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How Risk Management Software is Transforming 3 Industries!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Census Small Business Pulse survey. In a recent survey by Deloitte of 600 executives at manufacturing and retail companies, 48% of the executives stated that during the past three years, there had been an increase in the frequency of supply chain risk occurrences with unfavorable outcomes. Automotive.

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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. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics. Teams struggle to drive improvement in both metrics at the same time. A Look at History. Resiliency.

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Supply Chains to Admire: 2016 Results

Supply Chain Shaman

The source data for the analysis is public reporting of balance sheets and income statements. Check out their performance by plotting year-over-year metrics at the intersection of two ratios and look at the patterns. In the analysis of the Supply Chains to Admire, we use PTBV as a proxy metric of value.

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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. Resilience through technical capability and consistency. There’s a lot of room for improvement to make supply chains more resilient.

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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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Establishing Procurement as a Competitive Advantage

ivalua

Most leaders seem to track their progress with metrics such as percent of spend managed and digitization levels, defining best-in-class as being the top quartile or similar high percentage. Global automotive component supplier Meritor is a great example. Think that such types of strategic value apply only to direct materials?

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Unethical Supply Chains Cost More Than Dollars and Cents

QAD

Now they want to know what acre of land it was grown on, the source of the water and the living conditions of the workers.” Taking Ford as an example, the company is working with key suppliers in China, India, Thailand and South Africa to eliminate over 4,900 metric tons of CO2 and 24 million gallons of water usage over the next three years.