Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

According to a published report by S&P Global Market Intelligence , more than one in five listed S&P 500 Companies increased their earnings-per-share metric by a least 4 percent by the third quarter of last year. This was noted as the highest level since 2019, a pre-pandemic measure.

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IQMS

JULY 2, 2018

Manufacturers in the high-performance cohort captured in our latest survey are using real-time monitoring to aggregate metrics and gain a 360-degree view of manufacturing operations accessible from any mobile or handheld device. 53% rely on real-time monitoring to increase Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) accuracy.

Manufacturing Procurement 71

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

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. Too few are and many overestimate their maturity. That is a shocking disparity.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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IQMS

JULY 16, 2019

The following is a correlation comparing the average machine rate per hour by average markup based on the 2019 survey of plastics manufacturers by the Manufacturer’s Association for Plastics Processors (MAPP). Proven Strategies For Improving Cleanroom Manufacturing. Closely tracking cleanroom costs to maintain profitability.

Price Reduction 44

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

The DuPont supply chain supplied products and services into the housing and automotive supply chains. In a similar vein, their forecasts for the automotive market would have been on new automotive sales and dealer inventory. When they started to slow, DuPont could not sense the slow down. 3) Distributor Sales.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Procurement teams are often obsessed with benchmarking against and achieving best-in-class performance on a range of metrics. Be proactive about your suppliers! Think Beyond Best-in-Class. This is all good, but the most effective procurement teams don’t aim for best-in-class as their end goal but an interim step.

Optimal Sourcing 110

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

The company is a B2B Supply Chain Operating Network supporting the automotive and aerospace industries. In our research, discrete industries–aerospace, automotive, hi-tech, and semiconductor– rate themselves as performing better, being more proactive, and having greater alignment. My time on the European continent is busy.

Supply Chain Software 150

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

In a 2017 survey by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), 65 percent of respondents had experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the last year, with 44 percent of the disruptions occurring at Tier 1. Establish appropriate metrics that correspond with the steps outlined in your contingency plan.

Pharmaceutical 94

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

fashion, automotive, spare parts, airlines). From a survey of 1000 executives worldwide, they identified a group of supply chain leaders who exhibited customer-centricity as one of four traits leading to more effective, resilient, and better-performing supply chains. But has also created employment opportunities in others (e.g.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 230

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

In a 2017 survey by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), 65 percent of respondents had experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the last year, with 44 percent of the disruptions occurring at Tier 1. Establish appropriate metrics that correspond with the steps outlined in your contingency plan.

Pharmaceutical 60

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American Global Logistics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Customers are spoiled for choice from retail to software to automotive. Amazon , for example, tracks customer data and feedback steadily using surveys. Prioritize customer research skills like journey mapping, behavioral analysis, and surveys. Operational metrics must take customer-centric metrics into account.

Procurement Analytics 52

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

His boards have included Khan Academy, Stanford Federal Credit Union, Staples (SPLS:NYSE), Ayla Networks, Kaggle, Wise.io, Autogrid, Sensys, Social Survey, and numerous other successful startups. Previously, Eric had manufacturing and engineering lead roles at the likes of HARMAN, Samsung Automotive, Sikorsky, & United Technology.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

Unfortunately, we find most companies are moving backwards on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter™ or making progress on singular metrics versus driving performance improvement on a balanced portfolio of supply chain metrics that correlate to market capitalization. (If The winners and finalists are an elite group.

Pharmaceutical 210

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Mass customisation is also known as: Made-to-order Built-to-order Increasingly popular in the retail goods sector – but also used in the automotive, software and finance sectors – mass customisation allows customers to purchase a product that is more ‘them’. Consumer electronics is one of the major sectors driving this push.

Inventory Management Software 98

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 2, 2019

His boards have included Khan Academy, Stanford Federal Credit Union, Staples (SPLS:NYSE), Ayla Networks, Kaggle, Wise.io, Autogrid, Sensys, Social Survey, and numerous other successful startups. Previously, Eric had manufacturing and engineering lead roles at the likes of HARMAN, Samsung Automotive, Sikorsky, & United Technology.

Cost Reduction Strategies 40

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

94% of companies view MRO as an important part of their overall operations, according to a 2018 survey by Peerless Research Group (PRG). In a 2018 survey conducted by Peerless Research Group (PRG), 94% of companies now “view MRO as an important part of their overall operations.” Related Terms.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

Unfortunately, we find most companies are moving backwards on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter™ or making progress on singular metrics versus driving performance improvement on a balanced portfolio of supply chain metrics that correlate to market capitalization. (If The winners and finalists are an elite group.

Pharmaceutical 110

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Planning 110

Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 15, 2015

Background Lean concept is considered one of the most popular management practice that can be used anywhere from manufacturing to service environment, from automotive industry to retail industry. Since lean concept is practice oriented, it has been adopted very well by both practitioners and academics.

Lean 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The teams feel good because cash-to-cash metrics improve; but in many cases, in the joyous celebrations, companies do not realize that they have reduced capabilities with suppliers and not made improvements in inventory. In closing, we cannot complete surveys without the help of our readers. It was a hard survey to complete.

Inventory Reduction 150

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IQMS

AUGUST 20, 2019

times more important than marketing improvements to drive more leads (44%) or growing partnership-based revenue (31%) according to a recent Decision Analyst survey completed in conjunction with IQMS/Dassault Systemes. . 76% of all manufacturers prioritize improving shop floor productivity as their most valuable growth strategy, 1.4

Manufacturing 56

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QAD

JUNE 28, 2022

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. The environmental issues include deforestation, excessive energy use, hazardous emissions, e-waste and water pollution.

Cost Reduction Strategies 90

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2023

beverage industry paid $2.175 billion in Section 232 tariffs on 10.295 million metric tons of aluminum since their implementation. The process releases nearly twice as much CO2 per metric ton (1.1 That data’s from a survey by the return logistics company goTRG. Of that amount, only $135 million (6 percent) went to the U.S.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 251

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