Supply Chain Opz

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Types of contents are ranging from opinion pieces, news, tips, case studies, graphic contents and guides. The majority of sites are the corporate blogs followed by blogs of major industry publications, personal blogs and an educational blog.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

In a recent study, our goal was to understand the impact of process and technology choices on balance sheet performance. We analyzed the impact of 150 factors on 493 financial metrics for the period of 2004-2016. This included responses to 3604 questions by 1063 individual respondents in 40 studies representing 756 unique companies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

My friends would tell me to relax and get my Groove on b ut, I find myself deep into a presentation for a client’s design thinking session next week. Wrong Metrics. You are what you measure… Back to my client case study. A Client Case Study. 5), an intermittent supply chain (COV of.5-1.5),

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

The presentation focused on nine themes. Later that afternoon, I hosted a webinar featuring blockchain case studies. Yesterday, Bristlecone and IBM presented case studies. The current efforts are improving functional metrics and traditional processes. One of the nine was blockchain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2017

If the arrow is red, the industry is moving backwards on a metric. Some of the strongest case studies of supply chain leadership are in this value chain. Companies, based on culture, tend to focus on singular metrics. If the arrow is green, progress was made. Is this because this value chain is a laggard?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

History will also include case studies of mergers and acquisitions. We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. When I present the results, one of the first questions asked is, “ How does this compare to the Gartner Top 25?”. Celebrating Success. Target Setting.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Supply chain and procurement executives should urgently pay heed to the need to make sure it is distributed to them, said Jay Koganti, vice president supply chain at the Center of Excellence of Estée Lauder , during a presentation titled “ AI Trends Transforming Supply Chain – and How Leaders Should Respond,” at the DPW New York conference June 11.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Session Title: “End to End Visibility and Supply Planning — Schneider Electric” In Alain’s main stage presentation hear how end-to-end supply chain visibility is key for becoming demand-driven and building value in supply networks. Daniel Kolacko, vice president, global planning, Bristol-Myers Squibb. Learn more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In his presentation, Matt discussed the future of supply chain optimization. This is all about the alignment of metrics and objectives. Fab summed up the vision at the end of his presentation: Think big and don’t settle. As the tagline said, I was there to learn, connect, and be inspired. This is how you can knock down silos.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Conversely, a student who quickly grasps procurement strategies can be challenged with advanced case studies and leadership projects. MTSS platforms cultivate problem-solving abilities by presenting learners with problem-based learning (PBL) scenarios that simulate real-world supply chain issues.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. I only know of five case studies of cross-functional listening. Clorox will be presenting their insights on building a customer-centric strategy. Market Drivers. I hope that this helps!

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

An orbit chart is a plotting of data at the intersection of two metrics. In this case, the metrics are operating margin and inventory turns. To see the analysis of more industries, check out the slideshare presentation.). I hand-pick the presentations. The focus is on digital transformation case studies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 2, 2017

Metrics Definition. The organization needs to be clear on the Metrics That Matter and the alignment of vertical silos’ metrics to the balanced portfolio. In this opening session, we share insights of the Supply Chains to Admire through a series of case studies and gain insights from Gita Gopinath, a Harvard Economist.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Therefore, the challenge to establish ranking method is to find more economical data source and unbiased metric. Our personal observation is that scholarly articles cite books because most books present building block concept in supply chain management and citations usually appear in the literature review section.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 27, 2021

An impressive case study to be sure, but alas, the cost of the technology is still prohibitive for most companies. You can also build metrics to support your hiring practices, making sure you’re paying drivers what they’re worth to inhibit churn, enhance acceptance rates or stem the tide of driver turnover.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

I loved Peggy’s presentation at the Summit. AGCO envisioned employing a 3×3 training metrics: every operation would have 3 people able to execute it, and every person would be able to do 3 operations. We feel that the Agco case study has several important lessons for the supply chain transformational leader.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 2, 2017

Metrics Definition. The organization needs to be clear on the Metrics That Matter and the alignment of vertical silos’ metrics to the balanced portfolio. In this opening session, we share insights of the Supply Chains to Admire through a series of case studies and gain insights from Gita Gopinath, a Harvard Economist.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

Daily, we see business continuity case studies as headline news in the Wall Street Journal. While fortuitous at present, it is a good time to reflect on lessons learned. The focus needs to move from functional metrics to balanced scorecard outcomes. McCormick stock falls on Q2 earnings miss. The future is uncertain.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Several customers addressed those questions in excellent case study presentations: Dr. Bernhard Herzog, Oxea GmbH – “Business Impact of a Supply Chain Operating Network”. How are companies using SCONs in the real world? What benefits are they achieving? SCON: A Key Enabler of Business Process Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

Unfortunately, we find most companies are moving backwards on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter™ or making progress on singular metrics versus driving performance improvement on a balanced portfolio of supply chain metrics that correlate to market capitalization. (If We hope to see you there!

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. No metric should be measured in isolation, and functional metrics should be replaced with the balanced scorecard metrics shown in Figure 2. 5 A Focus on Functional Metrics Throws the Supply Chain Out of Balance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Through the next two months, I am focusing on writing and sharing case studies of success. I will write the case studies here, and share the dialogue with the supply chain leaders in our podcast series, Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights. I found two presentations that spoke to me.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 23, 2023

List of Top 10 Supply Chain Analytics Books 1) Supply Chain Metrics that Matter (Wiley Corporate F&A) 1st Edition This book offers an in-depth guide to understanding the link between corporate financials and supply chain maturity, evaluating the progress of over a hundred companies from 2006-2013.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

This was not a trivial transition because the software industry, until relatively recently, was long fixated on measuring its health and success by new license revenue (sales of products) instead of customer-centric metrics, such as realization of ROI and payback objectives. Where is Descartes today? Keegan McCready, Sr.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 1, 2013

At the end of the presentation today, it happened. Alignment of Functional to Corporate Metrics. I cannot wait to write your case study. The company that promoted wheat-based products gained market share and managed profitability. The other company reported a serious decline in earnings. Sincerely yours, The Shaman.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

For this case study we interviewed Peter Smith, currently the EVP of Supply Chain for Carter’s. Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As As a group, these metrics have the highest correlation to market capitalization. Improvement. Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

I will present the testing of outside-in processes results first at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , then a week later at the Blaze conference for Project Zebra, followed by a presentation at the ASCM conference and the University of Wisconsin Executive e-business Consortia at the end of September. Imagine Supply Chain 2030.

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Supply Chain Insights

MARCH 16, 2015

And we’re celebrating our third birthday by giving all of you a present. Nine out of ten companies are stuck: unable to make progress on a portfolio of supply chain metrics. The simulation game is tied to the work we are doing with Arizona State University’s Operations Research group on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 19, 2024

Logistics presents a formidable challenge in the ready mix concrete (RMC) industry. By analyzing key metrics like travel time, return travel, and time spent on-site, the company was able to make data-driven decisions. These scorecards included metrics like job numbers, sales volume, load size, and distance to plants.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 27, 2024

Anticipating Bottlenecks and Finding Alternative Routes AI works with real-time data and offers visibility into various metrics that can disrupt the supply chain. Not just in the present, the future potential of AI seems brighter as evolving algorithms will further boost accuracy in demand forecasting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. I laughed at a recent presentation of Mondelez trying to achieve the cash-to-cash performance of Dell. Let’s take an example.

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 13, 2013

Case Studies. The story continues with the outline of the book that presents the 9-step methodology which can be applied to the companies of all sizes across various industries as below, Chapter 2: it goes without saying that a good strategy should starts with customers. Supply Chain Case Study: Executives Guide.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 5, 2015

However, the majority of Lenovo''s supply chain case studies focus on the use of information system and the benefits of the acquisition of IBM’s PC business in 2005. These high-level metrics are monitored and controlled by a cross-functional team.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

Unfortunately, we find most companies are moving backwards on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter™ or making progress on singular metrics versus driving performance improvement on a balanced portfolio of supply chain metrics that correlate to market capitalization. (If We hope to see you there!

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Spinnaker Management Group asked me to co-present on a demand-driven webinar with SanDisk. While I do not consider this case study as a good example of demand-driven processes, I do believe that they have done some great work on implementing a customer segmented supply chain based on postponement. It is systemic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 20, 2016

On Tuesday, I will co-present on a webinar with a supply chain leader that used Hadoop to maximize warehouse management effectiveness. The case study analyzes the velocity of pallets by size and handling types and actively directs put away to maximize storage. All I know now is that I have a lot to learn to figure it out.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 6, 2015

My presentation was titled “Are You Ready for the Social Supply Chain?” — or as translated into Spanish, “¿Estan Preparados Para la Cadena de Suministro Social?” I learned a lot from the other presenters, who covered a variety of different topics.

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