Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

As supply chain clichés take flight, clients struggle with execution. One of these concepts that I hear a lot; but see few tangible examples, is the idea of “customer-segmented supply chain.” The discussion of customer-segmented supply chains happens often. How do they buy from you?”

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 19, 2017

When the Supply Chains to Admire TM report came out last week, I scrolled right to the winners. As you can see from Figure 1, the Supply Chains to Admire methodology has 3 steps. Supply Chains to Admire Methodology. Supply Chains to Admire Methodology. Looking at Proctor and Gamble.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

In my work with Supply Chain Insights , I immerse myself in learning. I continually question my long-held beliefs on supply chain excellence. . When readers finish a Supply Chain Shaman blog, I want to drive a set of unique takeaways. Figure 1: Supply Chain Planning Benchmarking Methodology Overview.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

These consumer products global leaders paved the road for supply chain excellence by defining new supply chain practices. Today, each leader wants to take their empowered team to new supply chain heights. At Supply Chain Insights, we published a report card yesterday. Who is poised to win?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For the supply chain leader it is time to reflect and build budget targets. For the discrete industries we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee, and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. Inventory Turns.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

Over the course of the last two years, we at Supply Chain Insight s have worked on a methodology to gauge supply chain improvement. We named it the Supply Chain Index. We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Background on the Supply Chain Index.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 27, 2015

How can supply chain management enable profitable growth? Getting to the answer requires retailers to take a broader, more strategic perspective of supply chain management, one that goes beyond defining supply chain excellence only in terms of cost reduction and control.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

In the presentation, I shared data on the evolution of supply chain planning and the results on user satisfaction. Neither technology vendor is an industry leader in delivering a solution that fits the needs of the supply chain planner. Summary Data of User Satisfaction with Supply Chain Planning Applications.

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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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For the supply chain leader, it is time to reflect and build budget targets. For the discrete industries, we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. Inventory Turns.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Interview with Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights and Author of Supply Chain Metrics that Matter ( published December 2014 ). Lora Cecere is the founder and CEO of the research firm Supply Chain Insights. What inspired you to write your book? Thanks for your time today.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

Supply chain leaders are competitive. They want to drive supply chain excellence; but today, the definition is not clear. At the time, I was a new analyst at AMR Research and the concept of scoring supply chains was new. Inventory Turns (15%) (based on 2014 results). Reflection.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

Supply chain leaders are competitive. The field of supply chain management–combining source, make and deliver–into a common process started in 1982. Now in 2018, we are starting to see the evolution of “Gods” with new business models that are redefining supply chain processes.

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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. Question 1: What drives a Successful Implementation of Supply Chain Planning? Supply chain planning is now on its third decade.

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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. The book is now a very worn manuscript. The average client that has implemented demand sensing technologies has reduced inventory by 11%. This is a networking group that meets by phone once a month.

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Kinaxis

MAY 9, 2016

by CJ Wehlage Two years ago, I made some very bold predictions on the 2014 Top 25 Supply Chains, and about 80% of them were true. Last year, I made the not-so bold predictions, as the Gartner 2015 Top 25 Supply Chain rankings were pretty much unchanged. Inventory turns, mostly, will follow Revenue.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

In the supply chain, the questions do not change; but the answers do. Quote from a Supply Chain Leader at a Conference in Europe. Yesterday, Peter Bolstorff, Executive Director, APICS Supply Chain Council, called to discuss the use of the Supply Chain Index by APICS to measure supply chain improvement.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

We’ve made our predictions , but it’s the unexpected that makes supply chain management so exciting and demanding. Did you come up with any New Year’s resolutions to improve as a supply chain and logistics leader this year? Supply chain management is risky business — and the risks are growing every day.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Retail was slow to adopt supply chain processes to drive new business models; and as a result, traditional retail redefinition of supply chain processes got caught in the omni-channel hype while Amazon worked its magic to become a market leader. A Closer Look at Consumer Value Chains and the Value of the EACH.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For the past twenty-two years, I have had the luxury of watching supply chain stories unfold. Over time, I used this group as a research panel to better understand the choices made by supply chain leaders and what made a difference in balance sheet performance. I give thanks for this experience. What did work?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. It is a story of supply chain innovation. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 7, 2017

I see these same mistakes, day in day out, Across all industries, across all countries, and it has been that way for as long as I can remember… So let me share some thoughts that might help you avoid these mistakes and boost your Supply Chain performance. I have a ‘top 10’ list of common Supply Chain mistakes.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Our salute to the best advancements in supply chain technology, processes and labor management from 2017. This is our annual salute to the best in people, processes and technology within the supply chain arena. This is our annual salute to the best in people, processes and technology within the supply chain arena.

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Arkieva

APRIL 7, 2016

In a previous blog “ Balancing Cash Cost and Service: The Supply Chain Triangle ” we have introduced the idea that supply chain management is all about balancing three corners of a triangle: cash, cost and service. Ensure continued alignment by sharing inventory turns as a KPI. the red arrow in Figure 4.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

We believe that supply chain excellence helps a company to better balance demand and supply. We also believe that it helps companies to be more resilient: weathering demand and supply volatility while maximizing opportunities and mitigating risks. What does the future of supply chain excellence look like?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Markets drive supply chains. The supply chain needs to respond to market demand and consumer sentiment. Traditional supply chain processes do not sense. For supply chain leaders, this market downturn defines a new set of opportunities and risks. They respond. This is a major disconnect.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2015

Seldom do I see a commercial leader transition to supply chain, and I wanted to gain his insights. Orbit Chart Comparing Syngenta and Monsanto Progress on the Effective Frontier – Balancing Inventory Turns and Operating Margin for the Period of 2005-2014. He led the team during the period of 2007-2009. Shane said.

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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. If you haven’t seen the movie or read the book, it is a great story in leadership. Also more end to end KPI’s – our own inventory – but don’t have supply chain lead-times on end to end.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a two part series featuring Chuck Intrieri, who along with providing excellent insights over at his industry leading The Lean Supply Chain blog, is also a consultant who works with companies for Cost Reduction, Supply Chain Optimization, Logistics, Manufacturing, and 3PL Selection.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 29, 2017

In my new book “ The Living Supply Chain ” co-written with Tom Linton, we reflect on the new capabilities required to be able to work with the evolving imperative of real-time data. Two key concepts reflect the core elements of real-time supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. Let me explain.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 30, 2021

Unplanned downtime occurs when there is an unexpected event like equipment failure, or an interruption in the supply chain. Here we look at the causes of unplanned downtime, which fall under the three broad categories of asset failure, supply chain issues, and unforeseeable events.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

We will decide and response faster in our supply chain and make higher quality operational and strategic decisions. I believe that soon enough it will become a must to provide new roles to young graduates for them to be interested in working in supply chain. A similar idea that Nada describes in her book HUMACHINE.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2016

In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: EU Approves FedEx Acquisition of TNT Express ( WSJ – sub. LoJack SCI and TransVoyant Partner to Deliver Supply Chain Risk Alerting. INTTRA Collaborates with JDA Software for Streamlined Transportation Management.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

From optimizing freight movements and controlling freight costs, to supply chain SKU transparency and optimal inventory management, the value proposition for global transportation management is substantial and significant. Complexity in the global supply chain has increased dramatically since that time.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

of total tech investments in 2012 to 1.37% in the first half of 2014. Ubiquitous data collection, as goods, supply chain assets and warehouses communicate with each all spell out huge data insights. Supply Chain Quarterly , from Lew Manci @CrownEquipment ]. Supply Chain Today in Freightos, @SCMProfessor ].

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Instead of setting up brick-and-mortar stores, or keeping inventory on hand, you can start offering this new product on your new store. Manufacturers will be able to improve their inventory due to the information presented by both supply chain and operations data. The Role of Robotics.

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