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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

The supply chain is a complex system with finite, and non-linear relationships between supply chain metrics that drive balance sheet results. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics. Teams struggle to drive improvement in both metrics at the same time. A Look at History. Resiliency.

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Mush

Supply Chain Shaman

It is a tasteless, innocuous food with little form or satisfaction. As a result, the metrics have to be viewed together as a pattern over time. In the journey, the supply chain leader needs to improve the potential of a portfolio of metrics. I find value in looking at these metrics together. Mush in the Real World.

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Sage Advice? Only for Turkeys.

Supply Chain Shaman

Consider the case of food manufacturing. The only metric that we have improved through ten years of IT investments is the revenue/employee number. The company that has done this the best in this food peer group is General Mills. Two reports to finish before Tuesday’s newsletter. Performance is stalled.

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Renegade Riposte

Supply Chain Shaman

The more that I work on supply chain metrics, the more that I believe that both the SCOR model and the Gartner Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics (which I worked on for the period of 2006-2010) reward functional, not end-to-end supply chain behavior. The final report will publish in the Supply Chain Insights March newsletter.

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38 global businesses ranked on forced labour in their supply chains: transparency roundup

Provenance

How 38 of the world’s biggest food & beverage companies compare on forced labour. However water footprint is another important for metric for businesses to be able to measure. Join our newsletter. Businesses who communicate this effectively will stay ahead of the curve and effect true change.”. Source: Know the Chain ).

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What Today's Market Tumble Means for Your Supply Chain

Elementum

Copper, generally considered a good metric for the health of the global economy, is doing poorly. The only industry that China is investing in heavily is food—China’s agriculture industry relies on U.S. Stay up-to-date on raw materials prices and market status by subscribing to our daily newsletter. imports, as U.S.

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Supply Chain Talent: Insights from CSCMP Annual Conference

Talking Logistics

We kicked off the session by sharing some “food for thought” about the topic with the attendees (see slides below), and then we broke up into small discussion groups where we each focused on a different aspect of supply chain talent: Group 1: Making Supply Chain the Industry of Choice for Top Talent (Angie Freeman).