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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. 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. Despite spending 1.1%

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. One master of freight procurement is Kyle Masters. Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Next Steps: Start to model demand based on market data to align the organization on baseline demand. Resist the temptation to place deeper analytics on top of existing data models. Instead, rethink the model and the approach. Out of desperation, they turned to the use of descriptive analytics. Next Steps.

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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

In general the ERP technology providers underperformed, and the investment was an opportunity cost to the adoption of new forms of analytics and building effective business networks. The Focus Inside-out Supported by Functional Metrics. Instead, the path requires a redefinition of process, metrics, and capabilities.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

The US GDP in 2021 grew at an unexpected rate of 5.7% Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. Focus on Cost.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

The US GDP in 2021 grew at an unexpected rate of 5.7% Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. Focus on Cost.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

Congress established the program in 2021 through the BIL and dedicated $5 billion to the program over a five-year period. Teradyne , a supplier of semiconductor testing equipment, pulled manufacturing worth about $1 billion out of China last year, a Teradyne spokesperson said on Monday, after U.S. Retailers estimate 13.7