Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 150

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Strategy Global Supply Chain 150

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 55

Inventory Reduction Material Savings Supply Chain Strategy Price Mitigation Strategies 55

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. The adoption of Terra’s products were brisk until 2011, but during 2012-2014 sales softened, resulting in employee layoffs and downsizing. In the last decade E2open did not integrate acquisitions well.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software 150

Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

economic output into 2014. Analysts point to the steep decline in orders for new transportation equipment as evidence that manufacturers are seeing weakness. In reality, it may not be softening demand at the root of manufacturers’ slowdown in the bookings for new trucks, trailers and other equipment.

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Capacity Demand Planning Software Transportation Report 138

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. Another one that is predominant in manufacturing is corporate responsibility, around conflict minerals and human rights.

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Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Conference North America 124

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

It is for this reason, that I discount the reporting by APQC, Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF) and Grocery Manufacturing Association (GMA) benchmarking data. Debra built the Gartner Hierarchy of supply chain metrics. With the lack of industry standard definition, self-reporting is not very useful. The reason is simple.

Benchmarking 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

While on most days it is hard to book at this hotel since demand is higher than supply of rooms, during this period, the room occupancy was so low, that they shut down the restaurants. While the macroeconomic signals trigger market downturns, to meet Wall Street expectations, manufacturers usually push products into the market.

Supply and Demand 150

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

From “5 New Year’s Resolutions for Supply Chain & Logistics Executives” originally published on January 14, 2014: 1. The good news is that leading practices in supply chain risk management are well documented in various books and publications , and new software applications are emerging to help companies manage this process.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

We wanted to see which companies were driving the fastest rate of improvement on the supply chain metrics that matter. If L’Oreal had performed above the industry sub-segment for inventory turns, they would have made the list for the Supply Chains to Admire for 2014. We studied this pre and post-recession. Here I share their story.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 150

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. manufacturers found that 60% of the companies operating in China are considering moving operations to other Southeast Asia countries in the next few years. A very recent survey of U.S.

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Supply Chain Design Software Global Transportation Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software 79

Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Nada is co-author of the book HUMACHINE besides plenty of other books. A similar idea that Nada describes in her book HUMACHINE. Google’s Cassy Korzakov already had her DI definition in this blog from 2019 , and Lorien Pratt published the book Link about decision intelligence in that same year.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Negotiating Skills 78

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

Using quantitative surveys, we collected the data in Figure 1 in 2014. The research is a study of large manufacturers. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. Background. Five Lessons to Learn.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Modeling 150

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. There is seldom one technology used within a manufacturing company to connect B2b value networks.)

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

SanDisk Corporation designs, develops and manufactures flash memory storage devices and software. The company is the third-largest manufacturer of flash memory in the world. Orbit Chart for SanDisk for 2006-2014. SanDisk’s Journey to Build a Supply Chain Customer Segmentation Strategy.

Inventory Reduction 150

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 150

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. Or did the machine fail in the digital manufacturing process? Digital Manufacturing. 4) e-commerce.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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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. Our approach simply breaks accountabilities and goals across the areas of Manufacturing, Logistics/Network Optimization and Ingredients/Packaging. What have you learned?

Case Study 286

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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. manufacturers found that 60% of the companies operating in China are considering moving operations to other Southeast Asia countries in the next few years. A very recent survey of U.S.

Supply Chain Design Software 41

Supply Chain Design Software Global Transportation Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software 41

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2015

Orbit Chart Comparing Syngenta and Monsanto Progress on the Effective Frontier – Balancing Inventory Turns and Operating Margin for the Period of 2005-2014. They will be featured in our digital showcase and are a part of the Jabil story on digital manufacturing.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Supply Chain Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Or is it the use of the Internet of Things to transform manufacturing or reduce issues with counterfeiting? This issue is that the orders have inherent order latency (The time for customer purchases to translate to manufacturing orders). Activists won, partially won, or settled 73% of proxy fights in 2014; this is up from 55% in 2010.

Supply and Demand 150

Supply and Demand Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 150

GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

We trudge on with our top posts from our main blog categories by page view for all of 2014 from the Cerasis blog by featuring another area Cerasis is an expert in: Transportation. Top 16 Most Popular Transportation Blog Posts of 2014. Let’s take a look at these trucking industry trends and what kind of facts they provide.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Christensen book, The Innovators Dilemma. Insuring that each function, including online marketing, store operations and supply chain have common objectives, metrics and aligned rewards for the coming year. Posted by: Ronna | January 3, 2014 10:40 AM. Posted by: Jordan | January 5, 2014 1:11 PM.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Former McKinsey analyst Markus Zils adds, “The circular economy aims to eradicate waste — not just from manufacturing processes, as lean management aspires to do, but systematically, throughout the life cycles and uses of products and their components. It is important not to confuse those metrics with the circular economy. Footnotes.

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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. Value, i.e. Price to Tangible Book Value (PTBV).

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 22, 2015

I was moving from a position where I led a manufacturing operation to being a part of a team to design supply chain software to improve planning decisions. I was moving from the world of manufacturing to a new world of software. The technology world moves at a quicker pace than the world of manufacturing and distribution.

Inventory Reduction 150

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Maybe I’m stating the obvious but… a lot has changed in the world of manufacturing since Keith Oliver of Booz, Allen and Hamilton Inc. The book looks at how companies can foster ongoing supply chain collaboration by eliminating the disconnects between data, processes and people. coined the term “supply chain management” in early 1982.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. To meet the criteria for The Supply Chains to Admire for 2016, companies needed to score better than their peer group average for performance metrics, while driving a higher level of improvement than 2/3 of their industry peer group.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Supply and Demand 150

GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 31, 2015

We have also featured on our blog over 90 guest bloggers featuring voices from experts in all of the five main categories who have talked about such subjects as the Skills Gap, Reshoring, Technology, Innovation, STEM, the Maker Movement, Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain, the Internet of Things, and much much more.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

Mobile apps can generate reports and monitor performance metrics. After graduating from the University of Oxford, Hunter Yaw worked as a project manager for several companies, including as the Head of Special Projects, Fuel Logistics for the Sochi 2014 Organizing committee. Dr Julian Stephens. ScienceSoft.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

My journey to understand supply chain Metrics That Matter started three years ago. I was sitting at my kitchen table attempting to write a celebratory book on the 30th anniversary of supply chain management. Balance: The ability to balance a portfolio of metrics to maximize market capitalization and free cash flow.

Metrics 287

Metrics Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Inventory Reduction 287

FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The reason that cargo is booked today? And that results in ocean freight carriers booking…allowing a lot more bookings than they carry. Half of them are what we call 1PL — so they’re other retailers and manufacturers who are operating their warehouses. They can plan better. How much do I have?

Modeling Software 31

Modeling Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Predictive Analytics Software 31

NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

The are a regional make to order kitchen cabinet manufacturer, and have two primary sales channels of modular kitchen and bathroom cabinets. By 2014 and 2016 revenue was back up to almost its previous high point. In the last year, Stuart has disposed and destroyed all that inventory and taken it off the books. “We

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Manufacturing is core to the middle class and a healthy economy. At the end of 2014, many leaders that I work with are preparing their 2015 strategies. The word digital is everywhere in their presentations– digital path to purchase, digital agriculture, and digital manufacturing. As they talked, I winced. e-commerce.

Analytics Software 293

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

“OPEC and 10 producers outside the cartel, including Russia, agreed late last month to continue holding back nearly 2% of crude production from the global market through the end of [2018]…with the aim of alleviating a supply glut that has plagued oil markets since 2014,” according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

As I closed the book, and prepared to go to bed, my mind raced. I read Chapter 17 in the book on the difference in productivity impact of the two industrial revolutions many, many times. The effect was primarily on office productivity and entertainment, but not on manufacturing. The period of 2004-2014 had a.4

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