Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

Retail groups this week are applauding a U.S. Millions of people descended on states with views of the 2017 total solar eclipse, congesting roadways. House of Representatives vote to pass an act that would increase transparency in ocean shipping capacity and prices, sending the legislation to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

Figure 1: Supply Chain Metrics Are a Balancing Act. The metrics shown in Figure 1 are difficult to improve together. Most companies improve singular metrics but are not able to drive portfolio. For this story, I have grouped like competitors together. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. improvements.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Descartes (@DescartesSG) March 28, 2017. million in FY 2017 (net income has grown from $12.0

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. This was followed by a breakout session where the attendees discussed the challenges and opportunities in small groups and then reported back their key takeaways.

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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. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

Snow fell last night as I worked on my last Supply Chain Metrics That Matter report. This is number 15 in a series that looks critically, industry by industry, to understand relative improvement of peer groups on the Effective Frontier. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric. 2017 was a tough year for Mondelez.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2017

As a result, tor most companies, the goals are unclear and the financial metrics are not well-understood. It is a study of peer groups. They do not have a peer group for comparison. We do not include them in the analysis because there is no peer group comparison. ” The answer will be “Yes! About the Research.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 2, 2017

I frequently see groups of supply chain leaders arguing about the right for individual businesses to define their own systems/process. Metrics Definition. The organization needs to be clear on the Metrics That Matter and the alignment of vertical silos’ metrics to the balanced portfolio. Businesses are different.

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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. To make the argument, let’s look at industry orbit charts in aggregate for the period of 2006-2017 for the apparel and chemical companies. Question the Basics. We are not improving balance sheets.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 9, 2017

Gartner Analysts Top 10 – 2017. Peers Top 10 – 2017. In this area, Gartner should push the metrics benchmark. I recommend Gartner have the top 50 supply chains enter their metrics benchmark data and create a category that uses a combination of these best-in-class benchmarks. Once again – Peer vs Gartner.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 2, 2017

I frequently see groups of supply chain leaders arguing about the right for individual businesses to define their own systems/process. Metrics Definition. The organization needs to be clear on the Metrics That Matter and the alignment of vertical silos’ metrics to the balanced portfolio. Businesses are different.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2017

It is hard work to maintain the status quo in metrics performance. A balanced portfolio of metrics delivers the greatest value. Companies balance supply chain metrics better in good times than bad. 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

To accomplish this goal, I ask a cross-functional group to audit the past year. As a group, we drill into root issues. Many times useful data exists in marketing or sales groups, but is not shared with the supply chain team. Build an industry peer group and gain insights on major trends. Ask the group what is possible?

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 19, 2017

P&G is in a small industry segment; the Household Products (Nondurable) industry includes only 10 companies – Church & Dwight, Colgate-Palmolive, Clorox, Kimberly-Clark, Newell Rubbermaid, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser Group, Spectrum Brands Holdings, Tupperware Brands, and Unilever. P&G Balance Metrics.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

On the other hand, only 8 percent of companies that were rated by their executives as less than significantly above average on supply chain-related metrics have the same performance. To know the most difficult challenges as perceived by supply chain professionals, we turn to the SCM World’s 2017 Future of Supply Chain survey.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Labor day also signals the end of summer, and for many supply chain leaders the beginning of 2017 strategy discussions and intense S&OP debates to finalize Q3 and Q4 planning. Pick five-to-seven balanced metrics and hold all functions accountable to these corporate metrics. Current State of Talent.

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E2open

APRIL 3, 2017

Monday 3 April 2017. Effective February 2017, Walmart is requiring its suppliers to meet either a same-day or two-day shipping window instead of its previous four-day window and has upped its required compliance rate from 90% to 95% (Source: Walmart’s new on-time delivery standards may create supply chain challenges for its suppliers ).

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E2open

APRIL 3, 2017

Monday 3 April 2017. Effective February 2017, Walmart is requiring its suppliers to meet either a same-day or two-day shipping window instead of its previous four-day window, and has upped its required compliance rate from 90% to 95% (Source: Walmart’s new on-time delivery standards may create supply chain challenges for its suppliers ).

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E2open

APRIL 3, 2017

Monday 3 April 2017. Effective February 2017, Walmart is requiring its suppliers to meet either a same-day or two-day shipping window instead of its previous four-day window, and has upped its required compliance rate from 90% to 95% (Source: Walmart’s new on-time delivery standards may create supply chain challenges for its suppliers ).

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

General warehouse industry statistics Warehousing costs & revenue statistics Warehouse efficiency statistics Labor statistics in the warehousing industry Automation adoption in the warehousing industry Warehouse performance metrics Warehouse automation stats: General warehouse industry statistics 1. in Q1 2017, the lowest since 2008.”

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Resilinc

JANUARY 3, 2022

In March 2021, the Marshall and Solomon Islands —nations that are already losing land and resources due to sea level rise—asked the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to charge cargo ship owners $100 per metric ton (MT) of carbon-dioxide emitted.

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E2open

MAY 23, 2017

Tuesday 23 May 2017. To simplify the measurement and realization of value, data-driven organizations should first segment Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) into two distinct sets: Value Metrics and Process Metrics. Process metrics are KPIs which relate to value metrics, but not in terms of actual dollars.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

According to OECD and National Health Expenditure data, US healthcare spending per person was approx $10,224 in 2017. Ultimately, BSW was able to improve a key metric (Supply Expense as a % of Net Patient Revenue) and generate millions in savings. Most other developed countries are around 40-50% less than this. Share on Twitter.

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IQMS

JULY 11, 2019

PDF, no opt-in) 2017 Honeywell User’s Group. PDF, no opt-in) Youichi Nonaka, Senior Chief Researcher, Hitachi R&D Group and Sudhanshu Gaur Director, Global Center for Social Innovation Hitachi America R&D. 19th, 2017. PDF, no opt-in) 2017 Honeywell User’s Group. 19th, 2017. Date: Sept.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

For the past four years, as we have done our work, we have tracked Novo Nordisk’s continued improvement against the pharmaceutical peer group. As shown in Table 1, based on continued improvement initiatives, the Novo Nordisk company outperforms their peer group in all areas except inventory turns. She joined Novo Nordisk in 2012.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 3, 2022

We will group the result by type of readers like "beginners", "college students" and "analysts". Chapter 2 will introduce you to the on-time, in full metric. The links below are paid links. Best Logistics Book for Beginners: 1. Our Rating: 5/5 Remark: The image above belongs to the 2nd edition of this book. Reference - Flöthmann, C.,

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 24, 2018

significantly improved their ability to generate cash in 2017, producing the strongest working capital performance since 2008. In 2017, companies significantly extended payments to suppliers, taking 3.4 Performance of the other major elements of working capital performance, receivables and inventory, both deteriorated slightly in 2017.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

” Metrics Definition. “The organization needs to be clear on the metrics that matter and the alignment of vertical silos’ metrics to the balanced portfolio. At a glance, you are able to discern areas of concern based on color, size or position of a specific grouping of information. ” Reporting Structure.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Note the balanced results of Rockwell Automation against their peer group.

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USC Consulting Group

JANUARY 30, 2019

For instance, an estimated 16 percent of the organizations that embarked on internal projects in 2017 experienced outright failure and surrendered one-third of their respective budgets in the process. The post Navigate Internal Improvement Programs With A Strategic Roadmap appeared first on USC Consulting Group. Back to top ?.

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EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

OCTOBER 10, 2018

According to Boston Consulting Group , those asset managers likely to take advantage of data, machine learning, and AI are will more likely thrive in the future. Beyond keeping investors happy, there are plenty of good reasons why managing datasets, and monitoring and reporting against sustainability-based metrics makes good business sense.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Note the balanced results of Rockwell Automation against their peer group.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 21, 2021

However, it is important to propagate these metrics vertically.” The latency from one group to another, either from manual execution or simply delayed system updates, can result in errors in decision-making and delays in responding to customer needs and supply chain disruptions. Ensure culture readiness.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 25, 2019

They may work alone or in a group of thieves. 1] Paul Trujillo, “ Beat The Shrink: How Inventory Management Can Help Reduce Shrinkage ,” Business 2 Community , 25 April 2017. [2] 3] APQC, “ Metric of the Month: Shrinkage as a Percentage of Revenue ,” Supply & Demand Chain Executive , 3 October 2017. [4]

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Since most Western European capitals are within 1,000 km of Brussels, Belgium’s capital, it is an ideal location for international groups. 2 percent annually as of 2017, making Belgium the 168 th country in the world for industrial growth rates. billion metric tons of goods in 2015. In 2017, Belgium had $300.8

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

Back in July 2017, I interviewed Bennett Adelson, the former CEO of MacroPoint (which was later acquired by Descartes Systems Group, a Talking Logistics sponsor) about OTIF and how it is driving demand for visibility solutions. Who is cheering this news? Providers of real-time freight visibility solutions. What’s driving this demand?

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E2open

MARCH 17, 2017

Friday 17 March 2017. The underlying technology must be able to support the goals of a broad scope of user groups like sales, category management, supply chain, and retail operations. How E2open’s Scalable DSR Platform Delivers a Competitive Advantage for CPG Companies. Will Thomas, VP of Sales, E2open.

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