Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 22, 2025

In the first facility management was focused on controlling the workforce through individual metrics. And the total amount of inventory on hand to provide the next-day service that both facilities promise their customers is also much lower in the second distribution center. Please check out my blogs on the subject at www.zipxpress.net.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Ongoing disruptions in the Middle East are driving up supply chain costs across energy, transportation, insurance, inventory, and technology. Prepare CFOs for Cost Volatility Ongoing disruptions in the Middle East are driving up supply chain costs across energy, transportation, insurance, inventory, and technology. ( What do you say?

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

Cargo

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 29, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 18, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

The second component of USBLC, inventory carrying costs (28.4% in 2023), were barely up from 2023 last year under the reports calculation, which includes the cost of warehousing and inventory levels but also the cost of capital (which drives the cost of holding inventory). of the total (versus 64.1% of the total, versus 28.6%

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 1, 2025

For the rest of the world, this is a serious demand shock,” Raghuram Rajan, former India central bank governor and chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, who is now a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, told Bloomberg TV on August 1.

Negotiate Pricing

Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 12, 2025

That continues solid growth in the metric in the last few quarters at Amazon after a year of flat or even slight declines in that measure.Also solid: operating cash flow increased 12% to $121.1 Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! That gave Amazon net income of a solid 10.8%

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 23, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

South Africa

Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

Gartner

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 31, 2025

That marked the first time the vacancy rate surpassed 7% since 2014, as businesses rushed extra inventory into their existing warehouses earlier this year and then paused decision-making during the Trump administration’s on-again, off-again tariff rollout. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article!

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2025

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Canada

Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 8, 2025

Replenishment of the split case locations became the bottleneck, in part because of an issue I still have never seen a great solution for: when volumes for a wave will wipe out a location’s inventory, but the required replenishment exceeds the location’s capacity when it arrives. Where do you put the stuff?

Distribution

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

The Inventories Index registered 49.2, meaning companies in total decreased inventory in the month, but at a slower pace. A ‘too low’ status for the Customers’ Inventories Index is usually considered positive for future production.” (See Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article!

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 15, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

Analysis

Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 12, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

California

Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 5, 2025

However, some economists say a price will eventually be paid “For the rest of the world, this is a serious demand shock,” Raghuram Rajan, former India central bank governor and chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, who is now a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, told Bloomberg TV on Aug.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 7, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 4, 2025

The Inventories Index registered 48.9, meaning companies in total decreased inventory in the month, and at a slower pace. The share of sector GDP with a PMI® at or below 45% is a good metric to gauge overall manufacturing weakness. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article!

Manufacturing Procurement

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

The company briefly shut down a factory in Chicago for a week last month due to a shortage of the materials. trade negotiations with China. trade negotiations with China. Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley told Bloomberg last week that supplies remain “day-to-day” despite apparent progress in U.S. talks with China.

Resource Reduction

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

CP has recorded annual losses in each year dating back to 2018, and was on pace to completely deplete its cash reserves by Q2 of 2025 before the federal government stepped in with a $1 billion lifeline in January.

Optimal Sourcing

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 17, 2025

ABF’s test of the Semi trounces the standard key performance indicator if taken as a stand-alone metric but also surpasses publicly available data released by carriers in earlier pilot tests and by the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article!

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 30, 2024

But shippers looking to avoid disruptions and ensure that tight inventory levels don’t lead to missed sales opportunities pulled their orders forward. As companies look ahead to the next three to six months, they’re weighing costs, risks, and demand as they plan and adapt their inventory strategies.

Inventory Reduction

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

It comes in many flavors–increase in inventory, changes in sales policies, new product lines– all add to the complexity. The only industry that has made progress in inventory management is consumer electronics. The only industry that has made progress in inventory management is consumer electronics.

Forecasting

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2013

Focus the organization on understanding the “probability and patterns of demand” and how to design push/pull decoupling points, supplier networks and inventory buffers to improve agility (focusing on form and function of inventory in the supply chain). This morning I am in Chicago helping a client to become market-driven.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

It is not as simple as trading-off inventory, cost, and customer service. In the Supply Chains to Admire analysis, the focus is to understand the relative performance of a company within a peer group of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Celebrating Success. Target Setting.

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