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?

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

eAuctions are online real-time dynamic discussions between one purchasing organization and a group of pre-qualified vendors competing for the purchaser’s trade. Throughout a genuine and collaborative cooperation with business vendors, they produce innovative approaches to current procurement difficulties.

Vendor Strategies 141

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

This data will be combined with the financial ratio data and published in an Open Content Research report in April on the Supply Chain Insights Community. Current State: Costs are rising. They each lag in their understanding of supply chain excellence, and are now struggling to build effective supply chain teams.

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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.

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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. Today, 32% of companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the same organization, and the gaps in alignment between operations and commercial teams are large.

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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?

Vendor Strategies 84

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

I had the opportunity to work with several excellent organisations, most notably, nearly 20 years with Ceva (including EGL or Eagle Global Logistcis) and now TVS SCS. We’ve invested in ensuring every step of the journey for the customer, from quote to reporting, is digitalised, and we’re moving on this roadmap with pace.

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