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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

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?

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Mush

Supply Chain Shaman

It sits until the gel forms a semisolid state. In the United States, we lick it up with maple syrup or molasses, while in Eastern Europe it is served cold. 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.

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Guest Post: Ignoring this Performance Metric is Risky

TMC

Companies can then prioritize their mitigation efforts based on parameters such as value-at-risk, customer importance, and field inventory. Walgreens uses in-store sensors to monitor each of its 8,300 locations in the United States. The raw data flows to Walgreens’ Centralized Security Operations Center.

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Changing Mental Models

Supply Chain Shaman

There are new challenges: With managed care, in the United States, the hospital will bear the costs of infections from hospital stays. Be sure to not overlook the inventory carrying costs and the impact of demand latency. Some helpful reports include: Supply Chain Metrics That Matter: The Cash-to-Cash Cycle.

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Gartner: The Supply Chain is Getting Harder

Logility

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. In Dana Stiffler’s words, it’s the tools, the technology companies have in place that can make the difference.

Gartner 100
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Gartner: The Supply Chain is Getting Harder

Logility

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. In Dana Stiffler’s words, it’s the tools, the technology companies have in place that can make the difference.

Gartner 100
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And I thought last year’s Top 25 Supply Chain was a surprise

Kinaxis

I am bolder on Samsung, simply because they had the highest 2016 Inventory Turns aside from McDonalds. The new trend to be sustainable is part of the current category: Revenue Growth, so why add another category like CSR when we should be moving towards the core supply chain metrics of total delivered cost and customer service.

Gartner 100