Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2021

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). Last week, I shared a preview of the results through a webinar broadcast. We Give to You.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

Companies entered the pandemic with twenty more days of inventory than at the beginning of the great recession. A balance sheet analysis shows that 95% of publicly traded manufacturers are stuck (when compared to peer group) at the intersection of growth and margin, margin and inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and growth.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The focus is on channel data: price; inventory positions; and policies. The use of advanced analytics enables the sensing of out-of-stocks. It is about much, much more than Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI ) or Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment. (The A demand network translates demand across multiple parties.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

Both Kimberly-Clark and P&G are going backwards on operating margin while making progress on inventory turns. As the company spiraled in the updraft of the market, it built inventory. billion in inventory charges in April 2001. Join us for the webinar scheduled for 1:00 PM. Click the link to sign-up for the webinar.)

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Could we define business network flows through Apache Spark which can move real-time data like telematics, GPS, weather and temperature data, and sensor information at the speed of business to drive new forms of prescriptive analytics? Future of Analytics in the Building of Supply Chain 2030. We are looking for answers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, only 10% of companies are making progress. Unable to power additional year-over-year improvements at the intersection of cost and inventory, companies struggle. Or to move from predictive analytics to prescriptive/cognitive capabilities to sense/learn and act?

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

Buying behaviors that were predicted to become the norm by 2030 are suddenly a reality. The table above, pulled from historical data in our analytics solution powered by Tableau, shows 2019 mean-peak data, current site data and 2020 peak forecasts for two of our active sites. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world overnight.

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