Arkieva
MAY 12, 2016
Deriving a strategic benchmark for Product Leadership, Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy in the Supply Chain Triangle. From the benchmark data gathered in the previous sections and the previous blogs, we can distill the benchmark for Product Leadership, Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy, shown in Figure 9.
Arkieva
MAY 10, 2016
A next logical question is if we can somehow capture this from publicly available financial data and benchmark companies on this strategic level. From Figure 2 we see that has been the case in the pre-crisis period 2004 – 2007. When benchmarking SG&A it is crucial to verify whether that includes or excludes the R&D costs.
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Arkieva
APRIL 19, 2016
Using so called orbit charts, we have benchmarked companies on EBIT% versus Inventory Turns. That benchmark helped to reveal the ‘best practice frontier’, which in turn helped in setting aggressive but aligned targets for EBIT% versus Inventory Turns. Benchmarking EBITDA% versus Inventory Turns.
Supply Chain Opz
MARCH 14, 2015
To provide the big picture, the essence from the article " Simple Rules for Making Alliances Work " by Hughes and Weiss (2007) is presented as below, 1) Avoid knee jerk reaction: don''t form alliances based on actions of your competitors. 2) Focus more on how to work together: because a strict contract terms kill relationship.
Supply Chain Opz
SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
To provide the big picture, the essence from the article " Simple Rules for Making Alliances Work " by Hughes and Weiss (2007) is presented as below, 7 Laws of Successful Alliances. To bolster the success of alliances, company should establish the guiding principles that can help to navigate through the whole alliance life-cycle.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 4, 2013
It started with simple money transfers in 2007 and now includes a range of services. I hope that they can bypass the conventional licensed Advanced Planning Systems and leapfrog into cloud-based computing with learning systems and automated benchmarking. Users are charged a fee for sending and withdrawing money using the service.
Kinaxis
MAY 21, 2015
As quickly as Apple rose up the ranks to #2 in 2007, there could be changes that force the rankings to adjust. I love the new Gartner Supply Chain Benchmarking model. To me it felt more like a common thread between Apple & P&G was found first, then the Masters category was created.
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