Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

So, with labor day approaching, I am penning a blog on supply chain talent. Before I started doing this research, I believed procurement and manufacturing were aligned. Digital manufacturing is also a disruption. Pick five-to-seven balanced metrics and hold all functions accountable to these corporate metrics.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2023

According to the June report summary , the primary driver of the latest decline was the inventory metric, which reportedly contracted 6.5 Consequently, the warehousing capacity metric increased a reported 6.8 Both metrics contributed to the overall contraction in the LMI along with contracting price levels for transportation.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0 On the other hand, transportation metrics continue their slowed pace, reaching the second highest level of capacity growth, and the third fastest rate of price contraction in the history of the index. Logistics Managers Index. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

not only described as a “ significant rate of contraction ,” but also the first time that this particular metric has reached such a low level. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Warehousing and Inventory metrics continue to buoy the logistics sector.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog continues to highlight for readers specific global and regional supply chain indices that depict both trending production activity levels, as well as supply chain volatility. Also reported was less change in Inventory and Warehousing metrics as costs continue to grow and capacity remains tight.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During In this blog, we share an interview with Dave Biegger, SVP of Campbell Soup. In our program, cost avoidance, while desirable, does not count towards the metric. We named it the Supply Chain Index. Our aim was to maintain a 3 to 3.5 What have you learned?

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