2009 Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Metrics 
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2022
Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. 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.) The reason?
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 28, 2015
Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. Our journey for supply chain excellence has changed and evolved over time.
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Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers. Performance on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.
Supply Chain Opz
JULY 7, 2013
The company won the ISM 2012 Award for Excellence in Supply Management (category:process). 2009: H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico. However, the logic Cisco uses to manage the disruption is very robust and details are summarized into the infographic below, Note: metrics data is for illustrative purpose. And according to the U.S.
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 26, 2012
When you run the graphs, there is marked difference for these companies that begins to appear in 2009. This includes the automation of path-to-purchase for consumer products, active shaping of demand through price, channel incentives and promotions, eCouponing and mobile commerce for retail, and product proliferation for all.
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.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 18, 2016
For December 2015, retail sales were the lowest since 2009. Customers are buying less. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. Lora thinks that we are never too old to learn or to push for excellence. What does this mean? Disintermediation.
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