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Collaboration? When It Comes to Cash-to-Cash, We Don’t Know How to Walk the Talk

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Inventory, in this time of uncertainty, is the organization’s most important buffer to protect against variability. However, organizations are not good at managing inventory. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle. Inventory. My takeaway?

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Walmart Supply Chain: Building a Successful Integrated Supply Chain for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

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By employing these technologies, Walmart gains valuable insights into customer buying behavior, sales trends, and inventory levels. The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting.

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

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To help, we analyze business results each year to understand which companies outperform on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) over the past ten years. They used the work built together in 2004-2009 to build a course with Georgia Tech for executive training.)

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How the Semiconductor Shortage Could Have Been Averted

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The Guardian stated : “The technology industry faces a growing shortage of semiconductors and other high-tech components following a failure to invest in new manufacturing facilities during the recession, experts have warned.” Lack of or ineffective periodic review of supplier assessments against customer requirements/policies.

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

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I have worked with this client since 2004. Manufacturing is designed and planned in isolation. Integration with manufacturing systems to understand actual run times and Operating Efficiency (OEE). Monthly design of the supply chain including form and function of inventory and inventory placement. Manufacturing.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: AMR Research Supply Chain.

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Based on the peer scores of all of the players the report certainly has gained in popularity since 2004. I mean, the iPhone has been sold out in stores for months and while that make create strong demand and create buzz, it certainly doesnt bode well for the planning inventory and demand system. Manufacturing Central.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

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and J-P Rodrigue (2004)). Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. This organization was renamed the Council of Logistics Management (CLM) in 1985 and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) in 2004.