Arkieva

MARCH 24, 2016

2006-2009 I did a PhD on Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization. Though benefits are clear, multi-echelon inventory adoption has been very slow. Pilots within and across company boundaries have been convincing, but we have not seen a widespread multi-echelon inventory adoption. Trusting multi-echelon inventory adoption.

Inventory Reduction 60

Inventory Reduction Inventory Procurement Analytics Cost Reduction Strategies 60

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

My caution is not so fast… 95% of companies are not making progress at the intersection of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and asset strategies. Here I show orbit chart comparisons at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns for the period of 2006-2017. This is especially true for the Titans.

Sourcing Strategies 150

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Today we published a new report, Supply Chains to Admire. The data analyzed to compile the Supply Chains to Admire 2014 report came from publicly-available information from balance sheets and income statements. As a result, we report their results along with their pharmaceutical peer group. It is detailed in our recent reports.

Pharmaceutical 179

Pharmaceutical Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design 179

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For the discrete industries we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee, and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. Inventory Turns. Progress on inventory turns is declining due to business complexity. What can we learn?

Industrial 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For the discrete industries, we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. Inventory Turns. Progress on inventory turns is declining due to business complexity. What can we learn?

Industrial 150

Industrial Industry Inventory Reduction Metrics 150

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 10, 2018

It was a strategy day in 2006. In 2006, Clorox was adding businesses through acquisition, expanding globally in both existing and new markets, moving into new distribution channels, and adding customers who required different route-to-market models. I remember the first discussion with Mark and Dave. They built a guiding coalition.

Inventory Reduction 167

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Waste Reduction Material Savings 167

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

It is for this reason, that we analyze the patterns of the Metrics That Matter using orbit charts over the period of 2006-2014. In this analysis, we evaluate relative performance and improvement of a company on the supply chain metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and ROIC within its peer group.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Opened in 2006, this plant is responsible for building the Buick Enclave and the Chevrolet Traverse. While companies do have some excess inventory available, the automotive supply chain is experiencing layoffs, furloughs, auto parts shortages, and idling operations. GM’s Lancing Delta Township, conversely, is GM’s newest US plant.

Automotive 75

Automotive Negotiate Pricing Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Planning 75

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

My desire was to make the rankings of the Top 25 supply chain report data-driven based on balance sheet results. Companies entered the pandemic with twenty more days of inventory than at the beginning of the great recession. When companies were growing, I also discovered that the cost and inventory metrics better aligned with peers.

Gartner 197

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 24, 2020

Tight supplies of common household goods like paper towels are likely to persist, the WSJ’s Sharon Terlep and Annie Gasparro report, in part because of the decadeslong quest by businesses to eke out profits by operating with almost no slack in production systems. The supply chains for consumer goods in the U.S.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

Snow fell last night as I worked on my last Supply Chain Metrics That Matter report. The concept of the Effective Frontier is that best in class companies align functional metrics to balance growth, cost, inventory and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) performance while balancing customer service metrics. I expected humility.

Optimal Sourcing 169

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Design Software 169

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

At Supply Chain Insights, we published a report card yesterday. The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. These giants drove slight improvements in operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) despite a slowing economy.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 150

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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).

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We believe that a supply chain leader is defined by both the level of performance on the Effective Frontier (balance of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Profitability and Inventory Turns) and driving supply chain improvement. During the period of 2006-2012, Campbell Soup Company outperformed its peer group on the Supply Chain Index.

Case Study 286

Case Study Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 286

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

I just don’t think the comparison of very different industries in a spreadsheet based on growth, inventory values, and Return on Assets (ROA) is meaningful. The metrics of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Inventory Turns and Operating Margin have the highest correlation to market capitalization.

Gartner 301

Gartner Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Pharmaceutical 301

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. Orbit Chart for L’Oréal at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

In preparation for the summit, we readied the final report of the work on translating balance sheet results into a methodology to judge Supply Chain Excellence. This report, Supply Chains to Admire , compares the progress of 200 companies within their respective peer groups on both performance and improvement. Supply Chain Design.

Optimal Sourcing 301

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement 301

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

Today I am deep into writing reports for the Supply Chain Insights newsletter. Each year we look at supply chain financial ratios and write a report on the Supply Chains to Admire. Both Kimberly-Clark and P&G are going backwards on operating margin while making progress on inventory turns. It is our fourth year.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Industrial 150

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

The more that I work on supply chain metrics, the more that I believe that both the SCOR model and the Gartner Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics (which I worked on for the period of 2006-2010) reward functional, not end-to-end supply chain behavior. I get called frequently to talk to supply chain leadership teams about inventory.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 16, 2017

Meanwhile, cloud technology enables companies to expand infrastructure without significant investment or use of resources, reports AXIT of Supply Chain 24/7. While this idea seemed ground-breaking in 2006, it has become a commonplace aspect of nearly all Walmart locations. However, they also can stop problems with inventory management.

Supply Chain Design Software 120

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EMERGE App

JANUARY 1, 2020

World exports of manufactured goods increased from US$ 8 trillion in 2006 to US$ 11 trillion in 2016. We’ve got you covered if you’re using an inventory management system like EMERGE App. We decided to develop our own inventory management to solve our pain points instead of settling for expensive, on-premise software.

Currency 52

Currency Purchasing Skills Inventory Management Software Manufacturing Procurement 52

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

We are currently tabulating the results to publish the report, “Top 15 Supply Chains to Admire.” In this report, we track the progress on balance sheet performance of companies by peer group and chart the relative improvement for the period of 2006-2013. The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is a week away.

Supply Chain Planning Software 296

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2013

It was called multi-enterprise inventory optimization. In the beginning, the inventory management solutions of LogicTools , Optiant and SmartOps pushed to take operations research to a new level through supply chain optimization. SmartOps entered the supply chain optimization market in 2000 and became an SAP partner in 2006.

Supply Chain Planning Software 212

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Optimization Software SAP 212

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

Inventory Turns (15%) (based on 2014 results). The foundation to drive meaningful improvement is reliability in driving results at the intersection of costs, inventory and customer service. It is for this reason, that we are hard at work on the analysis of the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter series of reports.

Gartner 150

Gartner Supply Chain Software Demand Planning Software Modeling Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

In 2006, they made a decision to implement a supply chain planning solution. Monthly design of the supply chain including form and function of inventory and inventory placement. Focus on the level of inventory. Inventory is often focused on as a singular metric, not as part of a complex supply chain system.

Supply Chain Planning Software 216

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 19, 2016

Each year he begrudgingly files his report before getting caught in a blizzard shutting down all travel. When full-year public data becomes available in April, we take each industry and analyze results over the period of 2006-2015. This report will publish in July. For each industry, we publish an industry-specific report.

Gartner 158

Gartner Pharmaceutical Predictive Analytics Modeling Software 158

Kinaxis

JUNE 1, 2016

I am bolder on Samsung, simply because they had the highest 2016 Inventory Turns aside from McDonalds. I guess supply chain leaders who want to move up the Top 25 now have to persuade their HR & Legal departments to publish a CSR report. Three pieces of edgy insights from this: a. My Bold Predictions were not far off.

Gartner 100

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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. However, no company in this chart is on a linear path towards improving both margin and inventory turns.

Optimal Sourcing 283

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Modeling 283

RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2022

In addition to a reliable ERP system, mobile inventory solutions can reduce the impact of a recall by shortening its duration and limiting the recalled product to only that product that is defective. 38% of companies list inventory traceability as a top challenge, according to the 2022 Digital Inventory Report.

Food 52

Food Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Manufacturing Procurement 52

Enterra Insights

JUNE 26, 2019

Teams continuously balance cost, customer service, asset utilization and inventory. 3] Back in 2006 he laid out the challenges he saw with S&OP processes. As a result, Dooley found “excess inventories, expediting, poor order fulfillment, overtime and poor resource utilization [were] a fact of life. ” 4. .”

S&OP 100

S&OP Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software 100

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Ernest Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006. Meet Ernest. Meet Ernest.

Supply Chain Software 33

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RFgen

APRIL 16, 2013

Since 2006, Tesco has used big data analytics to improve its supply chain, primarily targeting its inventory management systems. ” Additionally, the retailer uses big data analytics to track the effectiveness of each sale or special offer at its stores, the news source reported. .

Supply Chain Software 52

Supply Chain Software Big Data Optimal Sourcing Data 52

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. Each leader reports to two-to-three ‘bosses.’

Supply Chain Design Software 150

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 150

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Ernest Nicolas joined Rockwell Automation in 2006. Meet Ernest. Meet Ernest.

Supply Chain Software 30

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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). And, what will signal an upturn?” We hope to see you there! _.

Supply and Demand 150

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RFgen

APRIL 16, 2013

Since 2006, Tesco has used big data analytics to improve its supply chain, primarily targeting its inventory management systems. ” Additionally, the retailer uses big data analytics to track the effectiveness of each sale or special offer at its stores, the news source reported. .

Supply Chain Software 40

Supply Chain Software Big Data Optimal Sourcing Data 40

Tompkins Blog

MAY 5, 2014

Here are the five basketball scenarios and lessons learned: In 2006 George Mason forced Connecticut to show some respect. What innovative approach can you take to reducing costs, increasing inventory turns, and growing revenue? Report: Aligning Supply Chains with Business Strategy. More Resources.

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