Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Price index and price elasticity are useful metrics on their own, and a combination of these can help determine the right price point to maximize revenue and profit. Since there are often differences in store sizes, a metric representing the size can be added as well for a two-dimensional clustering approach.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

This week, at Supply Chain Insights LLC, we published our 11th report in the series titled Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Apparel is actually moving backwards. When companies look at singular metrics (labor costs or inventory), they have moved backwards. Aligning metrics matters. We enjoy writing them!

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The supply chain is a complex system with finite, and non-linear relationships between supply chain metrics that drive balance sheet results. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics. Teams struggle to drive improvement in both metrics at the same time. A Look at History. Resiliency.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

million) from the Templeton World Charity Fund, that will be used to develop an Ethical Apparel Index and launch a new initiative under the SCRC umbrellas. Unethical working conditions among apparel supply chains present substantial challenges for brands’ pursuit of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and generate systemic dysfunction.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

No metric should be measured in isolation, and functional metrics should be replaced with the balanced scorecard metrics shown in Figure 2. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. 5 A Focus on Functional Metrics Throws the Supply Chain Out of Balance.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 24, 2014

More and more global luxury brands such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and others are promoting themselves as Lifestyle brands, spanning many products including fragrance, home collections, apparel, paint, wallpaper, foods, and many other products. The entire apparel supply chain is driven by these financial metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As As a group, these metrics have the highest correlation to market capitalization. As a group, public companies want to make progress to both drive and sustain metrics performance, but they cannot. Improvement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

Unfortunately, we find most companies are moving backwards on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter™ or making progress on singular metrics versus driving performance improvement on a balanced portfolio of supply chain metrics that correlate to market capitalization. (If The winners and finalists are an elite group.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The next step was getting a feedback loop from the WMS system back to the planning system to create OTIF (on-time-in-full) metrics on supplier deliveries so the planning system could adjust recommendations based on the real-time receipt information. Step 4 – Closing the Loop and Getting Real-time Visibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Customer Satisfaction scores side by side with the service level and availability metrics. Following her consulting tenure with Silicon-valley based software companies, she brought her Advanced Analytics and Business Process Engineering experience to Apparel Retail where she worked at Gap Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

All combined, the sustainability requirements will emphasize the need for end-to-end visibility systems that can track sustainability metrics, analyze data on the scale, and check vendor sustainability credentials all across the supply chain. Cybersecurity Threats The number of cyber attack incidents and data breaches increased by 15.1%

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

Columbia Sportswear is a 77-year old, profitable, multi-billion dollar company and a leading brand in the global outdoor and active lifestyle apparel, footwear, accessories and equipment industry. How did this vast improvement in a key supply chain metric translate into financial performance? billion in worldwide revenue.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 6, 2013

When this happens, there is greater balance between metric trade-offs and resiliency in year-over-year improvements in corporate performance. After answering the questions in the white boxes, companies can then define the process. It should be then, and only then that the business processes can be defined. Process needs to follow strategy.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 8, 2015

For instance, competing in high-end fashion apparel will require a different supply chain strategy than selling cotton briefs. Create the right metrics and monitor them. There is no one right set of supply chain metrics, and there will be trade-offs that reflect the needs of the markets and customers.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 19, 2016

As a result, a single eCommerce warehouse may actually be responsible for processing groceries, fresh fruits and vegetables, beauty supplies, apparel and practically any other type of product. Use Metrics to Track Progress and Order Fulfillment Processes. Having metrics to track progress and productivity is only half of the battle.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

Unfortunately, we find most companies are moving backwards on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter™ or making progress on singular metrics versus driving performance improvement on a balanced portfolio of supply chain metrics that correlate to market capitalization. (If The winners and finalists are an elite group.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

Zara has become Europe’s most profitable apparel brands by building agility end to end in their supply chains. To create flexible and balanced supply chain organisation, it is necessary to integrate strategy, processes, metrics, and technology enterprise wide and across customers, suppliers, and service providers.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 16, 2018

retailers conducted by NRF and Forrester Research surveyed the key metrics of 195 apparel, footwear, general merchandise, home furnishings and personal care retailers, and determined that the average cost to fulfill an order is $10 (shipping + fulfillment costs). The State of Retailing Online (SORO) survey of U.S.

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Logility

JANUARY 26, 2022

Technology purpose-built to support a sustainable supply chain provides the level of visibility and resources needed to help fashion and apparel brands navigate this swiftly changing landscape, monitor suppliers across all tiers, and capture the data and insight necessary to comply with new laws and fulfil stakeholder expectations.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Metrics about safety standards, discrimination, labor conditions, child labor, and wages can be made a part of every assessment of every supplier, as well as every business case; countermeasures to react to unacceptable values of these metrics can also be implemented.

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Logility

JUNE 2, 2020

Imagine your apparel buyers are convinced yellow maxi coats will be hot next fall. Those two locations may differ across many important metrics: footprint, demographics, seasonality, logistical support, sell-through history, competitive landscape, sales trends, to name a few. To be fair, the problem is complex, as noted above.

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Demand Solutions

JULY 31, 2013

Which metrics are most important to track? Any sophisticated supply chain business intelligence platform should deliver analytics packs that are designed to help you focus on the most important metrics for your industry. If you try to do without it, you’ll never have enough data about your overall business performance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. The difference? Also note that beauty, consumer packaged goods and food growth is also declining.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

APRIL 15, 2014

These last two elements are particularly important from an operations and supply chain perspective and we postulate metrics to measure their effectiveness. Note that he GMROI metric is largely used among retailers but several other ratios could serve the same purpose. Instead, we resort to the retailers' online stores in the USA.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 24, 2022

By tracking these inventory metrics over time, your business can forecast growth and trend projection on a more granular level and look back to see how your forecasts matched up to reality. The esports and apparel brand leverages the “drop” model to create spikes in demand. ” Will Kerr, Apparel Lead at Quadrant.

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Logility

MARCH 10, 2022

Many companies now use environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance metrics when setting targets for executive pay, which is a clear indicator that sustainability is moving beyond being a brand value. It’s Time to Think About Sustainability Differently.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

My stepson calls them tidy whiteys) Imagine a boring, basic apparel item. Rules, engines, policies and metrics need to align. Stories from the Field. To stir up debate, let me share some stories. In 2015, I worked with a manufacturer of men’s underwear. (My The tendency of a data scientist is to built localized optima.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For example, would we be willing to wait an extra day or two for our online orders to be delivered if we were to understand the impact of the decision on sustainability metrics? Companies will continue to focus on energy, climate change, biodiversity, and the idea of circularity. This also helps lower their carbon footprint.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Reverse Logistics Strategy 3: Make it Profitable It makes sense to run reverse logistics as a profit centre with corresponding KPI and metrics. Online shoes and apparel seller Zappos has made a name for itself with its return policy extending up to 365 days. Speed will be an important factor. Design reverse logistics into operations.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2017

But technology won’t solve your supply chain problems or help you improve unless you also address the most common culprits of poor supply chain performance: poor data quality, lack of resources and training, lack of metrics and accountability, and poor communication and collaboration with trading partners (see resolution #3 below).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2016

The only other Supply Chain Operating network offering payment and supply chain finance capabilities is the Infor product GT Nexus with the ability to fund apparel through the assets acquired through Tradecard. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is writing her third book, Leadership Matters.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Demand prioritization is best if you have tiered customers or groups or locations (known priorities), you need to maximize metrics like profitability over equitability, or you need to short supply for the present but have more products coming in future.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2023

.” According to The Economist , “Water shortages, combined with reputational damage and regulatory overreach, could affect many hydro-dependent industries, from food production, mining and power generation to apparel and electronics. Identify locally led innovations.

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Supply Chain Network

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Learn how these retailers determine key metrics for the stores and for the Executive team, and how they measure and improve efficiency in order to better serve their customers. Room 25, Tuesday Feb 25 th , 1:30 pm. Speaker(s): Debbie Fortnum, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, Belk, Inc. ? Room 24, Monday February 24 th , 10:30 am.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Purchases in the center store of the grocery store are in decline, and apparel tastes are shifting. We will also be announcing the 2015 winners for the Supply Chains to Admire analysis which analyzes company progress on both supply chain performance and improvement on the Metrics That Matter for the period of 2006-2014.

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ShipBob

APRIL 13, 2021

However, there is a wide range of metrics that you should be tracking to help your online store grow. Why ecommerce performance metrics are important. Why are ecommerce performance metrics important to your online store? Table of Contents. What are ecommerce KPIs? Sales KPIs. Marketing KPIs. Crucial to achieving your goals.

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Logility

JULY 20, 2023

It should also provide error metrics to help you understand how accurate each forecast is. Logility has worked with many industries, including fast-moving and durable consumer goods, food and beverage, and soft goods such as apparel. Broad industry expertise. Complete supply chain planning platform.

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