Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics. Organizational alignment in manufacturing organizations is worse between operations and finance teams today than in 2013. As long as companies are motivated by functional metrics, inventory management will be an enigma. Mistake #5. Measurement.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 4, 2015

In the first post our long tme guest blogger, Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chai n, gave us 5 core metrics to evaluate supplier performance using supplier quality management and a 4 step process to execute. Review of SQM Metrics and Issues Across 5 Core Industries. #1: Trend Metrics Collected per Site. Medical Devices.

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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 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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Supply Chain Digest

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

We Ranked Almost 70 Sectors from Largest Increase in Turns Since 2013 to Largest Decrease in this Key Metric

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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. We find that companies will establish metric targets in isolation and throw the supply chain out of balance.

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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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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 6, 2013

The success of the third-party logistics industry is evident in the generally high marks given to 3PLs by respondents to a survey as part of the 2013 17th Annual Third Party Logistics Study, which identifies trends and explores how both 3PLs and shippers are using these relationships to improve and enhance their businesses and supply chains.

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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

APRIL 25, 2013

The relationship between corporate financial performance and supply chain metrics was complex; and in my first attempts, I was unable to derive a correlation. I wanted to better understand which metrics truly mattered. However, as many of you know, I am stubborn. I wanted to know more. I hungered to know the patterns. Definitions.

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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. It is hard to not get cranky and out-of-sorts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

The first step was to charter a research project with the Arizona State University statistics department to analyze which combination of metrics drives the highest market capitalization. The research project analyzed 1200 combinations of 180 metrics for four hundred companies for the period of 2010-2012. The result? The reason?

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Supply Chain Insights

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. How did you select the final list of fifteen companies ? Was the list of the Supply Chains to Admire hard to select?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

I am looking at the data for 2000-2013 for several reasons. I am hearing it again in my interviews for the book Metrics That Matter. I define the resiliency measurement as the tightness of the pattern at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns for the period of 2000-2013. We have stubbed our toes. Encompassing.

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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. Supply Chain Design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2017

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. If the arrow is green, progress was made.

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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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Gartner S&OP Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Software 267

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

MAY 21, 2013

Some helpful reports include: Supply Chain Metrics That Matter: The Cash-to-Cash Cycle. Supply Chain Metrics That Matter: A Focus on the Pharmaceutical Industry. Supply Chain Metrics That Matter: Driving Reliability in Margins. Published by Supply Chain Insights in January 2013.

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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 Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

In 2013, we will continue to serve this community by expanding services. This week, we are also announcing our Supply Chain Insights Global Summit to be held at the Phoenician on September 11th-12th, 2013. We have had fun, but I feel that we have accomplished a lot, and I am excited for the work that we are planning to do in 2013.

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

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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. .” As I shuffle along, I am not sure. I shake my head. Why Does It Matter? The result is outlined in figure 1.

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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 Opz

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Data Collection To answer the above question, I''ve searched for new books published during 2010-2013 on Amazon.com. Metrics used to evaluate these new books are as below, 1) Citation count from Google Scholar 2) Number of reviews found on Amazon.com 3) Editorial Opinion Citation count is a standard way to evaluate any publication.

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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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Gartner Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Strategy 137

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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Kinaxis

JUNE 9, 2017

Microsoft acquired them in 2013, the company then laid off 12,500 people in 2014, then acquired Alcatel Lucent only to sell off a business unit to Foxconn. In this area, Gartner should push the metrics benchmark. We need to figure out how to normalize this oddity that keeps McDonald’s in the top five every year.

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Gartner Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Benchmarking 166

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. You just do not see the patterns of the interrelationships of metrics in an Excel spreadsheet. It is a slow week.

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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. LTL Key Process Indicators. Cost per pound. On time performance. Damage free shipments. Billing accuracy. Customer service.

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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. At other times, you can lower the dimmer and automate routine parts of the planning processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

All combined, the sustainability requirements will emphasize the need for end-to-end visibility systems that can track sustainability metrics, analyze data on the scale, and check vendor sustainability credentials all across the supply chain. Cybersecurity Threats The number of cyber attack incidents and data breaches increased by 15.1%

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

The most popular posts are on demand management and Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. In 2013, we will continue to serve this community by expanding services. This week, we are also announcing our Supply Chain Insights Global Summit to be held at the Phoenician on September 11th-12th, 2013. The Shaman has served me well.

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Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Supply and Demand 181

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

Early 2012 marked the end of the third decade and 2013 finds us into the fourth. It will be nice to be home and to have time to write on this second book, Metrics that Matter. Supply chain management, as a practice in commercial operations, is now thirty years old. How would you have answered the question? Anything you would add?

Forecasting 268

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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 30, 2014

2) The focus needs to be on driving a balanced portfolio of metrics that goes across the organization. To do the analysis, we cross tabbed multiple studies that we completed in 2013 and 2014 and then enriched the data with our financial ratio data base. The process needs to be very disciplined.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During 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. In addition, a one-time cost savings does not count either. Conclusion: Figure 2.

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