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Aligning Supply Chain Metrics to Improve Value

Supply Chain Shaman

In follow-up qualitative interviews, one of the largest issues with organizational alignment was metric definition and a clear definition of supply chain excellence. In my post Mea Culpa, I reference my work with the Gartner Supply Chain Hierarchy of Metrics. Error is error, but is it the most important metric? My answer is no.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

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.) I never calculated and accounted for the inter-dependencies between metrics.

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Unsettled

Supply Chain Shaman

I work with a company that had 210 planners in 2005 and now has 1475 global planners. Form and socialize your own hierarchy of metrics. Here is the metrics framework that I am using at present in my outside-in classes. Here are some thoughts. Planners to Orchestrators. I agree with the assessment.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

Finally, the top 10 list was rounded out safety and metrics. Over 40% of CFOs cited productivity as the top benefit of an effective workplace safety program.” – Chief Financial Officer survey, Liberty Mutual Insurance company , (2005). Secondly, technology, such as 3D Printing and Innovation, made it to this year’s list.

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What Is Old Is New Again. Maybe, Just Maybe, the Emperor Is Getting Some Clothes.

Supply Chain Shaman

It ceased to exist in 2005 when it merged with 1Sync. Termed Metrics That Matter, it is based on our work on the Supply Chain Index, and the industry studies that we have completed in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter series. In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months.

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

Note to the reader: we selected these metrics for the balanced scorecard for the analysis after work with Arizona State University to understand which metrics, in combination, most closely correlated with market capitalization. Consider the role of functional metrics and the lack of alignment with the corporate scorecard.)

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics. Let me explain. Mistake #5.

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