Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 11, 2016
About twice a month, companies ask me to review their strategy documents. Frequently, I see the goal of “build a customer-centric strategy” or define an “end-to-end vision to deliver on the customer promise.” It requires a careful execution of strategy and the connection of strategy to execution.” I am proud of Clorox.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 7, 2019
Recently, I conducted a strategy session was with a major consumer products company selling cosmetics. The company wanted to launch a digital strategy, but the digital supply chain team had never connected with the firm’s digital marketing team to understand how the two groups’ efforts could be intertwined.
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Oracle SCM
JULY 12, 2017
Original version published in APICS Extra , July 2010. They prioritized projects that reduced inventory and logistics expenses. Effective strategies coupled with a well-defined plan and the right tools helped supply chain professionals alleviate fulfillment pressures and readied managers for market changes in the future.
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. Now, let’s take consumer products. What can we learn?
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 3, 2017
As a result, supply chain leaders focus on unrealistic goals of inventory or costs, they will throw the system out of balance. In the setting of strategy goals, executive teams often set unrealistic goals because they are not aligned with supply chain potential. The front office and back office strategies are not aligned.
SCMDOJO
JULY 29, 2022
Economic order quantity is one of the “most commonly used inventory-control techniques”. The objectives and advantages of Economic Order Qty (EOQ) are to minimize inventory carrying costs and ordering costs while simultaneously limiting the probability of stock out to avoid any lost sales or customer loss. Pearson College Div, 2010.
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))
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