Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

consumers from consultancy firm Alix Partners , Americans are reporting a decline in online purchases across all categories (except groceries) for the first time since the surveys inception in 2012. with 34% of consumers saying that theyve delayed making purchases until theres more certainty. According to a survey of 1,000 U.S.

Survey

3PL Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Amazon is on the forefront of automation in the warehouse , currently using 45,000 Kiva Robots, after purchasing the company Kiva Systems in 2012 (they’re now renamed “Amazon robots”). The information received can be checked for accuracy with the company’s inventory software. This allows for inventory to be viewed in “real time.”.

Warehousing

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.

Supply Chain Planning Software

GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart would not have the ability to provide such low prices and have consistent inventory in the over 5,000 stores in the United States and over 1.3 The evolution of Walmart’s supply chain includes three elements, according to a 2012 article from Arkansas Business: distribution practices, operating its own fleet of trucks, and technology.

Gartner

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

I just don’t think the comparison of very different industries in a spreadsheet based on growth, inventory values, and Return on Assets (ROA) is meaningful. The metrics of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Inventory Turns and Operating Margin have the highest correlation to market capitalization.

Gartner

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. When we compare the results of P&G to its peer group for 2012-2021, P&G outperforms in inventory turns and margin but underperforms in growth and asset utilization. Was this by design?

Procurement Analytics

Logility

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

ChainLink Research and SupplyChainBrain just released “ Business Priorities 2012 – Research and Results ” which takes a look at where companies will invest in the coming year. And yet, our respondents do expect business expansion and intend to invest to make it happen in 2012.”

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

Early 2012 marked the end of the third decade and 2013 finds us into the fourth. It comes in many flavors–increase in inventory, changes in sales policies, new product lines– all add to the complexity. The only industry that has made progress in inventory management is consumer electronics.

Forecasting

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.) (Our research shows that the projects failed to deliver value in 75% of companies.) Relationship Management.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Here is the list: Supply chain technology implementations have reduced inventory. Here they are: The Lie of Inventory Reduction. Repeatedly, I heard that supply chain applications have saved costs, reduced inventory and improved customer service. ” I played three lies and a truth with the group. The reason?

Inventory Reduction

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?

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

These giants drove slight improvements in operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) despite a slowing economy. Over the past two years, P&G made impressive gains in operating margin and inventory turns, but the company failed to equal the ROIC test for asset utilization. Who Does the Best?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Talking Logistics

JULY 27, 2015

Supply chain management spans many functions and processes, including demand planning, sourcing, merchandising, supplier relationship management, inventory management, inbound and outbound transportation, distribution management, and store operations. How much inventory do we have across our network? Where’s my shipment or truck?

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. They saw a steady drop in inventory and reduced working capital by about 50% over the period of 2011-2015. Impact of Demand Sensing on Inventory Levels. A Brief History of IT Investments. Planting the Seeds.

Demand Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We believe that a supply chain leader is defined by both the level of performance on the Effective Frontier (balance of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Profitability and Inventory Turns) and driving supply chain improvement. During the period of 2006-2012, Campbell Soup Company outperformed its peer group on the Supply Chain Index.

Case Study

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Inventory management is important because it provides a buffer to balance out the uncertainties between demand and supply. However, while it can be viewed positively, holding inventory also creates problems. As an asset on a company’s balance sheet, reduced inventory results in a higher return on assets.

Optimal Sourcing

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.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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.

Gartner

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The research that we are doing strongly supports that companies that are good at planning are better able to balance costs, inventory and customer service. Supply Chain Talent, the Missing Link 2012. Most planning teams have a low-level of satisfaction due to the fact that traditional processes reward the urgent, not the important.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Those shipments can move directly to customers or move to several regional distribution centers (DCs) that serve as forward inventory locations and consolidation hubs servicing customers and channel partners. By 2012 they had implemented this multi-enterprise supply chain network (MSCN) solution. That in turn led to a faster go live.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Digitisation for Optimised Capacity and Inventory Buffers. Traditionally, supply chain profitability has long depended on minimizing surplus due to the cost of capacity and inventory buffers. Inventory buffers encourage adaptability, create agility in the supply chain and allow for better planning.

Analytics Software

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2013

We used the period of 2006 to 2012 to build the model and we used the formula to attempt to predict 2013. We have found that nine out of ten organizations are stuck on their ability to make improvements on both operating margin and inventory turns in the same year. The result is outlined in figure 1. Here we share some insights.

Gartner

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. Related.

Supply Chain Design Software

Talking Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2015

I addressed that question in a post last summer , where I shared my perspective: The scope of end-to-end supply chain visibility must go beyond the status of orders, shipments, and inventory — it must also include having timely, accurate, and complete visibility to labor, safety, environmental, and legal practices across the entire supply chain.

North America

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.

Supply and Demand

GlobalTranz

MARCH 18, 2016

In a 2012 survey by Forrester and Zebra Consulting, reports Cigniti Technologies , only 15 percent of manufacturers had implemented at least one Industrial Internet of Things solution. The IIoT will enable retailers to better manage inventory levels and adjust orders to meet the demands of customers from real-time data from POS transactions.

Internet of things

Supply Chain Movement

JULY 10, 2014

Since 2012 Supply Chain Movement, in collaboration with partners, creates mind maps with practical Thoughts, Tools, Tips and Ticks. Mind Map for Inventory Management. The mind maps are useful to create an overview when the subject you are dealing with is complex. Usually a mind map has a free format. Mind Map Pharma Supply Chains 2.0.

Pharmaceutical

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.

Manufacturing Procurement

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. Do you ever watch Undercover Boss?

Supply Chain Planning Software

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. But, the changes are not limited to warehousing, and you need to understand how they will impact the modern supply chain.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

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. Comparison of Industry Players Within Consumer Goods for the Period of 2012-2021. The answer? The how is tricky.

Supply and Demand

Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2014

As early as 2012, shippers reported an average logistics cost reduction of 21% compared with other parts of the world. They also saw inventory cost reductions of 12% compared to 9% globally and order fill rates move to 77% from 68%. Not surprising, many logistics service providers are ramping up their investments in Mexico.

Mexico

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

For some customers, they manage the inventory using a vendor managed inventory program. In some case they manage inventory at the customer’s site. “We They built them between 2012 and 2014, and then enhanced them when better supply chain risk management solutions became available. The company has over 300,000 products.

Supply Chain Transformation

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Inventory Turns. Better performance in inventory turns than the peer group average for the period studied. Orbit Chart of VTech for the Period of 2006-2015 at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns . When we acquired the rights to the ATT product, there were large inventory write-offs. Operating Margin.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Results in the Automotive Industry for the period of 2012-2021. We find that three factors mattered: organizational alignment, descriptive analytics, and inventory management. Multi-tier inventory management by itself was not sufficient. Characteristics of Who Is Navigating Well? So, you might ask, why?

Manufacturing Procurement

Demand Solutions

DECEMBER 9, 2014

She also writes the enterprise software blog Supply Chain Shaman , and she published a book called Bricks Matter in 2012. M]ost supply chain professionals are quickly realizing that their supply chain planning solutions have not driven down costs, and have not improved inventories or speed to market.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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. It is about much, much more than Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI ) or Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment. (The Market-Driven Processes. Channel Sensing. Order Policy.

Material Savings