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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Understanding this relationship requires modeling. (A A Case Study.

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Organizational Alignment: Overlooked, but So Important.

Supply Chain Shaman

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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Will Arrogance Stunt your Growth?

Supply Chain Shaman

Which supply chain metrics correlate to market capitalization by Morningstar sector? In 2012, supply chain process evolution was thirty years old, and I wanted to use the book, Bricks Matter, as a litmus test to tell the story of success. Embrace new technologies: Internet of Things, new forms of analytics, mobility, etc.

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Throwing Down the Gauntlet

Supply Chain Shaman

I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. 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.

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Navigating The Snails Trail: Moving to Outside-in Planning Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2012, I published an article on Sales and Operations Technology (S&OP) Maturity. (I I never republished the report, because not enough has changed to warrant it.) The report centers on the concept of moving from inside-out to outside-in technologies. This is a natural fit for narrow AI and new forms of analytics.

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Supply Chain Management – A 2012 Priority

Logility

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. The report provides a cautionary, optimistic view of the coming months saying, “Many unsettled issues are still outstanding […].

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Guest Commentary: P.O. Management Programs – Know Pain, Know Gain!

Talking Logistics

What is this going to cost? You could answer them with a purchase order (P.O.) Your stakeholders can: Align sourcing, purchasing, logistics, and I.T. Understand technology, information, and reporting tools and how to use them in the business. performance metrics to influence vendor behavior and impact sourcing choices.