Supply Chain Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Over the course of the past year, we kicked off a monthly newsletter, the free Supply Chain Insights monthly webinar series and the Supply Chain Insights Community. This will be a monthly public two-day training course in manufacturing centers in Europe and the United States. The first review came from a digital reader in Australia.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

Today I am deep into writing reports for the Supply Chain Insights newsletter. P&G’s rate of improvement on the Metrics That Matter was lower than the peer group. They got good at Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and tied the output to decisions on what to make in contract manufacturing. It is our fourth year.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Industrial 150

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

There is no methodology in the market today that applies to companies that do not qualify for the Global 1000. 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 hope that it does for me also.

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Gartner Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Pharmaceutical 301

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

It will be launched during a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a series of reports that will run in our May newsletter and throughout the summer. However, we have found that only a few companies are improving the potential of their supply chain to balance supply chain metrics. How was it developed? Supply Chain Strategy Sessions.

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Gartner S&OP Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Software 267

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 22, 2015

I was moving from a position where I led a manufacturing operation to being a part of a team to design supply chain software to improve planning decisions. I was moving from the world of manufacturing to a new world of software. The technology world moves at a quicker pace than the world of manufacturing and distribution.

Inventory Reduction 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

I have learned that supply chain systems are more complex than I originally thought, and that the relationships between supply chain metrics are nonlinear. The greatest gap is in the design of supplier and manufacturing networks. And, in our Digital Manufacturing Study. It takes more than one or two respondents from a company.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Let me start with a true confession: I am a manufacturing gal. I relished the sound of a manufacturing line when I opened the door of the factory in the morning, and I liked managing inputs so that we could maximize outputs. Manufacturing is the foundation of my interest in supply chain management. It is now part of my DNA.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 18, 2015

In contrast, in the process industries, the supply chain organization reported to manufacturing. When there is a common reporting strategy, progress in metrics performance at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns is faster. The goal was efficiency. This is a sign of organizational maturity. What do you think?

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Sourcing Strategies Agile and Lean Supply Chain Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Design 150

Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

This monthly newsletter observes one or two important macro trends through the lens of Supply Chain Management. We’ll also highlight emerging technologies that we believe can have an outsized impact on global supply chains. Over the last 2 years, Supply Chain teams have been struggling to procure and manufacture enough inventory.

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Elementum

AUGUST 24, 2015

We examine the manufacturing and supply chain implications of the Dow's fall. China's Huge Losses are Seeing Global Repercussions. The global supply chain’s future hinges in a large part on Chinese imports and exports, both of which have suffered as the nation sees its markets weakening. percent in July from a year ago.

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Material Savings Manufacturing Procurement Supply and Demand Purchasing Skills 60

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

The most popular posts are on demand management and Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. Over the course of the past year, we kicked off a monthly newsletter, the free Supply Chain Insights monthly webinar series, and the Supply Chain Insights Community. This is my 156th blog post to 5000 readers. The Shaman has served me well.

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Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Supply and Demand 181

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

An example of a global demand network is IBM iBAT. An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. An example of the use of customer segmentation into push/pull decoupling points was the Sandisk case study from the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2014

The operating margin for the medical device industry is 4X that of the automotive manufacturer and 2x the margin of the hospital. The pressures of affordable care and global regulation are transforming the market, but are they redefining the supply chain fast enough? There is no time for whining. I don’t think so.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2015

IBM is good at manufacturing terms that we both hate and love. While the manufacturing clients that I work with have strong IT relationships with SAP, and HANA is more and more a discussion, I think that we are missing several basic discussions. It is our goal to capture the voices of supply chain leaders globally.

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Cognira

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It has the potential to impact all areas of the retail business including manufacturing, supply chain management, promotional and marketing strategies, and even consumer experience. Selection of products: Choosing to sell green products that are proven to be sustainable and eco-friendly by manufacturing brands. Clean Energy Usage.

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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. We have a newsletter publishing with new reports on Wednesday.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

In that spirit, we’ve combed the MH&L archives for the most innovative supply chain developments of the past year, as reported in our print magazine, on our website, in our e-newsletters, or our various social media channels. We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019.

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