Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides part two of highlights from supply chain concurrent planning technology provider Kinaxis ’s annual Kinexions 2022 customer conference held in May. In a previously published part one commentary , we shared summary highlights of the Kinexions 2022 conference. All rights reserved.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I

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Precoro

JULY 16, 2023

At the heart of the whole process is the purchasing manager – a supply chain and logistics professional who works to secure the required materials, goods, and services necessary for running the business. We have selected 5 fundamental KPIs that purchasing managers should consider.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Longbow Advantage had their first user conference in Nashville, Tennessee last week. But this conference was focused on a near real-time analytics solution they developed called Rebus. Here “near real-time” is defined as a refresh of key metrics every five minutes. IT is the Enemy appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

Therefore, it is paramount for you as a logistics and supply chain professional to have a keen sense of how to properly evaluate a supplier. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM. Cost of quality.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2014

If you’re a supply chain or logistics executive and you’re looking for ways to improve as a leader this year, here are my five recommendations: 1. 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.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 6, 2018

The 2018 RILA Retail Supply Chain Conference was a great opportunity to hear what retail leaders are focused on, and excited about, as we chart the future of our evolving industry. What are the cost and logistics challenges around same-day fulfillment? – That dialogue set the tone for the conference in some key ways.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 6, 2018

The 2018 RILA Retail Supply Chain Conference was a great opportunity to hear what retail leaders are focused on, and excited about, as we chart the future of our evolving industry. What are the cost and logistics challenges around same-day fulfillment? – That dialogue set the tone for the conference in some key ways.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

Interview for Metrics That Matter. My kitchen table is piled high with interviews for the upcoming book, Metrics That Matter. I need it for my conference on September 10th-11th, 2014. I recently interviewed him for my upcoming book, Metrics that Matter, that publishes in August 2014. ” Supply Chain Leader.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Last week’s 2015 LogiChem conference was held in Philadelphia, PA, the birthplace of the signing of our Declaration of Independence. I always come back from these conferences inspired and fascinated at how diligent chemical supply chain managers must be to mitigate risk and adverse events. ChemSolutions®, a division of C.H.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 25, 2013

The relationship between corporate financial performance and supply chain metrics was complex; and in my first attempts, I was unable to derive a correlation. I wanted to better understand which metrics truly mattered. The Metrics That Matter Are Different by Industry Sector. However, as many of you know, I am stubborn.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Today, 90% of publicly-traded companies are stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. While most companies have been able to make progress in one of these two critical metrics in the period of 2006-2013, they have not been able to make progress on both together. It is needed. What is disruption?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Here is the list: Supply chain technology implementations have reduced inventory. Seemingly, most supply chain leaders that are reading the press, or going to industry conferences, would believe that all four statements are true. Here they are: The Lie of Inventory Reduction. Supply chain excellence matters. The reason?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

For some customers, they manage the inventory using a vendor managed inventory program. In some case they manage inventory at the customer’s site. “We The longer it takes a supplier to deliver their goods to a manufacturer, the more inventory that manufacturer is forced to hold. The company has over 300,000 products.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

Did you come up with any New Year’s resolutions to improve as a supply chain and logistics leader this year? From “5 New Year’s Resolutions for Supply Chain & Logistics Executives” originally published on January 14, 2014: 1. If you have your own list of resolutions, please post a comment and share. Ask “What are the risks?”more

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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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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

The reality is that supply chain management is not just about managing orders and transportation and inventory — it’s about doing all those things while also navigating through the many risks that could disrupt your supply chain or bring it to a halt. Do we have the right Service Level Agreement metrics in place? At what cost?

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Today we continue our series on successfully working with a logistics company, often called a third party logistics company by focusing on how to properly understand the success of the engagement by knowing all the key performance indicators that a shipper could put in place. This starts with deploying the S.M.A.R.T.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

Instead, what I observed when I looked at the data, was that most companies that I had worked with (in my role as an industry analyst, I had worked with over 300) were going backwards on margin and inventory turns. Resiliency is the pattern at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. “Ugh,” I said.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2015

This is the first post in an ongoing series on effective KPI management from third party logistics consultant, Chuck Intrieri, of The Lean Supply Chain. . Many logistics service providers will provide their customers with an SLA. What is a Service Level Agreement (SLA)? How does an SLA work with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

According to the Conference Board, despite lockdowns and COVID-19 related restrictions, consumer confidence in Asia rose in the last quarter of 2021 to 128 points from 126 points. Supermarkets, retailers and importers are beginning to lift prices in response to the crises, essentially passing the costs onto their customers.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

We are faced with immense logistical difficulties that range from unpaved roads to armed bandits.”. The challenges can be multi-faceted: High logistical costs. Not knowing how much inventory is at each location. These large distances between demand centers increase the inventory exposure to maintain a consistent service level.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

We have been taught, as supply chain leaders, that over the last decade supply chain processes have improved costs, shortened cycle times, improved customer service and decreased inventory. Based on our recent research, we find that only 1% of process-based companies are making progress on both operating margins and inventory.

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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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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2020

Come up with a set of internal metrics that will go towards eliminating problem areas. While logistics, sales, and accounting all have a hand in invoicing at various stages, shippers that have a dedicated vendor chargeback owner perform best against their peers. Do you have proper inventory visibility? Is your EDI up to snuff?

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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2020

Come up with a set of internal metrics that will go towards eliminating problem areas. While logistics, sales, and accounting all have a hand in invoicing at various stages, shippers that have a dedicated vendor chargeback owner perform best against their peers. Do you have proper inventory visibility? Is your EDI up to snuff?

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 18, 2016

In supply chain planning, we are driven by metrics. We focus on reducing miles driven, making a delivery in hours instead of days, minimizing inventories, or increasing the utilization of our workforce. This post was first published on Talking Logistics. . What would make my fitness tracker even better?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

I also had the opportunity to speak at the GHX conference and facilitate a leadership workshop on the required changes for implantable devices. The most common reporting relationship in the supplier organization is to a leader of supply (focus on logistics, distribution, materials sourcing and customer service).

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During We believe that a supply chain leader is defined by both the level of performance on the Effective Frontier (balance of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Profitability and Inventory Turns) and driving supply chain improvement. What have you learned?

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Logility

JUNE 20, 2017

At recent supply chain user conferences, a major concern for many companies was the talent gap in supply chain. Most interestingly, our changing lifestyles are turning consumers into same-day delivery, mobile shoppers, taxing the logistics and merchandising prowess of even the largest corporations. Rising Demand. In the broader U.S.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Come up with a set of internal metrics that will go towards eliminating problem areas. While logistics, sales, and accounting all have a hand in invoicing at various stages, shippers that have a dedicated vendor chargeback owner perform best against their peers. Do you have proper inventory visibility? Relationships.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2012

The conference format and size were just right to allow comfortable sharing of ideas and lessons learned about various topics from S&OP and supply chain planning, to inventory optimization and transportation. It is critical to align the whole organization on the right metrics, otherwise the segmentation will fall apart.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2016

In supply chain planning, we are driven by metrics. We focus on reducing miles driven, making a delivery in hours instead of days, minimizing inventories, or increasing the utilization of our workforce. It was the ongoing and immediate feedback of the fitness tracker on my wrist that helped to change my behavior.

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Vinculum

APRIL 17, 2020

Is your organization facing a shortage of essential supplies and inventory prompted by panic buying and stocking up of consumers? To cite another example, a company offering logistics services can connect with customers to offer probable solutions to the current transportation issues plaguing the global supply chain.

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