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Public Markets Reward Supply Chain Alignment

Supply Chain Shaman

The relationship between corporate financial performance and supply chain metrics was complex; and in my first attempts, I was unable to derive a correlation. The year 2012 marked the 30th anniversary of the use of supply chain management as a cross-functional process for source, make and deliver in the commercial sector. Definitions.

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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. Aligned Metrics. How do you balance the trade-offs between source, make and deliver? Supply Chain Design. Active, and intentional, design of the supply chain.

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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire for 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

The source data for the analysis comes from Ycharts.). We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. Long-term balance sheet improvement requires a focus on a balanced scorecard and the alignment of sell, deliver, make, and source to drive value. Celebrating Success.

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

It is important to benchmark forecast accuracy and similar supply chain metrics against your peers. Increasingly, forecasts are being improved by leveraging outside data sources rather than merely relying on a company’s internal historical shipment data. It turns out the Super Bowl happened on February 12 th in Glendale, Arizona.

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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. We often find that companies have better performance in the management of regional supply chains where the sources of supply are in the same market versus the management of products across borders. It is a slow week. Most of my friends are on vacation.

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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. After three years of research, I have just refined the methodology to start to pull the trends.

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

To demonstrate, one California autonomous vehicle company, TuSimple, tested the efficacy of long-haul driverless vehicles in a recent trek from Nogales, Arizona to Oklahoma City, shaving 10 hours (42%) off of what would otherwise be a 24-hour trip. In a word, it’s data. Keep Your Eyes on the Road.