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Outside-in Process Q&A

Supply Chain Shaman

Shown in Figure 1 is the definition of the layers of outside-in planning. Based on the work with Georgia Tech, we are getting clear on which metrics matter by industry. As companies adopt a balanced scorecard, the functional metrics shift to a focus on reliability. Analyze inventory health. Education is fundamental.

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Lora Cecere on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter

AIMMS

Interview with Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights and Author of Supply Chain Metrics that Matter ( published December 2014 ). Metrics that Matter became a three year research project. I realized that many organizations are very confused about metrics. So I started this book as a summary of this research.

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Is Inventory Waste or an Asset?

Supply Chain Shaman

It is Labor Day weekend in the United States, and the plane is full. We were discussing the results of the planning benchmarking work that we have just finished, and I was sharing some insights on inventory management when one of the panelists emphatically stated, “Inventory is a waste to manage. My Insights.

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Give Analytics A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

The United States is late in investing in port infrastructure. Container inventory is imbalanced. Fourteen of twenty-eight industries have rising inventories. Change internal metrics to a balanced scorecard and force the functions to work better together. We are very early in the definition of outside-in processes.

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Give Analytics A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

The United States is late in investing in port infrastructure. Container inventory is imbalanced. Fourteen of twenty-eight industries have rising inventories. Change internal metrics to a balanced scorecard and force the functions to work better together. We are very early in the definition of outside-in processes.

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Navigating the Supply Chain Management Fault Line

Supply Chain Shaman

This includes the definition of spare part requirements, maintenance outages, and production planning. Drones in warehouses using machine learning for real-time inventory and self-driving vehicles are transforming logistics. If you are in the United States have a great Thanksgiving. It is happening. Driving Value in B2B.

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Unilever and Colgate: Two Bookends?

Supply Chain Shaman

If the definition is the balancing of costs and inventory, the winner is Colgate. However, what is now clear to me is that whatever the evaluative metric, Unilever is at the bottom of the CPG peer group and should never be seen as a supply chain leader. The definition of global was also quite different for the two companies.