Remove 2022 Remove Analytics Remove Definition Remove Inventory
article thumbnail

What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. WRITTEN BY STEFANY MARTIN / POSTED ON JUNE 9, 2022. Original Article: What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. The peak season definition is a continued evolution of the seasons in transportation.

article thumbnail

Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

Kimberly-Clark, in 2022, finished the year at 13% margin and 6.15 turns in 2022. Orbit Charts for Kimberly-Clark and Kellogg for 2013-2022 A good friend of mine, asked, “Isn’t this the impact of the pandemic.” The supply chain has two important buffers–inventory and capacity. turns in 2013.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

These teams are also more advanced in the use of planning and more advanced analytics concepts. Supply Chain Performance over the Period of March 2020 to July 2022. Supply chain leaders self-assessment of performance during the pandemic period of March 2020-through July 2022. Today, inventory fire sales abound.

article thumbnail

Driving An Octopus

Supply Chain Shaman

Each box has an optimizer that drives output from a model based on a functional definition using enterprise data. A Focus on Safety Stock Is Too Narrow for Effective Inventory Management. A manufacturing company’s safety stock is 30-40% of the total inventory requirement. I commend o9 for building that space in 2021-2022.

article thumbnail

No Time Like the Present

Supply Chain Shaman

On this tour, I heard Jeff Ma, a former member of the MIT blackjack team, speak on the use of analytics to make better decisions in “beating the house.” In both cases, there is a clear definition of “winning.” Alignment in Organizations in the Summer of 2022. Inventories increased by 44% due to supply chain volatility.

article thumbnail

Do You Need a Graph?

Supply Chain Shaman

Current Familiarity with Analytic Concepts (Fall 2022 Snapshot) Preamble Supply chain leaders love their rows and columns. Let’s start with a basic definition. If a company wants a perpetual inventory signal that is current and representative of the network, the unified data model allows roll-up in minutes, not hours.

article thumbnail

Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

As Allyson presented her story of working for multiple consumer products companies, with very advanced technologies (demand sensing, advanced automation of forecasting, data lakes and descriptive analytics), she spoke of why at the end of the day, the most important technology that she uses is Excel. Using Analytics In the World of Gray.