Supply Chain Matters

MAY 19, 2025

Steiner is a current FedEx board member and has been so since 2009. Bob Ferrari Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters blog. The post Amazons Announced New Partnership with FedEx first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

The research starts in April and stretches over many weeks as we analyze the different elements and understand the patterns of each industry. Selfishly, we need standard for our research, but we also want to help supply chain leaders gain new insights from a deep data-driven analysis. What Can We Learn from the Research?

Pharmaceutical 279

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The company is one of 15 winners in the 2016 Supply Chains to Admire Research. About the Supply Chains to Admire Research. Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As In the period of 2009-2015, Carter’s drove significant improvement in operating margin.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

In the research, top performers for the report meet the following criteria: Analysis by Industry. The analysis is for two time periods: 2006-2015 and 2009-2015. A critical look at supply chain processes impacting supply chain financial results through the Supply Chains to Admire research. Resiliency.

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SCM Research

MAY 29, 2012

Qualitative research can be conducted to build theory from field data. SCM journals have recently seen a series of articles advocating for the use of grounded theory, e.g., Mello and Flint (2009, JBL) and Kaufmann and Denk (2011, JSCM). Therefore, I would like to draw attention to three helpful papers. Second, O’Reilly et al.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2015

Today, based on recent research, less than 30% of supply chain leaders have a supply chain that they consider to be agile. At Supply Chain Insights , we are currently working on some research to understand the current state of technology for S&OP and inventory optimization. The gap is large. It varies by geography.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

In this area of research, I find that companies are like dogs chasing cars. When I worked at AMR Research in the period of 2005-to 2011, I blindly accepted that P&G was the industry leader. Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014. In the period of 2008-2009, both supply chains made some major shifts. It is a strong downward trend.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2015

The American Transportation Research Institute has already identified a problematic decline in trucking capacity over recent years. 2009 was an exception due to the 2008–2009 recession.) At the current rate, the disparity could reach a trucker shortage of nearly 250,000 drivers over the next seven years.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

At the time, I was a new analyst at AMR Research and the concept of scoring supply chains was new. The discussion in the conference room was to have a methodology to clearly define supply chain excellence and to use this definition to drive our research and to help clients. The methodology has changed slightly over the years.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Supply Chain Improvement is based on the work that we completed with an Arizona State University Operations Research team to determine the Supply Chain Index. Attending the conference was Alexia Howard, Senior Research Analyst – US Foods for Sanford C. We find that this is true of too few companies. Bernstein & Co.,

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SCM Research

JULY 27, 2013

Research Theory Article Award Supply Chain Integration Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Sustainability' A year has passed since and Emerald Management Reviews has now announced the winners of the 2013 Citation of Excellence Awards. First, a paper by Lawson et al. First, a paper by Lawson et al. Petersen, K.J., 1540-5885.2009.00343.x.

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Logility

JULY 30, 2015

Since 2009 we have worked with industry publication Consumer Goods Technology to check the pulse of sales and operations planning (S&OP) in the consumer goods industry. Click to Enlarge Image.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It is the end of a two-year research project, and identifies which publicly held companies outperformed their peer group on balance sheet results. Here we share the answers to the questions that we get the most often about this research: What is the source of data? Today we published a new report, Supply Chains to Admire.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 2, 2022

Ian is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) which is the world’s leading railroad policy, research, standard setting, and technology organization that focuses on the safety and productivity of the U.S. From 2009 to 2013, Jefferies served as a senior policy advisor to the Chairman of the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Ashton talked in depth about IoT to the RFIDJournal.com in 2009″ “Today computers – and, therefore, the internet – are almost wholly dependent on human beings for information. ” Ashton added that IoT had grown a lot since 2009, but he claimed it has still has much further to go. According to Gartner, Inc.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

According to data from a recent research survey, the following were on top of the supply chain headaches not addressed by their current systems: Supply shortages due to supplier’s inability to meet expected performance targets. When Amazon launched same-day delivery in 2009, it opened to a new generation of retail business.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

About the Supply Chains to Admire Research. Over the period of 2009-2015 only 88% of companies made improvement on the “Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.” (The Note in Figure 1 that BASF drove great improvement in the period of 2009-2013, but then slowed in 2014-2015. I worked in Hong Kong for 4 years during 2009 to 2013.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Peter Coffee, vice-president of platform research at [Salesforce.com’s] Chatter, said General Electric was using the service to cut the time spent responding to machine errors. “A Also this week, I came across some interesting survey results from the Pew Research Center published in August 2013.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I followed his journey during the period of 2006-2011, and wanted to check in with him to gain his insights on the selection of VTech as a finalist in the Supply Chains to Admire research. About the Supply Chains to Admire Research. In my interview, Nick used the bumblebee to describe his journey. Operating Margin.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013.

Supply Chain Design Software 382

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2012

It is an area, based on recent research, where we find companies are going backwards not forwards. To compare, in 2009, shortly after the release of the Wal-Mart scorecards, in a similar study, it was 39%. The package and the process of package development is a major source of corporate waste. Here we share the results.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

In researching the ideas, like moving a business to the point of sale, we discovered that the base numbers of the business revealed new strategies. It is a monthly cadence of working on what we hope you believe is insightful research. We believe that research should be actionable, independent, and accessible.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 12, 2020

In Table 1, I share research collected for the Supply Chains to Admire analysis on the average days of inventory by industry across the period of 2004 to 2019 by increments to match economic shifts. The period of 2007-2008 was the downturn of the recession while the period of 2009-2013 marked the recovery. ”).

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2015

The company’s focus is on biotechnology and genomic research. I was working at AMR Research, and the group asked for help to understand the concepts of being demand-driven. He led the team during the period of 2007-2009. The company formed in 2000 by the merger of Novartis Agribusiness and Zeneca Agrochemicals.

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Supply Chain Opz

MAY 25, 2013

Stock 2009 said more specific that most researchers believed the term " Supply Chain Management " was introduced by Keith Oliver of Booz Allan Hamilton in 1982 on Financial Times. 3) Many researchers believe that SCM is an inter-organizational process/collaboration while logistics is within corporate function (Unionist). (4)

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Supply Chains Rock

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Monday, October 12, 2009. SCM Research. Without supply chains consumers would be stuck using products that they had to make or grow with their own two hands. Still not excited, well visit often and eventually you will be. Subscribe To. Supply Chain Wordle. While not entirely supply chain related, check out Wordle. SCM Lowdown.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

Gartner research shows that companies that continued to increase earnings while others declined in 2009 and 2010 were those that were able to keep their foot on the gas through the downturn because they had planned responses in advance.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It is the end of a two-year research project, and identifies which publicly held companies outperformed their peer group on balance sheet results. Here we share the answers to the questions that we get the most often about this research: What is the source of data? Today we published a new report, Supply Chains to Admire.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 20, 2024

This 40%, which occurred in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, represents the second lowest level of new business formations after the decrease experienced during the 2009 financial crisis.” ” If you are thinking about starting your own business, executive coach Amy Chambers has a few suggestions. If you can build a team, do it.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

I explain that I am researching the trends, and trying to discover/figure-out what drives balance sheet results. I start the research by studying the performance factors, I build a short list of companies within a peer group. In my research, Colgate is the consummate example of adherence to IT standardization on SAP. The reason?

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

The research starts in April and stretches over many weeks as we analyze the different elements and understand the patterns of each industry. Selfishly, we need a standard for our research, but we also want to help supply chain leaders gain new insights from a deep data-driven analysis. What Can We Learn from the Research?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

However, based on the research for the book Bricks Matter , I now sadly know that only one of these statements is true. I love the process of research. I have discovered the truth through the research for Bricks Matter. In 2009, the definition of supply chain resiliency was driven by the impact of the Great Recession.

Inventory Reduction 281

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 15, 2022

Figure A is from 2009 to 2016 before the addition of Hugo and Mark, and Figure B represents the patterns for 2011-2020. From 2009 to 2016, Company A outperforms the peer group, while from 2011 to 2020, the company underperforms in the margin but still outperforms inventory. Performance Charted Against Peer Group.

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Supply Chains Rock

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Tuesday, October 27, 2009. 27th, a convoy of dozens of hybrid trucks will be rolling through Atlanta on their way to the Hybrid Truck 2009 National Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center. SCM Research. Trucks, Technology & Twitter: the Hybrid Truck Convoy and the Truck2020 Study. Latin American Logistics. SCM Lowdown.

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Supply Chains Rock

JUNE 17, 2011

billion in 2009. SCM Research. . - Supplier Connection - a collective portal for buying from small and medium businesses reached $150B. - $1.5 billion in First-Tier Spending with Diverse Suppliers - up from $1.4 Spending by location, $12.3 billion North America; $12.2 billion Asia Pac; $7.5 billion Latin America. MIT Supply Chain 2020.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Funding for the Highway Trust Fund is set to expire next Thursday, October 29th, and for the 35th time since 2009, Congress is expected to pass yet another short-term extension. He wasn’t talking about the Highway Trust Fund, but the phrase applies perfectly to it.

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