Supply Chain Brain

JULY 15, 2025

The deal was reworked to raise the price floor in both 2002 and 2008, before a new agreement that separated pricing categories for different types of tomatoes was signed in 2013. border entries for bulk tomatoes.

Mexico

Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 6, 2025

Cathay’s last Boeing order was in 2013. The carrier was one of the first to commit to the 777X program when it placed an order in December 2013, for 21 777-9s. is doubling down on its long-haul expansion with the first purchase of Boeing Co. Since then, the U.S. operates a fleet of 234 aircraft: 72 Boeing planes and 162 Airbus jets.

Procurement Analytics

Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 16, 2025

From buildings and equipment to inventory, commercial property insurance covers a broad spectrum, ensuring that businesses can bounce back from setbacks like natural disasters, theft, or accidents. This insurance is no mere luxury but a necessity, providing a safety net for the diverse assets that businesses rely on.

Policies

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

was presented in 2013. Stuck today, nine out of ten companies struggle to improve performance at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. His hair is a non-starter for me.), and thank South Carolina and promise to make America Great Again, I thought of the work of the German government on “Industrie 4.0.”

South Carolina

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 12, 2020

Downsizing inventories over the past decade crippled the response.” In Table 1, I share research collected for the Supply Chains to Admire analysis on the average days of inventory by industry across the period of 2004 to 2019 by increments to match economic shifts. Days of Inventory Peer Group Across Time Periods.

Inventory Management Software

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.

Prescriptive Analytics Software

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 24, 2024

When we compare the companies listed on the Gartner Top 25 to peer group results for the period of 2013-2023, we find that 59% of the listed companies score below their peer group on year-over-year growth, 41% below their peer group on inventory turns, and 41% fall below their peer group on Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

Gartner

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 25, 2024

The second part of the story is that inventory turns for Lenovo are 10.8, Ranking at #13, PepsiCo outperforms on inventory turns, but performance is declining. Performance of PepsiCo Compared to Beverage Peer Group for the Period of 2013-2023 Now let’s compare these patterns to a company driving improvement and outperforming.

Eliminating Excel in Purchasing

Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2013

In this week’s news… UPS Freight Announces 2013 Rate Adjustment. Cass Freight Index Report for May 2013. The rate adjustment will take effect on June 10, 2013, and applies to minimum charge, less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload (TL) rates, and accessorial charges.”. The cloud builds up steam ( Financial Times ).

Logistics Network Optimization Software

The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 18, 2013

In lean consulting, you would often find excess inventory, rework, over processing and other wasteful practices inside a warehouse. The warehouse business is made up of the following 7 service offerings: pick and pack , cross-docking , fulfillment , distribution center management , vendor managed inventory , sub-assembly and site location.

North America

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2024

Many discussions focus on driving improvement through planning, yet, when I take the client case studies on the websites of leading planning technologies and map the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, I do not see metric improvement, sustained performance, or an increase in value. As I write, I scratch my head.

Gartner

Talking Logistics

JUNE 28, 2013

NAFTA Trade in April 2013. Menlo Worldwide Logistics and Temasek Polytechnic Establish Scholarship Programme, Announce 2013 Winners. Tweet The post This Week in Logistics News (June 24-28, 2013) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. ATA Releases Latest Freight Forecast, Projecting Strong Trucking Growth.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Years from now, when we look back at 2013, we might say this was the year where logistics truly became a strategic weapon for companies. Tweet The post This Week in Logistics News (October 14-18, 2013) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. What are the odds I’ll use them again? Have a happy weekend!

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

SAP Announces Second Quarter and First Half Results 2013. According to the press release: Oracle In-Memory Consumption-Driven Planning helps organizations understand and respond on a daily basis to true end-customer demand thus helping to reduce bullwhip effect and to improve on-shelf availability and inventory turns. .

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Kinaxis

MARCH 22, 2017

But the sheer complexity of supply chain networks, and the impact design decisions have on operational performance, makes supply chain inventory management aligning inventory investments with on-time customer delivery and margins a major challenge. trillion in cash according to a 2013 US Working Capital Survey.

Optimal Sourcing

GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart would not have the ability to provide such low prices and have consistent inventory in the over 5,000 stores in the United States and over 1.3 restaurant industry made in 2013. About 81% of Walmart merchandise passed through those centers in 2013, the website said. Decades in the Making.

Gartner

Talking Logistics

MAY 17, 2013

What I found most interesting, however, was this statistic quoted in the press release: “According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, as of January 2013, 31 percent of American adults own a tablet computer , up from 25 percent in August 2012 and four percent in 2010.” Song of the Week: “Stubborn Love” by The Lumineers.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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. However, due to a variety of factors, companies are losing ground on driving progress on both inventory turns and operating margin.

Pharmaceutical

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.

Gartner

Talking Logistics

AUGUST 9, 2013

In technology-related news, Oracle announced the new release of Oracle Retail Allocation that helps retailers “to deliver the right product, in the best assortment, for each location using real-time inventory levels along with sales and planning information.” Oracle Retail Allocation 13.3 Robinson is a Talking Logistics sponsor.

Logistics Network Optimization Software

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).

Supply Chain Design Software

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

NAFTA Trade in September 2013 than in September 2012. They have engineered new strategies for jockeying inventory across the country to avoid overstocks and markdowns and to keep customers from defecting to Amazon, a big problem last year. . -Japan Impasse Dogs Pan-Pacific Trade Talks ( Wall Street Journal ). Percent For December, 2.3

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Adrian Gonzalez (@talkinlogistics) September 24, 2013. Finally, according to a Bloomberg article, it seems like Walmart is having some inventory management issues. inventory growth at Wal-Mart outstripped sales gains in the second quarter at a faster rate than at the retailer’s biggest rivals. Be Sociable, Share!

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2024

An average margin of 21% with inventory turns of 1.58 Sanofi Performance Versus Peer Group for 2013-2022 Similarly, I find 35% of companies following the pack not able to drive resilience in the face of market shifts. The performance in 2022 is almost the same as that in 2013 (note the circular pattern). Challenge this paradigm.)

Supply Chain Planning Software

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.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

turns in 2013. Kellogg posted 19% margin in 2013 and 6.96 turns in 2013 but fell to 11% margin and 6.05 Orbit Charts for Kimberly-Clark and Kellogg for 2013-2022 A good friend of mine, asked, “Isn’t this the impact of the pandemic.” This work completed in 2013 defined the Supply Chains to Admire.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

Early 2012 marked the end of the third decade and 2013 finds us into the fourth. It comes in many flavors–increase in inventory, changes in sales policies, new product lines– all add to the complexity. The only industry that has made progress in inventory management is consumer electronics.

Forecasting

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.

Supply Chain Design Software

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2024

The challenges brought about by the pandemic made many rethink strategy when it came to inventory, stock on hand, secondary options and the ability to guarantee supply and resiliency. Their main reasoning was to contain supply chain costs, reduce the amount of space used for inventory at hospitals and ultimately help provide better care.

Prescriptive Analytics Software

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.

Case Study

Talking Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2018

The tariff situation has companies in a quandary as they debate whether to “load up” on inventory now — to ward off the impacts of potentially-higher tariffs on imported goods — or hold off for now and hope that the political environment calms and things get to back to “normal.” Sharpening Their Pencils.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

On the 2nd of April, I sat before a board discussing how a company could exceed expectations in the delivery of Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and superior operating margins and fail at the delivery of customer service and inventory. An Orbit Chart of Customer Service (Case Fill) Versus Inventory Turns.

Supply Chain Design Software

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

The future inventory fire sale. One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In The metrics selection resulted from work with Arizona State University in 2013.)

Supply Chain Planning Software

GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Lean Inventory: Using Lean Initiatives To Manage Inventory. More firms are implementing lean inventory management techniques to reduce costs, improve flexibility and have more time to focus on their customers. >>> Read the Full Blog Post to Learn About Lean Inventory. Top Supply Chain Blog Posts from 2013.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Companies tightly coupling the budget to S&OP have significantly higher inventories and lower growth than their peer group. Deployment of deeper statistical engines for inventory management with a focus on safety stock will improve inventory levels. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007.

S&OP

GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2015

From NNMI's website, there comes sharper focus on the program: In September 2013, the President launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee 2.0 (AMP A lot of this has already been covered within the previous sections, but you can save money by lowering your production and inventory costs.

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Today, 90% of publicly-traded companies are stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. 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. It is needed.

Supply Chain Design Software