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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

To help, we analyze business results each year to understand which companies outperform on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) over the past ten years. Supply Chain Excellence Is Closely Coupled With Product Innovation. Functional efficiency drives superior results.

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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

He was also unaware of how to measure Forecast Value-Added, the Bullwhip impact and the health of inventory. What is the role of the forecast, budget, market data, and inventory in the proposed project? Registrations are pouring in for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 6th-8th in Washington, DC.

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Overcoming The Barriers to Use Channel Data

Supply Chain Shaman

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. The decline in inventory turns uses cash. I pulled up my covers to go to sleep four hours later. My question is, “Why?”

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The Changing Grocery Landscape

Enterra Insights

Washington Analysis, a research firm in Washington, D.C., Consider this: in December 2019, the percentage of e-commerce grocery sales in the US market was slightly under 4 percent; it’s now in the low teens and is expected to reach roughly 25 percent by 2030. ” Next, grocers need to improve inventory management.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

17 states stand by plan to electrify 30% of trucks and buses by 2030. As same-day delivery becomes more important to consumers, retailers are looking at innovative ways to deliver on this expectation. Cargo begins clogging Port of Los Angeles amid railroad worker shortage. Walmart launches new restored goods program.

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The Circular Supply Chain Explained + 13 Realistic Strategies

Unleashed

For example, US company Signify, which produces lightbulbs , agreed with the city of Washington, DC, to install 13,000 LED lights at no upfront cost to the city. By the year 2030, H&M plans to use 100% recycled materials for its clothing. So some companies are modifying their product to offer it as a service.

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Supply Chain Leaders, Chained to Tradition, Face the Whip

Supply Chain Shaman

The future inventory fire sale. 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 ” Product innovators in their sectors. Driving process innovation agendas.