NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This year, as in the past five years, our supply chain index contributed to the overall ranking of firms in the top 250 best managed companies , as ranked by the Drucker Institute. The top companies in 2011 included the following: Microsoft. Johnson and Johnson. Cisco Systems. Procter and Gamble. PG 1.42% , Alphabet Inc.,

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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. Here we share the answers to the questions that we get the most often about this research: What is the source of data? Which companies were considered in the study?

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 25, 2024

Data Privacy Day (initially Data Protection Day) was initiated in 2006 by the Council of Europe. This data ranges from your interests and purchases to your online behaviors, and it is collected by websites, apps, devices, services, and companies all around the globe. Two years later, Data Privacy Day was observed in the United States.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 18, 2017

Companies are questioning how to move forward. Last week, I spent time with large chemical companies engrossed in this discussion. In Figure 1, we share the profiles of the companies in the industry. Usually, a company just starting the journey will make progress faster than a company that has been on the journey for many years.

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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?

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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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

In 2004-2006, Greg Aimi (now a Gartner analyst) and I worked on a common definition of visibility for over a year. Process gaps are larger in companies greater than 5B$ in annual revenues. These sources while functional are difficult to connect. Most companies forget context and data enrichment. Visibility Maturity Model.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

How can it be that so many companies will continue to invest so much in state-of-the art technologies, and yet fewer than one in 20 control tower deployments are expected to deliver on their potential? Diversity of sources (carriers + vendors + customers). Let me underscore the obvious here: 5% is a woeful “success rate”. My view? (Our

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Opened in 2006, this plant is responsible for building the Buick Enclave and the Chevrolet Traverse. These companies, that produce products like seatbelts and upholstery, may not have the cash flow needed to sustain operations while the strike continues. GM’s Lancing Delta Township, conversely, is GM’s newest US plant.

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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.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2020

Many supply chain, sourcing & procurement teams have been asked to row upstream without a paddle during this time of crisis. Many trusted sources accredit global GDP growth during the last 15–20 years, widely to the spread of globalization. This raises the question…. Is COVID19 the death of Global Supply Chains?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

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. In financial reengineering, some companies wrongly focus on cash-to-cash performance.

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JULY 7, 2021

Around 1980, Anders left IBM and started his own company where he introduced the Forward Buying Module, which gave much-needed financial support to his wholesaler customer base. source: tradingeconomics.com. source: thebalance.com. Forward Buying and Inflation. It hasn’t been lost here at Herlitz Inventory Management!

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Global Trade Management

MAY 22, 2017

Second, initiated by 9/11 billions of US$ grants have been given to companies to develop new technologies for making international supply chains more secure. The European Union and the World Customs Organization, for example, have rejected the Safe Port Act of 2006 with the impossible requirement of 100% scanning of all containers.

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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?

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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. In short, Nielsen provides the point of sales data from various retail outlets and gross sales quantity will be summarized.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Although the research focused on the retail industry, the six fundamental disciplines outlined in the book, and the recommendations we make, apply to companies across all industries that want to enhance and leverage their supply chain capabilities to drive profitable growth. percent in 2006 to 3.4 percent in 2014.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

– Six Sigma can design and implement a company-wide and highly structured education and training regimen – No Six Sigma project will be approved unless the team determines the savings generated from it, hence focus on bottom-line savings. – Six Sigma creates a link between tactical actions and strategic focus.

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Requis

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

It’s no secret that oil companies are having a rough time right now. Despite the persistance of some strong fundamentals , 2020 may signal the true turning point in the shift to renewable sources for energy companies. ” Other sources agree. That’s a strong claim, and many will be skeptical.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Check out the full analysis, for over 600 public companies by peer group in Supply Chains to Admire report.) The orbit chart in Figure 1, shows the relative rate of improvement at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for the period of 2006-2017. Ernest Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006. Meet Ernest.

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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?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Chris Hahn from Coupa did a demo for me, showing me the ease with which Coupa software allows Accounts Payable and Sourcing groups to access all of their data online. Several companies are working on data readiness issues that are driving new technologies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Check out the full analysis, for over 600 public companies by peer group in Supply Chains to Admire report.) The orbit chart in Figure 1, shows the relative rate of improvement at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for the period of 2006-2017. Ernest Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006. Meet Ernest.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 9, 2020

”[1] How far in advance should companies and governments have seen the pandemic coming. ” Companies would have done well had they heeded the advice. During a pandemic the ability to shift to alternative sources could prove crucial. Supply chain vulnerability shouldn’t have been hard to spot.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

In 2006, they made a decision to implement a supply chain planning solution. Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. Focus is on make, source and deliver together.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 26, 2019

In the S&OP arena, Cecere laments, “Not much has changed in technology approaches; and most companies, over the last decade, went backwards not forwards on S&OP maturity.” Although Cecere regrets S&OP processes haven’t kept up with the times, she understands why some companies haven’t progressed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. 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? During the year, I go to a lot of conferences.

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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. After, I explained this, I granted Peter permission for the council to use the Index (the use of the Supply Chain Insights content follows the principles of open source), I then said to Peter, “I am glad that you called.

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RFgen

APRIL 16, 2013

Since 2006, Tesco has used big data analytics to improve its supply chain, primarily targeting its inventory management systems. According to Information Age, Tesco’s new supply chain optimization program helped the company save up to £16 million (approximately $24.5 ” Power Big Data with Automated Data Collection Software.

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Supply Chains Rock

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

As the Supply Chains Rock blog points out in an October 2006 post, conducting business in emerging global markets requires a knowledge of supply chains and the ways in which they function in other regions. “A traditional mail order company would need to mail new catalogs to all customers to change prices or products.”

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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.

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RFgen

APRIL 16, 2013

Since 2006, Tesco has used big data analytics to improve its supply chain, primarily targeting its inventory management systems. According to Information Age, Tesco’s new supply chain optimization program helped the company save up to £16 million (approximately $24.5 ” Power Big Data with Automated Data Collection Software.

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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?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

As we have driven improvements in globalization, jobs shifted as companies chased lower costs of labor. As I travel the world, many companies struggle to understand what I do. This is our third year of analyzing balance sheets to understand which companies outperform. Corporate report data is not readily available before 2006.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Since graduating from the NC State Jenkins MBA program in 2006, Joydeep Ganguly has risen through the ranks at Biogen Idec – the world’s oldest independent biotechnology company and the largest biotech employer in North Carolina. We have 7000 employees and are growing into a$10B company. which is a 90 day process.

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Savi

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

An essential component of the shipping industry is trucking, which many companies and industries prefer because of its low cost, refrigeration potential, and fast delivery time. To put this in perspective, 2018 is the first year since 2006 in which driver shortage is the primary concern of the industry.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

The company wasn’t a pure startup at the time (it was founded in 1981), but like all software companies during those years, it rode the dotcom tidal wave up — and then crashed down with everyone else (see period from 1999 through 2002 in the stock chart below). Source: Google. Where is Descartes today?

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