Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 9, 2021

Average performance in 2016-2019 across twenty-seven manufacturing sectors on inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital and operating margin was worse than in 2012-2015. The myopic focus on IT standardization resulted in the purchase of technology, but not value delivery. Alignment Barriers. Focus on IT standardization. Mistake #3.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. 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.) The reason?

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 17, 2022

“Reach out to other departments about ways to collaborate on sustainability initiatives, and talk to your executive team to gain buy in.” Translating corporate targets into specific team goals and building them into each function’s performance metrics helps embed sustainability into regular workflows.” Footnotes. [1]

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Vinculum

OCTOBER 5, 2021

billion in 2021, a 20% increase over last year. It may be an excellent time for merchants to consider D2C channels now that this space isn’t going anywhere but up. D2C is also set to enjoy the lion’s share of eCommerce growth as consumer preferences shift toward convenience and ease of purchase.

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