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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

(When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. 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. The result?

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) 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. AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. Following the outbreak of Covid-19, 93% of senior supply-chain executives reported their intent to make their supply chains more flexible, agile, and resilient. Chain Store Age ).

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Do No Harm…

Supply Chain Shaman

I have learned that supply chain systems are more complex than I originally thought, and that the relationships between supply chain metrics are nonlinear. I have also learned that you need a large data pool to derive the type of analysis that I want to publish. The technologies enable the evaluation of both volumetric flows and cost.

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Was Integrated Planning a Hoax?

Supply Chain Shaman

The implementations were longer, the purchase costs were higher, and the functionality was less robust and lacking flexibility. All of the results are reported in aggregate. The supporting analytics around the extended ERP packages have not been equal to the business requirements. I did not see it. What Should You Do?

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Seven Misconceptions on Managing Inventory in a Market-Driven World

Supply Chain Shaman

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” This week, I published an in-depth analysis on the topic. This is in preparation for the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire Report. Network with Leaders.

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50 expert tips on logistics planning and strategy

6 River Systems

Implement supply chain actions, including with internal procurement teams, with suppliers and through broader collaboration, and develop measurable targets for these efforts. Try to avoid a tick-box approach to evaluating risk – you need a more sophisticated analysis of the different levels of maturity your suppliers may have.”