Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

2016 is around the corner. For the discrete industries, we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. Inventory Turns. Progress on inventory turns is declining due to business complexity.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2016

Yesterday we began our two part series on 2016 supply chain trends that will drive supply chain management into the future. If you missed the first post, we encourage you to give it a read by visiting the first seven 2016 supply chain trends post here. . Supply Chain Trends 2016: 5 Additional More Areas of Focus.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 22, 2016

Principal Analyst James Cooke of Nucleus Research just published his 2016 Inventory Optimization Value Matrix which highlights this year’s key trends, including functionality and usability. He reiterates why his firm sees inventory optimization (IO) solutions as so important.

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RFgen

JANUARY 16, 2025

That’s where manufacturing inventory management software comes in. In this ultimate guide, we’ll break down everything you need to know about manufacturing inventory management software. Its your single source of truth for inventory, constantly updated and readily available.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The Top 6 Trends in Logistics Impacting Shippers in 2016. Today, the tech devices that entered the market in early 2016 are obsolescent, and more companies are looking for real-time data-driven decision making opportunities through the Internet of Things (IoT). Like 2016, logistics providers will be tested for weaknesses in 2017.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 13, 2016

Take a look at some of the top trends to expect in 2016 for the logistics industry and how they will inherently relate to the merger and acquisition trends. The Internet of Things Will Increase and Benefit Real Time Inventory Management. Essentially, consumers will be able to get products faster. 3PLs Will Expand Services.

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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. We look at 6 core areas that manufacturing companies will take a long look at as they gear up for a successful 2016. Manufacturers will be able to improve their inventory due to the information presented by both supply chain and operations data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The race started in 2016 as a foggy definition of digital appeared in supply chain marketing from technology providers. McKinsey promises improved agility (not defined) with up to a 30% reduction in operational cost and a decrease in inventory of 75%. (I For many tech providers, the message often becomes a religious argument.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

This morning we announced the Supply Chains to Admire Winners and Finalists for 2016. We find the patters and the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin and growth and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) to be insightful.). Five months of analysis. Lots of heated debates. It is now over. Why do we do it? The Results.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In Predicts 2016: Reimagine SCP Capabilities to Survive , Gartner starts by laying down the gauntlet. That integration provides a strong underpinning for processes like Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and multi-echelon inventory optimization. Not this year. Is your company ready?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

What will happen in 2016? How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory. Or will any rate increases, if they actually occur, be short-lived?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 13, 2016

That’s why 2016 will be the year of connectivity in supply chain. 2016 Connectivity Predictions. With omni-channel being such a disruptive force, the recognition of this new landscape becoming more prevalent, and the maturation of supporting technology, I believe 2016 will be the year where the tipping point of connectivity occurs.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 15, 2016

ABC inventory classification has been around so long that most planners just assume it’s the only way to segment your inventory. Inventory Segmentation from the 1960s. To understand the shortcomings of ABC inventory classification, we need to understand how it is done. Inventory Segmentation Today.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2023

It directly affects the bottom line, making it crucial to manage effectively. Here is a summary of the key supply chain characteristics of each of the manufacturing strategy and how it impacts collaboration with suppliers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2017

The first number in a cell represents the average value for a specific industry for 2010-2016, and the percentage on the second line is a comparison of the average for 2010 when compared to 2016. The industry made progress on revenue/employee, but struggled on growth, margin, inventory turns.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

They saw a steady drop in inventory and reduced working capital by about 50% over the period of 2011-2015. Impact of Demand Sensing on Inventory Levels. Over this period of 2013-2014 Shell made good progress on inventory, but faced unprecedented supply price volatility. The implementation was very successful. Planting the Seeds.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2017

As a result, supply chain leaders focus on unrealistic goals of inventory or costs, they will throw the system out of balance. Reader’s note, the way to reach this chart is to first identify the average value for the metric for the period of 2010-2016. The growth rate of 2016 when compared to 2010 is an increase of 28%.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2018

trillion in 2016, or a cost of $10,348 per person. The first value is the average for the period of 2010-2016 while the second number shows the average change comparing 2016 to 2010. For example, for the period of 2010-2016, pharmaceutical company margins averaged 22%. Today, it is 17.9%. This is trillions of dollars.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For instance, the recycling rate in California for cans made from aluminum has fallen to a mere 20% from 91% in 2016 and 73% in 2021. This mismatch in demand and supply as well as decreasing recycling rate over the years has further complicated aluminum can production.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. Orbit Chart for L’Oréal at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

I also laugh when newscasters quip, “Just move west coast ships through the Panama Canal…” With new locks in 2016, the Panama Canal is able to handle vessels with an overall length of 366 m (1201 feet), 49 meters beam (increased by the Canal Authority effective 1 June 2018 to 51.25 Get Good at Inventory Management.

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Kinaxis

MAY 9, 2016

The voting categories are Financial (ROA, Revenue, Inventory Turns), and Voting (Peer and Analyst). Inventory turns, mostly, will follow Revenue. Here’s how the 2016 Top 10 Supply Chains will fall…. Unilever – coming in at #3 in 2015, Unilever will move up to the #2 spot in 2016. In 2016, it will be $209M.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Retailers are reviving an old playbook to manage their inventory levels after four years of struggling to find the sweet spot of holding enough merchandise but not too much. There were 746 ship transits in December, including transits through both the older Panamax locks and the larger Neopanamax locks that debuted in 2016.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 18, 2017

Therefore, a company like BASF with a mature supply chain ranks 25 out of 30 for the post-recession period of 2010-2016. As shown in Figure 1, the company has been unable to maintain balance on the portfolio of cost and inventory. Note that recent inventory progress is slipping against the improvements during the recession).

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 21, 2017

Balance looks at Revenue Growth and Return on Invested Capital results from 2010 to 2016. Strength looks at Operating Margin and Inventory Turn results from 2010 to 2016. Cisco showed strong improvement in both of these metrics from 2010 to 2016. Supply Chains to Admire Methodology. Supply Chain Index Methodology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 29, 2016

In a nutshell, the research states there is a correlation between cost, inventory, and forecast performance. My problem is I see many organizations working hard on the forecast, but not improving inventory and replenishment processes; and, I think that the Hierarchy of Metrics did not go far enough. In 2016 I wrote 35 blog posts.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 3, 2016

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Wal-Mart says it is 6-9 months from using drones to check warehouse inventory (Reuters). One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2016 was that drones would have a breakout year — not in delivering packages to consumers, but in yard and warehouse management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In supply chain management, it is widely accepted that holding enough finished goods inventory to fulfill every order is just too costly. The thinking goes that at some point, improving service levels means you are not adding inventory in a linear manner but rather exponentially. The company has visibility to demand and inventory.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 15, 2022

Sales incentives drove a positive bias that inflated inventory. Allergic to inventory, Fred worked out arrangements with distributors to push inventory into the channel. He saw all inventory as “bad inventory.” When I started working with the company in 2016, they were a Supply Chain To Admire award winner.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 15, 2022

Sales incentives drove a positive bias that inflated inventory. Allergic to inventory, Fred worked out arrangements with distributors to push inventory into the channel. He saw all inventory as “bad.” When I started working with the company in 2016, they were a Supply Chain To Admire award winner.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Piedmont was founded in 2016 in Australia and moved its headquarters in 2021 to North Carolina, where it hopes to dig a 500-foot-deep (150-meter-deep) open-pit mine and build one of the largest U.S. The company has also delayed plans for its North Carolina refinery and is facing challenges with local authorities and financing.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Keeping track of warehouse inventories with an army of fully autonomous drones (TechCrunch). July 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Uber debuts self-driving vehicles in landmark Pittsburgh trial (Reuters). Baidu receives approval from California DMV to test self-driving cars (Reuters). project44 Raises $10.5M

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

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. They all sound alike and each company makes similar claims of how the implementation of supply chain planning improves costs, lowers inventory and improves the return on assets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

When we study 600 public companies by peer group, at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin, only 5% drive improvement. In this case, the metrics are operating margin and inventory turns. Operating margin is a measurement of profitability and inventory turns is a measurement of how fast inventory turns based on sales.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

In the research conducted by Supply Chain Insights , only 35% of the respondents rated their S&OP process as effective or extremely effective in 2019 compared to 65% for the same in 2016. Strategic placement of inventory buffers to ensure sufficient ability to absorb shocks.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

High inventory levels: Stephen Meyer of Gartner mentioned that the Pharma industry on average has 63 days of raw material inventory and 51 days of finished goods inventory. Quite a few companies mentioned inventory savings target of 10% or above that their senior leadership is looking for.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

It acts as the driver, helping the connected ‘thing,’ which could be a vehicle or inventory system, make smarter decisions.”. Its 2016 Logistics Trend Radar report suggests that big data and automated supply chains could lead to previously unimaginable levels of optimization. The other part is artificial intelligence (AI).

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