Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The German team overcame disappointments in 2006 and 2010 to win the World Cup this year, while favorites Spain (the defending champion) and Brazil (the host country) were humbled by the competition. Time Slot Booking/Optimization (aka “Dock Appointment Scheduling”) Delivers Cost and Productivity Savings.

Optimal Sourcing

DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 13, 2014

While reading The Goal, I make more connections between the books key lessons and what we put into practice here at Quintiq. In the last pages of the book, Alex faces the problem of moving bottlenecks. 2010), The Goal: Third Edition, Gower Publishing: Burlington, USA. Got a comment? Reference: Goldratt E.,

Scenario Planning

Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 21, 2017

Balance looks at Revenue Growth and Return on Invested Capital results from 2010 to 2016. Strength looks at Operating Margin and Inventory Turn results from 2010 to 2016. Cisco showed strong improvement in both of these metrics from 2010 to 2016. Supply Chains to Admire Methodology. Supply Chain Index Methodology. Performance.

Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2024

When I was an analyst at AMR Research (purchased by Gartner in 2010), I used the framework shown in Figure 2, as a framework to discuss supply chain excellence. What Drives Value? In my post Mea Culpa, I reference my work with the Gartner Supply Chain Hierarchy of Metrics.

Procurement Analytics

Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

More than 10 years pass and this article is considered the "classic" article and got republished in 2010. In 1987, Robert Kaplan and W Bruns defined the activity based costing concept in his book " Accounting and Management: A Field Study Perspective ". 10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time. A Case Study.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

The more that I work on supply chain metrics, the more that I believe that both the SCOR model and the Gartner Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics (which I worked on for the period of 2006-2010) reward functional, not end-to-end supply chain behavior. I see this as a problem. Inventory is a sign off end-to-end of supply chain health.

Supply Chain Design Software

GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 16, 2016

When you consider that Apple introduced its iPad in the year 2010, and now tablet sales are about to overtake the combined sales of desktops and laptops, it becomes apparent. They allow shippers to see which trucks are close to their location and then book directly in just one click without having to use a broker.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 19, 2016

It is one of the reasons that I left Gartner in 2010. We are currently doing correlations to our quantitative survey responses (over 6000 respondents) to understand which practices make the largest difference in driving Market Price to Tangible Book. The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 is now twelve years old.

Gartner

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JUNE 11, 2014

Many of the usual suspects are present as you would imagine but what is very interesting for me is seeing Unilever in the top group after being as low as 21 st in 2010. Amazon is another interesting company in that it now acts as a Supply Chain company rather than a books/CD/DVD supplier. The Coca-Cola Company.

Gartner

Enterra Insights

AUGUST 20, 2024

… World Entrepreneurs Day was first celebrated in 2010 as an initiative of the United Nations. One of the last books written by the late Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen was entitled Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice , coauthored by Karen Dillon , Taddy Hall , and David S.

Innovation

Talking Logistics

JULY 22, 2015

Robinson (a Talking Logistics sponsor) picked up the pace for the field by introducing Freightview®, “a neutral, cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) software platform which cuts the time and money small and midsized businesses (SMBs) spend on freight shipping by streamlining quoting, booking, tracking, and reporting.”

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

You can see this in my writing during the period of 2000-2010. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. The race for excellence will be won on other continents than North America and mainland Europe. Who Does the Best?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 19, 2017

Balance looks at the change in Revenue Growth and the change in Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) over the years included in the analysis (2010 – 2016). reflects a negative trend in Revenue Growth and a slight negative trend in ROIC as well for P&G from 2010 through 2016. Supply Chains to Admire Methodology. 0.03)/(0.03)) + ((0.12-0.13)/(0.13))

Examples

The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 21, 2023

Prior to Flock, he played key leadership roles (including Chief Strategy Officer from 2010-2020) at Coyote Logistics – a UPS Company, a leading provider of non-asset based 3PL solutions across North America and Europe.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Since 2010, the demand for industrial robots has accelerated considerably due to the ongoing trend toward automation and the continued innovative technical improvements of industrial robots. Between 2010 and 2014, the average robot sales increase was at 17% per year (CAGR). Between 2010 and 2014, the number rose to about 171,000 units.

Manufacturing Procurement

Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

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Freight

Logility

MARCH 2, 2011

IndustryWeek recently highlighted a new book, The New Supply Chain Agenda , which outlines the five steps to drive value. Information moving seamlessly…everyone knows what the other is doing…bottlenecks removed…a Utopia of sorts. But, are we there yet?

Gartner

Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

In this blog, I review the new book “Sustainable Luxury” by Gardetti and Torres. The authors met through email and came together in Buenos Aires in October 2010, leading to a productive set of discussions that culminated in the creation of the Center for Studies on Sustainable Luxury.

Sustainability

Logility

APRIL 30, 2020

In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008–2010, CSR again became a focus for evaluating corporate behavior. Many experts believe it to be the seminal book on CSR. Published in 1953, Howard Bowen’s Social Responsibilities of the Businessman was the first comprehensive discussion of business ethics and social responsibility.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2017

When I started this research in 2010, I believed that P&G and Wal-Mart would meet this criteria. Note that for the period of 2010-2016, P&G under performs the industry peer group in both growth and ROIC. Wal-Mart made the list for two prior years, but recently has not. P&G, much to their chagrin, has never made the list.

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. Average Inventory Levels by Industry over the Period of 2010-2018. Industry patterns show a precipitous decline in supply chain metrics in 60% of manufacturing industries since 2010. Apparel is an example.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Started on January 26, 2010 the blog now has over 350 posts written from independent research over the past six years. Each year we take the best-read blog posts and make a softcopy book. For the holidays, we shared the 2016 book as an ebook. This is especially true in an Information Technology department. Reflections.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

For my mother’s birthday, I didn’t buy her a book, I bought her an Amazon Kindle. Amazon has reinvented the way we read books. In 2010, the installed base of mobile PCs and smart phones exceeded that of desktop PCs and about 20m tablet devices (e.g. And as a result, my buying habits have changed over the past few years.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

(Resiliency is the ability to drive reliable results at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin.This is measured by a vector analysis at the intersection of the two metrics for the period of 2010-2016. And, if you cannot get this year’s Shaman’s Journal book in person at the conference, order it from Amazon.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

Price to Tangible Book Value. If you trace the year-over-year pattern, you can see that P&G made progress on inventory turns and operating margin 2006-2007, 2009-2010. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is writing her third book, Leadership Matters.

Supply Chain Design Software

Freightos

JUNE 9, 2018

In 1995 airlines via online travel marketplaces started selling tickets directly to consumers online and by 2017, 83% of US travellers were using digital channels to book their trips. This effectively enabled travel agents to book flight from their computers far before the internet was built. But the booking is not yet automatic.

Cargo

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

This may include the booking request, shipping instruction, or a separate message called Verification of Mass (VERMAS) possibly from a certified weighing facility. Carriers – Many carriers are raising awareness of the pending regulation.

Data Management

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

In 2010, a vendor architecture evolved with Cloudera providing packaged Hadoop solutions and Hortonworks providing Hadoop IT services. Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Elementum

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

When it began in the late 90s, Amazon was exclusively selling books. The Kindle’s popularity was usurped by the iPad release in 2010— but Amazon quickly partnered up with Apple (and later, Android) to release the Kindle App, again widening its market. By doing this, it at once eliminated its competition and expanded its market.

Company

Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 12, 2015

Our Sustainable Living Plan was launched in 2010 to reemphasise its importance; sustainability is part of the way we do business and it’s a significant target on our personal development plans.”. Q: Which book has inspired you the most and why? A: “Two books: The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt which I read during the early days of my career.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Price to Tangible Book Value. VTech drove significant improvement in operating margin through the recession of 2007-2009 and then drove improvement in both inventory margin and operating margin for the period of 2010-2012 with some regression in the period of 2013-2015. We first throw out the outliers in the (PTBV) calculation.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 30, 2015

The analyst was joined by Bram Desmet, managing director of Solventure, to present her latest book, Supply Chain Metrics that Matter, in Brussels on 18 March 2015. Cecere wanted to write a book to help supply chain teams within companies communicate with their finance colleagues in a completely different manner.

Metrics

Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2012

Main | TOC for Electric Utility industry.Part 1 » Face book, Twitter and Asset Management. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011.

Asset Management

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2020

In 2010, I joined global strategy firm CVA to head the global logistics practice. Since 2010, I have been supporting startups, like Hyperloop Transportation Technologies as well as asset owners – including serving on various boards. Also, I authored or co-authored more than 10 business books and wrote and published over 100 articles.

Supply Chain Planning Software

AFFLINK

JULY 20, 2017

Reading books about supply chain strategy can help bridge the divide between work and play. Her book is an excellent choice if you want to go behind the scenes of SCM. If you're interested in digital strategy, The Innovators by Walter Isaacson is the book for you. X-SCM: The New Science of X-treme Supply Chain Management.

Supply Chain Strategy

Tecsys

APRIL 27, 2015

By now, most of you have probably heard of, or read, the book entitled Competing on Analytics by Thomas Davenport that demonstrates how some of the most successful organizations in the world have made analytics a core capability and integral to their strategic planning.

Oakland

The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 15, 2013

Sterling Commerce was acquired by IBM in 2010 and is now the company lead in order management, transportation logistics, B2B and supply execution via on-cloud technology. IBM Sterling TMS package. The IBM Sterling TMS software package plans and executes inbound/outbound transport structures and automates the entire process.

Supply Chain Planning Software