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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. The supply chain is a complex system with finite, and non-linear relationships between supply chain metrics that drive balance sheet results. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics. A Look at History. Resiliency.

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Imagine the Supply Chain of the Future

Supply Chain Insights

While most companies have been able to make progress in one of these two critical metrics in the period of 2006-2013, they have not been able to make progress on both together. Will wearables, voice, internet of things, and robotics redefine warehouse management to reduce costs to pick goods by 30-40%?

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Mining Supply Chain Data for Insights

Supply Chain Shaman

We loaded 493 financial metrics from balance sheets and income statements for each company into the data lake for the period of 2004-2016 using YCharts data. Note the difference in patterns of the orbit chart of Bristol-Meyers Squibb and Merck for the period of 2006-2015. Correlations Between Survey Factors and Financial Metrics.

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Groundhog Day

Supply Chain Shaman

When full-year public data becomes available in April, we take each industry and analyze results over the period of 2006-2015. We believe that supply chain excellence is driving improvement while averaging a higher level of performance in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. It is one of the reasons that I left Gartner in 2010.

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2006, they made a decision to implement a supply chain planning solution. Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. There is a lack of clarity on what drives value and metrics are functional. Inventory is often focused on as a singular metric, not as part of a complex supply chain system.

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Household Products Industry Stuck in Neutral and Going Backwards

Supply Chain Shaman

Orbit Chart for Kimberly-Clark and P&G for the Period of 2006-2015. Orbit Chart of Colgate for the Period of 2006-2015. P&G’s rate of improvement on the Metrics That Matter was lower than the peer group. Item complexity is taking a toll. A similar pattern exists for Colgate. While Colgate posted better margin (.21

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Throwing Down the Gauntlet

Supply Chain Shaman

It is one thing to write it, but it is a horse of another color to defend it. I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. I think three things: 1) A Hard-Fought and Tough Journey. I believe that value is what you create. What can we learn?