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When the Rubber Hits the Road

Supply Chain Shaman

The manufacturing-centric company is used to strangling suppliers and demanding terms. The low Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and the growth below the industry average comes from the lack of network design and organizational alignment between new product development, manufacturing, and procurement. So, you might ask, why?

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. Average performance in 2016-2019 across twenty-seven manufacturing sectors on inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital and operating margin was worse than in 2012-2015. Rise in Inventories.

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6 Manufacturing Trends You Need to Know

Arena Solutions

The global manufacturing sector has seen an upswing, a technological renaissance of sorts. Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. Big data The use of big data is increasing in manufacturing. Breaking it down In the U.S.

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

The selection of metrics is based on prior work with Arizona State University to understand which metrics, in combination, correlate to market capitalization and price to book value. We calculate the results based on public data from the period 2012-2021. Why do we spend four months doing this? Congrats to all.

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My Failure Of Using Design Thinking To Drive Supply Chain Innovation

Supply Chain Shaman

My first training in 2012 was with Ideo. Remember the need for goal clarity, rules, and clear metrics in my opening paragraph? In the design thinking workshops for multiple manufacturers, these were conspicuously absent. The conference is in Franklin, TN on September 7th-10th, 2021. Lessons Learned From Design Thinking.

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One Multinational’s Supply Chain Transformation Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

It started in manufacturing and spread, step by step, to improvements in the way the company runs its supply chain. This manufacturer already has business continuity plans in place. They built them between 2012 and 2014, and then enhanced them when better supply chain risk management solutions became available. It takes time.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

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. When companies were growing, I also discovered that the cost and inventory metrics better aligned with peers.

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