2006 Food Inventory Sourcing 
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 28, 2016
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. A Look at History. Resiliency.
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.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 18, 2017
Amazon bought Whole Foods. 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.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. How do you balance the trade-offs between source, make and deliver?
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).
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
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. Also note that beauty, consumer packaged goods and food growth is also declining.
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