2003 Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Metrics 
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2022
Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. 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.) The reason?
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
They each lag in their understanding of supply chain excellence, and are now struggling to build effective supply chain teams. On the webinar, when the participants were polled on the reason for rising inventories, over 50% of respondents indicated that it was the lack of an executive understanding of supply chain excellence.
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Kinaxis
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
They have piloted the process in Excel and know that they need an enterprise level solution for a global roll-out of S&OP. The issue is that none of their IT investments in the last 10 years have moved the needle on operational metrics such as inventory levels, case fill rates, and other operational metrics. Their words.
SCMDOJO
AUGUST 10, 2024
Moreover, they help them track their performance against key metrics and identify areas where they can improve. Watch how to use this Logistics KPI Dashboard Excel Template by SCMDOJO Conclusion for Improving Logistical Efficiency In conclusion, optimizing logistical efficiency requires a holistic approach that encompasses various strategies.
Supply Chain Network
MARCH 26, 2012
In 2003, Coca-Cola enterprises began a five year, $200 million IT plan called Project Pinnacle. Though the company had benefited from equity interests in franchised bottling groups, the need to make more from less prompted Coca-Cola to buy out their main North American distribution groups. How do they do it all? Always Adapting.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 6, 2015
I was an avid student of supply chain excellence; and in this role, I watched as best-of-breed solution after best-of-breed solution replaced with more complicated technology. In 2003, short-term forecasting approach using pattern recognition was invented by Terra Technology to replace rules-based consumption. I was a skeptic.
SCMDOJO
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The biggest challenge is that simply offering metrics, even those that appear to be the “right” metrics, usually doesn’t produce any results. The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use? What metrics do others (in my industry) use? Where do I begin?
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