Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It is the end of a two-year research project, and identifies which publicly held companies outperformed their peer group on balance sheet results. Which companies were considered in the study? Companies were selected based on three criteria. This left us with a list of nearly 200 companies.

Pharmaceutical 274

Pharmaceutical Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design 274

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For the discrete industries we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee, and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. For each metric we show the averages and the percent change from the beginning and end of the period. What can we learn?

Industrial 150

Industrial Industry Inventory Reduction Metrics 150

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

On October 29th, the company has also been featured in Channel News Asia’s docuseries “Becoming a Global Hub”, underscoring the key role that Schenker plays in Singapore’s standing as a vital node in the global supply chain. The company has also been no stranger to grooming budding logistics talent.

Singapore 246

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For the discrete industries, we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. For each metric was show the averages and the percent change from the beginning and end of the period. What can we learn?

Industrial 150

Industrial Industry Inventory Reduction Metrics 150

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. First Phase: 2002-2006. His reasoning?

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Over the course of the last quarter, with the help from Cloudera, we built a data lake of with data from 1449 public companies. We loaded 493 financial metrics from balance sheets and income statements for each company into the data lake for the period of 2004-2016 using YCharts data. The analysis was industry-specific.

Supply Chain Planning Software 169

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2014

Nine out of ten companies are stuck. Despite multimillion dollar technology projects, and tomes of strategy documents, they are stuck in their ability to overcome market factors and rising complexity to drive continuous improvement on a portfolio of metrics. It is unique for that company. What does that mean?

Supply Chain Planning Software 278

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

I wanted to help companies drive step-changes in performance. My argument centered on the observation that as new technologies evolved, companies did a lift and shift. Companies want a definitive Return on Investment (ROI), limiting the opportunity to test and learn with new technologies. The approach was not as profitable.

Gartner 197

Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Eliminating Excel in Purchasing 197

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

The first, and my major issue with the Gartner Top 25 methodology, is that it attempts to compare all companies in a spreadsheet. The methodology unfairly favors companies that do not have assets. The reason is that as a chemical company, they must run assets, and the methodology penalizes companies with deep asset strategies.

Gartner 301

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It is the end of a two-year research project, and identifies which publicly held companies outperformed their peer group on balance sheet results. Which companies were considered in the study? Companies were selected based on three criteria. This left us with a list of nearly 200 companies. How did you define peer groups?

Pharmaceutical 179

Pharmaceutical Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design 179

Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Today, 90% of publicly-traded companies are stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. While most companies have been able to make progress in one of these two critical metrics in the period of 2006-2013, they have not been able to make progress on both together. It is needed. We think so.

Supply Chain Design Software 253

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2013

SAP touts “best-run companies” while the Accenture ads claim “ high-performance supply chains.” It is a quest and the subject of my next book, Metrics That Matter , that will publish in September, 2014. I just do not think that you can put companies in a spreadsheet and shake them up.

Gartner 257

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

and L’Oréal’s approach to business that has allowed the company to continuously rank as a Supply Chains to Admire winner for four consecutive years. Based in Paris, L’Oréal is a global personal care manufacturing company. It is the world’s largest cosmetics company with annual sales estimated at over €26B.

Case Study 254

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

This report, Supply Chains to Admire , compares the progress of 200 companies within their respective peer groups on both performance and improvement. We find that this is true of too few companies. The script will be distributed to CFOs of apparel, consumer packaged goods, and food/beverage companies next week. Aligned Metrics.

Optimal Sourcing 301

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement 301

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

Companies compete. The definition of the methodology and the final results sit behind the paywall of Gartner (Gartner requires that companies pay for research). This year, the methodology was based on five factors : Peer rating 25% (Supply chain leaders are asked to rate the companies on the list.). Companies celebrate.

Gartner 150

Gartner Supply Chain Software Demand Planning Software Modeling Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

I had never had a vendor thank me for giving a company a negative review. (I The company is now owned by JDA. During the period of 1996-2001, the company struggled. ” I used to say that companies in the household products sector–Colgate, P&G, and Unilever–built the best supply chains.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

Over the last decade, each company took a different path to power global growth. The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The shift from 2004-to 2006 is impressive. Kimberly-Clark.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 150

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Strategy Global Supply Chain 150

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 19, 2016

When full-year public data becomes available in April, we take each industry and analyze results over the period of 2006-2015. We analyze data for all public companies in thirty-two industries. Becton Dickinson was not considered in the Gartner Top 25 Methodology due to company size. The methodologies are quite different.

Gartner 158

Gartner Pharmaceutical Predictive Analytics Modeling Software 158

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Supply Chain Excellence as defined by a methodology whereall companies are put into a spreadsheet and compared across industries is meaningless. During the period of 2006-2012, Campbell Soup Company outperformed its peer group on the Supply Chain Index.

Case Study 286

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

In 2006, they made a decision to implement a supply chain planning solution. Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. There is a lack of clarity on what drives value and metrics are functional. Inventory is often focused on as a singular metric, not as part of a complex supply chain system.

Supply Chain Planning Software 216

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Companies that have the most to lose, will drive the fastest rate of change on the Index. The more that I work on supply chain metrics, the more that I believe that both the SCOR model and the Gartner Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics (which I worked on for the period of 2006-2010) reward functional, not end-to-end supply chain behavior.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Modeling Software 150

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.

Gartner 100

Gartner Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Predictive Analytics Software 100

Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The “Top 15 Supply Chains to Admire” is the culmination of a two-year effort to evaluate supply chain performance and improvement for the years of 2006-2013 by industry by vertical for publicly-held companies. Thursday September 18 th at 9:55 AM.

Conference 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

The Company’s goal is to defeat diabetes and drive better patient outcomes. The company also provides for other serious chronic conditions including hemophilia, growth disorders and obesity. The company is headquartered in Denmark and employs 42,000 people in 77 countries while marketing products in more than 165 countries.

Pharmaceutical 150

Pharmaceutical Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design 150

Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 29, 2020

Therefore, the challenge to establish the ranking method is to find a more economical data source and the unbiased metrics. Some authors are from leading supply chain operations management consulting companies. Anyway, the access to this database costs an arm and a leg. How about its counterpart in Europe? References - Moed, H.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

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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. With the dawn of eCommerce, companies must now ship the EACH. The difference? What can we learn?

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software Manufacturing Procurement 150

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 29, 2015

In studies from the periods of 2006-2008, there was slow adoption of 15-20%, and today, the supply chain leader prefers a cloud-based solution. The company is now profitably operating at a run rate of 70M in annual revenues. The company secured $22.5 In 2002, there was no interest. The reason? Not a place for consultants.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. In this area of research, I find that companies are like dogs chasing cars. The grass is always greener at another company. Now, I view the company as a supply chain laggard. The reason?

Procurement Analytics 332

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“We live in a world where supply chains, not companies, compete for market dominance. But companies often have diverging incentives and interests from their supply chain partners, so when they independently strive to optimize their individual objectives, the expected result can be compromised. ”. What can we learn?

Optimal Sourcing 283

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Modeling 283

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

His company made parts for the mining industry, and he was leading an S&OP process. I explained how I was becoming more and more convinced that companies needed technologies to drive S&OP. I like being able to do my own thing and to give “ frank advice” to people that need it. And, Steve needed it.

Supply Chain Planning Software 265

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Ernest Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006. Meet Ernest.

Supply Chain Software 33

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The German team overcame disappointments in 2006 and 2010 to win the World Cup this year, while favorites Spain (the defending champion) and Brazil (the host country) were humbled by the competition. How are companies using SCONs in the real world? Dr. Herzog underscored the rapid pace of change companies are experiencing. “To

Optimal Sourcing 171

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software Optimization Software 171

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Ernest Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006. Meet Ernest.

Supply Chain Software 30

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2020

All the while, McDonald’s retained its global approach, brand, image, operations & supply chain ( Guardian 2006 ). You’re in good company. Managers we surveyed across six countries in 2017 estimated these international production and trade metrics at 37% and 41%, respectively. Will COVID19 create more Local Supply Chains?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 121

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Strategy Global Supply Chain Design 121

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. The Company is pushing a growth at a rate of 3-4%.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

When I hear companies discussing the implementation of a customer segmentation strategy, I ask a series of questions: Who is your customer? I find that most of the time, companies cannot answer the first question of “ Who is your customer? The company is the third-largest manufacturer of flash memory in the world.

Inventory Reduction 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

” Today, I know of less than twenty-five companies that actively sense demand, and while we talk about the use of channel data and the building of demand sensing processes to use channel data, it is still an elite group of supply chain leaders that are perfecting the techniques. Demand processes are evolving. Denial reigns.

Supply and Demand 150

Supply and Demand Forecasting Modeling Forecasting Software 150