Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Walmart’s Project Gigaton, which aims to reduce supplier emissions by one gigaton by 2030, highlights the potential of such collaborations to align economic and sustainability goals. The Interconnected Nature of Sustainability The three pillars of sustainability are interrelated.
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 27, 2025
A disruption at any point in the global logistics network including the average of 12 touch points from shipment packaging to final delivery can prove disastrous for profits, service levels, customer loyalty, and other key metrics. billion by 2030, more than tripling in size. With the global e-commerce market predicted to reach $8.1
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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). A focus on functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance.)
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 22, 2019
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.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 27, 2024
In 2020, Microsoft committed to become carbon negative by 2030, and by 2050, the company aims to remove historical emissions since its founding in 1975. A clear goal needs to be combined with good data and metrics. Users can only take action once they have the goal, visible data, and metrics.
Kinaxis
OCTOBER 13, 2016
by Tom Gregorchik I was recently asked a simple question during an interview: “Where do you see supply chain in 2030?”. And when I thought of the future of supply chain, I thought to myself that the year 2030 is 14 years from now—the same 14-year span of when I started in supply chain. However, in 2030 this will be the standard.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 24, 2022
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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