Beverage Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Metrics 
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 25, 2024
The use of orbit charts allowed me to see the patterns of performance at the intersection of metrics over time. We purchase data from Y charts. (A As an aside, I do not think that Lenovo is an example of a supply chain excellence. By charting the performance against peer groups, I could see the story.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 9, 2024
How Do You Define Excellence? In retrospect, I find that technology is an enabler, but only if we are clear on what defines supply chain excellence. Many believe that an ex-supply chain exec knows the definition of supply chain excellence. The group’s response is, “Are these supply chain metrics?”
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Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Cash-to-Cash Metrics. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric: (Days of Receivables+Days of Inventory)-Days of Payables=Cash Conversion Cycle. While touted as a digital procurement provider, it took the Company nine days to onboard me as a vendor, and two weeks to process a Purchase Order. In times of uncertainty, cash is king.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 8, 2016
As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. Over the last decade the use of Terra Technology’s DS product improved short-term demand forecasts by 37% at 13 consumer products, and food and beverage companies.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 28, 2015
Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. Our journey for supply chain excellence has changed and evolved over time.
Kinaxis
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
I was on a call last week with a large company in the food and beverage space that has spent $100s of millions, and many years, on an ERP deployment. They have piloted the process in Excel and know that they need an enterprise level solution for a global roll-out of S&OP. However, excellence in corporate planning matters.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 6, 2015
I was an avid student of supply chain excellence; and in this role, I watched as best-of-breed solution after best-of-breed solution replaced with more complicated technology. In food and beverage companies, I think that we are at a supply chain crisis. Buying patterns are changing quickly, and the insights are multi-dimensional.
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