Talking Logistics

JULY 27, 2015

Supply chain management spans many functions and processes, including demand planning, sourcing, merchandising, supplier relationship management, inventory management, inbound and outbound transportation, distribution management, and store operations. How much inventory do we have across our network? Where’s my shipment or truck?

Supply Chain Design Software 100

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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. Colgate outperformed P&G in Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), and P&G exceeded Colgate in inventory turns. The question was, “What mattered? What Worked.

Inventory Reduction 55

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

When companies look at singular metrics (labor costs or inventory), they have moved backwards. These reports will be the foundation of the new book that we are writing for 2014. We will release preview copies as ebooks over the course of the summer. Active management of value networks and scenario planning makes a difference.

Supply Chain Design Software 255

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 24, 2015

Consider the Supply Chain Insights report, Research in Review (Nov 2014), that states: “Many companies have five to 30 Enterprise Resource Planning systems and two to three supply chain planning systems. No accounting for outside value, such as inventory being purchased, assembled or shipped by third parties.

S&OP 100

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