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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. 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. Rise in Inventories.

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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

Based in Paris, L’Oréal is a global personal care manufacturing company. Note that the industry aggregate actually went backwards, as did operating margin and inventory for the period 2015-2017. The use of 3D-printing enables smaller batches, lower manufacturing costs, and shorter lead times compared to traditional machining.

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Machine Learning and Digital Transformation

Enterra Insights

2] Those industries include: Manufacturing; Medicine and Healthcare; Consumer Packaged Goods; Marketing; Insurance; Supply Chain Management; Energy and Utilities; Service Industry; Education; Financial Services; Government; Science; and Retail. Tech journalist Christian Rigg agrees with Wang. 10] Michael C.

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Supply Chain’s Next Decade of Dealing With the Unknown

MIT Supply Chain

The emergence of just-in-time manufacturing, other business models, and globalization were among the drivers reshaping the business landscape. Also, governments and companies are re-evaluating the structure of global supply chains in the aftermath of the pandemic.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. A value network governed and defined by customer segmentation and a clear understanding of what drives value for the customer.

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Throwback Thursday

Supply Chain Shaman

The operating margin for the medical device industry is 4X that of the automotive manufacturer and 2x the margin of the hospital. There is an inverse relationship between margin and supply chain excellence. Zimmer’s strategic framework focuses on growth, operational excellence and prudent capital allocation. It matters more.

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Middle East e-commerce profits have surged 4-fold in the last five years

Vinculum

If we look at the past, e-commerce hardly generated a profit of $5billion in 2015, less than the present scenario. These strategies will be successful when the youth are governed more by smartphones. Direct contact with the manufacturer makes the marketing easy for both the buyer and the seller to stay tuned with each other.