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BlueYonder
AUGUST 31, 2023
I just had the privilege of attending a timely and unique event on how to “Shape the Future of AI-Powered Commerce.” My four biggest takeaways from the event are: 1. Beware of Hallucinations Perhaps I was in the dark before, but a key learning I had from the event was around the danger of AI hallucinations.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2021
Companies entered the pandemic with twenty more days of inventory than at the beginning of the great recession. A balance sheet analysis shows that 95% of publicly traded manufacturers are stuck (when compared to peer group) at the intersection of growth and margin, margin and inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and growth.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 28, 2015
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. We then rated companies on their ability to manage and improve a portfolio of metrics: operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).
Herlitz Inventory Management
JULY 7, 2021
Growing up with a father who developed inventory management software for a living spawned some interesting conversations around the dinner table. source: tradingeconomics.com. It hasn’t been lost here at Herlitz Inventory Management! Events Affecting Inflation. source: thebalance.com. Inflation Rate YOY.
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. The cash-to-cash definition is: Cash-to-cash= Days of Receivables+ Days of Inventory-Days of Payables.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 22, 2015
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. I get called frequently to talk to supply chain leadership teams about inventory. I see this as a problem.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 26, 2015
Vendor Managed Inventory processes–once hailed as the panacea of demand sensing–largely operate in isolation within sales organizations (of the thirty-three organizations that we interviewed last year, no market leader has connected these demand signals). ” They questioned, “ How long will this recession last?
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