Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2013

It is a quest and the subject of my next book, Metrics That Matter , that will publish in September, 2014. This week, I am finalizing an agreement with Arizona State University to fund a PHD student in statistics under the guidance of George Runger to try to finish the work. .” As I shuffle along, I am not sure. I shake my head.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

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. We calculate the results based on public data from the period 2012-2021. Organizations are drowning in data that they cannot use.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

My desire was to make the rankings of the Top 25 supply chain report data-driven based on balance sheet results. I began analyzing correlations of groups of metrics to market capitalization and found that the most significant correlation was between market capitalization and growth. I advocated a study, an analysis of market value.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Our conclusion from this latest data was that global supply chains have now transitioned away from supply driven contraction to that of product demand driven. However, we would be remiss to not highlight some optimistic data related to overall global supply chain pressures and logistics costs. Logistics Managers Index. for September.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 25, 2013

As I sat at my kitchen table, I reviewed spreadsheet after spreadsheet of corporate performance data on supply chain financial ratios. The relationship between corporate financial performance and supply chain metrics was complex; and in my first attempts, I was unable to derive a correlation. We want to get it right. Definitions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

I think that the discussion on supply chain excellence should be a data-driven discussion. As a result, the metrics have to be viewed together as a pattern over time. In the journey, the supply chain leader needs to improve the potential of a portfolio of metrics. I find value in looking at these metrics together.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

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. Can you help us with what you see in the data?” The use of channel data into advanced analytics to sense demand. Aligned Metrics. ” Yes, I said.

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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

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. . Additional Data- U.S. Logistics Managers Index.

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Supply Chain Insights

MARCH 16, 2015

Nine out of ten companies are stuck: unable to make progress on a portfolio of supply chain metrics. “What is the value of channel data? The simulation game is tied to the work we are doing with Arizona State University’s Operations Research group on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. We want to help.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 19, 2017

To try to wrap my head around the way the winners were determined, I dug in to the data. The methodology was determined with Supply Chain Insights and Arizona State University in 2014. For this reason, a company shows greater balance if the improvement of one of the metrics does not cause a negative effect on the other.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Pick five-to-seven balanced metrics and hold all functions accountable to these corporate metrics. Next week, in Arizona, 120 supply chain leaders will be meeting to network on the Future of Supply Chain 2030. Communicate the balanced scorecard for the team through clear leadership communication and stay the course.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In this blog, we dive into Resilinc’s exclusive supply chain data to uncover the top five disruptions to high-tech and semiconductors in 2023. Typically, Factory fires are consistently the number one disruption reported globally, according to Resilinc data. What were the causes behind these disruptions? Is There Still a Chip Shortage?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

Our stated takeaway from for the Q1 data was that indices were no longer reflecting the optimism indicated in February, and instead that of growing headwinds and added geopolitical concerns related to effects of the Ukraine conflict and China’s potential economic stumble as a result of a strict COVID-19 isolation policy. The latest U.S.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

One of those voices is Hitendra Chaturvedi, professor of practice in supply chain management at Arizona State University’s W. Chaturvedi: So far this year, Ohio, Arizona and Tennessee have seen the most job announcements associated with reshoring. Carey School of Business. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing?

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

While progress was indicated against key business performance metrics, investors prompted a reported 25 percent decline in the company’s stock value. Rivian Automotive Last week, Rivian Automotive reported on the fourth quarter and full year financial performance that disappointed company investors.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 16, 2015

There is so much supply chain related data that we have access to now and even better, we have automated solutions that recommend the best thing to do in a given situation on a given day. Or as my old drill sergeant would have said it… “What the f%$*& do you f$#@&*ing think you’re f%^&@#ing doing, son?! Hear me out.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

To make the list, companies out-performed their peer group on operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital while driving significant improvement in financial metrics over the period.Supply Chain Improvement is based on a detailed analysis calculated factors for balance, strength and resiliency. Learn More.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

” So, I started work with Arizona State University to take balance sheet data from 2003-2007 to analyze which combination of metrics drove the highest market capitalization. Colgate outperformed P&G in Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), and P&G exceeded Colgate in inventory turns. Analytics Deployment.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

In the last five years the Supply Chain Operating Network technologies evolved canonical data structures to enable communication in a many-to-many data model. Evolution of Supply Chain Operating Networks with a Many-to-Many Data Model Supported by a Canonical Infrastructure and Intelligence Driven by Cognitive Learning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

I have taken myself off the road to write the book Metrics That Matter. You just do not see the patterns of the interrelationships of metrics in an Excel spreadsheet. Then ask the group to work in smaller groups to answer the questions of: What data is available that we could use to be more responsive? It is a slow week.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 6, 2015

We have pulled the data from the field on the Supply Chain Centers of Excellence survey; and to gain insights to finalize my thoughts for the report, I am sharing the data with two groups of supply chain leaders: those that have a center of excellence, and those that do not. Network with Leaders. It is unlike any other conference.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

We are systemically evaluating each industry in the Supply Chain Insights Metrics That Matter series of reports. Network with your peers on the insights and relax under the Arizona skies as you wrap up a couple of intense days with your peers at the final reception. At Supply Chain Insights , this is our passion. Network with Leaders.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

But, before we dig into the data – let’s start on a positive note: Supply Chain Statistics Show Challenges, but the Industry Remains Resilient. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

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. What I See in the Data. Here I share a cut of the data.

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

I just returned from the highly engaging and inspiring Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The rise in computational power and storage capacity is making it practical for organizations to create a digital copy of their entire end-to-end supply chain in the cloud with all the data and knowledge of the business.

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 11, 2018

” — William Verdini, associate professor and chairman of the Supply Chain Management Department at Arizona State University’s Carey School of Business, as quoted in The Importance of Education in Supply Chain Management , Reliable Plant; Twitter: @NoriaCorp. Only purchase automation that complements your needs and/or goals.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In The metrics selection resulted from work with Arizona State University in 2013.) The data is available.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

When I was Materials Manager at Maricopa County, Arizona, the second largest county in the country, I introduced Vendor Managed Inventory. Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process. These metrics should be reviewed frequently to ensure supply chain success.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

To give you an idea of what this is doing, the classic retail metrics, “same store sales” and “sales per square foot”, are no longer being reported by Macy’s department stores. The non-profit organization GS1 is trying to figure out how to standardize all this data. Inventory and Warehouse data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The technology shifts are many: internet of things, mobility, analytics for social and unstructured data, cognitive learning, cloud-based software, canonical integration in B2B networks, e-commerce, and digital images. Too few companies understand the differences between syndicated data sources and the use of channel data.

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