because they make their living understanding how products sell, and because they have the analytical chops to do the appropriate analysis against past promotions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For those who are new to reading the Supply Chain Shaman blog, let me begin my analysis with a disclaimer. I always start the discussion of all software acquisitions with the same statement: the acquisition of software is seldom a good deal for the buyer/user of software. This is a great asset: nurture it through the change.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The concept of text mining or social sentiment analysis is not on the radar for most supply chain professionals. Fueled by structured data analysis, decision support tools today focus on optimization.However, as we embrace data variety, the architectures need to embrace structured and unstructured data forms. Digital Path to Purchase.

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Unleashed

MARCH 9, 2021

In simple terms business procurement is the process of locating and acquiring goods and services from external sources for the business to use. Procurement activities include planning, sourcing, and negotiation, along with risk management, legal and value analysis. Undamaged shipment rate. On-time delivery: all suppliers.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 5, 2017

Promotional/event lift analysis. In some cases, a demand planning organization will be in a better position to produce this promotional lift, both because they make their living understanding how products sell, and because they have the analytical chops to do the appropriate analysis against past promotions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

As a result, while this blog post is on a technical subject, I will try to stay out of the technical jargon; and as a result, some software experts may find this analysis incomplete. The tactical processes of forecasting in this conventional analysis cannot sense markets fast enough to slow or speed up processes. Why is this a problem?

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Today’s consumer goods and retail companies appear to be in a modern-day Chakravyuh themselves; they are engaging in a battle to stay profitable while trying to meet consumers’ ever-changing needs. Metrics – Determine what success looks like at various levels, from operational to strategic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Companies rating themselves with stronger capabilities are more likely to use supply chain planning systems, are more likely to be able to produce a feasible plan in supply planning and use “What-if Analysis.” ” We find that it is not one, it is many elements. Figure 3: Characteristics of Effective S&OP.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Today’s consumer goods and retail companies appear to be in a modern-day Chakravyuh themselves; they are engaging in a battle to stay profitable while trying to meet consumers’ ever-changing needs. Metrics – Determine what success looks like at various levels, from operational to strategic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

I thought back to the evolution of the EPC codes and bar codes in the consumer goods industry two decades ago, and I remember the work of Danny Wegman of Wegman’s Supermarkets, Sandy Douglas of Coca-Cola and Tim Smucker of The J.M Smucker Corporation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

We will also be announcing the 2015 winners for the Supply Chains to Admire analysis which analyzes company progress on both supply chain performance and improvement on the Metrics That Matter for the period of 2006-2014. We hope to see you there! _. Life is busy at Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2015

The analysis is too complex to use one of those sexy and over-marketed magic four-box charts. As seen in Figure 3, one of the greatest performance gaps is developing and managing a profitable plan analysis. Many clients ask me about the vendors and I think that it deserves a comprehensive review. It is about more than magic.

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Logility

JULY 20, 2023

It should also provide error metrics to help you understand how accurate each forecast is. Perform what-if analysis. What-if analysis enables your demand planners to evaluate how various hypothetical scenarios or changes would impact your demand forecast and the plans that are associated with it. Broad industry expertise.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The visibility layer includes the aggregation and normalization of your global operational data from both internal and external sources for the purposes of business intelligence, metrics and reporting. The analytics layer supports root cause analysis, simulations and “what if” scenarios. Execution Layer. Analytics Layer.

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Alloy

APRIL 29, 2021

Our research with supply chain professionals at consumer goods companies found that 55% consider On Time and In Full (OTIF) orders, or so called “perfect orders,” one of their top three KPIs. That’s the highest percentage out of all metrics we asked about, including On Shelf Availability (37%) and forecast accuracy (34%).

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Silvon Software

APRIL 29, 2022

Key performance indicators (KPIs) in inventory management are metrics that help you monitor and make decisions about your stock. The Stratum data hub collects, organizes and stores data from multiple sources and serves as a single version of the truth for helping our clients analyze performance KPIs and metrics across their businesses.

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Cognira

OCTOBER 3, 2023

During promotion planning , retailers employ diverse strategies, from traditional manual analysis to harnessing advanced technologies like AI and ML. They scrutinize metrics such as sales history, customer demographics, and competitive pricing to craft effective strategies. Many retailers prefer this strategy for its versatility.

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