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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

My approach took too much time and resources. I began analyzing correlations of groups of metrics to market capitalization and found that the most significant correlation was between market capitalization and growth. When companies were growing, I also discovered that the cost and inventory metrics better aligned with peers.

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

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. In fact, many companies move backwards—like Campbell’s Soup or Kellogg—when they try to implement a large project with too few resources too fast. Aligned Metrics.

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June 2023 US Logistics Managers Index Drops to a Revised Low

Supply Chain Matters

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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Happy Labor Day! Insights on Building Supply Chain Talent

Supply Chain Shaman

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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Time for a Mea Culpa?

Supply Chain Shaman

I have taken myself off the road to write the book Metrics That Matter. Sixty-five percent of nonrenewable resources lie outside the four walls of the enterprise, but only 21% of companies are actively trying to work with suppliers on the reduction of carbon, water and energy footprints in the extended supply chain. It is a slow week.

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

Supply Chain Shaman

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During The Index is a methodology developed by Supply Chain Insights LLC, in cooperation with the Operations Research Team at Arizona State University (ASU), to gauge supply chain improvement. We named it the Supply Chain Index. Our aim was to maintain a 3 to 3.5

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Seven Misconceptions on Managing Inventory in a Market-Driven World

Supply Chain Shaman

We are systemically evaluating each industry in the Supply Chain Insights Metrics That Matter series of reports. To counteract these business shifts, companies have invested in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and. Implement with Knowledgeable Resources. At Supply Chain Insights , this is our passion. Network with Leaders.