2019 Company Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Metrics 
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 15, 2022
” Followed by “How are you organized, and what defines functional excellence? And, how do you tie functional excellence to corporate value?” ” In this work, my observation is that large companies have a more difficult journey to drive organizational alignment, than smaller companies.
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 19, 2020
Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change. What Is Supply Chain Excellence? My second observation is that for 96% of public companies supply chain excellence is slip-sliding away. Reflections on Excellence. Tom Peters. How do you define value?
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Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2022
Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. In this area of research, I find that companies are like dogs chasing cars. The grass is always greener at another company. The reason?
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 9, 2021
Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. 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. Less Effective at Inventory Management.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
In 2022, I frequently ask companies to draw their river of demand. The process designed to help companies manage constraints outside of lead time took on a life of its own. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) The process mistakes include: Mistake #1.
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 6, 2020
Ed argued that instead of buying new packaging equipment that we should work with R&D to have a base flavor and add the color and flavoring at the head of the machine. Despite goals to improve agility and resiliency, functional metrics for manufacturing efficiency continually throw the supply chain out of balance.
Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 1, 2022
There were record numbers (see Figure 1) through August 2022 and even when September’s volumes receded they were still 7% higher than pre-pandemic 2019. Theme 2: Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies. Despite many calling for U.S. import volumes to plummet well before summer, they didn’t.
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