Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. The decline in inventory turns uses cash. Instead, the integration is to order management.). My question is, “Why?”

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Precoro

JULY 16, 2023

In other words, the purchasing manager is responsible for securing inventory requirements within the company’s budget and overall efficiency of the company’s purchases. We have selected 5 fundamental KPIs that purchasing managers should consider.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2020

If the word collaboration was listed on a card as a drinking game at supply chain conferences, we would be drunk at many. Inventory, in this time of uncertainty, is the organization’s most important buffer to protect against variability. However, organizations are not good at managing inventory. Inventory.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. The elevation journey actually began the day before the conference officially started. So, what are some of the data challenges the industry faces?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. Supply chain management requires good data at the mix level of an item/location. Time horizon. The Role of the Budget in S&OP.

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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. At conferences, I hear from many supposed “supply chain leaders.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2017

It is hard work to maintain the status quo in metrics performance. A balanced portfolio of metrics delivers the greatest value. As a result, supply chain leaders focus on unrealistic goals of inventory or costs, they will throw the system out of balance. Companies balance supply chain metrics better in good times than bad.

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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. In the period of 2010-2018, within the chemical industry, margins fluctuated, largely driven by the price of crude, but inventory turns plummeted. inventory turns.

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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. It is cash.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2014

I also continued to work on the manuscript for the book Metrics That Matter to publish in the fall of 2014. The average client that has implemented demand sensing technologies has reduced inventory by 11%. Spending the weekend writing and then off to New York to work with a client and then speaking later in the week at a conference.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 6, 2015

I am busy finalizing a report on the current state of the inventory optimization market, rewriting and updating a report on Sales and Operations technologies, and penning a new report on Supply Chain Centers of Excellence. (We We are also finishing up quantitative studies on inventory optimization and Sales and Operations Planning.

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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. Supply chains have not morphed to manage the complexity at the same cost, quality and level of customer service. Cycle Management is Stalled. I asked for questions.

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OptiProERP

JANUARY 17, 2024

While the overall trend is toward more integrated and flexible systems that can process voluminous amounts of data, yielding analytics and metrics for improved decision-making, a majority of manufacturers still have yet to commit to the newer, “smarter” technologies.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

alone, colleges and universities awarded 83,263 bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2012, a 37% increase over the 60,605 degrees conferred in 2002. Metrics monitoring Real-time data can be accessed globally using cloud computing. Breaking it down In the U.S. 3 What’s the allure? is a highly complex process.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

However, for elements like forecast error, customer service and slow-moving inventory self-reported data is not sufficient. 4) Best Forecasters do not Have the Best Inventory Results. Debra built the Gartner Hierarchy of supply chain metrics. This is one element of inventory. I respect Debra’s work.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 8, 2013

When I started Supply Chain Insights, I ran into Scott DeGroot, Director of the Customer Supply Chain Team; Rick Sather, Vice President of the Customer Supply Chain Team; and Mike Kalinowski, Director of Supply Chain Operations, at conferences. Note the trends in operating margins and inventory turns. Why it Matters.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

I am unsure how many business teams I had the good fortune of working with, but a casual count nears 3,000 over 20 years with over 500 conference speaking opportunities. Colgate outperformed P&G in Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), and P&G exceeded Colgate in inventory turns. The question was, “What mattered?

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Oracle SCM

AUGUST 1, 2018

One of the Supply Chain Management trends apparent at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in May was highlighted by several vendor/customer presentations focused on the value of Collaboration and Visibility projects. Tom McDonough , Sr. Director Product Marketing. safety stock or other planned parameters).

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2015

For example: Inventory Record Accuracy has to be 98-100% accurate daily. All KPIS have metrics to measure. Effective KPI Management Requires Periodic SLA/KPI Review. Effective KPI management starts with understanding these 9 key topics. All KPIS have a target percentage to meet.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2015

In Figure 1, I share an analysis of user satisfaction of demand, tactical supply, inventory and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) technologies using this technique. There are more outliers in the inventory and demand planning responses creating longer ‘whiskers.’ What else do we see in the data?

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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2020

Come up with a set of internal metrics that will go towards eliminating problem areas. Retailers expect their partners to use and be proficient with modern inventory management tools. This will allow both you and your customers to see and know where inventory is at any given time, and when more should be expected.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2020

Come up with a set of internal metrics that will go towards eliminating problem areas. Retailers expect their partners to use and be proficient with modern inventory management tools. This will allow both you and your customers to see and know where inventory is at any given time, and when more should be expected.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2015

While many consultants argue on the name–the debate rages with strong arguments of “Should it be Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP), or consensus planning?”–the This week I will be speaking at a conference in Miami, and next week I will be in Rotterdam. Figure 1.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Come up with a set of internal metrics that will go towards eliminating problem areas. Retailers expect their partners to use and be proficient with modern inventory management tools. This will allow both you and your customers to see and know where inventory is at any given time, and when more should be expected.

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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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ToolsGroup

JUNE 17, 2024

Last week at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ 2024 conference in Barcelona, the supply chain community gathered for one of the most anticipated events of the year. The correlation between accurate forecasting and successful inventory management was a recurrent theme, emphasizing the need for reliable AI applications.

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TrackVia

MAY 4, 2023

PMI offers a Citizen Development certification with courses exclusively designed for citizen developers and business stakeholders, and annual conferences such as the PMI Global Summit serve as great platforms to interact with citizen development experts and learn from their experiences. Get started today by signing up for a TrackVia Demo.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Forklifts are necessary pieces of equipment for some inventory warehouses and manufacturing plants. Employees use the vehicles to lift, transport and manage supplies. Machinery experts and safety supervisors should confer with managers when contemplating applicants for forklift positions. Limiting Hazardous Chemicals.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Forklifts are necessary pieces of equipment for some inventory warehouses and manufacturing plants. Employees use the vehicles to lift, transport and manage supplies. Machinery experts and safety supervisors should confer with managers when contemplating applicants for forklift positions. Limiting Hazardous Chemicals.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

There are different approaches, and the topics might include the following: logistics transportation inventory management procurement sustainability regulations Remember, any content has to be of value to the target audience; therefore, the information it contains must be up to date and have special significance to be informative.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The issue is that none of their IT investments in the last 10 years have moved the needle on operational metrics such as inventory levels, case fill rates, and other operational metrics. The best planning systems are implemented carefully based on conference room pilots and focus on modeling the business. Their words.

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Supply Chain Network

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Learn how these retailers determine key metrics for the stores and for the Executive team, and how they measure and improve efficiency in order to better serve their customers. Networked companies have a single version of information related to inventory status, POs, inventory, shipments, payments and documents. Jeff Ashcroft.

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EMERGE App

MAY 20, 2023

With Facebook advertising metrics, one can also monitor performance and know what exactly works and what does not to help you plan appropriately for next time. Learn to nurture leads Did you meet someone at the conference who promised to make an order? Advertise on Facebook Facebook advertising enables you to reach a specific audience.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

Remember, as you listen to the pitches in a conference room with pretty powerpoint(s), remember that each person pitching you the nirvana story is heavily incented to sell the service.). Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is writing her third book, Leadership Matters. Move quickly!

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