Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

May, a futurist and author of The New Know: Innovation Powered by Analytics , makes after researching why market leaders sometimes fall prey to disruptive technology. As a consequence, corporations used metrics like return on net assets (RONA), return on capital deployed, and internal rate of return (IRR) to measure efficiency.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 2, 2017

The average company has seven S&OP processes, but a global chemical company averages over 30. Metrics Definition. The organization needs to be clear on the Metrics That Matter and the alignment of vertical silos’ metrics to the balanced portfolio. There needs to be a common definition of supply chain excellence.

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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.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I also shared with them my view that companies will ultimately find opportunities for supply chain innovation at the intersection of Software, B2B Connectivity, and Social Networking — a trend best illustrated by the rise of Supply Chain Operating Networks (SCONs). Herman Woltjes, Shell Chemicals – “Logistics Execution”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 2, 2017

Today, the average company has seven S&OP processes, but a global chemical company averages over 30. Metrics Definition. The organization needs to be clear on the Metrics That Matter and the alignment of vertical silos’ metrics to the balanced portfolio. The proliferation of S&OP is not a trivial topic.

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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? What innovations could be introduced?

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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. Orbit Chart for the Chemical Industry for the Period of 2010-2017 at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The advent of transportation management systems (TMS) in the 1990s introduced near-infinite metrics and data points into the supply chain yet brought with it more questions than answers: How do we centralize the data? Seasoned supply chain analysts and engineers on our team can then use these results to glean insights and drive innovation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

Today Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical industry. We are just now starting to see innovation return to JDA and GXS assets under OpenText ownership. The Promise of Innovation. How Do You Find Out More?

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OptiProERP

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As this innovative approach gains traction across various industries, the need for seamless integration with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems becomes increasingly evident. Additive Manufacturing (AM), often called 3D printing, has emerged as a revolutionary technology potentially transforming traditional production processes.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2023

A proposal list of required metrics for producers to report includes: Name of the product and producer, Location of the factory, the origin of the materials used, Proportion of chemical and recycled materials, Instructions for use, recycling, and/or disassembly. 2021 ; Walden et al.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

The demand latency for a semiconductor manufacturer is 180-220 days, while a chemical manufacturer has a latency of 150-280 days. Challenge yourself to imagine the future in an environment where technology innovators and business leaders are equals. Instead, the integration is to order management.). Imagine Supply Chain 2030.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2022

She graduated from MIT with a chemical engineering degree and a Theater Arts concentration. Benefits include improved quality, reduced training time and training resource costs, increased speed to efficiency, and an overall improvement in the key metrics that matter most to clients. Follow our journey at www.symtrain.com.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

We then rated companies on their ability to manage and improve a portfolio of metrics: operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Delivery Metrics: Perfect order delivery although good to continually refine. It is a story of when the going gets tough, the tough get going. How have you defined it?

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Typical manufacturing products made in Belgium include engineering and metal products, automobile assemblies, transportation equipment, scientific and precision instruments, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, glass, petroleum and food and beverages. billion metric tons of goods in 2015. percent; Netherlands 12 percent and the U.K.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

They wanted to know, “ How was the market affecting the chemical supply chain?” DuPont as a chemical supplier to the market sits four-to-five levels back in the supply chain with extreme demand latency (about six months) and high volatility of the true market demand signal due to the bullwhip effect. Why is this important?

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

The front end is where we make silver nanowires, we synthesize the chemical process. We have some on furlough because there’s a lab or a chemical lab, so there’s virtually no work for them to do. And they’ve got strict, you know, strict metrics that they’re working against. In China, we have a back end process.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

The front end is where we make silver nanowires, we synthesize the chemical process. We have some on furlough because there’s a lab or a chemical lab, so there’s virtually no work for them to do. And they’ve got strict, you know, strict metrics that they’re working against. In China, we have a back end process.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

In 2022, Nestlé also announced an innovative plan to tackle child labor risks and implement other sustainable practices. Analysis and reporting are nearly impossible without key performance indicators (KPIs) , specialized metrics that help determine a company's progress toward its goals. Let's learn more about them.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

We are systemically evaluating each industry in the Supply Chain Insights Metrics That Matter series of reports. Last Thursday, we published an in-depth analysis of the pharmaceutical industries and in May, we will focus on progress in the chemical industry. At Supply Chain Insights , this is our passion. Digital Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Amazon’s innovation is redefining eCommerce faster than Wal-Mart can keep up. Only beauty, chemical and Over-The-Counter (OTC) Drugs made progress in operating margins. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 31, 2017

The type and severity of CSR-related risk exposure can vary widely by category or industry both as a result of the business activity (for example labor risks in manufacturing, environmental risks in chemicals, ethical risks in extraction industries, and so on). Sustainability performance metrics also enable creation of risk maps.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

While the rest of the world was deep in a recession in 2008, and manufacturers were struggling with payroll decisions and layoffs, Hadoop innovation was in full swing. In contrast, it took the average chemical company or automotive supplier five-to-eight months. I love the innovation and the fact that it is open source.

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Unleashed

MARCH 9, 2021

A robust procurement strategy should explain how an organisation seeks to optimise the businesses external spend, procurement costs and other value contributions such as product innovation, spend reduction and process efficiency. Creating new opportunities by investing in supplier partnerships and joint innovations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

In high-tech, supply chain planning is more important than in other industries like chemical, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods and retail. Over the years, as technology innovation has improved, staying current on supply chain planning optimization has not been a focus for SAP. Let’s face facts.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Ali holds a BSE & MSE from the University of Pennsylvania in Chemical Biomolecular Engineering with concentrations in Pharmaceutics & Biotechnology. Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to meet the top brass of Global Industrial Operations, CVCs, Innovation Labs, Investors and Fortune 500 Industrial conglomerates.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Ali holds a BSE & MSE from the University of Pennsylvania in Chemical Biomolecular Engineering with concentrations in Pharmaceutics & Biotechnology. Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to meet the top brass of Global Industrial Operations, CVCs, Innovation Labs, Investors and Fortune 500 Industrial conglomerates.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 14, 2019

Dating back to 2009, bottleneck elimination came in the form of chemical engineering homework sets examining flow rates, pumps, and other levers. In fluid mechanics, this is drilled into chemical engineers with dimensional analysis. If it involves chemical processes, it’s even more challenging, and in some cases dangerous.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Process industry leaders–chemical, consumer packaged goods, food/beverage–have greater issues using data, with software usability, and building effective connections to align and build effective relationships with trading partners. How do you manage sourcing in innovation, compare suppliers and collaborate on design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

In high-tech, supply chain planning is more important than in other industries like chemical, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods and retail. Over the years, as technology innovation has improved, staying current on supply chain planning optimization has not been a focus for SAP. Let’s face facts.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 14, 2019

Dating back to 2009, bottleneck elimination came in the form of chemical engineering homework sets examining flow rates, pumps, and other levers. In fluid mechanics, this is drilled into chemical engineers with dimensional analysis. If it involves chemical processes, it’s even more challenging, and in some cases dangerous.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

With 12,000 supply chain employees operating in 80 countries with 2400 storage facilities, supply chain excellence and innovation are the foundation of corporate performance. Over the period of 2009-2015 only 88% of companies made improvement on the “Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.” (The Ralf’s Insights.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

While there was always passionate discussions on companies and metrics, the end goal was to raise awareness of supply chain as a practice. Eastman Chemical. However, they seem to fall under the conglomerate issue, where multiple business units may skew the summary metrics. So, drum roll please…. So, drum roll please….

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RFgen

APRIL 20, 2023

Overview of Mobile Inventory Solutions for Oracle Cloud SCM While Oracle Cloud SCM is an innovative, next-gen ERP platform, getting maximum value from it requires mobile inventory management. It’s a necessary but beneficial value-add proven to provide upticks in key performance metrics. Explore mobile inventory success stories.

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Further critical product sustainability data from suppliers include process and material information relative to energy, water, waste, chemical compounds, recycled content, and more. The platform seamlessly embeds ESG metrics and KPIs into best-in-class supply chain planning. .

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes. 68% think behaviours are not addressed enough in S&OP implementations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In The metrics selection resulted from work with Arizona State University in 2013.) Driving process innovation agendas.

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