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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Average performance in 2016-2019 across twenty-seven manufacturing sectors on inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital and operating margin was worse than in 2012-2015. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory.

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Twitter Insights from GT Nexus Bridges 2015 Conference

Talking Logistics

Nonetheless, my takeaways below from the recent GT Nexus Bridges 2015 conference provides some insight about the company, it’s success to date, and where it’s heading (assuming Infor doesn’t make any significant changes). Adrian Gonzalez (@talkinlogistics) June 9, 2015. Bridges2015 — Adrian Gonzalez (@talkinlogistics) June 10, 2015.

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The Ruan Story with Ben McLean

The Logistics of Logistics

Ben joined Ruan in 2007 and served in a number of corporate and operational roles, including COO and CIO, before assuming his current role in 2015. Benjamin McLean serves as CEO for Ruan Transportation Management Systems , one of the largest privately-held logistics firms in the United States.

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Out with the Old, In with the New: Technology Logistics

NFI Industries

The very first Apple iPhone™ was released eight years ago on June 29, 2007 1. 06/23/2015. Since then, Apple has worked tirelessly to keep the latest. Distribution. Supply Chain. Transportation. Distribution, Global , Supply Chain, Transportation.

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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 analysis is for two time periods: 2006-2015 and 2009-2015. The period of 2007-2008 was the great recession. 2006 was the last full year before the recession, and 2015 is the most recent year reported. A Look at History.

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And I thought last year’s Top 25 Supply Chain was a surprise

Kinaxis

They went from #34 in 2015 to #18 in 2016. Remember in 2015, Amazon’s ROA was 0.0%. 2011-2015 – Meg Whitman. 2015 – Don Weisler. As well, Samsung was 7th in Peer Voting rank, so the other “185” Peer voters agree with me. I did nail the highest mover up the rankings with Schneider Electric. Variety breeds interest.

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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007. In 2019, it re-acquired HD Supply, a company it sold in 2007. It now serves more than five million businesses and has generated $25 billion in global sales since it began in 2015. In the U.S.,