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Walmart again Raises Chargeback Stakes

Enterra Insights

” The changes are set to take effect by May 2019. Back in 2003, Zeiger wrote, “In some cases, [suppliers insist], the requirements are petty, arbitrary or even illogical. 1] Jennifer Smith and Sarah Nassauer, “ Walmart Toughens Delivery Demands for Suppliers ,” The Wall Street Journal , 6 March 2019. [2]

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Four Strategies What Worked

Supply Chain Shaman

” So, I started work with Arizona State University to take balance sheet data from 2003-2007 to analyze which combination of metrics drove the highest market capitalization. As a result of the research with ASU, I settled on the combination of growth, margin, inventory turns, and ROIC for the Supply Chains to Admire analysis.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

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.) Yannis transitioned from the role after eight years in 2019.

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Integrated Business Planning: A New Narrative for an Old Process

Supply Chain Trend

If we look back over the history of supply-chain planning, we can properly say we are in the third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software (Van Hove, 2019). Wave 1, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), started in the 1980s with a focus on automating transactional business processes, but less so on planning.