Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Cash-to-Cash Metrics. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle. All industries operate today with more inventory than in the pre-recessionary period of 2004-2007. In lean terms, we have too much muda (waste) and too little inventory working for us.

Optimal Sourcing 229

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

The philosophy of lean, triggers us to look for the “Ideal Way”. For companies not adopting lean, Peter Hines’s Six Rights seems to be a good start, which are Right Product, Right Place, Right Time, Right Quantity, Right Quality, and Right Price. Arguably, it is criticised that acting too lean can cause breakdowns in crisis.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 230

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

We are systemically evaluating each industry in the Supply Chain Insights Metrics That Matter series of reports. Advanced Planning Systems(APS), focused on projects in lean and flow, and driven maturity programs for Sales and Operations Planning. At Supply Chain Insights , this is our passion. These efforts are not enough.

Inventory Reduction 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” 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.

Material Savings 181

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

For example, in the recession of 2007, DuPont missed the downturn in the market. Help drive a cross-functional understanding of demand latency as waste through lean programs. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 4, 2013

Abby and I are writing an e-book on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. Over the last decade, the only metric that we have improved in the supply chain is revenue/employee, a measurement of productivity. Companies that are not looking holistically at metrics are stuck. It is harder to understand lean body mass.

Price Mitigation Strategies 266

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

The winners drive improvement while posting financial results in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter ahead of the peer group. The performance factors evaluated in the analysis are: Growth. (If you trace the year-over-year pattern, you can see that P&G made progress on inventory turns and operating margin 2006-2007, 2009-2010.

Supply Chain Design Software 191

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