Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

The discussion in the conference room was to have a methodology to clearly define supply chain excellence and to use this definition to drive our research and to help clients. As a result, when the spreadsheet is sorted, a chemical company is stack-ranked against a retail player, and a high-tech company against a food distributor.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2013

This week, Gartner is hosting their annual supply chain conference. The AMR Top 25 was the first methodology that tried to connect financial metrics with supply chain excellence. It elevated the discussion on supply chain excellence and drove more discipline and rigor in the use of financial metrics. The intent was good.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

I smiled on the week following the conference as the accolades piled up in my inbox. Attending the conference was Alexia Howard, Senior Research Analyst – US Foods for Sanford C. Following the conference, Alexia asked for me to share the methodology with over 150 financial analysts. Aligned Metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

Smaller, more agile companies outperform the larger and well-known brands in the retail, beverages, food, and pharmaceutical industry sectors. We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. The companies I work with struggle to set metrics targets. Celebrating Success. Target Setting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The supply chain is a complex system with finite, and non-linear relationships between supply chain metrics that drive balance sheet results. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics. Teams struggle to drive improvement in both metrics at the same time. A Look at History. Resiliency.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

It is a tasteless, innocuous food with little form or satisfaction. As a result, the metrics have to be viewed together as a pattern over time. In the journey, the supply chain leader needs to improve the potential of a portfolio of metrics. I find value in looking at these metrics together. Mush in the Real World.

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QAD

JUNE 27, 2019

The city of New Orleans played quite the host this year to our growing community of manufacturers for our largest annual customer conference, Explore. This year at Explore, many of the conference attendees were very excited about QAD’s advanced technology direction, including the debut of Production Execution in the QAD Labs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2017

Mediocre food served in plastic containers. Alternatively, I could order food through a local service–Grub Hub or Caviar–which is also served in plastic containers. However, as I attended the Confluence conference last week with Infosys and spoke to Jabil about their new announcement on supply chain visibility, I softened.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

From May 2016 through the end of August 2017, “17 CEOs of public Big Food manufacturers and retailers had departed, or announced their intention to,” according to an article published last September in Fortune. The theme of the conference was “Go Boldly Together.” Nulogy xChange 2018: Why Courage is So Important Today.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods. To accomplish this, the first step is for companies need to align functional metrics to balance sheet goals based on strategy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

We draw a timeline on a conference room wall and using customer shipment and compliance data, we plot the issues with customer service and product outages. The company is a food and beverage company. To complete a supply chain diagnostic, I take these four steps: Step One. Analyze Past Results in Customer Service.

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BlueYonder

MAY 18, 2023

I wanted to learn more about supply chains, so recently I attended Blue Yonder ICON 2023 , a three-day conference, where practitioners and decision-makers exchange insights on the future of global supply chains. This event is put on by Blue Yonder, which is the leading supply chain software company.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Quote from a Supply Chain Leader at a Conference in Europe. The more that I work on supply chain metrics, the more that I believe that both the SCOR model and the Gartner Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics (which I worked on for the period of 2006-2010) reward functional, not end-to-end supply chain behavior.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Drones and its future in supply chain and logistics processes. Logistics Excellence: Now & in the eFuture.

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Provenance

MAY 24, 2021

Our customers are leading global enterprises and fast-growing independent brands and retailers in food, drink, beauty and fashion – where we believe we can drive the greatest change. Set, manage and ensure team accountability to company health metrics and individual KPIs. courses, conferences, workshops).

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2014

You have to equate the value proposition to metrics the CFO understands and cares about, such as working capital, cash flow, and other items linked to the company’s P&L and balance sheet. What steps can you take to learn the language of the CFO? Use them to your advantage. Choose trust: walk the talk on collaboration.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

In my work as a supply chain analyst, and Founder of Supply Chain Insights, I attend many supply chain conferences. On a day like today, when I am struggling with jet lag and recovering from sleep deprivation, I tell my friends that I attend more conferences than I would like to attend. Forecast Accuracy.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

fast food or retail) are rapidly expanding. Despite all these variations another common refrain we heard is that service level and supply chain business metric performance expectations are not necessarily lower in emerging markets. Infrastructure is the most often mentioned challenge. “We

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 14, 2015

I have been following the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Measurements can be user login time, use of analysis, metrics improvement (inventory, service, manufacturing releases). The mayor only rides a bike and buses are powered by food and human waste.). Skepticism. Concern or Fear. Lead by example. Set an example.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 2, 2017

by Alexa Cheater As Gartner Research Director Matthew Spooner noted in his recent presentation at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, advanced sales and operations planning (S&OP) is like a hotel. Food and beverage. It’s “somewhere you visit, not somewhere you live.” What exactly does that mean? Service up 8%.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

You have to equate the value proposition to metrics the CFO understands and cares about, such as working capital, cash flow, and other items linked to the company’s P&L and balance sheet. What steps can you take to learn the language of the CFO? Use them to your advantage. Choose trust: walk the talk on collaboration.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2015

Consumer Packaged Goods companies are more balanced than food and beverage. The conference will feature case studies on supply chain transformation, digital transformation and insights from supply chain leaders on the Supply Chain to Admire analysis. As shown in Figure 2, most companies are out of balance. 3) Building the Right Team.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

It’s the reason why On Time In Full (OTIF) is a critical supply chain metric today. There were a lot of great sessions and speakers during the conference, but I don’t have the time or space to summarize them all today. It’s the reason why P&G, Home Depot, and Target are all redesigning their supply chain and fulfillment networks.

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Vinculum

APRIL 17, 2020

For example, restaurants can offer takeaways or contactless food delivery options because of a reduction in in-house customers. The unpredictable situation is resulting in many cancellations like concert tickets, business conferences, airline reservations, etc. Make provisions for Market Demands.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

We are not as mature as CPG or Food/Beverage. The conference is designed to challenge teams to think different and drive better outcomes. Given the level of industry maturity within pharmaceutical manufacturing, Novo Nordisk has a strong foundation in manufacturing. For an overview of the work, check out this call to action.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Food and Beverage Company Performance on the Supply Chain Index for the Period of 2006-2012. In our program, cost avoidance, while desirable, does not count towards the metric. We named it the Supply Chain Index. Background on the Supply Chain Index.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp., Also, machine learning is leading to more accurate measures of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), a key metric many manufacturers and supply chain operations rely on. no opt-in).

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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. The conference will be live streamed as we discuss five themes: Financial Results.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

I also provided an early look at one of the supply chain physics laws that I will be working on with my colleague Tom Linton, who also presented at the conference: Supply Chain Physics Law 3 : Shorter distances between parties in the supply chain improve efficiency, communication, and speed of execution. and will operate more efficiently.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Jim is a “ FOOD, BEVERAGE, CONSUMER PRODUCT GOODS (CPG) Management Professional (Retail and B-to-B Foodservice). ” A Business Conference Speaker on S&OP-related topics. Also, building in S&OP process metrics, not just business operating metrics is critical to success.

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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 The winners and finalists are an elite group.

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

Supply chain skills in high demand, digital twins, disruptive technologies, and other takeaways from the 2018 Gartner supply chain conference. I just returned from the highly engaging and inspiring Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Decoupling of economic recovery and job creation.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Sean is a renowned business transformation expert whose work on disruptive technologies and the impact they will have has led to him being sought after keynote speaker at conferences, corporate events and universities. Make sure the processes, metrics, behaviours and aligned, and the system capability and data is available.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

He hires a team of doctors and mental health professionals to track the shifts in his body as he changes his diet to a low-fat diet based on commercially available foods. At the conference we will hear from three or four Supply Chains to Admire winners. A healthy young man uses his body to test the impact of sugar.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Throughout the conference I met with several software and hardware providers to get a glimpse into what they were showcasing. The data is all anonymous, but retailers can look at metrics such as time to fulfill, pack time, conversions, and ship versus pick-up, to name a few, across hundreds of Active Omni customers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

Food instability in Africa could be an outcome because Russia and Ukraine supply 29% of worldwide wheat exports and 17% of corn with significant exports to the middle east and Africa. Companies need to be aligned to a common set of metrics in a balanced scorecard to mitigate risk. Align to a Balanced Scorecard.

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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 The winners and finalists are an elite group.

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