Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. The use of channel data into advanced analytics to sense demand.

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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 will publish in the early summer. Measurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Companies passing these two tests are then analyzed against the performance factors for 2009-2015: Growth. We had silo’s and different functional areas had competing metrics that prevented progress.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

One of my favorite interviews on this topic, that I recently completed for my upcoming book Metrics That Matter , was with Amway’s Chief Supply Chain Officer George Calvert. Service level is our most important metric. Reliability in both of these metrics is critical. Our activities are broad.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 29, 2013

A CPO in the financial services industry also noted that a need to redefine procurement’s role in the enterprise is happening, driven by the recognition that a new type of procurement capability is needed: Prior to our transformation, the ONLY metric by which our performance was measured is how much money we saved for the organization.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Mariotti states that you first have to measure it, and he outlines several metrics and techniques in the book, including ranking customers by annual sales, profit, and gross margin percentage. How do you reduce supply chain complexity, or at least slow its growth? Take, for instance, Six Sigma black belts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

The greatest gaps are at the intersection of business process and analytics. The winners drive improvement while posting financial results in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter ahead of the peer group. A Supply Chain Leader will make progress on both of these key metrics with a very tight and controlled pattern.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Used from the 17th century until the late mid-20th century, a ball and chain found in 2009 in the United Kingdom from the 17th century was an 18 pound ball six inches in diameter. Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is working on her third book, Leadership Matters. Barrier #3.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

In 2008-2009, nine died and hundreds became ill. The investigation into the activity at PCA began in 2009, after the U.S. Only 21% of food and pharmaceutical companies are actively investing in this the world of sensing, unstructured text mining and analytics of quality and food integrity to thwart issues before they happen.

Pharmaceutical 150

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3rdwave

JANUARY 23, 2019

However, digitization really became mainstream around 2009 when there were officially more “things” than people connected to the internet. The tools supporting digitization enables the presentation of information in ways not conceived of pre-2009. Greater data accuracy for operational execution, analytics, and reporting.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This years theme was "Smarter Partnering theme for Smarter Business" with emphasis on key technologies like Mobile, Social, Business Analytics, Big Data, Cloud and Expert Integrated Systems. IBM calls it "smart" now, due to embedded analytics capabilities in IBM offerings. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Stuart William was in one of my former MBA classes at NC State in 2008, and graduated into one of the worst economies ever in May of 2009. This was a lot of planning, a lot of analytics, and a lot of work. In 2009 it lost two-thirds of their sales – and lost money for four years in a row.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Wave 2, Advanced Planning Systems (APS), first adopted in the 1990s, facilitated a forward view of the business, integrated plans with other functions, and optimized supply-chain metrics such as forecast accuracy, inventory holdings, and customer service. The Five Key Steps of Integrated Business Management / Integrated Decision Making.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Here’s what I wrote back on this date in 2009, as I recalled the events of that tragic day eight years earlier: I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, near Red Hook and the docks. They also lack process controls and metrics. DAT Solutions Launches Freight Market Analytics Service. Today is September 11. I never forget.

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3rdwave

JANUARY 23, 2019

However, digitization really became mainstream around 2009 when there were officially more “things” than people connected to the internet. The tools supporting digitization enables the presentation of information in ways not conceived of pre-2009. Greater data accuracy for operational execution, analytics, and reporting.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 40

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 6, 2013

They are tactical rather than strategic, offer insufficient visibility and are limited by metrics, contract terms, and risk mitigation strategies. Technology drivers include advanced IT and mobile solutions, big data and analytics, and social media. Economic losses from supply chain disruptions increased 465% between 2009 and 2011.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Netflix discovered this in 2009 when it released anonymized movie reviews penned by subscribers. A company also needs very specific, sophisticated frameworks and metrics that enable it to validate that it created what it set out to create. The task requires people with specialized skills and truly advanced knowledge of AI.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 14, 2019

Dating back to 2009, bottleneck elimination came in the form of chemical engineering homework sets examining flow rates, pumps, and other levers. I believe our mentality around scale has allowed us to compete for opportunities and win against far better funded analytics companies with celebrity founders.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 14, 2019

Dating back to 2009, bottleneck elimination came in the form of chemical engineering homework sets examining flow rates, pumps, and other levers. I believe our mentality around scale has allowed us to compete for opportunities and win against far better funded analytics companies with celebrity founders.

Resource Reduction 40

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ShipBob

AUGUST 3, 2020

Founded in 2009, Forerunner Ventures specializes in investing in commerce-related businesses including Warby Parker, Away, Jet, Hims, Hers, Glossier, Bonobos, and others. A thorough understanding of metrics that prove out business models. Its latest fund (made in 2018) was $250 million. Forerunner Ventures. Scalable order fulfillment.

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