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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.

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Logistics Predictions: How Did We Do in 2022 and What Will 2023 Look Like?

Logistics Viewpoints

Near the end of 2021, I had the chance to make the early call on Logistics Viewpoints on what 2022 would look like across five major logistics themes. Unlike the folks projecting election results these days, I was a little more accurate and the 2022 projections have set the stage for what will happen in 2023. Pretty much nailed it.

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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.” Consider the role of functional metrics and the lack of alignment with the corporate scorecard.)

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Congrats to the Winners of the Supply Chains to Admire 2023

Supply Chain Shaman

Many believe that an ex-supply chain exec knows the definition of supply chain excellence. The industry assumes that since the person led a supply chain that they are clear on the definition of supply chain excellence. The performance in 2022 is almost the same as that in 2013 (note the circular pattern).

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Trying to Push Content Above the Noise

Supply Chain Shaman

We talk about the move from functional metrics to a balanced scorecard, but we don’t use a balanced scorecard as an objective function. Orbit charts of four companies for the period of 2013-2022 at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. We talk about complexity, but do not measure the impact on forecastability.

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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

In the spring of 2022, Asia/US ocean container rates resumed pre-pandemic levels and congestion eased in November 2022 into California ports. For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. However, variability and global unrest is rising. Tougher than most understand.

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No Time Like the Present

Supply Chain Shaman

In both cases, there is a clear definition of “winning.” The larger the organization, the more tension with conflicting functional metrics making decisions more difficult. Alignment in Organizations in the Summer of 2022. Functional metrics need to be abandoned to focus on balanced scorecard outputs. The reason?