AIMMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Interview with Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights and Author of Supply Chain Metrics that Matter ( published December 2014 ). What inspired you to write your book? I started writing what became Bricks Matter, the first book I wrote. I realized I couldn’t write the celebratory book.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Supply Chain Metrics That Matter makes this truth clear enough with its thorough analysis of recent multi-industry performance trends. Supply Chain Metrics That Matter was written to guide businesses through the change process with a measurementbased outlook that will help any organization stand the test of time.

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Supply Chain Insights

JANUARY 4, 2015

After nine months of writing, four months of editing and three years of research, the book Supply Chain Metrics That Matter sits on my shelf. The book is a story. The main character in the book is a well-intending supply chain leader named Joe. They must define the supply chain metrics that matter.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

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. What can we learn?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2015

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. What can we learn?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Last week, after booking an additional $1B in unexpected supplier costs in the third quarter, the CFO led the company’s focus on restructuring to “support efficient and reliable sourcing of components and internal development of key technologies and capabilities.” COVID impacts also continue. Don’t Be Like Ford.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

However, in the writing of the recent report on the Household Products and Beauty industries, my observation is that companies are stuck in neutral and going backwards. Who is performing the best in this industry? The industry as a whole struggled. As an analyst, I get to watch and observe industry progress. Reflections.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Current industrial manufacturing trends show the new administration is pushing for reshoring among the nation’s biggest manufacturers, and new technologies are revolutionizing how companies respond to growing skepticism and scrutiny by the public and government oversight as well. The "First Five" Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

While the industry is flush with terms like digital twin and what-if modeling, current applications were not equal to the need. More and more cargo shifted to ocean transport until the container imbalances resulted in issues with “rolling the freight” from ship to ship despite confirmed bookings. Next Steps.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Lockdown of cities and manufacturing plants have significantly impacted many industries’ supply chains. Relying on our experience in the industry and academic field, it is worth to say that if everything is urgent, nothing is urgent! Industry 4.0. Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) are key enablers for Industry 4.0.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 20, 2015

Importance of Metrics in Reverse Logistics Management. To monitor progress against its reverse logistics management plan, a company needs metrics that measure the financial impact of returns on the firm and on other members of the supply chain. Energy used in handling returns : This metric is used in sustainability programs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The first step in the journey is to analyze balance sheet results and understand industry trends. The supply chain is a complex system with finite, and non-linear relationships between supply chain metrics that drive balance sheet results. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics. A Look at History.

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 13, 2013

Book Review - Supply Chain Transformation: Building and Executing an Integrated Supply Chain Strategy. The purpose of this article is to introduce you to the book " Supply Chain Transformation: Building and Executing an Integrated Supply Chain Strategy " and explain how it can help you to create sustainable supply chain excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 25, 2013

The genesis started with the writing of the book Bricks Matter. The relationship between corporate financial performance and supply chain metrics was complex; and in my first attempts, I was unable to derive a correlation. Sadly, while writing the book, I found that this was not the case.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 10, 2014

In figure 1, it is clear in process networks (industries of chemical, pharmaceutical, and food) that there is a significant different in capabilities when companies use B2B Networks versus EDI, Fax, email or spreadsheets. The book is full of the research on building value networks, and as you read it, drop me a line. It is ironic.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 21, 2017

After doing a deep dive into the Household Products (Nondurable) industry segment to show why Proctor & Gamble did not make the Supply Chains to Admire TM winner list, I wanted to show an example calculation for a company that made the winner list. Cisco Balance Metrics. Cisco Balance Metrics Orbit Chart. That’s amazing!

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Logility

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In a recent Logility blog post , Richie Proud, vice president of planning and inventory at Curaleaf, said this about the upheaval in the retail fashion sector: The digital transformation of the fashion industry has been immense over the past 6 months. The current suite of metrics were built for a time that no longer exists.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

The selection of metrics is based on prior work with Arizona State University to understand which metrics, in combination, correlate to market capitalization and price to book value. Industry Bias. The start-ups changed this and put these industry sectors into the leader’s circle. Congrats to all.

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Parade

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Parade is considered the top capacity management solution by most of the supply chain industry. The following unique features are just some of the reasons that Parade is at the top of the class in cap management solutions for the freight industry. Parade’s approach to capacity management is different from the rest in several ways.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

It is for this reason, that we analyze the patterns of the Metrics That Matter using orbit charts over the period of 2006-2014. The analysis is designed to analyze supply chain leader success on a portfolio of metrics. Nine out of ten are stuck unable to make improvements in these Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

These folks have traditionally provided master rolls of newsprint and book paper to the industry. People started reading newspapers and books on tablets and e-readers. I’ll tell a quick story to illustrate the point. I was speaking with one of the big paper companies recently. Then the market changed.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

These folks have traditionally provided master rolls of newsprint and book paper to the industry. People started reading newspapers and books on tablets and e-readers. I’ll tell a quick story to illustrate the point. I was speaking with one of the big paper companies recently. Then the market changed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

Heavily booked and running from meeting to meeting, I was late. The first step was to charter a research project with the Arizona State University statistics department to analyze which combination of metrics drives the highest market capitalization. Overall, the industry is not aligned with the definition of supply chain excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

We loaded 493 financial metrics from balance sheets and income statements for each company into the data lake for the period of 2004-2016 using YCharts data. The analysis was industry-specific. In the case of a company spanning multiple industries, we used our judgment to drive the assignment.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 11, 2018

How Teresa professionally develops employees & what are some trainings she feels are important to keep them current in their industry. Download E-Book. The Ultimate Guide to Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, & Freight Metrics & KPIs. Download E-Book.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 19, 2016

When full-year public data becomes available in April, we take each industry and analyze results over the period of 2006-2015. We analyze data for all public companies in thirty-two industries. For each industry, we publish an industry-specific report. This report will publish in July. This report will publish in July.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

When I wrote the book Bricks Matter , I wanted to write a celebratory book on why the adoption of new technologies and practices in supply chain had improved corporate performance. As an industry analyst, in prior roles I had never had access to this data. I am hearing it again in my interviews for the book Metrics That Matter.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 6, 2014

Then I go to a conference like Logimed USA, and I get immersed in another industry—like medical devices—which is a decade behind CPG/retail, and I get a reality check. In the medical device industry, they have no scorecards with hospitals and they are just starting on the adoption of the GS1 standards. It is useful to get perspective.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

Metrics Matter. Most organizations are far more comfortable with functional than corporate metrics. Functions within the organization struggle for alignment and functional metrics are more clearly understood. They connect functional and corporate metrics in defining what is possible. Alignment on Corporate Objectives.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

Metrics Matter. Most organizations are far more comfortable with functional than corporate metrics. Functions within the organization struggle for alignment and functional metrics are more clearly understood. They connect functional and corporate metrics in defining what is possible. Alignment on Corporate Objectives.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

Opinion makes up 50% of the rating; and in the ranking system, company comparisons are against each other with little consideration of industry drivers. Supply chain leaders manage a complex system of non-linear, but very inter-connected metrics. Leaders need to balance a portfolio of metrics. Why Do I Think This? .

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. There is a lack of clarity on what drives value and metrics are functional. Inventory is often focused on as a singular metric, not as part of a complex supply chain system. Functional metric orientation. Cross-functional metrics alignment.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Ali comes from a deep academic and real-world industrial operations in process simulations and operations management. At Schlumberger, he became one of the youngest Geomarket Production Services, pioneering 3 projects and serving 50+ industrial clients. At ThroughPut.ai

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 19, 2017

P&G is in a small industry segment; the Household Products (Nondurable) industry includes only 10 companies – Church & Dwight, Colgate-Palmolive, Clorox, Kimberly-Clark, Newell Rubbermaid, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser Group, Spectrum Brands Holdings, Tupperware Brands, and Unilever. P&G Balance Metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2013

It is a quest and the subject of my next book, Metrics That Matter , that will publish in September, 2014. I am searching for something that can be meaningful across industries and across company sizes. But, we have failed to build a predictive model for the rest of the industries. I shake my head. Why Does It Matter?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. The reinvention of planning is needed, but it is hard to unwind the industry. I have been an industry analyst for two decades. Current technologies and processes focus on volume trade-offs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The network supports a wide array of messaging types including real-time GPS, EDI, and API-based capacity requests, bookings, statuses, and customs messages. But, if a company wants to work with a new supplier, and that supplier is in the network, metrics on that carrier also exist. billion transactions annually. Final Thought.

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