Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

We know that this is not perfect; but it is the best that we could do, and we think that it is a fairer comparison than putting all companies in a spreadsheet and shaking them up without any consideration for peer group analysis. What did you learn in the analysis? There are a lot of misconceptions about inventory.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2018

(This table is from our Supply Chains to Admire analysis, and the Index represents improvement. Energizer and Unilever are driving the fastest rates of improvement and Clorox and P&G improvement rates are the slowest on the Metrics That Matter of Growth, Operating Margin, Inventory Turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)). .”

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 30, 2014

Team members need to be held equally accountable for growth, inventory, profitability, customer service, and forecast accuracy. Today, most companies are struggling with the ability to improve operating margins and reduce inventory levels. Demand Supply Chain alignment inventory turns Sales and operations planning'

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

We know that this is not perfect; but it is the best that we could do, and we think that it is a fairer comparison than putting all companies in a spreadsheet and shaking them up without any consideration for peer group analysis. How did you select the final list of fifteen companies ?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2017

The industry made progress on revenue/employee, but struggled on growth, margin, inventory turns. We started the analysis to guide our own research and started sharing it with the industry in 2013. This analysis is a study of improvement, value and performance of companies against an industry peer group. Stay tuned.

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Demand Solutions

JUNE 1, 2020

Catastrophes like the fire in a Bangladeshi factory that killed over 100 workers, or the factory collapse in 2013 that killed over 1100 workers, are not only awful for the people involved, but can seriously impact the supply chain. Just like in textiles, many of the people making the clothes live in impoverished countries.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 18, 2013

on August 12, 2013. Solutions focused on improving transparency of tier two suppliers, inventory and demand impede mitigation and force companies into reactive strategies. This project was completed in April 2013, supported by international partners who collaborated on interviews and survey data collection. on August 12, 2013.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. We find that this is true of too few companies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

Instead, what I observed when I looked at the data, was that most companies that I had worked with (in my role as an industry analyst, I had worked with over 300) were going backwards on margin and inventory turns. Resiliency is the pattern at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. “Ugh,” I said.

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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. Resiliency is the tightness of the pattern, or the reliability of operating margin and inventory turns results.

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Demand Solutions

DECEMBER 9, 2014

In a 2013 pos t on the blog site for her book, Lora highlighted seven demand management mistakes of the last decade. 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. Here’s an excerpt: “….[M]ost Yes and no.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. We then rated companies on their ability to manage and improve a portfolio of metrics: operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2013

The research tries to establish “ who did supply chain best ” by looking at a weighted formula of Year-over-Year Growth, Return on Assets (ROA), and Inventory Turns for the Fortune 500 companies. Inventory Turns values are based on an average of quarterly reporting for the past year. Inventory Turns is only part of the story.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

While 72% have a value analysis team, they have not matured to assess value. Be sure to not overlook the inventory carrying costs and the impact of demand latency. Published by Supply Chain Insights in January 2013. Published by Supply Chain Insights in January 2013. These processes are still in their infancy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

Inventory Turns (15%) (based on 2014 results). Growth 10% (Year-over-Year comparison of 2013 versus 2014). It is a limited analysis of large companies. The foundation to drive meaningful improvement is reliability in driving results at the intersection of costs, inventory and customer service. Why Does it Matter?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Automating processes for improved inventory turnovers. They report, “A recent analysis indicates that large CPG firms developing an intelligent supply chain could grow revenues by up to 3% through improved product availability and enhanced customer service. eft, 1 February 2013. [4] ” Concluding Thoughts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. We studied this pre and post-recession.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2013

This morning, I woke to receive this email in my inbox: Good morning Lora, I have read with pleasure the insightful report related to SC 2020 (race for Supply Chain – April 2013). Eliminate bias and error in demand planning through Forecast-Value Added Analysis. I love hearing from blog readers. I have a question related to 2020.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

This analysis helps us to see the trends It is a study of year-over-year progress. These giants drove slight improvements in operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) despite a slowing economy. Before beginning this analysis, I must admit, that I was a P&G bigot. It is seldom a step change.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The “Top 15 Supply Chains to Admire” is the culmination of a two-year effort to evaluate supply chain performance and improvement for the years of 2006-2013 by industry by vertical for publicly-held companies.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

So when I asked Cathy Roberson, a senior analyst at Transport Intelligence and a tech-enthusiast who is vox supplychainus on Twitter at cmroberson06 , I was not surprised when she sent me back an analysis that seems to match up perfectly with some of Google’s recent projects: Google Glasses, Android and 3D printing.

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Logility

JANUARY 22, 2014

Against this backdrop, it is interesting that many companies still depend on spreadsheets for demand planning and S&OP , as noted in the recent survey by APICS ( see Are Spreadsheets the Answer , SC Digest, September 2013 ). They had faster turns, lower inventory, and better customer service. I think so.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Still in all most fabricators have seen steel sales rise and customer demands and inventory requirements increase over the past several years. The source pointed to several trends that are encouraging the adoption of TMS, including better control of data, more comprehensive analysis and the need to support omni-channel supply chains.

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SupplyPike

JUNE 22, 2020

With Retail Link, suppliers can handle their own products by tracking their supplier data , involving sales and inventory volume, percentage of stock, trade margin, and inventory turnover. Consequently, they can reduce their inventory risk and related expenditure. Low inventory costs lower expenses.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 22, 2013

I have a short list of retailers that I am watching that I think will fail in 2013 due to the lack of this understanding. In this model, we can elevate the discussion to embrace new forms of analytics to enable digital path to purchase, multi-channel retail, learning systems, rules-based ontologies and sentiment analysis.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 11, 2021

Companies are beginning to explore on-demand manufacturing rather than traditional manufacturing models, meaning they can keep less physical inventory on-hand. eft, 1 February 2013. [5] ” Banker points out mass personalization also increases supply chain complexity. Nevertheless, many analysts believe it has great potential.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 23, 2013

2013 Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Embracing Global Logistics Complexity to Drive Market Advantage. Strategies for 2013 Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management 9 managing risk around demand and planning are also considered important.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

The time-consuming analysis is fascinating. Both Kimberly-Clark and P&G are going backwards on operating margin while making progress on inventory turns. As the company spiraled in the updraft of the market, it built inventory. billion in inventory charges in April 2001. It is our fourth year. I love the patterns.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Before computers and data analysis became the norm, physical paper accounting ledgers were used. That could mean excess inventory sitting in a warehouse, gathering dust or depreciating. I thought you might enjoy this video from our 2013 Kinexions Conference , a fitting parody of the Buggles’ hit.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Machine learning algorithms are finding these new patterns in supply chain data daily, without needing manual intervention or the definition of taxonomy to guide the analysis. Existing techniques range from baseline statistical analysis techniques including moving averages to advanced simulation modeling. no opt-in).

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 22, 2014

December 2013. November 2013. October 2013. We learned a huge amount, and it wasnt anything we could have learned from stateside analysis or a classroom environment," Ornstein said. UCLA Anderson School of Management Blog. April 2014. March 2014. February 2014. January 2014. Wall Street Journal. UCLA Anderson Homepage.

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Arkieva

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Drawing from the Supply Chain Insights Cross-Survey Analysis from 2012-2013, Cecere, outlined the key supply chain challenges that companies face as: Ability to access and use Data. Strength – Inventory Turns & Operating Margin Vector Trajectory (30%). Resiliency – Inventory Turns & Operating Margin Mean Distance (30%).

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Enterra Insights

MAY 8, 2018

In this age of Big Data, one cannot ignore all of the information and analysis available today to assist in making suitable supply chain decisions. Inventories still need to be stored. Only for turkeys.” eft , 1 February 2013. [4] It still takes a long time for cargo ships to transit the vast expanses of ocean. ”[5].

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Pioneered the use of vendor-managed inventory. Implemented cross-docking in its supply network to enable inventory reductions. In 2017, the company began to look at new options for warehousing, knowing it would need to start placing inventory closer to customers if it wanted to compete in the challenging omnichannel retail space.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2013

I went to Home Depot earlier this week to return a purchase, and the customer in front of me wanted to exchange a defective power tool with the same model, but he couldn’t find any on the shelf even though the store’s inventory system said 5 units were in stock. Manhattan Associates Launches 2013 Inventory Optimization Release.

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Elementum

MARCH 6, 2018

From 2013 to 2014, the number of units Xiaomi shipped in China grew 186 percent, while its total worldwide shipments grew 224 percent. In fact, in its early stages the only brick-and-mortar buildings that Xiaomi operated were its “e-commerce warehouses”, optimized to handle the fast-moving inventory necessitated by Xiaomi's model.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

From 2013 to 2014, the number of units Xiaomi shipped in China grew 186 percent, while its total worldwide shipments grew 224 percent. In fact, in its early stages the only brick-and-mortar buildings that Xiaomi operated were its “e-commerce warehouses”, optimized to handle the fast-moving inventory necessitated by Xiaomi's model.

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