Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 25, 2013

Today, I am proud to launch the Supply Chain Index. It is my hope that the readers of this blog will take time to either join us today to listen to the launch of the Supply Chain Index on our webinar or listen to the replay. (We The Supply Chain Index has been two years in the making. Why did I care?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. However, when Gartner bought AMR Research, and I left in the transition(because I don’t believe in the Gartner methodology), I launched a new methodology named the Supply Chains to Admire. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

Over the course of the last two years, we at Supply Chain Insight s have worked on a methodology to gauge supply chain improvement. We named it the Supply Chain Index. We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Background on the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Driving Improvements in Supply Chain Excellence. He felt strongly that supply chain leaders knew how to drive supply chain excellence and needed a forum– or maybe two or three depending on the business model– to help them network and refine their approaches. John and I held differing beliefs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

Supply chain leaders are competitive and they want to measure their success. 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. In many businesses, assets are a core part of the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

These consumer products global leaders paved the road for supply chain excellence by defining new supply chain practices. Today, each leader wants to take their empowered team to new supply chain heights. At Supply Chain Insights, we published a report card yesterday. Who is poised to win?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. One of the reports that I am writing is on the state of Supply Chain Planning (SCP). In the recent study of the Voice of the Supply Chain Leader , we find that the gaps are large, and growing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Each year at Supply Chain Insights we study performance and improvement of companies in each industry. Note that neither company is making progress at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. Performance of BMS and Merck at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin.

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

After testing outside-in supply chain planning concepts via Project Zebra, LKQ Europe realized a 17.3% Co-founded by o9 and Supply Chain Insights, Project Zebra is an open-source industry effort to define and activate outside-in processes to prove the value of outside-in supply chain planning processes.

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QAD

OCTOBER 4, 2023

What is Supply Chain Analytics and Why is it Important? Supply chain analytics allows businesses to examine their operations and view data in real-time. What is Supply Chain Analytics? Supply chain analytics makes it possible for businesses to collect data, analyze that data, and make informed decisions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

Supply chain management, as a practice in commercial operations, is now thirty years old. 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. 3) Leadership.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Here is the list: Supply chain technology implementations have reduced inventory. Companies should implement supply chain best practices. Companies that have focused on collaboration in the supply chain have built competitive advantage. Supply chain excellence matters. The reason?

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Arkieva

APRIL 19, 2016

This blog is a follow-up on 2 earlier blogs ‘ Balancing Cash Cost and Service: The Supply Chain Triangle ’ and ‘ The Best Practice Frontier in the Supply Chain Triangle.’ Using so called orbit charts, we have benchmarked companies on EBIT% versus Inventory Turns. Benchmarking EBITDA% versus Inventory Turns.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. alone, colleges and universities awarded 83,263 bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2012, a 37% increase over the 60,605 degrees conferred in 2002. Breaking it down In the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

I have taken myself off the road to write the book Metrics That Matter. For most companies today there is great room for improvement in the supply chain. Companies want a supply chain that is more aligned and agile. Current State of Supply Chains. It is a slow week. It is tedious. But, guess what?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

We finished our report on the maturation of hospital supply chains , and I have put the finishing touches on the Healthcare Supply Chain Index for this Thursday’s webinar. New Supply Chain Leader of a Regional Children’s Hospital. “We Supply Chain Leader of a Large Hospital. “We

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TMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

There are many ways to measure supply chain performance in terms of resilience, but there is one that’s easily overlooked even though it is gaining in importance: Detection time. Companies that are quick at detecting supply chain disruptions are more competitive than slower enterprises in a number of ways.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 1, 2016

by CJ Wehlage On the bus ride back to the McDowell Marriott after the 2016 Gartner Top 25 Supply Chain event, I plugged my ear phones into my cell and listened to some Pearl Jam. So, the supply chain version of Last Kiss would go something like this…. “Oh Oh where, oh where, can my supply chain be?

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Logility

MAY 21, 2012

That was the question Michael Uskert, managing vice president, Gartner, asked at the end of the day 1 keynote at Gartner’s 2012 Supply Chain Executive Conference. ” According to Jane Barrett, “the supply chain is hard and it is getting harder.”

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Logility

MAY 21, 2012

That was the question Michael Uskert, managing vice president, Gartner, asked at the end of the day 1 keynote at Gartner’s 2012 Supply Chain Executive Conference. ” According to Jane Barrett, “the supply chain is hard and it is getting harder.”

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Arkieva

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The first day of the keynote speech at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit from Lora Cecere – CEO and Founder Supply Chain Insights ended with the famous quote from Rumi, instigating the need for a disruption in the traditional way of thinking about supply chain processes. Supply Chain Visibility.

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Logility

JANUARY 15, 2014

Last month, I shared the microphone with Keith Holliday, Vice President of Supply Chain, on an APICS webinar sponsored by Logility to discuss the value proposition of S&OP to Sonoco Products. The two companies’ results on operating margin and inventory turns are shown in figure 1. Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio.

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Logility

JANUARY 15, 2014

Last month, I shared the microphone with Keith Holliday, Vice President of Supply Chain, on an APICS webinar sponsored by Logility to discuss the value proposition of S&OP to Sonoco Products. The two companies’ results on operating margin and inventory turns are shown in figure 1. Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 9, 2017

KPIs in Logistics: Customer satisfaction and costs are two vital measures for supply chains and logistics as well. To measure how well we are doing on customer satisfaction, we can use a KPI to tell us how effectively the supply chain delivers to our customers. A Detailed KPI Explanation: Inventory Days.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

Last week in the middle of a presentation, a supply chain leader made the statement, “We have solved the issues in supply through better optimization and use of data. Many supply chain leaders are so convinced they know the answers that they have stopped listening and learning. The issue is demand.

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Logility

JANUARY 16, 2018

As a supply chain professional, we need to consider how actions in one part of the supply chain affect both upstream and downstream operations. I was guilty of this from time to time when I led a demand-planning group because we were evaluated on forecast accuracy as one of our key metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” Drawing from the Whiteboard: Building Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies. Customer-Centric Supply Chain Processes. ” I smiled.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 8, 2013

As a member of the Midwestern data sharing consortia between General Mills and SC Johnson , they had the benefit of networking with other supply chain leaders. The current focus is on store-by-store productivity and the design of the supply chain from the outside-in. As a team, they have a strong culture of learning.

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RFgen

JULY 19, 2015

Inventory management can be made easier with barcode scanners. Inventory management is one of the most important aspects of having a business. Here are five quick tips for effective inventory management: 1. Perform Metrics and Measurements. Know Your Product. Eliminate Warehouse Waste.

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RFgen

JULY 19, 2015

Inventory management can be made easier with barcode scanners. Inventory management is one of the most important aspects of having a business. Here are five quick tips for effective inventory management: 1. Perform Metrics and Measurements. Know Your Product. Eliminate Warehouse Waste.

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Arkieva

APRIL 7, 2016

In a previous blog “ Balancing Cash Cost and Service: The Supply Chain Triangle ” we have introduced the idea that supply chain management is all about balancing three corners of a triangle: cash, cost and service. Ensure continued alignment by sharing inventory turns as a KPI. the red arrow in Figure 4.

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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.”.

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Kinaxis

JULY 13, 2018

“Thick data” vs big data, the power of the supply chain profession, and cybersecurity. While I attend several supply chain conferences in any given year, SCM World is a favorite of mine for a couple of reasons. For one, this is a power-packed forum with the who’s who of supply chain in attendance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“We live in a world where supply chains, not companies, compete for market dominance. But companies often have diverging incentives and interests from their supply chain partners, so when they independently strive to optimize their individual objectives, the expected result can be compromised. ”. What Is Value?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. Now, I view the company as a supply chain laggard.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. It is a story of supply chain innovation. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting.

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Tecsys

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

a highly respected information technology research and advisory firm, puts forecast accuracy at the top of its pyramid of supply chain metrics. In a study published in February 2012, Gartner stated that a 6% forecast improvement could improve the perfect order by 10% and deliver a 10-15% reduction in unnecessary inventory.

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