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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I Organizational alignment in manufacturing organizations is worse between operations and finance teams today than in 2013. Why do we have 32 days more inventory by company in 2020 than in 2007? I give you this evidence in this blog.). Mistake #5.

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Inventory Management: We Can Do Better

Supply Chain Shaman

The period of 2007-2008 was the downturn of the recession while the period of 2009-2013 marked the recovery. In Table 1, I share research collected for the Supply Chains to Admire analysis on the average days of inventory by industry across the period of 2004 to 2019 by increments to match economic shifts.

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From the Archives: A Conversation with Dr. Tom Speh

Talking Logistics

I’m not sure how I missed the news earlier this year, but I was shocked and saddened to learn last week at the CSCMP Annual Conference that Dr. Tom Speh, Miami University professor emeritus of marketing and the CSCMP Distinguished Service Award recipient in 2007, had died this past April.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 29 – March 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

And that number could be even higher when you factor in those near misses of the 2007, 2010, and 2017 Patriots, 2012-2013 and […]. Every Big 4 team has won at least 1 championship over the last 20 years and the cumulative sits 12.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Katrina, Bankruptcy Act. Bernanke became Fed Chair. Bank crisis. Financial crisis. ACA, Dodd-Frank Act. Debt ceiling crisis. Government shutdown. Sequestration. Deflation in oil and gas prices.

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Can Co-opetition Save your Company?

Elementum

The difference between BlackBerry in 2007— with a net worth of US $40B and BlackBerry in 2013—willing to be sold for a measly a tenth of its 2007 figure—has a lot to do with a failure to identify and deal with its competitors in the correct way. In 2007, it released the Kindle. Keep Your Friends Close….

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

restaurant industry made in 2013. About 81% of Walmart merchandise passed through those centers in 2013, the website said. The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2013.” May 22, 2013. Put another way, Walmart’s revenue comes to 81% of what the National Restaurant Association says the entire U.S. Facts at a Glance.”

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