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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Consequently, there is a strong belief that companies like HP, Mondelez, PepsiCo, and Unilever are strong supply chain performers. During the presentation, I squirmed uncomfortably in my seat.

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

The report’s goal is threefold: guide supply chain leaders in setting realistic supply chain goals, reward companies that are achieving higher levels of supply chain excellence, and understand what is achievable in executing multi-year roadmaps. Organizations are drowning in data that they cannot use.

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July 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Indicating Declining Momentum

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides commentary relative to July’s global manufacturing PMI indices relative to data indicating declining momentum, and some contraction among specific global regions. Also on the plus side, the July report indicated that survey data signaled the slowest rise in input costs in over seven months.

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Executing Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

The Company was my client for many years at AMR Research, and when I look at Mark’s slides for the webinar, I see many of the elements that we heatedly debated in the period of 2009-2010. When I pushed Mark and his colleague Dave Nagle to define the number of supply chains and the customer strategies for each, frustration abounded.

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Machine Learning in Supply Chain Planning

Logility

Machine learning computer programs teach themselves to grow and change when exposed to new data. The current inventory-to-sales ratio in the United States sits at 1.41, higher than any time since 2009 (right after the 2008 downturn). Related Content: White Paper: Putting Supply Chain Performance at Your Fingertips.

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November 2022 PMI Indices Point to Further Global Wide Production Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

As reported for prior monthly data, contraction was concentrated in the consumer, intermediate and investment goods sectors. Commenting on the October data, Bennett Parrish, Global Economist at J.P. Global Supply Network Price and Supply Indicators. after plummeted to its lowest level since 2009 in October.

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Global Production Activity Levels Unchanged In May But Provide Added Warning Signs

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary reflecting on May 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices. Once again, the numbers signal a state of stabilization within global supply chain networks. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P.