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Inventory Management: We Can Do Better

Supply Chain Shaman

Downsizing inventories over the past decade crippled the response.” 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. Days of Inventory Peer Group Across Time Periods.

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Collaboration? When It Comes to Cash-to-Cash, We Don’t Know How to Walk the Talk

Supply Chain Shaman

Inventory, in this time of uncertainty, is the organization’s most important buffer to protect against variability. However, organizations are not good at managing inventory. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle. Inventory. My takeaway?

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

In our analysis, only one out of ten companies successfully improves operating margins and inventory turns at the same time. When this happens, we find that the organization is more aligned and perform(s) better on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter –growth, inventory turns, operating margin, Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (We

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Digital Twins in the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Justin Honaman , Head of the worldwide Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Food & Beverage organization for Amazon Web Services, reports that the term “digital twin” may be newly coined, but the concept has been around for years. 12, December 2007. ”[2] What is a Digital Twin?

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Amazon's Whole Foods Takeover: One Year Later

Elementum

One year in, we take a look at what’s changed so far — and how it could spell the beginning of a new era for the food and beverage industry. Since 2007 it faced its share of challenges, including losing out to Walmart as the biggest seller of organic food in the U.S. Supply Chain Operations.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The rush to stockpile basic needs like food, beverages and toilet paper led to a dramatic increase in sales at retail outlets such as supermarkets. This boosts revenues and optimises inventory. This can be applied to inventory management, fleet and order tracking, ID badging. In a crisis economic factors are critical.

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Unpacking Supply Chain Traceability: A Comprehensive Guide

RFgen

These include: Barcodes: Barcodes can be used to track products and materials throughout the supply chain and validate inventory levels. Nestle Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, has implemented several traceability initiatives in the supply chain.