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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

Compared to peer group performance for 2013-2023, 59% of the Gartner Top 25 score below their peer group on average revenue growth, 41% below inventory turns, and 41% below their sector on invested capital. I observe that organizations are unclear on outcomes and the definition of supply chain excellence. The reason? Your next step?

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Reflection: The Journey to be Market Driven

Supply Chain Shaman

Table 1: Aligning the Organization to a Balanced Scorecard to Maximize Market Potential When we isolate the impact and only focus on only operating margin/inventory turns compared to a focus on cost of goods/inventory turns (as shown in Table 2), the impact is a 63% reduction in market capitalization/employee. What is unlearning?

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From Buzzword to Business Driver: How RFID is Fueling AI in Manufacturing

QAD

In a recent article in RFID Journal , Michael shared five predictions for how leaders can combine AI and RFID to unlock greater visibility, efficiency and profitability in 2025 and beyond. Leadership teams are increasingly open to AI proposals and you can use relevant industry case studies to encourage buy-in.

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Amazon Soon to Realize Important Robotics Milestone

Supply Chain Digest

But as usual in these types of robot stories, Amazon also tells the Journal that the automation is for some workers has meant replacing menial, repetitive work lifting cases with more skilled assignments managing the machines. Blaine Inventory Specialist, Syncron Posted on: Nov, 16 2016 Lora, great article! What do you say?

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. Walmart would not have the ability to provide such low prices and have consistent inventory in the over 5,000 stores in the United States and over 1.3 million employees without a focus on good supply chain management.

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Have You Given Your Planner Love Today?

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reached out to discuss the rising inventories near the Port of Los Angeles. 3) Buy Technologies that Supply Chain Planners Will Love. Over 65% of supply chain planning happens in Excel spreadsheets. Focus on buying planners systems based on usability and modeling capabilities.

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Experts Choice Of Top Online Logistics Resources

Freightos

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. Journal of Commerce (U.S) Journal of Commerce (5 a month). American Journal of Transportation. This was the result. wsjlogistics. JOC Daily Newswire.