Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. In this area of research, I find that companies are like dogs chasing cars. The grass is always greener at another company. Now, I view the company as a supply chain laggard. The reason?

Procurement Analytics 332

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 10, 2018

“someone must have their mojo working over at the record company” In the 1990s supply chain had MOJO. 90% of public manufacturing companies are treading wate r. Improvement on the key metrics of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is elusive. .”

Supply Chain Software 156

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Most companies rely on on-time delivery, price reduction, and quality service from suppliers to make more profit. Supplier Approval – Places the company on the approved supplier list following the supplier evaluation process. The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use? How is it possible?

Vendor Strategies 55

Vendor Strategies Resource Reduction Price Reduction Procurement Analytics 55

Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2019

2] She wrote: “There’s no doubt about it: manufacturers who fail to meet a retailer’s vendor standards can get into financial trouble. … The only good news for suppliers: they won’t be fined twice for non-compliance, the company said. the company is raising the stakes to improve sales. Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

When Gartner bought AMR Research, I left to build a company, and in the process, I slowly built a Linkedin audience of over 330,000 followers. We started charting public performance on Orbit charts studying the relationships between metrics and having conversations with manufacturing and retail teams about their results.

Inventory Reduction 53

Inventory Reduction Material Savings Supply Chain Strategy Price Mitigation Strategies 53

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Pharmaceutical companies are struggling with falling margins and rising inventories. Over the last decade, neither the pharmaceutical nor medical device manufacturer has been able to drive the revenue/employee productivity gains of their comparative peer groups. Here is a link to the healthcare research study in the field.

Pharmaceutical 167

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Network Software Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Procurement Analytics 167

Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

For example, if you were a contract manufacturer in China, you might already have different logistics networks for different customers. Each customer in US or EU might already control the source of raw materials, ask you to provide dedicated production lines, nominate 3pl companies and air/sea carriers.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design 257