Chemicals Data Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Metrics 
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 5, 2018
The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 25, 2021
Less than 50% of the required data for supply chain planning comes from ERP. The Focus Inside-out Supported by Functional Metrics. Instead, the path requires a redefinition of process, metrics, and capabilities. Air Products & Chemicals, Assa Abloy AB, Broadcom, Celestica, Dollar General, Ecolab Inc.,
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 7, 2018
Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. The focus is on digitization—automating today’s processes—versus rethinking process excellence based on the art of the possible. However, most of the data is not a normal distribution. This also is not progress.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 12, 2020
When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. The methodology did not include a peer group analysis, and I strongly felt that chemical, retail, and telecommunications companies should not be compared in the same analysis. The result? The reason? Is this leadership?
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 8, 2014
Interview for Metrics That Matter. My kitchen table is piled high with interviews for the upcoming book, Metrics That Matter. Prior to joining Starbucks, he worked at the executive leadership level in Europe, Latin America and North America at ICI, a global chemical company. How do you define the metrics that matter?
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”. Herman Woltjes, Shell Chemicals – “Logistics Execution”. Ralf Kahre and Patrick Gött, BASF – “End-to-End Business Process Management”. Fast and effective roll out.
SCMDOJO
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The biggest challenge is that simply offering metrics, even those that appear to be the “right” metrics, usually doesn’t produce any results. The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use? What metrics do others (in my industry) use? Where do I begin?
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