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2016: Building a Balanced Scorecard for Discrete Industries

Supply Chain Shaman

To help, in this blog post I share industry trends. For the discrete industries we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee, and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. All industries are in decline. Inventory Turns.

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2016: Building a Balanced Scorecard for Discrete Industries

Supply Chain Shaman

To help, in this blog post, I share industry trends. For the discrete industries, we contrast the industry averages for growth, operating margins, inventory turns, cash-to-cash cycle, revenue per employee and SG&A ratio for the periods of 2006-2014 and 2011-2014. All industries are in decline. Inventory Turns.

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Throwback Thursday

Supply Chain Shaman

I said, “I am sorry, but I think that the industry needs to face some cold hard facts.” ” The discussions at the event reminded me of dialogue that I heard in other industries a decade ago. As hospitals adopted consignment planning programs, inventory progress slowed. Current State. Companies are feeling pain.

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Are You Feeding the Beast? Or Driving Progress in Your Business?

Supply Chain Shaman

I am deep in research analysis of a couple of efforts (wrapping up our first year of supply chain planning benchmarking for ten clients, writing reports for the Supply Chain Insights newsletter and finishing some work with a couple of manufacturing clients) that are all telling me the same thing: companies are feeling supply chain pain.

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on channel data: price; inventory positions; and policies. It is about much, much more than Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI ) or Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment. It is about much, much more than Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI ) or Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment. Social Listening.

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Freight Market Update and Q2 Trucking Outlook

Zipline Logistics

“Eight of the 15 markets that we monitor as a broad, representative benchmark were positive on a week-over-week basis,” states Seth Holm of Freightwaves. Experts in the industry and the government predict the situation will not dissipate for at least the next six months. ” Here is a look at why. .

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Whew! It Is Finally Happening.

Supply Chain Shaman

The industry is in flux. The first published this week , and the second will publish next week in our newsletter. . It is a good chance for you to benchmark your processes for free. Vendor Managed Inventory. I am an old gal. In six months, I will raise a toast to my sixtieth birthday. Many of my friends are retiring.