article thumbnail

Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

An analysis of improvement, performance, and value of over 500 public companies in 28 industries over a decade. (I Note to the reader: we selected these metrics for the balanced scorecard for the analysis after work with Arizona State University to understand which metrics, in combination, most closely correlated with market capitalization.

article thumbnail

Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

The methodology did not include a peer group analysis, and I strongly felt that chemical, retail, and telecommunications companies should not be compared in the same analysis. As a research leader at AMR Research when I voiced the concern for a more rigorous peer group analysis in prior meetings, I hoped for a better outcome.

Gartner 235
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Supply Chain Leaders, Chained to Tradition, Face the Whip

Supply Chain Shaman

For the past eight years, each spring, I have spent six weeks deep in the analysis of spreadsheets evaluating the corporate performance of supply chains by sector. In the analysis, we use this balanced scorecard to evaluate ten years of performance. The metrics selection resulted from work with Arizona State University in 2013.)

article thumbnail

Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the last month, I have been working on the 2019 Supply Chains to Admire analysis. The source data for the analysis comes from Ycharts.). We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. The Supply Chains to Admire analysis is six-years-old. Celebrating Success.

article thumbnail

The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

He also believed that supply chain leaders could easily select top-performing supply chains and designed the AMR Top 25 Supply Chain (now the Gartner Top 25 analysis) to be 25% of the score. I advocated a study, an analysis of market value. As the architect of the Top 25 methodology, he strongly wanted peer rankings. I disagreed.

Gartner 197
article thumbnail

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. Five winners from this analysis are speaking at this year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

article thumbnail

Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

To demonstrate, one California autonomous vehicle company, TuSimple, tested the efficacy of long-haul driverless vehicles in a recent trek from Nogales, Arizona to Oklahoma City, shaving 10 hours (42%) off of what would otherwise be a 24-hour trip. Keep Your Eyes on the Road.