SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Your supplier may charge you an agreed-upon price, but if the service is unmarked or the merchandise is of poor quality, you won’t be able to meet your savings goals. The biggest challenge is that simply offering metrics, even those that appear to be the “right” metrics, usually doesn’t produce any results.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

His first position was with Air Products and Chemicals in finance, and he quickly became bored with it. When I was there, an employee’s base pay came every 4 weeks, and it would go up based on hitting certain metrics – Net Sales and Return on Total Assets. Meetings were bumping into people in the hallway.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 17, 2015

Then it is off to Dallas to speak on Supply Chain Metrics That Matter at the Dallas CSCMP roundtable and complete some more client work. The supply chain is a complex system and these metrics are tightly linked in non-linear relationships. Figures 4A and 4B: Orbit Charts in Pharma and Chemical Industries.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 2, 2017

Next, align your service level expectations by rewarding outstanding performance and standardizing metrics about on-time delivery, invoice accuracy and communication. With more than 100,000 North American truckload carriers, you can secure truckload capacity by first identifying credible carriers that share the same values as your company.

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Logility

JUNE 27, 2018

Swimming pool control systems that automatically adjust chemical levels based on your desired water chemistry and immediately alert you to potential issues or equipment failures.

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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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Logility

JUNE 28, 2018

Swimming pool control systems that automatically adjust chemical levels based on your desired water chemistry and immediately alert you to potential issues or equipment failures.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

“Supplier bankruptcy, declining balance sheet health, and a supplier’s ability to meet their obligations in a timely manner are all top-of-mind concerns.”. Do we have the right Service Level Agreement metrics in place? Is the mode of transport the most efficient to impact on-time delivery? At what cost?

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SupplyShift

JUNE 23, 2021

Having a multi-tier supply chain strategy will be key to meeting these emerging ESG regulations. Ralph Lauren intends to eliminate hazardous chemicals in its product lines by 2025 in alignment with the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC). certified organic, carbon-neutral, and no forced labor).”

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SupplyShift

JUNE 23, 2021

Here are the top supplier sustainability metrics companies should be considering in their multi-tier strategy, as identified by supply chain executives in a World Economic Forum report : Water usage. Having a multi-tier supply chain strategy will be key to meeting these emerging ESG regulations. Plastic usage. Fair wages.

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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). What emerged was a complex set of supply partners that together with Seagate could meet the changing and growing demand. Second Phase: 2006-2014. What do you measure?

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EcoVadis

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The complexity of the electronics supply chain leads to a variety of sustainability issues, including unfair labor practices, presence of harmful chemicals and conflict minerals. This helps buyer and supplier teams meet customer demands for transparency in the products they’re buying, and mitigates the impact of supply base disruptions.

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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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EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

With more than 70,000 chemicals currently in common use – and 1,000 new chemicals coming into use every year – maintaining and managing their effective, appropriate and responsible use is a challenging task. Cost, process, regulatory and safety issues converge to making chemical management a critical, complex and cumbersome activity.

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Logility

JUNE 28, 2017

Process chemical manufacturers face complex supply chain challenges including dealing with hazardous and perishable ingredients whose characteristics (potency, color, composition, etc.) Chemical manufacturers faced with shrinking margins must put the right product in the right location at the right time. can vary from lot to lot.

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 17, 2017

million metric tons this year. These countries often don’t have the infrastructure required to ethically or efficiently handle waste recycling, leading to a buildup of harmful chemicals that affect populations near dumping sites. It is estimated that e-waste will be the fastest growing waste type, reaching 48.2

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

Social certification schemes: Social certification schemes are programs that certify that a product or organization meets certain social or ethical standards. This can ensure supply continuity and security, helping companies to maintain stable operations and meet customer demand. Let's learn more about them.

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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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Unleashed

MARCH 9, 2021

Traditional heavy industries, such as oil, gas, chemicals, and advanced materials will navigate major cost challenges resulting from a significantly reduced demand. That’s where Procurement Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) come into play. In this post, we’ll unpack ten top procurement metrics and why they matter.

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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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Logility

AUGUST 17, 2016

Ensuring finished products meet the exacting tolerances of customers and regulating agencies requires superior planning. Chemical manufacturers are faced with shrinking margins and cannot afford to put the wrong product in the wrong location at the wrong time. vary from lot to lot creates an uncertainty factor. What else would you add?

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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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DynaSys

JANUARY 13, 2021

Large scale chemical plant explosions have caused revenue-impacting delays globally several times in recent years. Demand is usually not dramatically affected; just the ability to meet it. Your Finance department is minding this metric in particular. Companies can then manage disruption with a Resilient Supply Chain.

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o9 Solutions

DECEMBER 3, 2021

An additional factor in the volatility is that many downstream industries rely on chemical companies for their production processes. As such, there’s never been a greater need to find ways to manage the chemical supply chain through disruption. . You know, there’s no shortage of metrics and indicators out there.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

In the fall of 2008 I attended a major consumer packaged goods company’s global customer team meeting. A month after completing this strategy session I was doing a series of strategy days with two chemical companies in Houston. Reflections. My insights on the topic are now a decade old. The topic was “Customer First.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Over the period of 2009-2015 only 88% of companies made improvement on the “Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.” (The The Supply Chain Metrics That Matter are a portfolio of metrics which correlate to higher market capitalization. This trend was characteristic of the chemical industry. Supply Chains to Admire Finalists.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Last Thursday I flew to Munich to meet with SupplyOn. 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. I am struggling with jet lag.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Lise Kingo, CEO of the UN Global Compact, said transparency and accountability are key for meeting the goals. The group recently also expelled companies that derive revenue from the production of tobacco and nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. “Without your leadership, our project will simply fail,” he said. Transparency Key.

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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. Most of this middleware was Excel and Meetings.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Industry professionals have put in tireless hours and taken strategic measures to keep the supply chain moving and meet customer demand. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton. Consultancy UK). Source: Consultancy.UK. Deloitte ).

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EMERGE App

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Your retail customers bought them because health-conscious consumers wanted a non-stick solution without nasty chemicals or synthetic stuff on their fry pans. Horror 3: Disappearing Metrics. Aside from generating financial reports, what other metrics are you using to benchmark your inventory management efficiency? Conclusion.

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Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It aims to minimize the environmental impact of the process as much as possible while still meeting all stakeholder requirements. Sustainable Procurement Practices A sustainable procurement practice is one that appropriately integrates environmental, social, and governance factors into the core of the process.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2016

We agreed to meet on my next trip to Europe. Apple’s requirements are slightly different from BASF and Logitech dissimilar than Eastman Chemical. I urged him to take his corporate strategy document and set up a meeting with each profit center manager. Unilever is different from Goodyear.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 29, 2020

During the 17th session of MEPC (Marine Environment Protection Committee) meeting at London on 28th Oct. m/m in 2020 was taken way back in 2008 and it got ratified in 2016 in the 17th session of MEPC meeting. million metric tons annually. Later in the year 2012, it was further reduced to 3.5% The decision to make it 0.5%

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ThroughPut

MARCH 30, 2020

The Defense Production Act has been invoked to meet PPE demand in the United States. Medical testing companies are scaling to meet unprecedented demand. As a chemical engineer with a background in biotechnology, oil & gas, and supply chain, I have had my pick of flow problems to solve. Every single unit matters.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers in verticals spanning chemicals and metal fabrication right across to craft brewing and vitamin production, all tend to benefit from a move to the cloud. Include metrics to measure success, like the accuracy of demand forecasting, revenue growth, and customer experience.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

His industry experience includes Consumer Goods, Chemicals, Life Sciences, Energy, and High Tech among others. Sure – the components aren’t too tough to grasp and you can start the meetings. S&OP, a vision for the future interview. SCT: Can you describe your first involvement in S&OP? I’ll leave it there for now.

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