Arizona Company Manufacturing Procurement Metrics 
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 12, 2020
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. So, I sucked it up and consented. The reason?
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 27, 2023
When it comes to running a company, when things break down executives have traditionally said “we need to improve our forecasting!” Unfortunately, most companies cannot, and will never be able to, consistently rely on highly accurate forecasts. Would better forecasting accuracy be a good thing? Absolutely!
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Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 21, 2022
To help, we analyze business results each year to understand which companies outperform on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) over the past ten years. We designed the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology to help companies define supply chain excellence.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
This report, Supply Chains to Admire , compares the progress of 200 companies within their respective peer groups on both performance and improvement. Supply Chain Improvement is based on the work that we completed with an Arizona State University Operations Research team to determine the Supply Chain Index. Aligned Metrics.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 27, 2021
As driver pay increases, so does the incidence of drivers jumping ship, switching companies for the next best payday. Deploying driverless vehicles could take a significant bite out of operating costs, considering that approximately 75% of company expenses are tied up in labor. Curiouser and Curiouser. In a word, it’s data.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2021
Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) I wanted to help companies drive step-changes in performance. My argument centered on the observation that as new technologies evolved, companies did a lift and shift. Companies want a definitive Return on Investment (ROI), limiting the opportunity to test and learn with new technologies.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
Before I started doing this research, I believed procurement and manufacturing were aligned. While this is the case in 50% of the organizations, there are many organizations with large alignment gaps between finance/operations and procurement/manufacturing. Digital manufacturing is also a disruption. I was wrong.
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