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Supply Chain KPIs You’ll Want Every Morning

Logility

Poorly implemented demand planning software mis-forecasts demand for branded sneakers. Every company today runs on data – the key to using your data is choosing the right metrics for visibility into your supply chain. Enterprise software performance. The common thread? 100M in lost sales and 20% drop in stock price in one year.

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How Supply Chain Lost Its Mojo

Supply Chain Shaman

Improvement on the key metrics of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is elusive. Then as a software executive (1991-2001 and then 2003-2005) and finally as an analyst (2001-2003 and 2005-present). The sales team may have over-sold the software, and scope clarity is lacking.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Still, organizations are less willing to test and try technology innovation due to the restrictions and guide rails placed on software procurement and deployment. A Decline in Innovation. Less Collaborative.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Still, organizations are less willing to test and try technology innovation due to the restrictions and guide rails placed on software procurement and deployment. A Decline in Innovation. Less Collaborative.

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What Is Old Is New Again. Maybe, Just Maybe, the Emperor Is Getting Some Clothes.

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I stumbled on an old article that I wrote in 2001. It went public last year in one of the few successful IPOs in the supply chain software space. The first year is a foundational connectivity play with future plans to enable partners to write software on top of the platform. was controversial.

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An Entrepreneur Explains The 10 Things Needed to Build A Business that Investors Can’t Say ‘NO’ To

Logistics Viewpoints

He sold the company in 2001 when the company had achieved revenues of about $10 million. In logistics, it used to be that selling a WMS could take a year or more because the customer would need to spend a million dollars or more on the software and implementation. Their metrics just don’t make sense.

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How Demand Planning Influences Supply Planning through Predicting Future Demand Patterns

Vanguard Software

And before that, in 2001, Nike also had a demand planning blunder that led to a $100 million loss in sales. Profitability and value creation : Reliable demand and supply plans allow businesses to improve availability and stock fill rates and focus on customer-centric metrics. Fountain Tire Case Study. Download Case Study.