2012 Inventory Metrics Transportation 
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. There was a strong negative correlation (at an 80% confidence level) when companies were not aligned between customer service and transportation.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 9, 2021
Rise in Inventories. Less Effective at Inventory Management. Inventories grew twenty days over the decade. Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory. Despite spending 1.1% Alignment Barriers.
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TMC
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
Managing adverse weather conditions is part and parcel of transportation planning. Companies can then prioritize their mitigation efforts based on parameters such as value-at-risk, customer importance, and field inventory. Professor Yossi Sheffi is Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics.
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. I asked for questions.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 5, 2015
Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. These giants drove slight improvements in operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) despite a slowing economy. I was challenged on this in 2012 by a client, and it forced me to do deeper research. It is seldom a step change. Who Does the Best?
Talking Logistics
JULY 19, 2013
As I’ve commented in previous postings, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business opportunity (see Reuters article from December 2012). And with that, have a happy weekend! Song of the Week: “Safe and Sound” by Capital Cities.
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. For example, we discovered that transportation and duties are 5x the expense of labor and overhead. Service level is our most important metric.
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