Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 9, 2021
Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Commercial and operating teams in manufacturing organizations greater than 5B$ in annual revenue were more aligned in 2007, at the beginning of the recession, than in 2020, the start of the pandemic. Alignment Barriers.
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Because we call it a supply chain for a reason – each link is connected, so if you rattle one link, you rattle the entire chain, as Boeing famously discovered in 2007 when a bolts and screws shortage delayed their Dreamliner. But the opposite is not true – if you optimize one link, you have not optimized the entire supply chain.
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Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 8, 2019
No metric should be measured in isolation, and functional metrics should be replaced with the balanced scorecard metrics shown in Figure 2. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. 5 A Focus on Functional Metrics Throws the Supply Chain Out of Balance.
Kinaxis
JUNE 1, 2016
by CJ Wehlage On the bus ride back to the McDowell Marriott after the 2016 Gartner Top 25 Supply Chain event, I plugged my ear phones into my cell and listened to some Pearl Jam. This, my friends, is why we need to get back to CORE supply chain metrics when measuring the Top 25. A gala event with some unique and significant speakers.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 14, 2015
I first met Shane in 2007 at the beginning of his work with Syngenta’s value chain. In 2007, Shane Emms was asked to take a Global Supply Chain leadership assignment at Syngenta. He led the team during the period of 2007-2009. I hold the event at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, AZ on September 9-10.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 1, 2015
I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. It is my seventh year of speaking at this small, and intimate event. The LogicTools product was purchased for $15 million in 2007 by ILOG. The sun is rising.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 3, 2015
We are systemically evaluating each industry in the Supply Chain Insights Metrics That Matter series of reports. The market for multi-tier inventory management was overhyped and largely underdelivered in the period of 2005-2007. I hold the event at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, AZ on September 9-10. Network with Leaders.
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