Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 12, 2020
Total cost analysis is more difficult than it sounds and most technology implementations automated functional measurement systems (manufacturing or procurement), but leave the organization blind on the management of total costs. The Effective Frontier: Balanced Scorecard Developed Through the Work with Arizona State. The result?
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. There are three reasons why: Vertical excellence—having the best manufacturing, procurement or transportation function—has not worked. Aligned Metrics.
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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. I thought the primary issues were between commercial teams and operations.
Supply Chain Matters
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The Logistics Managers Index Report® , compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported a September value of 61.4,
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. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S. Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that dropped to an all-time low for May 2023. Consequently, transportation prices reportedly declined 8.9
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.
Resilinc
OCTOBER 11, 2022
There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. 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.
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