2014 Innovation Metrics Sourcing 
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2022
At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) I never calculated and accounted for the inter-dependencies between metrics.
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 25, 2021
Enterprise resilience–the ability to have consistent balance sheet returns despite market volatility– decreased starting in 2014. Let’s start with honesty and a focus on process innovation. The Focus Inside-out Supported by Functional Metrics. There are many reasons. Reversing The Trend. Maturity Model.
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Material Handling & Logistics
DECEMBER 2, 2018
In that spirit, we’ve combed the MH&L archives for the most innovative supply chain developments of the past year, as reported in our print magazine, on our website, in our e-newsletters, or our various social media channels. We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 26, 2021
In 2014, the company’s revenues were $43 million. Dual sourcing has also helped with partner responsiveness. This gives Pure real-time visibility to core performance metrics. Pure Storage reduced their dependency on sourcing from the Far East. Mexican sourcing also provides for tariff mitigation.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 15, 2018
The field of supply chain management–combining source, make and deliver–into a common process started in 1982. Figure 1: Supply Chain Metrics Are a Balancing Act. The metrics shown in Figure 1 are difficult to improve together. Most companies improve singular metrics but are not able to drive portfolio.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
With 12,000 supply chain employees operating in 80 countries with 2400 storage facilities, supply chain excellence and innovation are the foundation of corporate performance. Over the period of 2009-2015 only 88% of companies made improvement on the “Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.” (The
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 9, 2016
In 2014 Thoma Bravo acquired GHX, a Supply Chain Operating Network for healthcare. In 2014 OpenText acquired GXS. Today technologies allow the delivery on the promise, but ironically, as technology capabilities improve and innovation to create new solutions explodes, the ownership structure is becoming more conservative.
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