Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 19, 2013

I learned today that one of the articles I published with colleagues from the University of Tennessee, Oxford University, and Manchester University was cited for the 2013 Emerald citation of Excellence award. As papers need at least three years to accumulate citation data, the 2013 Awards have been selected from papers published in 2009.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

For instance, during the great recession of 2009, 85% of Chief Procurement Officers reported they had more influence than prior to the crisis, but by 2013, that influence waned significantly for two-thirds of those leaders. This list should include the business metrics that each procurement project impacts.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

As I highlighted in my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2013 , tablets and smartphones are quickly becoming the preferred computing platform for business professionals, which is why technology providers are designing and optimizing their applications for these devices. Song of the Week: “Miracle Mile” by Cold War Kids.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For example, Johnson & Johnson has many supply chains in many industries, but the majority of the revenue comes from pharmaceuticals. The companies were selected based on performance better than peer group for 2006-2013 and delivering better than average improvement within the peer group as determined by the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 19, 2014

This year, we will publish two new books: Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and The Shaman’s Journal. Supply Chain Metrics That Matter will publish in December 2014. The book details what is possible, and at what rate, for metrics improvement based on lessons from leaders. Our goal is to publish 50-75 completed case studies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2017

Let’s take an example. If the arrow is red, the industry is moving backwards on a metric. While we agree that each of these companies are leaders with significant contributions to the industry, we do not find these companies outperforming when compared against their peer groups on a balanced portfolio of metrics.

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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. Aligned Metrics. Take General Mills and Kellogg an example.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For example, Johnson & Johnson has many supply chains in many industries, but the majority of the revenue comes from pharmaceuticals. The companies were selected based on performance better than peer group for 2006-2013 and delivering better than average improvement within the peer group as determined by the Supply Chain Index.

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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. For example, take the information on the improvement in revenue per employee in figure 1.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

While most companies have been able to make progress in one of these two critical metrics in the period of 2006-2013, they have not been able to make progress on both together. Here are five examples that will be discussed at the conference. With slowing growth, and the need to become more competitive, the pressure is on.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

It will be launched during a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a series of reports that will run in our May newsletter and throughout the summer. However, we have found that only a few companies are improving the potential of their supply chain to balance supply chain metrics. This analysis has been fun and insightful.

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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. We used the period of 2006 to 2012 to build the model and we used the formula to attempt to predict 2013. Let’s take the example of Colgate, Procter & Gamble, and Unilever in figure 2. I shake my head. 2) Balance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

I have taken myself off the road to write the book Metrics That Matter. Instead, you book the biggest conference room in the building and invite a cross-functional team to review what happened in 2013. Figures 2 and 3 are some examples. For example, I think that there is promise in the adoption of new forms of analytics.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

Coincidentally, at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference yesterday, I attended a presentation by Justin Dillon, Founder and CEO of Made in a Free World , a nonprofit group that is “building a coalition of consumers, businesses, and governments to disrupt the system of slavery.” Be Sociable, Share!

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 9, 2013

It will be launched on a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a report that will run in our May newsletter. To understand supply chain excellence, we have been studying pattern recognition for industry peer groups at the intersection of the metrics in the Supply Chain Effective Frontier of growth, profitability, cycles and complexity.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 4, 2019

The article reminds us of what Merck R&D head Roger Perlmutter said about the subject back in 2013. “We Imagine knowing so little about your customer, in this case, the human body. We really understand very little about human physiology. Vas Narasimhan, Chief Executive Officer of Novartis AG. Will we see more miracles?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

Early 2012 marked the end of the third decade and 2013 finds us into the fourth. Examples include one-number forecasting, consensus forecasting without bias and error accountability, CPFR without measuring forecast accuracy of the downstream partner… The list could go on and on. 7) Belief that we had Best Practices.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The post Webinar: Using LTL Key Process Indicators (February 27, 2013) appeared first on The Logistics of Logistics. Damage free shipments. Billing accuracy. Customer service.

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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. One example was the journey to improve forecast accuracy.

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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 ). I think so. All that brain power and no way to scale their discussion, analysis, and decisions!

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

According to the article: The company says the [FusionOps] software, which tracks open purchase orders, product fill rate, sales, as well as where products are in the supply chain, helped boost the share of merchandise delivered on-time and in-full, considered a core metric among retailers, from 28% to 78%. billion in worldwide revenue.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2019

During the third quarter of 2018, for example, 61.5 per square foot—the highest level since it began tracking the metric in 1989. Within the supply chain, for example, knowing what inventory is on hand at any given time, quickly finding where inventory is, and then tying that data to transportation and delivery—is an ongoing challenge.

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Oracle SCM

AUGUST 1, 2018

Often this data is rolled up organizationally, geographically or in distribution through performance metrics or key performance indicators (targets change with these roll ups). See Oracle’s Internet of Things Cloud Application for more examples. safety stock or other planned parameters).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

For example, an application like SAP SNC, while functioning across supply chain tiers, is an enterprise data model that is inside-out, not outside-in. Until then, I am traveling to South Africa to speak at SAPICS 2013 on the book Bricks Matter. The conventional supply chain planning systems are designed for the enterprise.

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MIT Supply Chain

DECEMBER 5, 2013

MIT CTL partner companies participated in the Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chains Roundtable at MIT on November 21, 2013. On November 21 st , 2013, a group came together at an MIT CTL roundtable to address issues like these, and talk about related opportunities, barriers, and complexities.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 16, 2015

On September 5, 163 metric tons of relief supplies arrived via air shipments, including 86 tons of high-energy biscuits, 30,000 blankets, 25,000 sleeping mats, and 1,000 solar lanterns. For example, in 2013, the organization provided Syrian refugees with in-kind transportation of 394 metric tons of food and supplies.

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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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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

In the wake of COVID disruptions and the financial advantage earned by companies focusing on ESG despite major market uncertainty, investors are rapidly recognizing the strategic importance of these metrics as well. Similarly, Unilever’s purpose-led, Sustainable Living Brands grew 69% faster than the rest of the business in 2018. .

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2016

We see practical examples of this in the supply chain all the time – like parcel sorting, product packaging, automated guided vehicles, robotic lift trucks, etc. Our company, for example, utilizes drone technology to automate the identification and reconciliation of hard to reach inventory. Matt Yearling is CEO of PINC Solutions.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2019

We have established business metrics and we love to quantify our business strategies. In a letter to the ruler of Milan listing his strengths, sent in the early 1480s, Leonardo mentioned 10 different skills — designing bridges, tunnels, chariots, and catapults, for example — before adding at the end that he could also paint.”[4].

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Kinaxis

JUNE 2, 2017

According to data from Gartner’s 2013 S&OP Maturity Research Study, higher maturity businesses saw a 5.6% Some specific industry examples, as presented by Spooner, where advanced S&OP has created value include: Industrial. increase in revenue, 7.5% decrease in costs and a 7.2% Putting the pieces together. Inventory health.

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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. He left with us a shining example of a life well-lived. Sustaining innovations are neutral relative to both jobs and capital. This got me thinking….with

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 28, 2017

For example, companies can now do in days what used to take weeks of programming and customization. . We’re already seeing practical examples of this in supply chain operations, with parcel sorting, product packaging, automated guided vehicles, and robotic lift trucks. Matt Yearling is CEO of PINC Solutions.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 13, 2014

” Some of the discussions focused on performance-based contracts, and examples were discussed. In an example of such a contract, one of the clauses that really caught my attention was the following. For example, one of the contractors noted the importance of project controls in managing issues. Relationship of the Parties.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

In the wake of COVID disruptions and the financial advantage earned by companies focusing on ESG despite major market uncertainty, investors are rapidly recognizing the strategic importance of these metrics as well. Similarly, Unilever’s purpose-led, Sustainable Living Brands grew 69% faster than the rest of the business in 2018.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

Natural disasters, product shortages due to quality issues, the impact of currency rates on product costs and demand, and disruptions caused by IT service failures or security breaches are just a few examples of the risks supply chain executives face every day. What steps can you take to learn the language of the CFO?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 15, 2015

It was an appropriate theme for Descartes, a company that has grown and evolved its solution footprint significantly over the past decade, with 28 acquisitions since 2005, including 7 acquisitions since the last user conference in 2013. Sears has a “fanatical focus” on customer satisfaction and Net Promoter Scores.

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