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How Risk Management Software is Transforming 3 Industries!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Census Small Business Pulse survey. The software allows them to track shipments, monitor inventory levels, and understand where money is being spent. Automotive. In the automotive industry, supply chain risk management software has become a key part of business operations. It was conducted from May 31 to June 6.

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Measuring Up?

Supply Chain Shaman

The supply chain is a complex system with finite, and non-linear relationships between supply chain metrics that drive balance sheet results. In our analysis, only one out of ten companies successfully improves operating margins and inventory turns at the same time. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics.

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Megatrends Shaping Supply Chain Innovation

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In a recent Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) survey with McKinsey , business operations and supply chain emerged as weak points in the areas of risk and resilience. The most valued capability for the future according to E2open’s research, is real-time visibility into demand and inventory.

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How Does Inflation Affect Supply Chain Profitability?

QAD

Only 2% of companies felt completely prepared for the pandemic and 57% reported serious disruption in a recent survey. Automotive and industrial product companies were among the hardest hit. That means looking at the right metrics. Be influenced by metrics that transcend operations, profitability, and risk.

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Mush

Supply Chain Shaman

I just don’t think the comparison of very different industries in a spreadsheet based on growth, inventory values, and Return on Assets (ROA) is meaningful. 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.

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Throwback Thursday

Supply Chain Shaman

As hospitals adopted consignment planning programs, inventory progress slowed. The turns are the lowest of any industry, and despite investments in technologies and processes, inventory turns have only improved 3%, and Cash-T0-Cash (C2C) cycles have declined 4%. The shift of inventory without the sharing of data is a mistake.

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Real-Time Monitoring Fuels IoT Growth In Manufacturing

IQMS

72% of manufacturers say real-time monitoring is essential for streamlining and making inventory reconciliation more efficient. 72% of manufacturers say real-time monitoring is essential for streamlining and making inventory reconciliation more efficient. Real-Time Monitoring Is At An Inflection Point.