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

Supply Chain Shaman

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 times of uncertainty, cash is king. The average is twenty-five days.

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

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Foreseeing the pricing factor on the demand side is vital for organisations to address pricing policies. exact location of goods (on order, in transit, or in a warehouse)). Products we infrequently order are not stored in regular Amazon warehouses. In a crisis economic factors are critical. Agility and visibility. Olhager, J.,

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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. To meet the criteria for The Supply Chains to Admire for 2016, companies needed to score better than their peer group average for performance metrics, while driving a higher level of improvement than 2/3 of their industry peer group.

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Ecommerce Venture Capital Trends: Which VCs & Seed Investors are Investing in Ecommerce?

ShipBob

It was the world’s largest VC firm in 2007 with over $20 million in assets during the year. Zappos launched a revolutionary returns policy and Warby Parker’s new business model of sending you samples before you buy has been mimicked). A thorough understanding of metrics that prove out business models. Scalable order fulfillment.

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