Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 19, 2018
It is now our fifth year of analyzing balance sheets to understand which companies are outperforming their peer groups on the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while driving improvement. Wal-Mart and TJX Orbit Chart for Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the Period of 2006-2017.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 15, 2018
Figure 1: Supply Chain Metrics Are a Balancing Act. The metrics shown in Figure 1 are difficult to improve together. Most companies improve singular metrics but are not able to drive portfolio. Here I show orbit chart comparisons at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns for the period of 2006-2017.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2018
To make the argument, let’s look at industry orbit charts in aggregate for the period of 2006-2017 for the apparel and chemical companies. An orbit chart is a plotting of data at the intersection of two metrics. In this case, the metrics are operating margin and inventory turns. We are not improving balance sheets.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 18, 2018
Snow fell last night as I worked on my last Supply Chain Metrics That Matter report. The concept of the Effective Frontier is that best in class companies align functional metrics to balance growth, cost, inventory and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) performance while balancing customer service metrics. The Effective Frontier.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 5, 2018
The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.
Kinaxis
JUNE 1, 2016
The new trend to be sustainable is part of the current category: Revenue Growth, so why add another category like CSR when we should be moving towards the core supply chain metrics of total delivered cost and customer service. This, my friends, is why we need to get back to CORE supply chain metrics when measuring the Top 25.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 12, 2017
The level of performance in 2015 is the same as 2006. Orbit Chart for Novo Nordisk at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the period of 2006-2015. Each company can place 1-3 people in a cohort that will run during the period of May-December 2017. The patterns are circular. Network of Networks.
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