Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2021

Using balance sheet data from 2011 to 2019, we chart companies’ progress by peer group on rate of improvement and performance in the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Each year, we compile a list of top-performing Supply Chains, termed the Supply Chains to Admire.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

This involved in some cases, diverting some inventory bound for other regions. information is courtesy of this site: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/rpt/2011-R-0389.htm Up to date inventory status. Lowe’s also had distribution centers in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina with extra supplies ready and waiting. Use analytics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

If the definition is the balancing of costs and inventory, the winner is Colgate. Unilever is at the bottom of the list in driving performance improvements in productivity, cost, margin, inventory performance, and growth. In 2011, Colgate had revenues of $16.7 In contrast, in 2011, Unilever had revenues of $64.6

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 5, 2020

For example, the 2011 T?hoku It is important to share forecasts, production schedules, inventory, transportation plans and other vital information. A low-order intake can cause them to drive down production schedules to avoid excess inventory and its associated costs. The COVID-19 outbreak was one such situation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2013

It was called multi-enterprise inventory optimization. In the beginning, the inventory management solutions of LogicTools , Optiant and SmartOps pushed to take operations research to a new level through supply chain optimization. SAP released an S&OP solution using HANA in 2011. They knew little about the software market.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 7, 2011

Designed to enable wholesalers, manufacturers, retailers, and distributors to achieve best-in-class inventory management practices, NetSuite Demand Planning enables companies to forecast peaks and troughs in demand and minimize capital tied up in inventory.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

ERP is valuable to improve transactional accuracy, but I can find no evidence that investments in ERP have reduced inventory or improved cash-to-cash cycles. In table 1, I compare ten-year averages (2001-2011) for food manufacturing companies. Multi-tier inventory optimization was a fad in the last decade.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 14, 2023

Shippers have replenished their inventories after struggling with supply chain bottlenecks during the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Maybe the one good thing to come out of it was some companies figured out how they could survive with lower inventories. The 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami. Inventories were stranded as supply chains scrambled to understand the impact on their customers. Some suppliers weren’t so lucky. Well, it got a lot worse.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 15, 2022

Sales incentives drove a positive bias that inflated inventory. Allergic to inventory, Fred worked out arrangements with distributors to push inventory into the channel. He saw all inventory as “bad inventory.” Orbit Chart for Inventory Turns and Operating Margin from 2009-2016 for Company A.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Companies entered the pandemic with twenty more days of inventory than at the beginning of the great recession. A balance sheet analysis shows that 95% of publicly traded manufacturers are stuck (when compared to peer group) at the intersection of growth and margin, margin and inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and growth.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Here is the list: Supply chain technology implementations have reduced inventory. Here they are: The Lie of Inventory Reduction. Repeatedly, I heard that supply chain applications have saved costs, reduced inventory and improved customer service. ” I played three lies and a truth with the group. The reason? They did not.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 15, 2022

Sales incentives drove a positive bias that inflated inventory. Allergic to inventory, Fred worked out arrangements with distributors to push inventory into the channel. He saw all inventory as “bad.” In Figure A, I share the orbit charts at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns for two periods.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 16, 2015

Inventory optimization has always been a challenge while designing and planning a supply chain. A variety of barriers can impact an effective inventory strategy, such as working in functional silos and demand/supplier volatility¹. Asking the Right Inventory Questions. Where and in What Form Should Inventory Be Held?

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2014

They also saw inventory cost reductions of 12% compared to 9% globally and order fill rates move to 77% from 68%. Earlier this year, for example, FedEx opened a new distribution center in the State of Mexico , stating that it sees “the potential that Mexico offers for our business and has invested nearly $160 million since 2011.”

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Not all disruptions are as cataclysmic as Japan’s 2011 tsunami or COVID-19, but smaller logistic and control disruptions/disconnections are happening continuously in most supply chains. This “single model” approach guarantees service levels at the store via optimal inventory levels across the entire network.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Expect greater variability in lead times and an increase in in-transit inventory. Inventory Management. Tariffs dynamically change the value of inventory, necessitating investment in deeper inventory management solutions. Few are ready to rationalize the differences in the price of inventory on receipt.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For the discrete industries we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee, and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. Inventory Turns. Progress on inventory turns is declining due to business complexity. What can we learn?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For the discrete industries, we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. Inventory Turns. Progress on inventory turns is declining due to business complexity. What can we learn?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Pharmaceutical companies are struggling with falling margins and rising inventories. In our work with pharmaceutical companies, most executives wince when we mention inventories. However, most do not realize that the Days of Inventory for the industry has grown 33%. It is rising inventory levels. What Can We Do?

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. Neil Southern, 2011). Neil Southern, 2011). Neil Southern, 2011). Neil Southern, 2011). Neil Southern, 2011). Thorpe (1916)). The idea of ??working

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For instance, The Economist reports that between 2011 and 2015 the largest 25 food and beverage incumbents accounted for nearly half (45%) of total industry revenue, but smaller companies drove nearly all (97%) of market growth. Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) presents special supply chain planning challenges for both smaller microbrands (e.g.,

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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. Boston Munich: Pearson, 2011.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2016

Imagine a bitcoin being a unit of inventory and a digital wallet (“bitcoin address”) being an inventory-keeping location, such as a store, distribution center, or truck trailer. A supply chain blockchain application, therefore, could be used to record the balances and transfers of inventory across a distributed supply chain network.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 17, 2018

e-commerce market has nearly doubled in size since 2011, and is forecast to grow to $737B by 2022. As recent losses by H&M and other major brands illustrate, poor inventory management can be a major cause of financial distress. There are a few solutions for the problem of inventory management in the omnichannel era.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Inventory management is a crucial aspect of supply chain management, and effective strategies can help businesses reduce costs, improve customer service, and increase profits. But what does a great inventory management strategy look like? But consider, too, how you can turn those needs to your advantage in inventory management.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 6, 2022

Pini Mandel, cofounder and CEO of Quicklizard, observes, “Ever since Borders bookstore realized it could no longer compete in 2011 and shut down all 399 of its stores, there’s been a steady stream of iconic stores that folded. Inventory turnover. Iconic chains, like Sears and K-Mart, seemed to vanish overnight. and Wayfair Inc.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 4, 2015

In the first project, Whitman faculty and students will analyze fulfillment operations and make recommendations regarding how Staples can further improve its inventory and distribution decisions. The collaboration will allow Whitman School supply chain faculty and students to analyze two initiatives.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

Just six years later, when the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011 struck, Cisco was well prepared. Build inventory hedge to cover for volatility and risk (from Just in time to Just in Case) : Understand demand and supply side shocks, volatility and develop Inventory hedging strategies.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

According to Eric Rice of Supply Chain 24/7, e-commerce growth in 2017 grew faster than it has since 2011. Since retailers face greater pressure to reduce inventory carrying costs, which enables competition with Amazon, using storefronts-as-a-distribution center can help mitigate added costs. Take advantage of existing storefronts.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Supply chain planners (I’m lumping in all the silos, including demand, supply, inventory and capacity planning) today are dealing with challenges that were unimaginable when Lotus notes were the next big thing. 2011 – Japan earthquake / tsunami and Fukushima disaster. Times have changed. See 2014 side note). 2012 – Hurricane Sandy.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

in 2011) as a top-down strategic initiative to promote digital transformation in industry. It uses machine learning and deep learning algorithms to improve quality control, support predictive maintenance, automate work order generation and optimize task sequencing, assembly lines and inventory. Industry 5.0

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Logility

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Better demand planning and multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO). From a demand planning perspective, companies that do a better job forecasting demand tend to enjoy advantages like: 15% lower inventory levels. During a short product lifecycle, too much inventory creates excessive discounting, obsolescence and write-offs.

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Logility

MARCH 2, 2011

OK, enough about dreaming of warmer days … Connections 2011 is set to be our largest user conference to date with record registrations and 25 percent more sessions to accommodate our growing audience. Luckily, this March our annual customer conference will be in Orlando, away from the cold weather and under the sun.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). As shown in Figure 4, annual productivity numbers climbed steadily since 2011.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Main | Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices » The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities. The state of product demand planning and inventory management among retailers becoming more advanced.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2011

VMI was widely hyped to dramatically reduce inventories, cut costs and improve efficiency across the supply chain. After reasonable fan-fare, these initiatives were more like “moving the inventory burden upstream” than reducing inventory throughout the network. Removal of 7 full days of inventory from the network.

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