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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

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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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

Source: Dictionary.com. Spinnaker Management Group asked me to co-present on a demand-driven webinar with SanDisk. Instead, in the SanDisk journey , they adjusted the speed of response to their customer segments, and actively designing inventory postponement strategies. Orbit Chart for SanDisk for 2006-2014.

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A New Red Wagon?

Supply Chain Shaman

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). Orbit Chart of Dow Chemical and BASF for the Period of 2006-2016 and Performance Data for the Chemical Industry.

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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. Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. Focus is on make, source and deliver together.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #1

Supply Chain Trend

Jim : Basic clarity, so many webinars, so many LinkedIn groups, so many consultants, so many white papers, has really muddied the waters of a fairly simple concept. A Tip: One great simple old-school resource to begin the journey is “Sales & Operations Planning, The Executive’s Guide”, written in 2006, by Tom Wallace and Robert Stahl.

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The best coffee marketing ideas to grow your roastery sales

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Host a coffee podcast: Podcasting is a booming industry – from 2006 to 2020 the number of US citizens listening to podcasts grew from 22% of the population to 75%! Host webinars, online seminars and video tutorials: The next step up is to produce useful video content. Read more: Inventory Management Software for Coffee Roasters.