Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Note that neither company is making progress at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. The level of performance in 2015 is the same as 2006. Performance of BMS and Merck at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin. Performance and Improvement within the Pharmaceutical Industry for 2009-2015.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

My caution is not so fast… 95% of companies are not making progress at the intersection of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and asset strategies. Here I show orbit chart comparisons at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns for the period of 2006-2017. This is especially true for the Titans.

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Kinaxis

MAY 9, 2016

Last year, I made the not-so bold predictions, as the Gartner 2015 Top 25 Supply Chain rankings were pretty much unchanged. Apple and P&G were put in a Master’s category in 2015. Bold Prediction #2: The Top 10 from 2015 stays the same, except for One. Inventory turns, mostly, will follow Revenue.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2014

As hospitals adopted consignment planning programs, inventory progress slowed. The turns are the lowest of any industry, and despite investments in technologies and processes, inventory turns have only improved 3%, and Cash-T0-Cash (C2C) cycles have declined 4%. Yet, the attendees wanted to discuss Lean warehousing.

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 5, 2016

Lean Inventory Levels Led to Many Out of Stocks, and Why Cannot Apparel Companies and Retailers Do Better at Foecasting Size Distribution

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

According to the CSCMP's "State of Logistics" Report from 2015, logistics costs now make up over 8% of the GDP. A cross-functional Material Review Board (MRB) will reduce the need for additional space by reviewing obsolete, non-moving and slow moving inventory monthly, and sending disposition recommendations to top management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2017

There are many techniques–lean, six sigma, Total Quality Management–but, the over-arching focus is on managing and reducing costs. Only 12% of public companies are making improvement during the period of 2009-2015 in both operating margin and inventory despite spending an average of 1.7%

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 25, 2016

Headline: Truck Stocks Plunge in 2015. Headline: US Rail Stocks Seen Rising 20% This Year Despite Six-Year Low for Cargo in 2015. Headline: Bloated Inventories May Slow Port Activity. Have the foresight to put your program together today so that your organization will be best situated to overcome the looming lean times.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 16, 2021

”[3] He notes, “Grocery prices stagnated from 2015 through 2019, but have increased during the pandemic. 4] Jaewon Kang, “ Supermarkets Are Stockpiling Inventory as Food Costs Rise ,” The Wall Street Journal, 6 July 2021. [5] He writes, “Expect to keep paying more for groceries in 2022.”[3]

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” The focus is on channel data: price; inventory positions; and policies. It was an early morning. I cradled my cup of tea in my hand. It had been a long night. ” I smiled.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 23, 2015

That liberal paraphrasing of a classic Prince song refers to particularly strong El Niño conditions predicted by the National Weather Service for winter 2015-2016—the likes of which haven’t been seen since 1998. Assess Inventory Positions. And it still isn’t, despite the headline of this post.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We believe that a supply chain leader is defined by both the level of performance on the Effective Frontier (balance of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Profitability and Inventory Turns) and driving supply chain improvement. Resiliency is the tightness of the pattern, or the reliability of operating margin and inventory turns results.

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Elementum

MAY 26, 2022

Some of the most successful firms have hung on for too long with failed philosophies and prioritization models — like Lean, and Just-in-Time provisioning. From 2015 to 2018, Amazon’s average delivery time decreased from 6 days to 3 days. Amazon has also uniquely contributed to an increased appetite for like-quality goods.

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AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

For supply chain management, innovation means making a business more efficient by improving the way inventory and logistics are handled. Kaizen is a process philosophy that emphasizes teamwork, lean manufacturing, and allowing employees to provide input on the process. Innovation is at the heart of many kinds of success.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 26, 2015

You lead and manage customer service, forecasting, production planning, inventory control, warehousing, transportation, and other functions as required. You have worked with lean concepts and tools such as kanban, pull systems, and value stream mapping. Please apply before 7 April 2015. Interested? Click here to apply! >>

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

These giants drove slight improvements in operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) despite a slowing economy. Over the past two years, P&G made impressive gains in operating margin and inventory turns, but the company failed to equal the ROIC test for asset utilization.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

We then rated companies on their ability to manage and improve a portfolio of metrics: operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). 2015 Supply Chains to Admire. What suppliers need help with cost (LEAN, labor, freight,…)? Securing our inventory are emerging as risks and opportunities.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

Use new forms of inventory technology to design inventory buffers. I leaned over to put my shoes back on my tired feet to return to the conference…. This column was first published in Supply Chain Movement 17 | Q2 -2015. Design for Demand Volatility. Actively design the supply chain. What does this mean? Does this help?”

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GlobalTranz

MAY 6, 2015

Top management knows that lean can add value , but many still haven’t moved past the initial education stage into full-scale lean supply chain implementation. One reason may be that they haven’t made the paradigm shift as to how to implement lean. o Space—holding places for unnecessary inventory. Reduce Lead Time.

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Requis

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

So, at that time you were trying to create transparency around the supply chain with an emphasis on collecting existing data and looking for constraints on the system, similar to the LEAN method developed by Toyota? The constraint was capacity and this was a challenge since it was leading to shortages in inventory.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The firm’s lean engineers and supply chain engineers help hospitals not only with inventory management and logistics but also with process improvements in catheterisation labs, for example. Supply chain has played a crucial role in its evolution into a provider of solutions for hospitals. Manufacturers find themselves at a crossroads.

Supply Chain Planning Software 60

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. Instead of setting up brick-and-mortar stores, or keeping inventory on hand, you can start offering this new product on your new store. Between 2015 and 2018, it is estimated that about 1.3 E-Commerce for Manufacturing.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2019

Nothing in the Purchasing Managers’ Index®, Inventory-Sales ratio, or consumer confidence trends would indicate an impending surge in demand. IATA announced estimated demand growth for 2019 at 3.7%, which would be the lowest growth rate since 2015. Explore air freight consolidation.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 27, 2015

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – February 2015. Within that framework, we provide specialized, transportation and transportation management, crossdocking, packaging design and management, and lean consulting services. FusionOps Raises $12 Million to Help Monitor Supply Chains From the Cloud ( WSJ.D ). in February.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 8, 2019

Nothing in the Purchasing Managers’ Index®, Inventory-Sales ratio, or consumer confidence trends would indicate an impending surge in demand. IATA announced estimated demand growth for 2019 at 3.7%, which would be the lowest growth rate since 2015. Explore air freight consolidation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

In my work tonight, I carefully studied 2006-2015 financial results to select the Supply Chains to Admire winners. Higher percentage of growth than the industry average for the period of 2006-2015. Greater margin performance than the industry average for the peer group for the period of 2006-2015. Inventory Turns.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

This reminded me of what Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, said at the 2015 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference: “Contrary to what many people believe, investing in employees is not dilutive to a company’s financial results and shareholder value — it’s actually accretive.”.

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The Lean Supply Chain

MARCH 22, 2015

Cost Reduction Options: Top Managementknows that lean can add value, but many still haven’t moved past the initial education stage into full-scale lean supply chain implementation. One reason may be that they haven’t made the paradigm shift as to how to implement lean. Lean Supply Chain Implementation Results.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

As well, we need to be agile, lean and digital enough to integrate the new partnerships in our S&OP process and tools. The goal with production restart was not to produce too much of the wrong inventory. As well in terms of inventory control, QAD DynaSys solutions allowed us to save 0.2 We put emphasis on water reduction.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. Yesterday we published the top 10 most read manufacturing articles of 2015. . Top 10 Supply Chain Articles from 2015. VMI is all about collaboration.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 120

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Logistics is the central system that controls physical inventory flow in a supply chain. Perform lean with Logistics activities. Helps in scrutinizing which inventory management method to adopt. 21 Essential Warehouse KPIs to Measure Performance – Zoho Inventory. Attribute 3 – Cost related Logistics KPIs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Over the period of 2009-2015 only 88% of companies made improvement on the “Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.” (The The composite of metrics includes growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital.) Note in Figure 1 that BASF drove great improvement in the period of 2009-2013, but then slowed in 2014-2015.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As They include growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)). Companies passing these two tests are then analyzed against the performance factors for 2009-2015: Growth.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In a 2015 TED talk, Bill Gates warned about the spread of a potential virus and that organizations and governments were not prepared for it. JIT(Just-In-Time) deliveries and lean manufacturing (reducing times in production and in supplier response) were the goals of many manufacturers. Work-in-progress inventory.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Added complexity often results in added waste, and the most common forms of waste from a lean supply chain perspective include : Transportation : unnecessary (non-value added) movement of parts, materials, or information between processes. King , a consultant who spent more than 40 years at DuPont and led many of its lean initiatives.

Waste Reduction 100

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 28, 2015

We continue our top articles from each of our main 5 categories today by covering the top 10 logistics articles that were the most viewed in 2015. Top Logistics Articles of 2015. Here are the top 10 logistics articles from the Cerasis blog with the 10th most read to the most read published in 2015. Read the full article here.

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TrackVia

JULY 22, 2020

For other industries, the answer is simple: get more efficient spreadsheet flows, hire more staff to mitigate data entry errors, and lean on IT to find better technology. The larger your cannabis business grows, the harder it is to keep up with inventory, sales, and staff. Cannabis companies don’t have these luxuries.

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