Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. The secondary problem is the lack of definition of process requirements and a buying team that cannot see past simple MRP/MRP II/DDMRP requirements. Don’t make the mistake that I did and assume that you know the definition and requirements of visibility. Reflection.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2021
AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. I did not think that anyone had a clear definition of supply chain excellence. Using new technologies in traditional process definitions reduces the potential for value enablement. We don’t have a clear industry definition of supply chain excellence. I disagreed.
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Logility
MARCH 2, 2011
Inventory optimization (IO) has become an increasingly important topic of late as companies try to balance inventory (amount, location, etc.) associate professor of operations management, Boston University, on the role of a company’s inventory in developing a sustainable competitive advantage.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 12, 2020
On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. After six months of analysis, we decided the best fit was the combination of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital. Heavily booked and running from meeting to meeting, I was late.
Supply Chain Shaman
MARCH 19, 2014
It permeates corporate strategy, but it lacks definition. Instead, what I observed when I looked at the data, was that most companies that I had worked with (in my role as an industry analyst, I had worked with over 300) were going backwards on margin and inventory turns. I find it refreshing.” “Ugh,” I said.
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JANUARY 19, 2023
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Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
My definition is wide. Most companies have made their own organizations more efficient (ROA), but they have not reduced inventories and they have pushed costs back in the supply chain on suppliers that are less able to bear them. Look at the gyrations of Boston Scientific and Eli Lilly for the same period of time.
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