2006 Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Sourcing Study 
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. I disagreed.
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 4, 2018
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. Orbit Chart for Rockwell Automation at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the Period of 2006-2017. Ernest Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 18, 2016
Customers are buying less. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. Success of New Business Models. Disintermediation. The difference?
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 20, 2015
Source: Dictionary.com. How do they buy from you? How do they buy from you?” While I do not consider this case study as a good example of demand-driven processes, I do believe that they have done some great work on implementing a customer segmented supply chain based on postponement. Why does it matter to you?
Enterra Insights
JUNE 26, 2019
When reading current case studies focused on S&OP, she notes, “[They] sound the same as the ones heard when I completed S&OP research in 2004. Dependency on Excel. Cecere explains, “Driving supply chain excellence is a balancing act. 3] Back in 2006 he laid out the challenges he saw with S&OP processes.
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. After two decades of study, I think because it is a lack of understanding. A Case Study. 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. The reason?
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