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. For apparel, it was the transition to cheaper labor in the Asian market. (In In the apparel industry 30-40% of the cost of goods is labor.) The motives are not pure. The problem?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

To help, in this post, we provide you with some insights for the period of 2006-2015. The analysis is for two time periods: 2006-2015 and 2009-2015. In Figure 2, we share the average results by industry peer group for each metric and contrast the average value of 2006 to 2015. A Look at History. Resiliency. Inventory Turns.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

When we do these types of analysis, we look back at the data as far as we can reach (Y chart data is available only back to 2006 in a reliable form) and then we look at the period of 2006-2014 and the more recent period of 2011-2014. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. We find that this is true of too few companies. Bernstein & Co.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Orbit Chart of Carter’s: Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operation Margin for the Period of 2006-2015. Apparel Performance and Improvement Comparison. I have not seen this done well in the apparel industry. In the period of 2009-2015, Carter’s drove significant improvement in operating margin.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Following the 2006 book by Charles Fisherman called “The Walmart Effect,” the Amazon Effect is a story of an Entrepreneur and his execution of an idea. In June of 2017, sports apparel giant Nike announced that they will be selling their products directly on Amazon.com in order to improve the Nike consumer experience.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MAY 2, 2014

The horsemeat crisis in Europe and the 1,100+ lives lost in Rana Plaza in Bagladesh point to the risks of outsourcing in the food and the apparel industries. Defence Secretary from 2001 to 2006, the U.S. Yet, as Apple, Nike and others have discovered, the benefits are accompanied by risks. surveillance. government chose to outsource.

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