Benchmarking Manufacturing Procurement Metrics Philadelphia 
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 19, 2015
Benchmarking is a measurement of the quality of an organization’s policies, products, programs or strategies against standard measurements. Today, I am going to share five insights that I have gleaned from our work on Supply Chain Planning Benchmarking. Benchmarking is not Benchmarking. Business Dictionary.com.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 3, 2013
It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The stories border on the ridiculous.
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Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 29, 2016
The gloomy streets will soon be alive with Mummers to ring in the New Year in Philadelphia. The Mummers Parade is a Philadelphia tradition. As I study research methods, and the market, I realize the lies I’ve spun for prior employers (Gartner and AMR Research) are untrue: The AMR Research Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 15, 2015
I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. High-tech manufacturers in the Silicon Valley of the United States are some of the best at supply chain planning. I also believe that SAP is one of the best, if not the best, ERP system for most process manufacturers.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 2, 2015
Feeling very green, I stumbled through the airport and found my way to my seat on the plane from Brussels to Philadelphia. <The The commercial model of the company is to make money through speaking, research studies for others, facilitated workshops, benchmarking, training and events. <The joys of international travel.>
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 15, 2015
I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. High-tech manufacturers in the Silicon Valley of the United States are some of the best at supply chain planning. I also believe that SAP is one of the best, if not the best, ERP system for most process manufacturers.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 24, 2017
In manufacturing-based companies, 70-80% of costs are in the processes of source, make and deliver. While the practices of finance are over 200 years old, in contrast, supply chain as a cross-functional practice (the combination of make, source and deliver) was recently defined in 1982. Is talent a cost or an asset? Talent Gaps.
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