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

Supply Chain Shaman

The value does not have to be equal, but it needs to be real and sustained. 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.

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly proposed standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that would improve fuel efficiency and cut carbon emissions. Put differently, in FY 2007, Del Monte left 11.2 percent improvement.

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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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3 Initiatives Driving Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Management

BlueYonder

Recent studies have shown that transportation is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. In 2007, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated that CO2 emissions from transportation surpassed two billion metric tons ; it’s hard to imagine what that number looks like today.

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

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Being customer-centric enables companies to improve sustainability and uplift manufacturing through higher quality products and strengthen logistics, which results in higher levels of on-time deliveries. 2007) in IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, Volume 246, Advances in Production Management Systems, eds.

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The Best Practice Frontier in the 3D Supply Chain Triangle

Arkieva

Sales tries to increase service to sustain top-line. We may also choose to fly material instead of using slower transportation like rail or truck. In her excellent book ‘Supply Chain Metrics that Matter’ (Cecere, L.M., It took a hit from 2007 to 2008, most probably because of the financial crisis and it never recovered.

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5 supply chain initiatives to combat ESG risks

Taulia

Investors and consumers are increasingly looking for companies that operate ethically and sustainably. A 2022 survey by EY revealed that eight in ten supply chain executives are increasing their efforts toward sustainable supply chain operations. And that figure rises to 70% among millennials.