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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

To help, in this post, we provide you with some insights for the period of 2006-2015. In our analysis, only one out of ten companies successfully improves operating margins and inventory turns at the same time. The analysis is for two time periods: 2006-2015 and 2009-2015. Inventory Turns. A Look at History. Resiliency.

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Q&A on the Supply Chains to Admire

Supply Chain Shaman

Here we share the answers to the questions that we get the most often about this research: What is the source of data? We placed them in the industry that they were the most like, e.g., the primary source of revenue. There are a lot of misconceptions about inventory. Inventory is one of two primary buffers in the supply chain.

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

Source: Dictionary.com. One of these concepts that I hear a lot; but see few tangible examples, is the idea of “customer-segmented supply chain.” Instead, in the SanDisk journey , they adjusted the speed of response to their customer segments, and actively designing inventory postponement strategies. It is systemic.

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RFID in the Supply Chain: Fizzling Technology or the Future of Effective SCM?

GlobalTranz

In 2003, Walmart announced that all of its suppliers would need to have Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all pallets and cases by 2006. Two Specific Examples of RFID in the Supply Chain? According to Atlas RFID, Active RFID tags require a power source, and therefore can initiate communication with a reader (beacon).

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A New Red Wagon?

Supply Chain Shaman

Let me give you an example. As shown in Figure 1, the company has been unable to maintain balance on the portfolio of cost and inventory. Note that recent inventory progress is slipping against the improvements during the recession). Performance Data for the Chemical Industry for 2006-2016. Fear is a powerful motivator.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

For example, client-server to cloud architectures offered great promise for process innovation, but companies just moved their processes without asking how to drive new levels of value from technology. Companies entered the pandemic with twenty more days of inventory than at the beginning of the great recession. Reflection.

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Q&A on the Supply Chains to Admire

Supply Chain Insights

Here we share the answers to the questions that we get the most often about this research: What is the source of data? We placed them in the industry that they were the most like, e.g., the primary source of revenue. Which companies were considered in the study? How did you select the final list of fifteen companies ?