Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

And yet, prior to replacing a legacy inventory management system and implementing a supply chain analytics solution from FusionOps , the share of merchandise the company delivered on-time and in-full was a dismal 28 percent! How did this vast improvement in a key supply chain metric translate into financial performance?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

In 2014 Thoma Bravo acquired GHX, a Supply Chain Operating Network for healthcare. In 2014 OpenText acquired GXS. With the evolution of big data analytics, these Supply Chain Operating Network architectures are evolving: prescriptive and cognitive analytics enhanced by more advanced visualization and benchmarking.

Supply Chain Network Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

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). Second Phase: 2006-2014. As we focused on complexity reduction, we developed strong analytical approach to not only cost, but also cost-to-serve and landed cost.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2015

2014 was not a good year for the western ports. In contrast, Kinaxis, a close competitor to E2open, went pubic in 2014 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. He advised that it will take an average of three additional weeks for container unloading for the west coast ports throughout 2015. This week, the travels continue.

Long Beach 150

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Additional benefits of good decision practices are reducing (non automated) decision time with 75%, reducing wasted analytics with 60% and improving employee engagement with 50%. Augmented analytics runs (automated) advanced analytics to provide unique insights or different possibilities to a planner/user.

Supply Chain Planning Software 78

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This work started in 2014 when the Colgate team challenged me for giving so much admiration for the P&G team in my first book, Bricks Matter. We started charting public performance on Orbit charts studying the relationships between metrics and having conversations with manufacturing and retail teams about their results.

Inventory Reduction 53

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Datum: 17-18 November 2014. In 2014, we’re looking to deep-dive into the following critical topic areas: Reconciling business and technology priorities for the Logistics CIO – debate the evolving role of the top IT role at your organization: Is there still room for a CIO in logistics or is IT a core competency of the head of operations?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The consulting team pitches a theme–vision of supply chain best practices, big data analytics, or demand-driven value networks– to the executive team, and a new project is initiated. In addition, I am now done with the page proofs for my new book, Metrics that Matter. The book publishes in December 2014.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. The goal is deeper analytics to sense and respond across make, source and deliver.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Researchers assign various measures of importance to each of the metrics, sometimes treating them equally, sometimes separating one out of the pack.”[2] It will bring the power of context to the concept of data discovery with automated analytics. 6] George Firican, “ The 10 Vs of Big Data ,” Upside, 8 February 2017. [7]

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2014

I also continued to work on the manuscript for the book Metrics That Matter to publish in the fall of 2014. So, I am going to focus here and share my answer: Demand sensing is the application of analytic technologies to detect short-term patterns in channel data and translate it into distribution requirements.

Supply and Demand 281

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Logility

APRIL 8, 2014

Analytics Everywhere. These were just a few of the themes discussed at this year’s Connections 2014, Logility’s customer conference. Bryan Ball highlighted the top disruptive supply chain trends including the increasing speed of business, talent and training, and measurement and metric alignment. Commentary.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

We developed the Supply Chain Index in 2014 as a way to measure supply chain improvement at a balance sheet level. I responded, by saying that I believe that the SCOR model and the Gartner Hierarchy of Metrics reward functional behavior and improve functional outcomes.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

Instead, they are standalone marketplace offerings solving one of four business problems: supply chain multi-tier visibility, inter-enterprise systems of record, benchmark analytics, and delivering collaborative workflows. I have never been in Africa. I am looking forward to sharing my insights about the supply chain leaders there.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I was attending the Zycus Horizons 2014 conference at Amelia Island today, listening to speakers. A second response was provided by Niklas Hamnstedt Chief Procurement Officer at TE Connectivity: “I would like to see a stronger rating of supply risk and a supply risk metric.

Manufacturing Procurement 124

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Rather they honed in on the fact in just seven years, when they’re predicting the tipping point will be reached, we won’t have enough readily available talent who understands S&OP, analytics and supply chain in the needed context. Not an easy task. And that means an easier way to ensure end-to-end supply chain health and performance.

Supply Chain Software 100

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IQMS

JULY 11, 2019

Manufacturer’s adoption of machine learning and analytics to improve predictive maintenance is predicted to increase 38% in the next five years according to PwC. Analytics and MI-driven process and quality optimization are predicted to grow 35% and process visualization and automation, 34%. PDF, no opt-in) 2017 Honeywell User’s Group.

Manufacturing Procurement 42

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2015

All KPIS have metrics to measure. As an example, our shipper customers who come to Cerasis for better and more efficient transportation management , meet with our account managers to review their shipping activity and use our analytics within our TMS to set new benchmarks and update KPIs so the shipper is continuously improving.

KPI 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

As a result, companies like AstraZenca, BASF, Colgate, Reckitt Benckiser, Seagate, and Taiwan Semiconductor outperformed their peer group in the period of 2006-2014, but sustained improvement becomes more and more difficult. We are just beginning to understand how to use sentiment data and new forms of analytics. Analytics Maturity.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Analytical innovation and digital transformation drove step-change capabilities within the office and marketing. There is the need for an analytics strategy that can power outside-in, real-time processes using structured AND unstructured data. Build a scrappy, cross-functional team to test and learn using new forms of analytics.

Supply and Demand 150

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2019

The CMS was designed to continuously monitor retailer websites for updates, import updates into the system, and apply analytics to the order fulfillment process. He asserts, “Suppliers just need to figure out the best way to improve their supply chain and logistics so that they can hit a metric to improve the flow of inventory.”[5]

Procurement Analytics 113

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In 2014, a Supply Chain Council survey found that managing global supply chain complexity was among the top 5 major issues. The optimization of Money: Optimizing the value of money is the easiest metric to measure when it comes to on-boarding a global TMS solution. 3 value reasons why you should consider acquiring a global TMS.

Supply Chain Design Software 79

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 28, 2019

They explain, “If a company scores an impressive 99 percent in all four categories measured by the standard Perfect Order Metric (POM) — complete, on time, damage-free, proper documentation with correct invoicing — the result would be a POM score of just 96 percent. ” Apptricity Blog , 25 November 2014. [2] Footnotes. [1]

Logistics Network Optimization Software 100

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Locus

MARCH 30, 2022

Its historical data insights on various delivery metrics help you evaluate the performance of delivery partners and rectify the inefficiencies that crop up. The same report also projected that India will add 404 million urban dwellers between 2014 and 2050. Improve flexibility of pharma deliveries. Conclusion.

Pharmaceutical 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Redesign the process, then use IT I’ll give you a recent example from my business, which enables real-time supply chain visibility, with AI-powered predictive insights and analytics, for the world’s largest shippers and their partners. Metrics are critical as well. But be wary of setting “moonshot goals” that may take years to achieve.

Supply Chain Planning Software 238

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In 2014, a Supply Chain Council survey found that managing global supply chain complexity was among the top 5 major issues. The optimization of Money: Optimizing the value of money is the easiest metric to measure when it comes to on-boarding a global TMS solution. 3 value reasons why you should consider acquiring a global TMS.

Supply Chain Design Software 41

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 27, 2014

The FIFA World Cup tournament takes place every four years, but the 2014 event, which kicked off on June 12 in Brazil, has something that makes it unique: tracking technology. How about soccer balls embedded with sensors to measure key metrics? Tracking data is used in the measurement of key metrics and to analyze performance.

Supply Chain Software 53

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2019

In a November 2014 video for UPS , MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi described the power and value of the network effect as follows: “The network effect exists when the addition of another element [to the network] makes all the existing elements in the [network] better off,” explains Sheffi, citing cell phone networks and Facebook as examples.

Supply Chain Network Software 115

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2016

You can use modeling technology to accurately identify and quantify potential supply chain risks and their corresponding costs, and develop mitigation strategies through scenario optimization and advanced analytics to build resiliency into your operations. This provides high-level metrics for evaluating risk in the supply chain.

Modeling 70

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 15, 2015

The other members of the consortium are the University of Massachusetts Medical School, which leads the current initiative, the Boston Children’s Hospital, Avenir Analytics, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The 63 metric ton air shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) and sanitation supplies valued at some $1.8

Liberia 40

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Development of the model began in 2014, and included several prototype phases, with increasingly larger samples of companies included. Based on several iterations of discussions, reviews of metrics, and benchmarking, the team settled on a system for assessing two important indications of supply chain performance.

North Carolina 15

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IQMS

MAY 1, 2018

Bottom Line: Manufacturers are reaching a new level of results in 2018 because they have clearer, more actionable insights based on real-time manufacturing and quality metrics than ever before. Quality Metrics Enable Customer-Driven Manufacturing Networks. Quality Metrics Defining the Future of Manufacturing.

Manufacturing Procurement 56

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This years theme was "Smarter Partnering theme for Smarter Business" with emphasis on key technologies like Mobile, Social, Business Analytics, Big Data, Cloud and Expert Integrated Systems. IBM calls it "smart" now, due to embedded analytics capabilities in IBM offerings. January 2014. Copyright © 2014 Infosys Limited.

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Jaggaer

JULY 2, 2020

In 2014, Jeff Weiss wrote in the Harvard Business Review , “Preparation is the key to any successful negotiation, but few people spend enough time on it.” Here are a few examples: Information on the supplier: company , subsidiaries , history, performance metrics, etc. . J ust using an analytics approach is not enough.

Negotiating Skills 71

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to a July 2014 supply chain research study from Accenture focused on Big Data and supply chain risk management, most organizations have high hopes for using big data analytics in their supply chain but many have had challenges in deploying it. You can start small with a few trading partners and expand over time.

Supply Chain Design Software 196

Supply Chain Design Software Big Data Supply Chain Visibility Optimal Sourcing 196

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Over the period of 2009-2015 only 88% of companies made improvement on the “Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.” (The The Supply Chain Metrics That Matter are a portfolio of metrics which correlate to higher market capitalization. We are very excited about business analytics. The results get a lot of attention.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 154

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

by CJ Wehlage The Supply Chain Insights annual conference was held on September 10-11, 2014 at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona. While there was always passionate discussions on companies and metrics, the end goal was to raise awareness of supply chain as a practice. Value of supply chain planning and analytics.

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