2001 Manufacturing Metrics Procurement 
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 31, 2022
The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Focus on Cost.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Focus on Cost.
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Logility
AUGUST 25, 2020
Every company today runs on data – the key to using your data is choosing the right metrics for visibility into your supply chain. While Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) may be reviewed quarterly or monthly, the speed with which supply chain operations occur makes a daily view of more tactical and operational metrics a growing necessity.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 3, 2013
Over the Memorial Day weekend, I stumbled on an old article that I wrote in 2001. It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. At the time, I was a junior Gartner analyst. was controversial.
Vanguard Software
JULY 20, 2021
And before that, in 2001, Nike also had a demand planning blunder that led to a $100 million loss in sales. Supply planning includes distribution, manufacturing, and procurement. Not too long ago, in 2014, Walgreens had a $1 billion forecasting error that led to the exit of two executives.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2022
At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Supply chain excellence was largely defined as manufacturing excellence.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 16, 2015
The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013. There is seldom one technology used within a manufacturing company to connect B2b value networks.) With the larger ocean carriers and the port congestion, GT Nexus becomes more and more important to retail and manufacturing companies. It is clear.
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