Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2013

It is a quest and the subject of my next book, Metrics That Matter , that will publish in September, 2014. Most readers of this blog know how I feel about the Gartner Top 25. We used the period of 2006 to 2012 to build the model and we used the formula to attempt to predict 2013. .” As I shuffle along, I am not sure.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

Growth 10% (Year-over-Year comparison of 2013 versus 2014). Supply chain leaders manage a complex system of non-linear, but very inter-connected metrics. Leaders need to balance a portfolio of metrics. Year-over-year Improvement at the Intersections of the Metrics. Inventory Turns (15%) (based on 2014 results).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2018

Companies with the lower score on the Index are driving faster rates of metrics 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

MAY 22, 2013

The AMR Top 25 was the first methodology that tried to connect financial metrics with supply chain excellence. It elevated the discussion on supply chain excellence and drove more discipline and rigor in the use of financial metrics. See how different the progress is on this metric by industry? The intent was good.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

I created this blog three years ago. Starting a blog seemed like a natural place to start. What would I call this blog? I quickly did a search for Supply Chain Shaman…and voila, the new blog was born. This is my 156th blog post to 5000 readers. I try to have a good time with this blog. I was scared.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

At the 2013 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, Rick Sather , now VP of Supply Chain for Jack-O-links stated that “there should be an app for that.” Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

19 average) and 3 times better ROIC for the period (33% versus P&G’s 11%), note that none of these three household products companies made progress on supply chain excellence in the period of 2013-2015. P&G’s rate of improvement on the Metrics That Matter was lower than the peer group. 21 versus P&G’s.19

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2013

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. IT enablement in areas like Mobile work management, Health and Safety, Metrics monitoring (KPI) etc. I will write more on this topic in my future blogs. Procurement Blog.

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Logility

JANUARY 15, 2014

Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio. The leadership team at Sonoco Products aligned a metrics portfolio against a business strategy in 2010. Through S&OP, they worked to combine both and align the metrics to drive resiliency. Each of the supply chains had a different target in the metrics portfolios. The goal was growth.

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Logility

JANUARY 15, 2014

Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio. The leadership team at Sonoco Products aligned a metrics portfolio against a business strategy in 2010. Through S&OP, they worked to combine both and align the metrics to drive resiliency. Each of the supply chains had a different target in the metrics portfolios. The goal was growth.

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Logility

JANUARY 22, 2014

This blog post is in response to recent results from the APICS/Logility Survey, Consumer Goods S&OP research, and ChainLink’s end-user research. And also to note, many respondents in this survey could not demonstrate an alignment of performance metrics to the S&OP process. I think so.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2022

The winning companies are those that correctly identify the problem to solve — the performance metric to improve. eft, 1 February 2013. [6] 9] Trevor Miles, “ Let’s be clear: Digitization is not the same as Digital Transformation ,” Kinaxis Blog, 8 December 2017. But companies that win aren’t the ones with the most data.

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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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DynaSys

JANUARY 15, 2019

It’s not that flow goes unrecognized in these systems but any flow-based metrics such as on-time delivery constantly struggle against directly competitive cost-based metrics and objectives. This stage is thoroughly described in Demand Driven Performance – Using Smart Metrics (Smith and Smith, McGraw-Hill, 2013).

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During In this blog, we share an interview with Dave Biegger, SVP of Campbell Soup. In our program, cost avoidance, while desirable, does not count towards the metric. Supply Chain Index Rankings for 2006-2013. We named it the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 29, 2015

Kinaxis , an early pioneer in the evolution of SaaS solutions committed to the model in 2005, and went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2013. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 12, 2021

A “100-page-plus document was filled with “supplier shall” statements that detailed FedEx’s obligations and outlined dozens of metrics for how Dell would measure success. Language like ‘supplier shall’ and pre-defined performance/penalty metrics are classic terms within buyer-supplier agreements. Time, Money, or Things.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

The answer lays ahead… In this blog, I share insights on current results. Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. In 2013, I wrote a post on the “two bookends of supply chain excellence in consumer packaged goods.” Who is poised to win? A Look Back. It is seldom a step change. New Bookends.

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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. Over the next few blog posts, I will share some viewpoints on the stories shared from the award recipients. Cross-Functional Alignment. Software Suite.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 25, 2020

In early 2013 I sat in on a lecture given by Clay to a number of senior supply chain executives at a gathering at the new 7 World Trade Center in New York. Sustaining innovations are neutral relative to both jobs and capital. Efficiency , which make products that already exist in the market cheaper. This got me thinking….with

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

You have to equate the value proposition to metrics the CFO understands and cares about, such as working capital, cash flow, and other items linked to the company’s P&L and balance sheet. And if you really want to stretch yourself, start a blog and share your knowledge and experience in writing. Use them to your advantage.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

In July 2013 E2open announced it acquired supply chain vendor icon-scm , and in June 2014 E2open announced its acquisition of SERUS Corporation, a “cloud-based manufacturing and product management provider.” She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, at the Supply Chain Shaman blog, and for Forbes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

” Institute for Manufacturing, 2013. __. I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. For more on this tipping point, please see my last blog post Dreaming of Clouds, Lakes and Streams. Tipping points are fascinating to watch.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Meanwhile, the Red Sox won the World Series in 2013, going from worst to first in one year — and then back to worst in 2014. It’s impossible for me to capture all of the great insights shared by the speakers in a brief blog post, but here are some highlights and key takeaways.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Blog originally published at, and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks at, [link]. Deploying more than two strategies to a product category will drive an unfocused approach” (Spend Matters 2013). Subscribe Here! Email Address. Check out Supplier Collaboration is a Win-Win Strategy!

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 21, 2019

I enjoyed hearing his perspectives on the sessions, and invited him to post to my blog. Over 1 trillion dollars’ worth of counterfeit goods was traded in 2013, and that number will double by 2022. So here it is! One of the many perks an MBA student has, is highly subsidized or even better, free entry to conferences and events!

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Bob Ferrari is the Executive Editor of the Supply Chain Matters Blog, and a periodic guest blogger on the Infosys Supply Chain Management blog. Islamic Banking. Mobile Banking.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Some of those are Cognos, iLog, SPSS, Core Metrics, Emptoris, Vivisimo and many others, as world is moving from reactive to proactive. Business Assurance: Supply Chain Blogs.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. In this step, the actuals are compared with the planned metrics (MAPE, forecast accuracy, bias etc.) Business Assurance: Supply Chain Blogs. Procurement Blog.

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EcoVadis

JANUARY 8, 2015

According to the 2013 Sustainable Procurement barometer developed by HEC/Ecovadis, risk management remains a critical driver with 80% of companies implementing a “Code of Conduct” and 58% focusing only on high risk suppliers. First published in the Sustainable Supply Views blog from EcoVadis. __. Critical Driver.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Also, machine learning is leading to more accurate measures of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), a key metric many manufacturers and supply chain operations rely on. The post How Machine Learning Is Redefining Supply Chain Management appeared first on IQMS Manufacturing Blog. Decision Support Systems , 76 45-52.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 26, 2015

Paris compared this with Tesla, and its response to a battery fire that took place in 2013. Within the context of a potential recall the most important action to prepare yourself for one, is to create traceability with clear metrics including financial impact throughout your organization.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013. Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, for Linkedin , and for Forbes.

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Global Trade Management

DECEMBER 7, 2012

metrics that really impact the bottom line; the Leaders in our survey. Wednesday, September 25, 2013 10:54:00 am. Blog Archive. Supply chain Leaders. deliver on time in full (OTIF) on 95.7% of occasions and have an. impressive 15.3 inventory turns, while the Laggards achieve only 3.8. Stefan Reidy. 1:59:00 pm. 1 comment: Tia.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 4, 2015

You have a favorite forecast accuracy metric(s) you’ve been practicing within the organization for a while, and now you think you are ready to bring it to the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) meeting as a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of your demand planning process. The metric needs to be at an aggregate level.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 28, 2012

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. A further benefit of integration of these many systems is to allow organizations to effectively report on their sustainability metrics. Business Assurance: Supply Chain Blogs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2015

I have done this report twice before–once in 2012 and again in 2013. Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, for Linkedin , and for Forbes. What Is New?

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