Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 9, 2021

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. The myopic focus on IT standardization resulted in the purchase of technology, but not value delivery. Lack of clarity in governance for decision-making.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In 2012, I placed the first alignment study in the field. In the supply chain team analysis, note the 21% gap between procurement and manufacturing teams, the 35% gap between sales and operations and the 21% gap between finance and operations. Organizational Alignment 2012. Functional Metrics. Organizational Alignment.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of February 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which appear to indicate some stabilization within global supply chain networks. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The reported 50 value for February was up 0.9

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RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2017

After several recent investigations revealed the extent of counterfeit infiltration in the defense supply chain, Congress took action, modifying the rules for contractors concerning the detection and avoidance of counterfeit parts as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA).

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EcoVadis

JUNE 16, 2016

The amount of ocean products consumers can purchase from grocery stores and restaurants is bountiful and varied. Numerous 2015 media reports exposed slave conditions in the Thai fishing sector. In 2012- 50% of exports came from developing countries. Introduction. Shrimp tacos. Blackened catfish. Grilled mahi-mahi. Background.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 9, 2015

After highlighting some of the results from the IBM study I worked on this past fall on procurement analytics, I introduced Rich Hughes, former Chief Procurement Officer from Procter & Gamble. In streamlining the P2P system, Rick notes that he had to take someone from procurement to go work in AP in finance to fix it.

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