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Why Financial Reengineering Does Not Equal Supply Chain Improvement

Supply Chain Shaman

Financial reengineering focuses on the optimization of short-term results that are usually based on a functional analysis of source, make, or deliver. Few consultants understand the interrelationships between source, make and deliver. The cash-to-cash definition is: Cash-to-cash= Days of Receivables+ Days of Inventory-Days of Payables.

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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In my work tonight, I carefully studied 2006-2015 financial results to select the Supply Chains to Admire winners. Higher percentage of growth than the industry average for the period of 2006-2015. Greater margin performance than the industry average for the peer group for the period of 2006-2015. Inventory Turns.

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Striking a Balance

BlueYonder

Today’s Wednesdays for Women blog is an insightful conversation with Kirsten Piacentini, Vice President of Inventory Management at L.L.Bean; who just so happens to be one of JDA’s transformative customers in retail! From 2006-2008 I lived in Costa Rica, hiring the initial 15-person IT team. This was and still is my fourth career block.

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Insights from the C-Suite: Supply Chain People Are Making a Difference in the World

Material Handling & Logistics

Since 2006, Abe Eshkenazi has served as CEO of APICS, a trade association focused on offering research, education and certification programs in supply chain management. The organization currently serves 45,000 professional members in 100 countries, with 190 chapters in North America alone. Abe Eshkenazi. CEO, APICS. Chicago, IL.

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Striking a Balance

BlueYonder

Today’s Wednesdays for Women blog is an insightful conversation with Kirsten Piacentini, Vice President of Inventory Management at L.L.Bean; who just so happens to be one of JDA’s transformative customers in retail! From 2006-2008 I lived in Costa Rica, hiring the initial 15-person IT team. This was and still is my fourth career block.

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Carter’s: A Story of Supply Chain Leadership

Supply Chain Shaman

also known as the William Carter Company, is the leading brand of children’s clothing, gifts and accessories in America. The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers. Inventory Turns. About Carter’s.

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Freightera’s New Redesign Takes Instant Online Freight Quotes to the Next Level

Freightera

Over 9 billion automated rate quotes in Freightera’s inventory connect 23,000 communities. Starting in North America , Freightera is automating freight transportation and increasing operating margins for carriers and businesses shipping freight. SOURCE Freightera. About Freightera. Email: zhenya.beck@freightera.com.