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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

The selection of metrics is based on prior work with Arizona State University to understand which metrics, in combination, correlate to market capitalization and price to book value. The focus of the conference is on Supply Chain 2030. The event is designed for extreme networking. Imagine Supply Chain 2030.

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Asking the Right Questions Is The First Step To Drive Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

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). A focus on functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance.)

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. The winners drove long-term value (measured by market capitalization) while outperforming on the portfolio of metrics shown in Figure 1 and driving improvement faster than their peer groups. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. Celebrating Success.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

Focus on functional metrics without alignment to a balanced scorecard to drive value. Over the last decade, in the building of global supply chains, organizations grew more political with gaming on metrics. We are taking the risk that everyone can get COVID shots to enable an in-person event in September. Mistake #3.

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Overcoming The Barriers to Use Channel Data

Supply Chain Shaman

Industry events and the press perpetuate the status quo. The focus of the conference is on Supply Chain 2030. The event is designed for extreme networking. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. The event has no sponsorships and no technologist or consultant sales teams. Commercial and operational teams are not aligned.

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Supply Chain Leaders, Chained to Tradition, Face the Whip

Supply Chain Shaman

One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In The metrics selection resulted from work with Arizona State University in 2013.) Look for the full report next week.).

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Happy Labor Day! Insights on Building Supply Chain Talent

Supply Chain Shaman

Customer-centric, demand-driven, network of networks and outside-in processes become the reality in 2030… The supply chain of the future is no longer about cost containment. Analytics Techniques for Supply Chain 2030. Pick five-to-seven balanced metrics and hold all functions accountable to these corporate metrics.