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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

He wanted to build depth in the S&OP process; but, he had not been able to convince his management team to purchase an S&OP technology. We discussed how the Demantra application purchased by Oracle in 2006, and embedded into the solution, was a great technology, but that it required a very skilled user.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2020

Many supply chain, sourcing & procurement teams have been asked to row upstream without a paddle during this time of crisis. Many trusted sources accredit global GDP growth during the last 15–20 years, widely to the spread of globalization. This raises the question…. Is COVID19 the death of Global Supply Chains?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

How value chain activities are carried out determines costs and affects profits.” When I wrote the book Bricks Matter , I cavalierly penned a chapter on the evolution of supply chain thinking from cost to value. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus. ” Institute for Manufacturing, 2013. __. What Is Value?

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The German team overcame disappointments in 2006 and 2010 to win the World Cup this year, while favorites Spain (the defending champion) and Brazil (the host country) were humbled by the competition. BASF’s goals included: Automating the end-to-end Purchase-to-Pay process from purchase requisition to invoice.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Shown in Figure 2, we track the results for the period from 2006-to 2021.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. Orbit Chart for SanDisk for 2006-2014. With the downturn of volume in 2008 with the recession, the company shifted to sales incentives based on channel sell through, implemented cost-to-serve strategies, and actively began the journey to design and implement customer segmentation strategies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

The longer that the company takes to sense the market reality, the bigger the impact on costs, write-offs and customer service. Purchases in the center store of the grocery store are in decline, and apparel tastes are shifting. The irony is that consumer data has never been more available. So why have companies not done this?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Transmitted perfectly, replicated indefinitely; and with a one-time investment in network infrastructure, a digital task performs well with zero marginal cost. For example, was the product on the shelf in the digital path to purchase process when the consumer was in the store? What is the best combination of package and price?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

Source: Google. This was not a trivial transition because the software industry, until relatively recently, was long fixated on measuring its health and success by new license revenue (sales of products) instead of customer-centric metrics, such as realization of ROI and payback objectives. Where is Descartes today?

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In fact, GE predicts that just one day of downtime on an offshore platform can prevent $7 million per day in lost production, and for Toyota, every minute of unplanned downtime on their factory floors costs them over $60,000 a minute in lost revenue! Curtis was appointed by President George W. Bush to be a Trustee of the Presidio Trust.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In fact, GE predicts that just one day of downtime on an offshore platform can prevent $7 million per day in lost production, and for Toyota, every minute of unplanned downtime on their factory floors costs them over $60,000 a minute in lost revenue! Curtis was appointed by President George W. Bush to be a Trustee of the Presidio Trust.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers. Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As Price to Tangible Book Value (PTBV).

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ShipBob

AUGUST 3, 2020

Gone are the days of ‘growth at all costs’ and here to stay is the concept of calculated scalability. It has been forecasted that by 2040, approximately 95% of all purchases will be facilitated by ecommerce. Such unicorn ecommerce brands have acquisition costs that are too high and thus are not profitable. Product sourcing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

One of my favorite speeches, over this fifteen year tenure, was listening to Alan Greenspan at the AMR Research IT conference in November 2006. Today, 32% of companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the same organization, and the gaps in alignment between operations and commercial teams are large. They remain with me. .’

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Elementum

MARCH 27, 2018

In 2006, lithium-ion batteries consumed only 20% of the global cobalt supply. million metric tons (or 60% of the world’s supply). million metric tons. Traditionally, companies like Apple haven’t purchased the metal directly from mines, but through brokers like China’s Congo Dong Fang Mining. Conclusion.

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Elementum

MARCH 27, 2018

In 2006, lithium-ion batteries consumed only 20% of the global cobalt supply. million metric tons (or 60% of the world’s supply). million metric tons. Traditionally, companies like Apple haven’t purchased the metal directly from mines, but through brokers like China’s Congo Dong Fang Mining. Conclusion.

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