Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

He joined Logistics Bureau Group back in 2009 and commenced by running the benchmarking business known as Benchmarking Success. Steven, you were a customer of Benchmarking Success with three different companies, most recently as Supply Chain Director with Ingram Micro, the world’s largest IT distributor.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The first step was to charter a research project with the Arizona State University statistics department to analyze which combination of metrics drives the highest market capitalization. The result? The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 26, 2012

When you run the graphs, there is marked difference for these companies that begins to appear in 2009. However, none of the three companies knew this before the benchmarking activity. When I go in to help a company, I first benchmark their supply chain ratios. My preference is monthly as part of the S&OP process.).

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) I never calculated and accounted for the inter-dependencies between metrics.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2016

3PL market has grown by roughly 7% annually since 2009 and is expected to reach $170 billion by the end of 2016. 3PLs are being asked by shippers to create better metrics to provide both added understanding and a deeper perspective as to what’s occurring inside their business both yesterday, in real time and tomorrow.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

SupplyChainDigest benchmark study of about 100 companies reveals an increase in US company inventories since the recession. “In An essential part of process improvement starts with aligning business goals with clear measurable metrics that can prove success or show areas that need improvement. Read Full Press Release.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Index figures are calculated from a combination of core performance metrics, including sales performance, purchasing and internal efficiency. Quarterly performance is then benchmarked against the nine previous quarters. Founded in New Zealand in 2009 it was acquired by the UK’s Access Group in November 2020.

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