They came to Boston to tell us the story of Llamasoft. It could no longer be just about inventory levels. This analysis needed to be completed monthly and fed to newer forms of inventory optimization technologies. This week, I spoke at the Llamasoft Summercon Conference. MORE

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, only 10% of companies are making progress. MORE

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 am hearing it again in my interviews for the book Metrics That Matter. MORE

Carl was an Inventory Manager. So he suggested RapidResponse, To see the metrics he wants, And now he can reset parameters. . PLAN ning to reduce inventory by 10%, Carl, the inventory manager, DO es it using RapidResponse. The Rise of the Inventory Planner. MORE

Bryan Ball highlighted the top disruptive supply chain trends including the increasing speed of business, talent and training, and measurement and metric alignment. Cloud. Mobile. On Demand. Analytics Everywhere. MORE

Vendor Managed Inventory processes–once hailed as the panacea of demand sensing–largely operate in isolation within sales organizations (of the thirty-three organizations that we interviewed last year, no market leader has connected these demand signals). Volatility. MORE

With eKanban implementations, this can be any number of problems including excess materials on hand, slow inventory turns, too much scrap and more. If you’re not using a manual Kanban system, map the current inventory replenishment process.) Monitor your metrics. by Jim Shore. MORE

Content Summary: Chicago ranks number 1 among the seven metro areas in projected supply chain management and technology employment growth; in net job creation for supply chain-related industries; in freight flow; and in inventory holding. MORE