Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2020

In the review of my first book, Bricks Matter , Keith Harrison, former Global Director of Product Supply at P&G asked me, “You mention the need for supply chains to shift from a focus on cost to value. The supply chain is complex non-linear system that is easily thrown out of balance through a focus on functional metrics.

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QAD

JULY 1, 2021

Improving communication between departments and comparing metrics across them. QAD’s solutions help global manufacturers increase profitability, improve productivity, provide better customer service, and manage their key manufacturing business processes for scalable growth opportunities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

As supply chains moved from regional to global, intransit and cycle inventories increased. The Focus Inside-out Supported by Functional Metrics. Lean, Blockchain, Industry 4.0, Instead, the path requires a redefinition of process, metrics, and capabilities. Preparing for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

How many people make a New Year’s resolution to “Lean” yourself out only to abandon it shortly thereafter? What do you do when your Lean program at work suffers the same fate? In this case one of the areas I wanted to understand was whether or not there was a Lean program in operation. And it needed a reboot.

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synchrono

MARCH 6, 2017

When we look at the organizations of today, words like efficiency and productivity get thrown around with little understanding of what is required to improve one of these measurements (metrics). Usage: In the cost-world paradigm, global impact is believed to be the sum of all local impacts.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series on Supplier Quality Management processes and how to evaluate your suppliers from Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chain. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 19, 2023

Ben is Vice President of Managed Services at Coyote Logistics , a leading global third-party logistics provider. About Ben Steffes Ben Steffes is Vice President of Managed Services at Coyote Logistics, a leading global third-party logistics provider. Ben Steffes and Joe Lynch discuss 3PL outsourcing trends.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 8, 2021

A proof of concept (POC) is an increasingly common method to select the best supply chain software vendor for your company, yet many supply chain practitioners still lean on the traditional RFI (request for information) tool. 6 Focus on the wrong metric. RFIs also assume the organization is focusing on the right metrics.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Check out 10 Signs You Should Reboot Your Lean Program! Implementing a Lean program on the Manufacturing floor, in a Warehouse operation, or in a Distribution Centre is challenging enough. And your Lean program has at its core the objective of making these operations as efficient as possible. Email Address. Environment.

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Supply Chain Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2014

I love the sound as it rolls off my tongue; but yes, the Metrics that Matter book is finished. Joe’s struggle is focused on figuring out what is possible in driving supply chain metrics, and how fast can he move forward. We will showcase the new simulation activity at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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synchrono

AUGUST 4, 2015

Here we are at the final installment of our four-part, Sandpaper blog series about when to use the tools of Lean Manufacturing, the Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Six Sigma to address constraints, drive flow and promote continuous improvement. There are some improvement metrics that in my opinion, are based on funny numbers.

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Previous commentaries on Value Unchained noted a recent University of Tennessee research study, “Green, Lean and Global Supply Chain Strategies.” In the posting, Beyond the Research Part Three: Green and Lean Global Supply Chain Strategies , the researchers at the University of Tennessee made a rather important observation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

These consumer products global leaders paved the road for supply chain excellence by defining new supply chain practices. Over the last decade, each company took a different path to power global growth. Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. This is a global market. Procter & Gamble. Kimberly-Clark.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

His production teams were responsible for billions of dollars of hydrocarbon output to the global economy. Since then, he has been eliminating one global bottleneck after another, with his current focus on optimizing supply chains that extend to Mars.

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Supply Chain Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2014

I love the sound as it rolls off my tongue; but yes, the Metrics that Matter book is finished. Joe’s struggle is focused on figuring out what is possible in driving supply chain metrics, and how fast can he move forward. We will showcase the new simulation activity at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

Continual disruption is now the new normal, and it’s weighing on profitability and making it difficult for many companies to maintain lean, agile operations. Supply chain planning is more important today than ever before and there’s good news: Manufacturers have options for mitigating global supply chain risk and keeping costs in check.

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4WL Consulting

JUNE 12, 2015

#1 Globalization of Manufacturing Operations With increasing globalization, manufacturing operations usually take place beyond borders. This heightens the need for having a global procurement network which can support and respond to a company’s supply chain needs in a timely manner.

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QAD

AUGUST 12, 2021

And, whether you believe these recent events to be the result of global warming – or not – manufacturers are expanding their sustainability and environmental efforts. Increasing numbers of global manufacturers have instituted objectives to boost the number of suppliers that meet defined social and environment standards.

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The Lean Supply Chain

APRIL 24, 2015

Include the need for Continuous Improvement and implementation of Lean initiatives: 5S, Kaizen, Kanban and Six Sigma… The consumer phase is a significant stage in the wine’s life cycle. Lean Logistics ensures agile logistics processes reducing the variation” ICL – Foundation. Why extended Lean in the Supply Chain?

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Metrics used to evaluate these new books are as below, 1) Citation count from Google Scholar 2) Number of reviews found on Amazon.com 3) Editorial Opinion Citation count is a standard way to evaluate any publication. So, customer''s review on Amazon.com (3 stars or more) is also used as a metric.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

This includes implementing lean manufacturing principles and utilizing advanced planning software, so businesses can optimize production processes and minimize waste. Analyze performance metrics and implement improvements to enhance efficiency. Supply Chain Director Set strategic goals and objectives for the supply chain department.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2017

As a result, tor most companies, the goals are unclear and the financial metrics are not well-understood. This year-over-year comparison, enables visualization of performance on two metrics. In addition, they rank last in their ability to drive metrics improvement. Metric balance is difficult for supply chain teams.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

When I was there, an employee’s base pay came every 4 weeks, and it would go up based on hitting certain metrics – Net Sales and Return on Total Assets. The only metric that mattered was how you were doing vs. the market and the competition – were you getting a lower price than Hershey or Nestle? I’ve never seen a culture like that!

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

Figure 1: Supply Chain Metrics Are a Balancing Act. Globalization, localization, and product portfolio complexity increased volatility. The metrics shown in Figure 1 are difficult to improve together. Most companies improve singular metrics but are not able to drive portfolio. Today it is more complex than a decade ago.

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The Network Effect

JUNE 11, 2014

In part one I laid out the 5 stage maturity model that shows how organizations can turn their “big data” into “big visibility” The stages are 1) Representation; 2) Accessibility; 3) Intelligence; 4) Decision Management; 5) Outcome-Based Metrics and Performance. So what can we do about variation?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

The evolving pandemic, growing geopolitical tensions, nervous financial markets and increasing economic uncertainty means supply, both globally and locally, is at the very least, uncertain. In fact, global freight rates have increased tenfold since the start of the pandemic. GLOBAL CRISES DRIVE PRICES SKY-HIGH.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2014

Mergers and Acquisitions and the Management of Global Operations. With mergers and acquisitions, and the management of global operations, it could no longer be an ad hoc process. I smiled as I began to present the story of the “Metrics that Matter.” Instead, it needed to be steps of continuous designs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

JIT is a comprehensive philosophy designed to reduce defects, improve quality, and increase customer satisfaction, supported by practices like minimizing inventory to be as “lean” as possible. As MIT professor Yossi Sheffi has argued , less inventory in the system makes a company more flexible, actually building resilience. on-time delivery).

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Manufacturers and distributors experienced huge supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic which exposed many vulnerabilities and tested the resilience of supply chain leaders globally. can be measured to define this metric. Metrics that track overall business performance are covered by financial KPIs. Warehousing KPIs.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In supply chain management, total lead time is a crucial metric encompassing the period from customer order to delivery, be it in B2B or B2C scenarios. Each type of lead time can impact the global process. Implement lean manufacturing principles to eliminate wasteful activities and streamline production.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Some supply chain companies are leaning on the power of analytics to help streamline their processes and get ahead of their competitors. Trust can be built through a closed-loop change management effort that is centered on performance metrics that accurately reflect the current state of the supply chain system.” writes Melissa R.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Warehousing is a vital function of global supply chain management, however often overlooked. Lean warehousing. Usually this is done by applying the 5S system of lean, which are Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain, to the processes and procedures of the warehouse. Manage critical KPIs.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 12, 2017

I will lean on the Supply Chain Planning space as an example and relate to the broader shifts in the role of IT in supply chain management. Large global IT organizations are realizing that “one size fits all” approaches don’t work with regions with varying degrees of maturity. Let us examine the shifts that happened.

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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 trillion in economic value in the global manufacturing sector by 2025. Related resource: Metrics that Drive Action. #3 Is enthusiasm for Big Data wavering? Rush orders come in. People get sick.

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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). Vice President of Global Operations Strategy, Seagate Technology. What suppliers need help with cost (LEAN, labor, freight,…)? 2015 Supply Chains to Admire.

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QAD

JULY 28, 2022

In this short episode, Jan Griffiths , former farm girl turned automotive Vice President of Global Supply Chain Management at a leading automotive tier one supplier, reviews the first six episodes and summarizes the actionable “one thing” from each episode. . Episode #10: Maps & Metrics.

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American Global Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Lean manufacturing and just-in-time production minimize waste and inventory levels while maximizing efficiency. Continuous monitoring and evaluation of performance metrics: Regularly tracking key performance indicators allows businesses to measure the impact of innovative practices and make necessary adjustments.

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