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Reports of Easing Global Supply Chain Volatility in July

Supply Chain Matters

This index complies 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog. This index was reported as 1.84 reported for June, and 2.59 reported for May. percentage points from the reported reading of 65 in June. PMI reports for July.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) 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.

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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. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune.

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. It is important to benchmark forecast accuracy and similar supply chain metrics against your peers. Doing this, increases the benefits.

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Raise a Toast to Digital Business!

Supply Chain Shaman

The word digital is everywhere in their presentations– digital path to purchase, digital agriculture, and digital manufacturing. This includes the automation of the list and driving demand before the store, driving demand in the store, mining the data from checkout and listening to sentiment post purchase. I give them credit.

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Evolution of B2B Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

Today Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical industry. To build this model, I flew to Arizona to develop it with Carol Ptak of the Demand-Driven Institute. Together, we built this model.

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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. These tools allow us to look at sell, source, make, and deliver together. These tools allow us to look at sell, source, make, and deliver together. We hope to see you there!