Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

While, in 2012, SAP acquired Ariba. With the evolution of big data analytics, these Supply Chain Operating Network architectures are evolving: prescriptive and cognitive analytics enhanced by more advanced visualization and benchmarking. The technology market for B2B supply chain is consolidating. In 2014 OpenText acquired GXS.

Supply Chain Network Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

I have taken myself off the road to write the book Metrics That Matter. New forms of analytics allow us to see demand patterns and translate actual channel demand 10-40X faster, but companies are slow to adopt the techniques. You just do not see the patterns of the interrelationships of metrics in an Excel spreadsheet.

Supply Chain Design Software 279

Supply Chain Design Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Modeling Supply Chain Planning Software 279

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. 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.

Optimal Sourcing 283

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Modeling 283

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

Which supply chain metrics correlate to market capitalization by Morningstar sector? In 2012, supply chain process evolution was thirty years old, and I wanted to use the book, Bricks Matter, as a litmus test to tell the story of success. Embrace new technologies: Internet of Things, new forms of analytics, mobility, etc.

Supply Chain Planning Software 285

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2015

In July 2012, E2open went public with a market capitalization of 442M. I will meet with a small group of supply chain leaders to discuss analytics and supply chain organizations at the Shaman’s Circle on Amelia Island and I am preparing to do a focus group session for Elemica early next week. This week, the travels continue.

Long Beach 150

Long Beach Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Buyer Training 150

o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Using o9’s predictive analytics and external market signals, LKQ Europe reduced the bullwhip effect on its business from 48% to 37%. Founded in February 2012 by Lora Cecere, Supply Chain Insights LLC is in its tenth year of operation. About Supply Chain Insights.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

The goal is deeper analytics to sense and respond across make, source and deliver. SAP purchased Ariba in 2012 for 4.2B$, and the company has been slow to actualize the asset and drive incremental revenue. 2) Advanced Analytics. Let’s first examine the opportunity to deepenen analytics. . I am not surprised.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

One of my favorite interviews on this topic, that I recently completed for my upcoming book Metrics That Matter , was with Amway’s Chief Supply Chain Officer George Calvert. Service level is our most important metric. Reliability in both of these metrics is critical. Our activities are broad.

Case Study 282

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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. Each faces four years of deterioration on this important supply chain metric. New forms of analytics allow you to do this. Why it Matters.

Supply and Demand 210

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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 use of advanced analytics enables the sensing of out-of-stocks. Experience the difference between traditional inside-out and new outside-in processes through the use of new forms of analytics and the network of networks. Market-Driven Processes.

Material Savings 181

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

million in FY 2012 to $203.8 getting buy-in from drivers and other stakeholders) and implementing appropriate metrics to measure and drive performance.). Business Intelligence, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence: We’re in the middle of an evolution here. In five years, the company’s revenues have grown from $114.0

Supply Chain Planning Software 115

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2013

performance metrics to influence vendor behavior and impact sourcing choices. As performance reporting metrics capture vendor performance, the company can substantiate penalties for noncompliance and poor performance, recognize or reward high performers, and incent positive results and consistent behavior. Sourcing uses P.O.

Pricing Training 146

Pricing Training Purchasing Skills Purchasing Training Negotiating Skills 146

6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

General warehouse industry statistics Warehousing costs & revenue statistics Warehouse efficiency statistics Labor statistics in the warehousing industry Automation adoption in the warehousing industry Warehouse performance metrics Warehouse automation stats: General warehouse industry statistics 1. Since 2012, rents have increased by 5.6%

Warehousing 91

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2013

Deployment occurred December 1, 2012. The metric used to determine if this criteria was met was the “binary rule” that went as follows: users were able to find their exact match or 100% of all alternatives the first time using ONE SEARCH. Here’s how the roll-out fared compared to Coke’s four truths. The product must be in the catalog.

Procurement 83

Procurement Material Savings San Francisco SAP 83

Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This years theme was "Smarter Partnering theme for Smarter Business" with emphasis on key technologies like Mobile, Social, Business Analytics, Big Data, Cloud and Expert Integrated Systems. IBM calls it "smart" now, due to embedded analytics capabilities in IBM offerings. December 2012. November 2012. October 2012.

Supply Chain Planning Software 24

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 13, 2016

Editor’s note: This post originally ran in 2012. What you really want are meaningful metrics. But when you have deeper metrics, you can say, “This is my true cost to deliver this SKU to this customer.”. You gain optimization opportunities, and better analytics on what a specific SKU is costing you.

Cost Reduction Strategies 34

Cost Reduction Strategies Expense Reduction Price Reduction Supply Chain Software 34

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Sadly, I find each to have a limited view of supply chain analytics. Similarly, the Worldwide Retail Exchange (WWRE) sold to Neogrid in 2012. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. BPO concepts limits their thinking.

Supply Chain Software 150

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

It comes down to understanding of technologies, systems, and analytics. People still need to know the basics, but the big change is in the analytics area. We have a couple of people in our business who are amazing at building online analytics tools to analyze inventory, provide benchmarking, and all sorts of diagnostic tools.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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IQMS

MAY 1, 2018

Bottom Line: Manufacturers are reaching a new level of results in 2018 because they have clearer, more actionable insights based on real-time manufacturing and quality metrics than ever before. Quality Metrics Enable Customer-Driven Manufacturing Networks. Quality Metrics Defining the Future of Manufacturing.

Manufacturing Procurement 56

Manufacturing Procurement Metrics Quality Predictive Analytics Software 56

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 4, 2013

At the age of 58, I buried my mother in November 2012. Abby and I are writing an e-book on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. Over the last decade, the only metric that we have improved in the supply chain is revenue/employee, a measurement of productivity. Companies that are not looking holistically at metrics are stuck.

Price Mitigation Strategies 266

Price Mitigation Strategies Training Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies 266

BlueYonder

MAY 16, 2023

Blue Yonder Transportation Management System (TMS) enables customers to optimize and leverage advanced analytics capabilities to reduce empty miles while enhancing customer service, transportation network throughput, and driver schedules. Also, recognitions were in the post-JDA/RedPrairie acquisition timeframe announced in 2012.

Gartner 74

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TrackVia

APRIL 14, 2020

Sales analytics and cash flow. Information is power, and the operational insights we’ve derived from real-time, granular-level analytics and reports have been invaluable to our organization. Cultivation and extraction. Production capability, forecasting, and harvest predictions. Quality and compliance control. Facilities management.

Sourcing Strategies 98

Sourcing Strategies Predictive Analytics Software Inventory Reduction Optimization Software 98

Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Mariotti states that you first have to measure it, and he outlines several metrics and techniques in the book, including ranking customers by annual sales, profit, and gross margin percentage. How do you reduce supply chain complexity, or at least slow its growth? Take, for instance, Six Sigma black belts.

Waste Reduction 100

Waste Reduction Agile and Lean Supply Chain Six Sigma Supply Chain Optimization 100

Enterra Insights

MAY 22, 2019

“There is little doubt that new technologies such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, and cognitive technologies ‘will eventually lead to the development of global systems that create dramatic efficiencies and enable business leaders to make more informed integrated decisions.'” ” Footnotes. [1]

Manufacturing Procurement 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. When the price of oil dropped from $120 per barrel in 2012 to the staggering $29 per barrel in 2015, everyone in the oil and gas industry felt the impact. A Brief History of IT Investments. The reason?

Demand Planning Software 245

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. To meet the criteria for The Supply Chains to Admire for 2016, companies needed to score better than their peer group average for performance metrics, while driving a higher level of improvement than 2/3 of their industry peer group.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Arkieva

JULY 1, 2016

Over the next 37 years I had numerous and diverse opportunities to work with pioneers in what is broadly defined these days as analytics – I prefer the term quantitative analysis without borders. These challenges and opportunities are fully developed in: Fordyce, K., and Milne, R.J., and Kempf, K.

Supply Chain Planning Software 62

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 13, 2023

The industry first started speaking of digital in 2012, but today, it is still an amorphous concept. (My My first digital supply chain presentation was in Milan at an SAP Insider conference in 2012.) Traditional planning taxonomies focus on the optimization of functional metrics. So where will the innovation come from?

Optimal Sourcing 326

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Supply Chain Planning 326

Supply Chain Movement

JULY 26, 2023

The industry first started speaking of digital in 2012, but today, it is still an amorphous concept. (My My first digital supply chain presentation was in Milan at an SAP Insider conference in 2012.) Traditional planning taxonomies focus on the optimization of functional metrics. So where will the innovation come from?

Optimal Sourcing 78

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Modeling Software 78

6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

Taulia engages with their audiences emotionally and measures all their activity analytically to accelerate customer adoption and growth. What type of analytics are you conducting on your spend and suppliers performance? Is one single analytics tool used consistently across your supply chain and organization?

Sourcing Strategies 88

Sourcing Strategies Vendor Strategies Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 88