Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. About twice a month, companies ask me to review their strategy documents. (Included in this post is Cummins’ digital award for the 2016 Supply Chains to Admire. All winners received their digital images this week. )

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Well-documented ~ Your contingency plan is of little value unless all relevant stakeholders are trained on it and prepared to jump into action when a disruption does occur. Establish appropriate metrics that correspond with the steps outlined in your contingency plan. Tips for an Effective Contingency Plan.

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Supply Chain Trend

JULY 22, 2018

What Do You Mean “Document Assumptions”? When It Comes to Metrics for S&OP, “One Size Fits All.”. Practitioners seem to agree: As shown in Table 2 , over two-thirds said that behaviours are not adequately addressed in such implementations (Van Hove, 2015). The S&OP Pulse Check 2015. Laziness Is a Virtue (?!):

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During We simplified our SC strategy and communicated in a straightforward, one-page document that laid out primary goal areas. Our In our program, cost avoidance, while desirable, does not count towards the metric. We named it the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. This was an area where there was virtually no documentation or assistance avallable other than some flow maps on MRP and MPS – which were already well understood.

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Arena Solutions

MAY 25, 2021

A QMS is a formalized business system of documenting policies, processes, responsibilities, and procedures to meet customer requirements as well as compliance with FDA, ISO, CE, UL, and other regulatory standards. A review of technical documentation is also required with or without the issuance of certificate. ISO 9001 Compliance.

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EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

To start, it is important to have a solid understanding of exactly what chemicals are being used at each facility – and what compliance documentation is required for each chemical, including waiver documentation, if appropriate. Then there’s the option to create charts and graphs to help analyze chemical inventory metrics.

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Kinaxis

MAY 5, 2015

as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available here. April 29, 2015). by Lori Smith. This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. 1 (Payne, T.,

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Mariotti states that you first have to measure it, and he outlines several metrics and techniques in the book, including ranking customers by annual sales, profit, and gross margin percentage. How do you reduce supply chain complexity, or at least slow its growth?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. They saw a steady drop in inventory and reduced working capital by about 50% over the period of 2011-2015. Shell operates as a single-instance of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The reason?

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 20, 2017

Individual, functional metrics are tracked, instead of taking a horizontal view that gives insight into the health of the supply chain network and interdependencies of the individual functions. 1 Kinaxis TechValidate Survey, October 2015. Each takes a vertical approach to reporting. Consider these questions….

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

While you might think your small logistics or warehousing operation is better off keeping things simple, paperwork actually has the opposite effect: bogging down your processes and leaving you liable to delays resulting from lost or misplaced documents. 4: Lack of Attention to Housekeeping. Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 2, 2018

Too often, however, those documents fail to prevent unacceptable working conditions. Launched in 2015, the program has trained some 45,000 workers in more than 200 factories over the past two years. Just about every major manufacturer has a supplier code of conduct to ensure that workers are treated humanely. in new financing.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 29, 2016

Now, that’s not even counting the dozens of registration numbers and tracking numbers that must be meticulously kept up with and found and used on documents A, B, and C, but a different number is needed for the second page of document B and document E when properly vetting carriers.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems.

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SCM Research

MARCH 14, 2018

AJG 2015 has thus become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Many SCM researchers feel that the ABS list undervalues the journals of our discipline. Today, the Academic Journal Guide 2018 will be released. It contains more than 1,500 entries. I am very curious whether AJG 2018 will finally give SCM journals the ranks they deserve.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

This article was first published in June of 2015. Unlike accounting, which functions according to precisely documented principles, supply chains often depend as much on experience and judgment to work optimally as on mathematical models. What Happened to These Trends? A 2018 Update. Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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