2006 Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Report Sourcing 
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2021
Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 28, 2015
Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. Our journey for supply chain excellence has changed and evolved over time.
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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.
Enterra Insights
JUNE 26, 2019
The Internet was still in its infancy (it had about 100K hosts connecting roughly a million people), the Macintosh Portable was released (weighing 16 pounds and costing $6500), and Microsoft Excel (a mainstay of S&OP) was just four years old. Dependency on Excel. That doesn’t mean buying the first shiny thing you see.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 14, 2014
In Figure 1, I share a composite orbit chart of progress of Cisco Systems, Intel, Samsung and Flextronics on the Effective Frontier at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for 2006-2012. Our current processes and dependencies on Excel spreadsheets cannot get us to our goal. What can we learn? 3) Risky Business?
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2022
Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. Keith was an undisputed leader in building talent to drive manufacturing excellence. The reason? Was this by design?
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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