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

Supply Chain Shaman

Rise in Inventories. Less Effective at Inventory Management. Inventories grew twenty days over the decade. Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory. Despite spending 1.1% Alignment Barriers.

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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? If you enjoy our research, please help us by filling out our current survey. Imagine Supply Chain 2030.

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Overcoming The Barriers to Use Channel Data

Supply Chain Shaman

A requirement to apply as an analyst position for AMR Research was to write an opinion piece and defend the article in an interview. 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.

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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). Excellence happens at the trade-off of margin (not cost), growth, inventory, and Return on Invested Capital.

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The March of the Lemmings.

Supply Chain Shaman

In this blog post, I share quantitative research, mixed with stories, of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). The first report was published when I working at AMR Research (now Gartner) in 2004. The Research. . Top line results of recent research on S&OP processes? The Preamble. Effective S&OP takes work.

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

Schneider Electric has committed to convert its 14,000 fleet vehicles to electric by 2030. Technicolor, which makes high tech equipment for the connected home, found their sales team drove the business but created havoc by entering new requirements or cancelling them too late for operations to keep up, so inventories grew.

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Trends Transforming Logistics and Supply Chains In the MENA Region in 2023

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Furthermore, using qualitative and quantitative forecasting to manage product inventory and distribution enables the wider operations of the business and results in improved customer experience. The dynamic logistics model must incorporate all areas of the business including warehouse management, inventory, storage and last-mile delivery.