Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

When I started my business in 2012, I frequently wrote about the future using the moniker of Supply Chain 2020. Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. Days of Inventory Comparison. My focus was simple. What can we learn?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2022

He was also unaware of how to measure Forecast Value-Added, the Bullwhip impact and the health of inventory. What is the role of the forecast, budget, market data, and inventory in the proposed project? This is post is 502 in a series started in 2012. These modeling concepts were new to him.

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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

JULY 21, 2022

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.

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Supply Chain Network

MARCH 2, 2012

The acquisition expands IBM’s cloud-based analytics offerings that provide supply chain intelligence leading to better inventory management and cost efficiencies. Summary: IBM to Acquire DemandTec to Expand Cloud-Based Analytics for Smarter Commerce. IBM today announced it has completed its acquisition of Emptoris Inc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

On the 2nd of April, I sat before a board discussing how a company could exceed expectations in the delivery of Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and superior operating margins and fail at the delivery of customer service and inventory. An Orbit Chart of Customer Service (Case Fill) Versus Inventory Turns. What are we doing well?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

We have been taught, as supply chain leaders, that over the last decade supply chain processes have improved costs, shortened cycle times, improved customer service and decreased inventory. Based on our recent research, we find that only 1% of process-based companies are making progress on both operating margins and inventory.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

As Yuyang (Bernie) Wang of Amazon AI shared in his talk today, finally in 2012 AlexNet (a model with multiple layers of neural networks developed by one of Hinton’s graduate students) won the ImageNet competition, marking the heating up of interest in neural networks, which has showed no signs of slowing. What is the forecast for AI/ML?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

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. The use of advanced analytics enables the sensing of out-of-stocks. The use of customer segmentation to determine priority in matching inventory with orders during the order cycle.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 31, 2012

« Indicators from the 2012 Holiday Buying Period Point to Significant Change and Fulfillment Challenges | Main | Information Driven Innovation in Supply Chain » The Learning from the 2012 Holiday Buying Season: Balanced Investments in Online and Physical Supply Chain Fulfillment Capabilities.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2016

But, by the end of 2012, eCommerce logistics had grown to 5 percent. Warehouses Renew Focus on Inventory Control. The simplest way of making a warehouse run efficiently is by managing inventory better. Predictive, Real-Time Analytics Are King of eCommerce Logistics Strategy. Warehousing Expansion Is a Must.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Forget BI and analytics. NAFTA Trade in August 2013 than in August 2012. percent from last year, which includes contributions from the company’s acquisition of Phoenix International Freight Services in October 2012. percent in the quarter compared to Q3 2012. million for the same period in 2012. Forget WMS and TMS.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

In Figure 1, I share a composite orbit chart of progress of Cisco Systems, Intel, Samsung and Flextronics on the Effective Frontier at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for 2006-2012. However, no company in this chart is on a linear path towards improving both margin and inventory turns.

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The study also tested how bi-directional orchestration versus the more traditional approach of multi-tier inventory optimization could improve LKQ Europe’s inventory buy plan. . Using o9’s predictive analytics and external market signals, LKQ Europe reduced the bullwhip effect on its business from 48% to 37%.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 2, 2023

Services that can be shared among the various business units of a company include finance, purchasing, inventory, payroll, hiring, and information technology. We started in 2012 as a finance back office, which included elements of the procure to pay process.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 8, 2013

In the Supply Chain Metrics that Matter table, we can clearly see that “operating margin” and “inventory turns” matter to public financial performance. Note the trends in operating margins and inventory turns. 2012 was their fourth consecutive year of making improvements in inventory management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

90% of companies are unable to drive improvement at the intersection of inventory management, operating margin and customer service.). The group is working on case studies to test new technologies like blockchain, cognitive computing, supply chain operating networks, and open source analytics. Why Should You Care? Companies are busy.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 1, 2016

Think back to 2012 when Sam Taylor, CEO of Oriental Trading Company , went undercover in his own company. Well, this example shows how wearable technology in the supply chain was being used 3 and a half years ago in 2012. The best predictive analytics systems in the world are only as good as the data the process.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 25, 2017

But in the 21 st century, more and more have recognized that Apple’s profitability and competitive advantage have come from a world-beating Supply Chain ( one analysis from 2012 outlined how the company turns around its inventory in a staggering five days ).

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BlueYonder

JUNE 6, 2022

It keeps us on track and allows us to execute the correct inventory at the right time and place it in a very simple and speedier manner. It also extends and enhances WMS capabilities by providing prescriptive recommendations through the power of ML with additional analytics.

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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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Talking Logistics

MARCH 25, 2016

FusionOps Introduces Prescriptive Analytics For Supply Chain. The share of revenue from the unit that sells and leases postage machines is still just over 50% of the total, though that’s down from nearly 60% in 2012. Last week, the Census Bureau reported that relative to sales, inventories rose again in January, which is troubling.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 21, 2022

The first solution from the duo was FedEx Surround which allows businesses to provide near-real-time analytics into shipment tracking to the zip code, which, in turn, will provide "more precise logistics and inventory management."

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

2) According to a 2012 report into corporate insolvencies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, 44% of businesses in Australia failed because of poor strategic management. Pioneered the use of vendor-managed inventory. Implemented cross-docking in its supply network to enable inventory reductions.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 8, 2013

Cloud computing is gaining a lot of ground in the supply chain domain, with applications ranging from new analytics to dynamic routing and powerful track and trace features. percent in 2013 to total $131 billion worldwide, up from $111 billion in 2012. Will the cloud enable industry-level supply chain collaboration?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

But in the 21 st century, more and more have recognized that Apple’s profitability and competitive advantage have come from a world-beating Supply Chain ( one analysis from 2012 outlined how the company turns around its inventory in a staggering five days ).

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

According to a 2012 study by The Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics , the logistics industry is expected to create 270,200 job openings per year through 2018 (not only in trucking, but in warehousing and distribution labor and other areas too). Inventory (inventory management policies and practices, optimizing inventory flow).

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Let us take an initiative such as Inventory Optimization as an example. Somewhere along the year-long journey of cataloging requirements and assessing gaps, inventory optimization takes a SKU rationalization flavor and the goal turns to the avoidance of SKU proliferation. Posted by Arun Kumar on February 8, 2012 8:35 AM | Permalink.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. Unfortunately, all the same kinds of things can happen to your supply chain inventory. Except that your inventory costs millions of dollars. Those of you that manage inventories know how hard it can be to get the quantities just right. and it didn’t leak. Getting easier.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

I also think that Quintiq’s leadership in concurrent planning to solve new problems is promising, especially in the design of transportation and inventory flows. During the countdown for the Summit, we are completing research studies on Big Data Analytics , Supply Chain Talent , Supply Chain Planning , and Digital Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2013

Deployment occurred December 1, 2012. The system was able to drive good visibility and inventory availability of material, and the accuracy of the master data file was established. Contract Management Procure to Pay Strategic Sourcing Supply chain analytics Supply Chain Innovation' The product must be in the catalog.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

They were saying that their inventory is through the roof, demand is up, but that they were not tracking inventory properly, and production runs were running out of room— but it’s all exacerbated by the current situation. It comes down to understanding of technologies, systems, and analytics.

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Kinaxis

MAY 9, 2016

They continue to implement automation in the control tower practice, and this is where P&G can show the Top 25 some advanced supply chain analytics strategies. The voting categories are Financial (ROA, Revenue, Inventory Turns), and Voting (Peer and Analyst). Inventory turns, mostly, will follow Revenue.

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Cognira

MARCH 26, 2024

Improved Inventory Management: Track buying patterns to manage inventory effectively, Retail Media Networks enable retailers to track and anticipate inventory demand by identifying consumers’ buying patterns. Amazon: Amazon Ads, established in 2012, has become a dominant force in the retail media advertising market.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Looking ahead, Costello is concerned “about the high level of inventories throughout the supply chain [that] could have a negative impact on truck freight volumes over the next few months.”. Manto, who left Sports Authority in 2012 and is now head of product innovation at Aloha.com, a health and wellness company.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Since 2012, rents have increased by 5.6% According to Logistics Management’s 2018 Warehouse / Distribution Center Survey , “Respondents took a range of actions to lower operating costs, including improving processes, improving warehouse information technology (IT), improving inventory control, and leveraging a 3PL.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 6, 2012

« Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 1 | Main | Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 2 » Leveraging Social Media for Improving Forecast Reliability. In this context, the social media can be leveraged effectively to analyze customer data and achieve more insight on forecasting, planning, scheduling and inventory management.

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