Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

An avid student of supply chain performance, I have asked the question of What makes a “supply chain leader” for the last six years. Here I show orbit chart comparisons at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns for the period of 2006-2017. Not much has changed.

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Logility

AUGUST 7, 2017

Wait, it’s not spring; but does that mean you have to wait another eight months to review your supply chain? Often, it becomes necessary to reevaluate how supply chain performance is measured to ensure healthy operations. Ask yourself, “Are your supply chain metrics bogging you down?”

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

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. Its scope is extensive and spans all areas of the supply chain.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 15, 2018

by Teresa Chiykowski As we bid farewell to 2017 and usher in a new year, what can we expect to see in 2018? You can get a taste of Kinexions by visiting the 2017 site. I know this to be fact because I am a January people. Kinexions ’18 User Conference & Training: Oct. 15 – 18 (National Harbor, MD). Contact us to learn more.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 29, 2017

Companies Again Overrate Supply Chain Performance, Where Companies Spend Supply Chain IT Dollars by Maturity Level and More

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

A Hard Look at Corporate Performance. Strangely, in the last decade, while companies had the opportunity to use technology better, supply chain performance declined. Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 6, 2019

.”[1] Surely, those numbers have improved over the past two years; however, it’s troubling to note some executives still under-appreciate the value of a well-tuned supply chain. Make sure you’re investing in the right places, McKinsey says ,” CIO Dive , 10 February 2017. [2]

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SCM Research

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The Fourth Industrial Revolution changes the way in which we produce and manage the supply chain, and paves the way for the creation of new value chains. He is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI contributor and author of books, including The Global Supply Chain – 2017 and How Logistics Shapes Our Lives – 2013 (German).

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Further, demands on supply chains are increasing exponentially as companies vie to meet consumer desire for more personalized products and services, delivered exactly when and where they specify, very quickly, at the same low cost.” ” If you’re not supply is not agile, it will fail to make the grade.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2018

Average Performance Metrics for Consumer Nondurable Industry for the Period of 2010-2017. Item complexity is a silent killer of supply chain performance. What Is Risk? ” It can include uncertainty, disruption or volatility. (For A focus on safety stock is not sufficient.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2017

In the setting of strategy goals, executive teams often set unrealistic goals because they are not aligned with supply chain potential. There is a general lack of understanding of the impact of complexity on supply chain performance. Start by getting honest on current supply chain performance.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2019

The Six “Rights” of Supply Chain Execution. Gary began our discussion by pointing out that the Amazon Effect, which he says had a critical turning point during the 2017 holiday season, has sped up supply chains for retailers and consumer goods manufacturers, causing a greater emphasis on sourcing.

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EcoVadis

JULY 17, 2017

That spoke volumes to the performance value of CSR in the supply chain, but what speaks even louder is that this year, 4 of the top 5 companies in the 2017 ranking received a perfect 10 out of 10 score in the CSR category. Last year, Gartner added corporate social responsibility (CSR) for the first time.

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Savi

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Intermodal Transportation Landscape In a 2017 American Shipper Report on global sourcing, 58% of shippers indicated that their biggest concern today is rising intermodal transportation costs. In the last few months, shipment volumes and expenditures have increased significantly year over year—an 11.9 percent increase in volume and a 17.3

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

We are one of the very few big pharmaceutical companies with theses specialized conditions and as a result, we are quite skilled in managing the cold chain environment. I think that there are two important factors explaining the superior results of Novo Nordisk supply chain performance. Network of Networks.

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QAD

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Connected supply chain ERP software helps manufacturers effectively connect with supply chain partners around the globe and address the challenges associated with managing complex and ever-changing supply chain activities. Manage and Control Risk with Effective Enterprise Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

Secondly, I wanted to raise my hand and ask about the decline in inventory turn and ROIC performance as shown in Figure 3. The story was one of financial re-engineering versus supply chain improvement. 2017 was a tough year for Mondelez. Average Supply Chain Performance in Food Value Chains.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Gathering more detailed information on supply chain performance helps companies identify opportunities for improvement such as unnecessary middlemen and to plan more effectively over the long term.” A third benefit is attracting and retaining employees who are keen to work for responsible companies. Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 22, 2021

He explains, “In this age of one-day delivery, the supply chain performance is under the microscope. 1] John Luciani, “ To Winter-Proof Your Supply Chain, Consider These Three Factors ,” SupplyChainBrain, 29 December 2020. [2] ” PwC Bits & Bytes, 2017. [5] Footnotes. [1]

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Arkieva

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The news story above made me think of several examples where a supply chain would use similar concepts to develop early warning metrics. How to Establish Early Warning Supply Chain Metrics was first posted on October 11, 2017 at 10:00 am.

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Elementum

MARCH 20, 2018

According to the Wohlers Report 2017, the additive manufacturing industry grew 17.4 Supply chain managers should incorporate the transformative mentality into culture and processes to help balance short-term and long-term supply chain change. Currently, an estimated 71.1 percent of U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

That figure highlights like no other how critical the interrelations are between an enterprise and its supply chain. In other words, the majority did not recognise the need for close alignment between supply chain and general business strategies. What’s wrong with this picture? Long delivery lead times.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, laments, “Strangely, in the last decade, while companies had the opportunity to use technology better, supply chain performance declined.”[3] The post Can Your Supply Chain Afford to “Wait and See” Before Becoming Digital?

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2021

You see, the set of primary data needed to keep an airliner aloft is (apparently) relatively simple—and the same is true of running a supply chain organisation. It’s not uncommon though, for companies to make the mistake of over-complicating their supply chain performance monitoring. Ready to act?

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Elementum

MARCH 20, 2018

According to the Wohlers Report 2017, the additive manufacturing industry grew 17.4 Supply chain managers should incorporate the transformative mentality into culture and processes to help balance short-term and long-term supply chain change. Currently, an estimated 71.1 percent of U.S.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 5, 2022

billion in 2017 plummeted to $5,200 billion in 2020. It’s little wonder shipping companies tried to capitalize on increased demand. Journalist Tim Robinson reports, “The logistics industry which was valued at $7,641.2 The COVID-19 pandemic was mainly responsible for this massive slowing of logistics activities across the world.”[7]

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Aera Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Supply Chain Actions: The FusionOps cognitive applications will recommend actions to improve supply chain performance and will be able to automatically take action without requiring human oversight. Supply chain actions will be available later in 2017. Contact: Press@FusionOps.com.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2018

A Supply Chain Operating Network for the Heavy Building Materials Industry. Last November, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry (such as the difference between cement and concrete).

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

15th, 2017 (PDF., Machine Learning and its core constructs are ideally suited for providing insights into improving supply chain management performance not available from previous technologies. A perspective on applications of in-memory analytics in supply chain management. no opt-in). no opt-in).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2017

Clearly, Amazon is a supply chain leader. The Supply Chains to Admire analysis is now in its fourth year of development. In the 2017 analysis, we analyzed 495 companies in 31 industries. In preparation for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 5th-8th , we continue to work on this data set.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

.”[5] Hobbs believes poor customer experiences often begin with a lack of supply chain visibility. In the Business Continuity Institute’s 2017 report on global supply chain resilience, 69% of respondents said they do not have full visibility of their supply chains. Map the journey. ” 2.

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QAD

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Not only was the framework of a supply chain adopted by key players in the manufacturing dynasty, such as Henry Ford, but business logistics became critical to successful business intelligence throughout the 1900s. In the early 2000s, companies began embracing ERP systems to analyze supply chain performance.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

billion annually starting 2017, mainly to upgrade its supply chain and technology infrastructure, as it races to reduce stock shortages and pushes for online growth.” For traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, making this transformation will require a lot of effort and money, as this week’s news from Target demonstrates.

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Supply Chain Trend

APRIL 2, 2018

With it roots in the supply chain, this S&OP 1.0 had a strong focus on supply chain performance like improving customer service, decrease inventory and drive asset utilization. The beauty of S&OP 1.0 When S&OP 2.0

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2019

All successful organizations want to improve supply chain performance while cutting costs. When the electronic logging device (ELD) pricing spike hit the market in 2017, the shipper was negatively impacted by rate fluctuations. A problem to which many other shippers can relate.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In Figure 1, we include the orbit chart of performance metrics at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. Diversified Industry Performance For the Period of 2010-2017. The Supply Chain Index is a measurement of Supply Chain Improvement. Note the general trend of improvement.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

We set our performance targets according to the best-in-class metrics and I ended up helping these three companies successively achieve demonstrable best-in-class supply chain performance. One thing I learned, as a generality, is that supply chains in Asia are still a long way behind Australian and European countries.

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