Definition Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Internet of things Metrics 
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. Companies balance supply chain metrics better in good times than bad. Growth in car buying stimulated the value chain. 2) Focus on a balanced portfolio of metrics. Most are treading water.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 14, 2016
Starting With Definitions. To help, I wrote a few definitions on the board: Demand-Driven Processes. Market-Driven Processes. The definition: an adaptive network focused on a well-defined value-based outcomes. Definition of Outside-In Processes. I know of ten demand networks using this definition.
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Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
This is a very different definition than the traditional supply chain practices that are often touted as “best practices.” This includes 3D printing, robotics, the Internet of Things (IOT), Sentiment Analysis, Cognitive Learning, and Supply Chain Operating Networks using canonical many-to-many data models. There are many.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 14, 2014
It is one thing to write it, but it is a horse of another color to defend it. I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. Our current processes and dependencies on Excel spreadsheets cannot get us to our goal. 3) Risky Business? The race is on.
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 5, 2016
Even though the supply chain today is not dead, it is definitely stuck in neutral and going backwards. 19 average) and 3 times better ROIC for the period (33% versus P&G’s 11%), note that none of these three household products companies made progress on supply chain excellence in the period of 2013-2015. New Business Models.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 7, 2016
In this post my goal is to help companies build outside-in processes through a clearer definition. This outside-in orientation needs a definition to make it actionable. In the outside-in supply chain, the signals are from the buy and sell-side markets back to the enterprise. Reflection. Let’s start with the basics.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 8, 2017
While many technologists wave their hands advocating that Internet of Things (IOT) is the answer, I say not so fast. Won’t we have the same issue for Internet of Things data? ” At the other end of the continuum is the argument that “ Forecast error is the most important metric to improve.”
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