Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Cash-to-Cash Metrics. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle. Note the elongation of the cash-to-cash cycle in the chemical industry of 38 additional days when comparing the 2014-2019 averages to the pre-recession period of 2004-2006.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. In 2004-2006, Greg Aimi (now a Gartner analyst) and I worked on a common definition of visibility for over a year. As you implement supply chain analytics and use control theory with well-defined reference data with clear bands for control, process improvement ensues.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

Hau L Lee, Triple-A Supply Chains, Harvard Business Review, October 2004. I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus. I believe that value is what you create. What can we learn?

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Arkieva

MARCH 24, 2016

I came into the field of supply chain management in 2004. 2006-2009 I did a PhD on Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization. 2006-2009 I did a PhD on Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization. A research report from the Aberdeen Group reported a 13% adoption in 2004. Sales and purchasing are notoriously suspicious.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

Descartes survived, however, and became one of the first software companies to embrace the software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model. Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). One of Descartes’ most high-profile acquisitions was its purchase of MacroPoint for $107 million in August 2017.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

After a couple of quick questions about the product that she had purchased, it was obvious to me that the product itself had the right features. View the full post or view the snippet below: I came into the field of supply chain management in 2004. 2006-2009 I did a Ph.D. 2006-2009 I did a Ph.D. ’ My Ph.D.

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