2010 Forecasting Inventory Metrics 
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. So, I asked the questions, “Is your data forecastable?
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 2, 2024
The month of December was my longest writing respite since I started this blog in January 2010. We talk about the move from functional metrics to a balanced scorecard, but we don’t use a balanced scorecard as an objective function. We talk about complexity, but do not measure the impact on forecastability. ” Figure 2.
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Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 8, 2019
The budget is not sufficient and is often a detrimental input for supply chain forecasting. Why Is the Financial Forecast Not a Good Proxy for a Supply Chain Forecast? There are many reasons why the budget cannot be used as a supply chain forecast. The supply chain forecast is a rolling forecast.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 21, 2024
In follow-up qualitative interviews, one of the largest issues with organizational alignment was metric definition and a clear definition of supply chain excellence. In my post Mea Culpa, I reference my work with the Gartner Supply Chain Hierarchy of Metrics. Error is error, but is it the most important metric? My answer is no.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 7, 2019
In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. inventory turns. for inventory turns define best-in-class performance? for inventory turns define best-in-class performance?
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 29, 2016
As I study research methods, and the market, I realize the lies I’ve spun for prior employers (Gartner and AMR Research) are untrue: The AMR Research Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics. This research, released in 2005, gives a compelling view of a metrics hierarchy. This does not mean I think forecasting is an unimportant process.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 30, 2018
Companies with the lower score on the Index are driving faster rates of metrics improvement. Energizer and Unilever are driving the fastest rates of improvement and Clorox and P&G improvement rates are the slowest on the Metrics That Matter of Growth, Operating Margin, Inventory Turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)).
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