GlobalTranz
APRIL 25, 2016
Sure, supply chain cost reduction is important in reducing the cost of goods sold (COGS) and increasing profit, but there are other measurements which should not be forgotten. 3 Key Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance Beyond Cost Reduction. As of November 2013, there were 31 GPS satellites in operation.
ivalua
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
According to Accenture, 94% of Fortune 1000 companies saw supply chain disruptions and 75% had negative or strongly negative impacts on their businesses due to the pandemic. As a result of the disruption, cost management and supply chain visibility were suddenly top of mind for executive leadership teams. .
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 3, 2013
This multi-tier solution is designed to reduce the bullwhip effect by improving demand and supply translation through multi-tier concurrency. It is a more mature version of Supply Chain Visibility, enabling multi-tier orchestration of demand and supply matching. They are not designed for multi-tier functionality.
Talking Logistics
MAY 8, 2013
The collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh last week , which killed at least 705 workers and injured thousands of others, has put a spotlight on a problem that plagues many supply chains: the use of slave labor. The bottom line: the use of slave labor in supply chains is a symptom of poor supply chain visibility.
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)).
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.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 13, 2017
If the arrow is red, the industry is moving backwards on a metric. Is this because this value chain is a laggard? To analyze supply chain excellence more holistically, four years ago we started work on the Supply Chains to Admire methodology. Companies, based on culture, tend to focus on singular metrics.
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