Enterra Insights
APRIL 22, 2019
threshold for food consumables. Back in 2003, Zeiger wrote, “In some cases, [suppliers insist], the requirements are petty, arbitrary or even illogical. He asserts, “Suppliers just need to figure out the best way to improve their supply chain and logistics so that they can hit a metric to improve the flow of inventory.”[5]
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2022
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 company invested in multiple beauty brands and sold off food products.
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Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
When the panelists were asked why the level of inventory for the average pharmaceutical companies is 3X higher than their process peers in food, consumer products or chemical companies, Ken Thomas spoke of the need for high service and the commitment for patient care, but he also agreed that the current levels of inventory are not affordable.
Kinaxis
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
I was on a call last week with a large company in the food and beverage space that has spent $100s of millions, and many years, on an ERP deployment. 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.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 6, 2015
In 2003, short-term forecasting approach using pattern recognition was invented by Terra Technology to replace rules-based consumption. In food and beverage companies, I think that we are at a supply chain crisis. Consumers do not trust big brand supply chains to deliver healthy food. It was not an ideal design.
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