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Thirteen Years a Blogger

Supply Chain Shaman

Despite the evolution of technology, none of the 28 industry segments I follow can drive improvement at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. Functional Metrics and the Lack of Alignment to Strategy. Figure A: Beverage Industry Aggregate Industry Trend 2014-2023 Figure B. Change is Hard. Guess what?

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Distributor Management – Top 5 Do’s and Don’ts for FMCG Principals

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Do Set Clear KPIs and Governance Structures : Establish transparent metrics for sales, coverage, and service levels. Do Embrace Technology and Data : Use real-time data for demand forecasting, inventory management, and route optimization. A well-equipped distributor is an extension of your brand and a key to market penetration.

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AI-Tuned Pricing and Inventory Strategies are the Way Forward for Retailers

Supply Chain Brain

By harnessing the growing power of AI to not only sense demand at a very fine-grain, real-time level, but also to govern decisions about pricing and inventory. In terms of inventory strategy, First Insight assigns each SKU a unique “Value Score” based on a range of factors, including pricing, likeability and consumers’ likelihood of purchase.

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Congrats to the Winners of the Supply Chains to Admire 2023

Supply Chain Shaman

An average margin of 21% with inventory turns of 1.58 As shown in Figure B, the company improved cash-to-cash through the extension of payables, but never improved inventory levels after the spin-off from Kraft. The group’s response is, “Are these supply chain metrics?” show a clear gap in performance.

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Patterns Tell the Story of Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

The use of orbit charts allowed me to see the patterns of performance at the intersection of metrics over time. The second part of the story is that inventory turns for Lenovo are 10.8, Ranking at #13, PepsiCo outperforms on inventory turns, but performance is declining. For the past decade, I have been studying these patterns.

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Vendor-managed inventory and distribution planning in the food and beverage industry – here’s something to chew on

Kinaxis

by Jeswin Philip The Food Packaging Trends and Advances report from PMMI forecasts that the US Food and Beverage industry will experience a 2.9 % CAGR through 2022. As with any industry, food and beverage faces its own unique set of supply chain challenges, including: Expiring ingredients, manufactured product and packaged goods.

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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. The second story is about a regional beverage manufacturer.