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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

They are the only company I know of that trained marketing and sales teams on supply chain constraints and segmentations as it ties to product lifecycle management. They used the work built together in 2004-2009 to build a course with Georgia Tech for executive training.) In the last decade, supply chain performance declined.

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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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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

At Supply Chain Insights, we published a report card yesterday. The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. In the period of 2008-2009, both supply chains made some major shifts. It is a strong downward trend.

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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. Performance of High Tech and Electronics Supply Chains for the Periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. We are on the journey.

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

Historically, the traditional supply chain focused on improving costs. Today, more mature supply chain teams focus on delivering value. While companies want to improve supply chain performance and drive value, it is easier said than done. The analysis is for two time periods: 2006-2015 and 2009-2015.

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Machine Learning in Supply Chain Planning

Logility

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. One cause of this glut of inventory is the emergence of omni-channel retailing.

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July 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Indicating Declining Momentum

Supply Chain Matters

Commenting on the July report, Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global indicated in-part: “ With the exception of pandemic lockdown periods, July saw US manufacturers report the toughest business conditions since 2009.