Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

This case study is the best example we have seen of a customer-centric supply chain. In their benchmarking, they believe that the closest company as measured by complexity is Nestlé. In our study of supply chain, L’Oréal has the most effective global-regional-local governance model we have ever seen. Growing Pains.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 19, 2021

I have benchmarked supply chains for businesses all over the world for 25 years or so and have seen some incredible results. If you’ve never done a benchmarking exercise before, read on. The Benefits of Benchmarking. The Benefits of Benchmarking. You might be wondering what the benefits are of benchmarking.

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 7, 2013

Terra’s Forecasting Benchmark Study is a pretty comprehensive survey. Promotional volume climbed 8%, though North American shipments remained essentially flat, the study shows evidence of a heightened reliance on marketing activities to drive sales. Promotions. > Request a free copy of the report.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2016

This past spring, we conducted a benchmark study with over 100 forwarders and brokers to evaluate how macroeconomic changes were impacting them, the strategies and tactics they were using to be successful and the importance of technology to their business. Forwarders and brokers are a critical part of international supply chains.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 21, 2016

In its 2016 Global Transportation Management Benchmark Study, American Shipper reveals a great deal of data about who is using TMS, who should be using TMS and why. Notes from the 2016 TMS Benchmark Study appeared first on UltraShipTMS. This partially explains the robust projected growth of the TMS market.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2021

In the past study, of 600 companies studied, 4% make a list. We share the report to help companies benchmark and reflect. If you take the study, you will be invited to a closed roundtable to discuss the output. We would love to have your input on the study. It seems easy, right? Trust me; it is not.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 17, 2013

American Shipper recently released its annual benchmark report entitled “ Global Transportation Management Benchmark Study: Climbing the Visibility Sophistication Ladder.” The study surveys practitioners from a variety of industries as well as a cross section from a diverse organizational scale.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

PATH offers a variety of services, including: Customer benchmarking: PATH helps businesses build the capability to understand their customers’ needs, wants, and pain points better than anyone else can. Use data to know who their best customers are and what they want – exceptional companies don’t guess.

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Arkieva

MAY 12, 2016

Deriving a strategic benchmark for Product Leadership, Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy in the Supply Chain Triangle. From the benchmark data gathered in the previous sections and the previous blogs, we can distill the benchmark for Product Leadership, Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy, shown in Figure 9.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

ARC Advisory Group did a study on the supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) a couple of years ago. In that study, FourKites 2021 revenues were estimated to be $65 million. This allows the company to do some interesting benchmarking. That is fast growth. This is a fast-growing market, but FourKites has clearly gained share.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 24, 2015

My colleagues and I have written a number of blog posts on individual case studies on this topic. Here is a case study on an anonymous major US retailer that likely has a store location near you. Omni-channel fulfillment is arguably today’s hottest supply chain topic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

This week I interviewed Robert Byrne, Founder of Terra Technology , on the results of their fourth benchmarking study on forecasting excellence. The work done by Terra Technology, in my opinion, is one of two accurate sources of benchmark data on forecasting in the industry. The other is Chainalytics demand benchmarking.

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Logility

MARCH 6, 2020

Stakeholders who care about forecasting in demand planning care about accuracy, and usually will not accept a new forecasting method unless it is rigorously validated against known forecasting benchmarks with proven accuracy.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 30, 2022

Related case study. ?. Freight-related articles have appeared throughout our website, check them out: Freight Benchmarking: What Is It? Trent Morris has helped many of our clients over the last 2-3 years with their Ocean Freight challenges. Here’s the overview of the discussion: Brief Industry Update. Ocean Freight Tips.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 7, 2019

During our conversation, Chris shared some insights and advice from some TMS benchmarking studies he conducted recently. Transportation benchmark studies. For the past three years, Descartes has conducted TMS benchmarking studies. Why do these studies? State of TMS market.

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E2open

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

E2open’s 2016 Forecasting Benchmark Study is an in-depth analysis of demand planning performance and the benefits realized by industry leaders from sensing demand. The post 2016 Forecasting Benchmark Study: Highlights appeared first on E2open | Demand. In this white paper, see highlights of the analysis and findings.

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QAD

JULY 23, 2020

Benchmarking a business’ performance is a critical step in evaluating performance improvement efforts across the organization. To grow and thrive, manufacturers need to develop best practices, benchmark against those best practices and formulate action plans. What is Benchmarking and Why is it Important?

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QAD

JULY 23, 2020

Benchmarking a business’ performance is a critical step in evaluating performance improvement efforts across the organization. To grow and thrive, manufacturers need to develop best practices, benchmark against those best practices and formulate action plans. What is Benchmarking and Why is it Important?

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

All participants will receive the results, helping you benchmark against your peers! As part of this research project, she has developed a brief survey to better understand today’s transportation planning priorities. Share your opinions at [link]. All responses will be reported in aggregate and your information will never be shared.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2018

DC Velocity and Descartes have conducted a transportation benchmark study for the last two years to help transportation professionals understand what is driving the market, and how the strategy and tactics of top performers differ from the rest of the pack. Figure 1: Transportation IT Spend Change Next 2 Years (Source: Descartes).

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Logility

APRIL 19, 2013

Participants will receive the results, helping you benchmark your company against your peers. This survey is targeted at manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers / distributors / co-operatives. All responses will be kept anonymous and only reported in aggregate. Participate by visiting: [link].

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

This morning, unexpectedly, I found myself in the middle of a debate between my two panelists on the Planning Benchmarking Panel for the Summit. Recently through my analysis of the planning benchmarking work, I have become fascinated on the role of inventory in the market-driven value network. This is a series of preparation calls.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2018

Driver shortage is a major concern for companies striving to improve the performance of their fleet, according to a 2018 global benchmark study , conducted by Descartes, that surveys fleet managers from a wide array of industries and logistics providers. Key Trends Driving Change. The Financial Link.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 13, 2017

The report types are: Supply Chains to Admire: A deep study by industry of performance and improvement levels for the past seven years. The goal is to provide industry benchmarks. Quantitative Research on Next-Generational Processes: Each year, we fund and conduct 10-15 studies a year. We have now published over 100 reports.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

“I study supply chains. In our work, we tie research from quantitative and qualitative studies to financial results to drive new insights. When we started benchmarking companies, Deborah and I had a friendly wager. Deborah and I benchmarked 97 supply chains; and, we found the inverse to be true. It was not measured.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 4, 2020

BENCHMARKING IS A FANTASTIC BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT TOOL. John Monck, Manager Consulting at Logistics Bureau will demonstrate its use and explain more… and more about it. Kindly watch the video below: Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne. Email: robyrne@logisticsbureau.com. Phone: +61 417 417 307.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 25, 2022

Dr. Williams is also part of a team of researchers that provides the annual DC Measures Benchmarking study for the Warehouse Educators Research Council (WERC). Department of Supply Chain Management at the Sam M. Walton College of Business. Northwest Arkansas is the beating heart of the world’s supply chain industry.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2017

Some of the strongest case studies of supply chain leadership are in this value chain. The goal of this work is threefold: to help supply chain leaders set realistic supply chain goals; to provide industry benchmarks to gauge progress; and to recognize companies achieving higher levels of supply chain excellence. Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain Digest

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Short video looks at data points from the study relative to supply chain agility and top perceived benefits of Cloud based software deployments.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 27, 2015

Last week, I interviewed Robert Byrne, founder of Terra Technology on his demand planning benchmarking study. I enjoy creating the podcast series, and Rob’s findings in his benchmark study are always thought-provoking. This is his fifth year of studying demand processes. Manage New Item Bias.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

Benchmarking. The first step to building a guiding a coalition is benchmarking. We are offering three types of benchmarking: planning, financial and organizational. Understand inventory write-offs, impact of forecast processes and technology satisfaction in the planning benchmarking. Here we share some insights.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 31, 2016

E2open announces its 2016 Forecasting Benchmark Study, an in-depth analysis of the state of demand planning for Fortune 500 companies, allowing firms to compare their forecasting performance against best in class. The study also assesses the impact of new Demand Sensing technologies on forecasting performance.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 9, 2019

These are the types of questions a logistics partner can help you answer, with their consultants and industry experts using state of the art tools and applications for network studies, benchmarks and the implementation of new technology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

The analysis is designed to provide Industry benchmarks by peer group and to celebrate the success of 23 companies out of 28 peer groups. As can be seen in the analysis, 80% of the industries studied for the report went backward on key performance measurements like cost and inventory management over the last decade.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

A new study by the SupplyChainDigest analyzing the main components of working capital: Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO), and Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) revealed an uptick in DIO. New Study Shows a Rise in US Company Inventories. This and much more, in your Monday supply chain briefing from Arkieva.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

We use research materials, case studies, videos, and financial analysis to stimulate new levels of thinking. The catalysts include online benchmarking, digital case studies, ideation tournaments and social interaction. To help the supply chain leader, we set up the conference to maximize networking.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

Ma-chine learning can be used to “learn” these constraints rather than having to do time studies and hard code these constraints into the solution. And finally, have strong consultative capabilities in terms of network design, strategic procurement, and transportation rate benchmarking. Invest in IoT. Address Outsourcing Risks Head On.

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