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Starting 2015 on the Right Foot

Supply Chain Insights

We also published our third book, Metrics that Matter (available on December 22 nd ) and successfully produced our second Global Summit. In 2015, we will launch our new community, and a simulation activity for group facilitation to help teams better understand outside-in processes. As you travel during the holidays, take us with you!

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

Supply Chain Shaman

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. Focus on functional metrics without alignment to a balanced scorecard to drive value. Alignment Barriers. Mistake #3.

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3PL Outsourcing Trends with Ben Steffes

The Logistics of Logistics

Coyote became a UPS Company in 2015, adding new services and capabilities to their expanding solutions portfolio. For the study, Coyote worked with a 3rd party research firm to survey over 500 supply chain decision makers. Coyote became a UPS Company in 2015, adding new services and capabilities to their expanding solutions portfolio.

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

To help, in this post, we provide you with some insights for the period of 2006-2015. The supply chain is a complex system with finite, and non-linear relationships between supply chain metrics that drive balance sheet results. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics. A Look at History. Resiliency.

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New Survey Shows Many Organizations in a Holding Pattern With VMI Program Implementation

E2open

New Survey Shows Many Organizations in a Holding Pattern With VMI Program Implementation. Wednesday 15 July 2015. However, a new survey from Gatepoint Research and E2open finds that legacy systems are proving to be a barrier not only to successful VMI, but also to actual program implementation.

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Mining Supply Chain Data for Insights

Supply Chain Shaman

We loaded 493 financial metrics from balance sheets and income statements for each company into the data lake for the period of 2004-2016 using YCharts data. Note the difference in patterns of the orbit chart of Bristol-Meyers Squibb and Merck for the period of 2006-2015. Correlations Between Survey Factors and Financial Metrics.

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A Better Approach to Supply Chain Segmentation?

ToolsGroup

Most companies segment their supply chain by breaking it down according to operational and logistical metrics. In a 2015 SupplyChainBrain interview she says this allows companies to give their customers a differentiated experience – she compares it to the difference between fine dining and fast food.