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.

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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.

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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. Inventory turns are available. From Figure 2 we see that has been the case in the pre-crisis period 2004 – 2007. Extending the analysis to extra benchmark companies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

When it comes to the management of inventory in value chains, frustration abounds. Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” Inventory is the culmination of many business decisions. Tracking Progress.

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Taulia

JULY 11, 2023

Track and report on ESG supply chain metrics Before companies can improve their ESG performance, they first need to be able to measure their current performance to provide a benchmark. Rethink inventory management strategy Sustainability and optimal inventory levels go hand in hand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

A Demand-Driven Value Network as defined by AMR Research in 2007: A network that senses demand with minimal latency to drive a near real-time response to shape and translate demand. The focus is on channel data: price; inventory positions; and policies. We then began the discussion on outside-in processes. Market-Driven Processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2015

I first met Shane in 2007 at the beginning of his work with Syngenta’s value chain. Orbit Chart Comparing Syngenta and Monsanto Progress on the Effective Frontier – Balancing Inventory Turns and Operating Margin for the Period of 2005-2014. He led the team during the period of 2007-2009. Shane’s Story.

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