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The Manufacturers Health Check: Firms Holding Double the Stock Amidst ‘Inventory Crisis’

Unleashed

Gross Margin Return on Inventory (GMROI), a profitability metric that accounts for unsold inventory, has now dropped in all three countries as manufacturers abandon the Just In Time business model for the more costly Just In Case approach. Percentage change in stock on hand value, UK (Q3 2019 v Q3 2022). days on average.

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the last month, I have been working on the 2019 Supply Chains to Admire analysis. It is not as simple as trading-off inventory, cost, and customer service. Please join me in congratulating the winners of the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019. Supply Chains to Admire 2019 Top-Performing Supply Chains. .

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2019 Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study

Supply Chain Brain

What does best-in-class forecasting and inventory management look like? Now in its ninth year, E2open’s 2019 Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study is the most consistent, comprehensive and useful study of its kind.

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Collaboration? When It Comes to Cash-to-Cash, We Don’t Know How to Walk the Talk

Supply Chain Shaman

Inventory, in this time of uncertainty, is the organization’s most important buffer to protect against variability. However, organizations are not good at managing inventory. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle. Inventory. My takeaway?

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4 Tips For Better Process Manufacturing Planning and Forecasting

Logility

Process manufacturing companies — such as those in the packaging, specialty chemicals, and rolled and woven goods sectors — are dealing with overcapacity as well as price pressures and continuing supply chain uncertainties. Is inventory keeping up with demand? What seasonal factors affect your business?

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Asking the Right Questions Is The First Step To Drive Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

Using balance sheet data from 2011 to 2019, we chart companies’ progress by peer group on rate of improvement and performance in the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Each year, we compile a list of top-performing Supply Chains, termed the Supply Chains to Admire.

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5 Recommendations towards a Resilient S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

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. He received his Ph.D.

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