SupplyShift

JUNE 17, 2021

For example, in 2019, 90% of companies listed on the S&P 500® index issued an annual sustainability report, compared to just under 20% in 2011. This helped the company focus its sustainability strategies on key international ESG issues, as well as to target metrics that investors and consumers now track.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 17, 2021

For example, in 2019, 90% of companies listed on the S&P 500® index issued an annual sustainability report, compared to just under 20% in 2011. This helped the company focus its sustainability strategies on key international ESG issues, as well as to target metrics that investors and consumers now track. Source: sasb.org.

Material Savings 52

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Despite mountains of evidence that a truly mature SCRM pays for itself by 1) protecting revenue, 2) informing new product design strategies, and 3) enhancing brand value, many corporate leaders are still reluctant to elevate SCRM to a strategic focus. ROI analysis: core to a strong business case.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 20, 2022

Regarding the latter, reportedly there are beliefs expressed that bots are better at collecting different types of data without error, making rational decisions and predicting future outcomes based on metrics of performance. Not all respondents shared such views, but the respondent percentages would indicate definitive viewpoints.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Discontinued in 2011. A potential value of a digital twin.).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

Year after year, well intentioned people toiled against improving metrics that reduced, not improved, the effectiveness of the supply chain. The example that I give in the first post is the focus of manufacturing strategies to drive strong results to improve Return on Assets (ROA) that have actually caused a deterioration in operating margin.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 1, 2016

The new trend to be sustainable is part of the current category: Revenue Growth, so why add another category like CSR when we should be moving towards the core supply chain metrics of total delivered cost and customer service. This, my friends, is why we need to get back to CORE supply chain metrics when measuring the Top 25.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2015

What key metrics should they be driving for as an organization? The utilization of a proven strategy and toolset will further promote process excellence by challenging their current way of working, and will enable more data-driven decisions to identify and eliminate waste. What are their pain points?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2015

According to the press release : The proposed standards are expected to lower CO2 emissions by approximately 1 billion metric tons, cut fuel costs by about $170 billion, and reduce oil consumption by up to 1.8 billion barrels over the lifetime of the vehicles sold under the program. I’ve highlighted other case studies over the years.

Vendor Strategies 100

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

By January 2015, USA Today reported the retailer had lost upwards of $2 billion since it first announced its expansion in 2011. Poor Supply Chain Strategies : Due to poor supply chain management strategies, Target struggled to keep its shelves well-stocked.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

By January 2015, USA Today reported the retailer had lost upwards of $2 billion since it first announced its expansion in 2011. Poor Supply Chain Strategies : Due to poor supply chain management strategies, Target struggled to keep its shelves well-stocked.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2016

3PLs are being asked by shippers to create better metrics to provide both added understanding and a deeper perspective as to what’s occurring inside their business both yesterday, in real time and tomorrow. You need the right strategy and processes behind it. Understanding and executing upon on-time delivery is a given nowadays.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

The adoption of Terra’s products were brisk until 2011, but during 2012-2014 sales softened, resulting in employee layoffs and downsizing. In 2011 Oracle tried to introduce a competitive product and failed. The founders remain, and the company is private, and tightly-held. Now is time to rewrite your future.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

Supply Chain Strategy. In 2011 Japan’s earthquake and tsunami amidst the loss of lives brought many worldwide production plants in Japan to a standstill. Production output did suffer, but operations resumed at a much faster pace than they did in 2011.”. Source: Commerce Dept. View full report. Source: SupplyChainDigest.

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Supply Chain Trend

JULY 22, 2018

We Can Have an Effective Strategy Even Without Effective Supply-Demand Balance. When It Comes to Metrics for S&OP, “One Size Fits All.”. In his experiments on cooperative behaviour, Yochai Benkler (2011) found that 30% of people behave as though they are selfish. Cogito Ergo Sum: I Think I Am Doing S&OP, Therefore I Am.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

We are trying to understand how supply chain leaders have raised the bar at the intersection of these four sets of metrics on the supply chain effective frontier. Leaders focused on process after process that was not designed to be part of a larger supply chain strategy. The results have been eye-opening.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 30, 2019

A “growth at all costs” mindset may work early on, but at some point in your business’s evolution, prioritizing it over everything else will become a dangerous strategy. Sometimes, they’re subtle: Team members are burning out, outflow and profit margin ratios are off, or you gradually start missing certain success metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014. Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Supply chain leaders make progress in three-to-five years.

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Shipsy

MARCH 26, 2019

Initially, the term “gamification” got people talking when Gartner included it to its “Hype Cycle” list in 2011. Today, 8 years later, it is the buzzword and is widely used by organisations as an incentivisation strategy to enhance productivity and efficiency within the workplace.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

When we do these types of analysis, we look back at the data as far as we can reach (Y chart data is available only back to 2006 in a reliable form) and then we look at the period of 2006-2014 and the more recent period of 2011-2014. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. The difference?

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Shipsy

MARCH 25, 2019

Initially, the term “gamification” got people talking when Gartner included it to its “Hype Cycle” list in 2011. Today, 8 years later, it is the buzzword and is widely used by organisations as an incentivisation strategy to enhance productivity and efficiency within the workplace. Ashmia Tiwary. March 26, 2019.

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FLEXE

MAY 10, 2018

However, they did not implement a world-class supply chain strategy overnight. According to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, they have “invested over $150 billion worldwide in fulfillment networks, transportation capabilities, and technology infrastructure, including AWS data centers” since 2011.

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FLEXE

MAY 10, 2018

However, they did not implement a world-class supply chain strategy overnight. According to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, they have “invested over $150 billion worldwide in fulfillment networks, transportation capabilities, and technology infrastructure, including AWS data centers” since 2011.

Inventory Reduction 28

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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). The company’s current strategy is to bring a Connected Enterprise to life.

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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). The company’s current strategy is to bring a Connected Enterprise to life.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 25, 2013

You can also support consistent results by ensuring that your business has the right people, processes and tools in place to enact your top-level strategy — no matter how conditions change in the future. Predefine Your Response to Change.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 6, 2013

They are tactical rather than strategic, offer insufficient visibility and are limited by metrics, contract terms, and risk mitigation strategies. Economic losses from supply chain disruptions increased 465% between 2009 and 2011. All are valuable contributors to a comprehensive risk mitigation strategy.

Third Party Logistics 60

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

After the session, had a one-on-one session with Lauren States (Vice President, Strategy & Transformation, IBM Software Group). Some of those are Cognos, iLog, SPSS, Core Metrics, Emptoris, Vivisimo and many others, as world is moving from reactive to proactive. Instance Consolidation Strategy. December 2011.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

In our March commentary, the takeaway was that these rapidly changing retailer business models imply that organizations can no longer assume the same organizational structures of accountability where marketing and supply chain teams supporting physical stores and online fulfillment reside in separate organizational entities with conflicting metrics.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2013

IT enablement in areas like Mobile work management, Health and Safety, Metrics monitoring (KPI) etc. Instance Consolidation Strategy. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. Categories.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

« The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities | Main | Factors Influencing Delivery Address Amendment » Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices. In this step, the actuals are compared with the planned metrics (MAPE, forecast accuracy, bias etc.)

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Arkieva

APRIL 7, 2016

In her excellent book ‘Supply Chain Metrics that Matter’ (Cecere, L.M., Supply Chain Metrics that Matter, John Wiley & Sons, 2015), Lora Cecere shows how we can reveal the ‘best-practice-frontier’ using so-called ‘orbit charts’. Using Orbit Charts to Benchmark EBIT versus Inventory Turns. Performance in 2014 has fallen back.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 60

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 28, 2012

A further benefit of integration of these many systems is to allow organizations to effectively report on their sustainability metrics. Instance Consolidation Strategy. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

“When the world changes around you, and when it changes against you, what used to be a tailwind is now a headwind — you need to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.”. Just six years later, when the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011 struck, Cisco was well prepared. Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 258

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Amrest has been using Ivalua ‘the tool’ since 2011 across nine countries, with almost 3000 end-users on the platform. In addition, their multiple brands, operations and locations create layers of variable changes within their procurement processes and overall strategy. . All together, Amrest opened almost 150 new locations last year.

Procurement Solutions 130

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ivalua

MAY 15, 2022

Amrest has been using Ivalua ‘the tool’ since 2011 across nine countries, with almost 3000 end-users on the platform. In addition, their multiple brands, operations and locations create layers of variable changes within their procurement processes and overall strategy. . All together, Amrest opened almost 150 new locations last year.

Procurement Solutions 130

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A “growth at all costs” mindset may work early on, but at some point in your business’s evolution, prioritizing it over everything else will become a dangerous strategy. Sometimes, they’re subtle: Team members are burning out, outflow and profit margin ratios are off, or you gradually start missing certain success metrics.

Company 52

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