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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics. We source this data from Y charts. Mistake #5.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

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.

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My Take: E2open Buys Terra Technology

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. Traditionally E2open sold to the procurement organization. There is greater dependency on third parties for manufacturing and sourcing. Likewise, the Terra Technology team will need to learn sourcing.

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What is the return on ERP implementation? Results from our research

Supply Chain View from the Field

Such systems are also instrumental in establishing aligned tactical and strategic performance metrics systems that drive improved economic outcomes (Bendoly et al., ERP systems are designed to integrate transactions from finance, human resources, procurement, operations, sales and marketing, logistics, and other functions in a firm.

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5 supply chain initiatives to combat ESG risks

Taulia

Build an ESG-compliant supplier base To address ESG risks, companies need to put ESG at the forefront of how they do business – and that starts with the procurement process. Businesses that hold too much inventory needlessly use resources to source, produce, store, and transport items that might not even be sold.

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A Fireside Chat with John Sculley, Apple’s former CEO

NC State SCRC

.” A question came from the audience: “Fundamentally – procurement is measured on cost savings as the primary metric. Other metrics are whether you agree off of purchasing agreements in the company, and some customer satisfaction metrics – and are internal stakeholders satisfied.

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Will the New Tax Bill Bring Overseas Profits Back Home?

Supply Chain Brain

Van Gundy believes the corporate landscape is different from what it was in the early 2000s and during the Great Recession of 2007-2008. Where in the past they might have focused primarily on days payable outstanding (DPO) as a financial metric, they’re now giving equal attention to days sales outstanding (DSO) and inventory levels.