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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. Rise in Inventories. Less Effective at Inventory Management. Inventories grew twenty days over the decade. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory. Despite spending 1.1%

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Adapting in the Face of Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Growth agendas with the spiraling demand require cash, supplier shortages necessitate the shortening of payables, and the longer/more variable transport lead times decrease inventory turns increasing the need for cash. To make the point, let us start with a discussion on Consumer Products manufacturing. The answer? The how is tricky.

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Building A Guiding Coalition for Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Through case studies, research, and facilitated discussion, we will jointly imagine the possibilities for Supply Chain 2030. When I started the event in 2012, the focus was on 2020. As we begin the new decade, 2030 feels the same. The goal of the conference is to Imagine the Supply Chain of 2030. ” I find it true.

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

To help, we analyze business results each year to understand which companies outperform on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) over the past ten years. We calculate the results based on public data from the period 2012-2021. Imagine Supply Chain 2030.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

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Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

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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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2012 I built on these concepts to define the market-driven value network. The focus is on channel data: price; inventory positions; and policies. It is about much, much more than Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI ) or Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment. (The Market-Driven Processes. Channel Sensing. Order Policy.