Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Companies tightly coupling the budget to S&OP have significantly higher inventories and lower growth than their peer group. Demand latency is two-eight weeks delayed from consumption purchase to translate to an order. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I Mistake #3. My challenge?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

When it comes to the management of inventory in value chains, frustration abounds. Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” Inventory is the culmination of many business decisions.

Inventory Reduction 150

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In recent years, BT Supply Chain underwent a transformation to provide its services to businesses using the company’s existing network. We spoke with David Mackenzie , Transformation & Inventory Director at BT, to learn more about this shift and the role AIMMS has played in enabling it. How is your team currently using AIMMS?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2014

The market for network design tools was growing at a moderate rate, and most of the market had invested in technologies from either i2 Technologies (then termed i2 Strategist) or Logictools. Today, supply chain design has become a process all to its own. It could no longer be just about inventory levels. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I find in my Supply Chains to Admire research that 96% of companies (when compared to their peer groups) are unable to drive improvement while delivering higher performance year-over-year on a balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Ecolab, L’Oreal, and TJX are exceptions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

Through digital marketing, small brands are cropping up all over, and it is sentiment analysis and digital content driving purchases. Instead, companies need to build it into digital process redefinition like digital path-to-purchase, digital procurement, digital agriculture, digital manufacturing or digital service.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In recent years, BT Supply Chain underwent a transformation to provide its services to businesses using the company’s existing network. We spoke with David Mackenzie , Transformation & Inventory Director at BT, to learn more about this shift and the role AIMMS has played in enabling it. How is your team currently using AIMMS?

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Supply Chain Design Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software AIMMS 156

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. Granular data by volume is a must to be able to manage replenishment, network design, and inventory targets. Time horizon.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. The focus is on digitization—automating today’s processes—versus rethinking process excellence based on the art of the possible. The design principle is that history is a good predictor of the future.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 5, 2022

In our most recent Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech column , we highlighted the announcement from supply chain technology provider Logility , a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software , regarding this provider’s completion of the acquisition of supply chain network design technology provider Starboard Solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

It was a story where people believed that functional excellence leads to supply chain superiority. I strongly feel that a blind focus on functional excellence will cause the supply chain to become out of balance. One that is going to eat you up! In part one of this blog series, I started the saga of the supply chain fairy tale.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Pioneered the use of vendor-managed inventory. Developed a process of excellence in supply chain collaboration. Implemented cross-docking in its supply network to enable inventory reductions. Supply Chain Network Design. Built strategic partnerships with vendors to drive down prices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

The third issue is the lack of understanding that global processes–to maximize the economies of scale in transportation and material buying–need strong governance. Without this discipline, the global organization cannot actualize buying power in procurement or lower costs and improve costs/customer service in transportation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

In the last five years, while the physician is still important, the buying decisions transitioned from the supplier to the care provider. They lack the greater understanding of planning and value network design. They are primarily focused on cost management on new purchase decisions. It is now shifting again.

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Modeling Modeling Software Pharmaceutical Procurement Analytics 239

Resilinc

MARCH 22, 2023

Not only does it affect supply, procurement, and purchasing, but it also impacts sales, marketing, and human resources. Once you move from a reactive workflow to a proactive workflow, you can take your data and fuel your proactive supply chain planning, supply chain design, network design, supplier selection, and supplier management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

In 2012 I built on these concepts to define the market-driven value network. The definition: an adaptive network focused on a well-defined value-based outcomes. A value network governed and defined by customer segmentation and a clear understanding of what drives value for the customer. Definition of Outside-In Processes.

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AIMMS

MARCH 8, 2016

Today’s shopper prefers to buy online and get products delivered at the best possible time and place, resulting in key shifts in the supply chain. A recent report from Auburn University summarizes these changes quite neatly: Inventory – consumer demand for flexible delivery times and pick-up options is changing inventory management.

Price Reduction 156

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ThroughPut

JULY 28, 2020

As the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, Home Depot is an excellent example of a business powered by an evolving global supply chain. The Home Depot story above highlights an aspect of supply chain inventory optimization to drive business growth. Digital and mobile commerce have transformed how humankind buys.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

If we look back at history, 70% of companies implemented Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), however two-decades later only 1% of companies use VMI processes to drive a better demand signal. Processes with high error need a design based on reasonable expectations. Inventory strategies and processes to absorb the error.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

Both Kimberly-Clark and P&G are going backwards on operating margin while making progress on inventory turns. 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

It pains me to see nine out of ten companies are stuck at the critical intersection of cost and inventory turns. The design needs to be from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier. In the outside-in supply chain, the signals are from the buy and sell-side markets back to the enterprise. 1) Supplier Networks.

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AIMMS

MARCH 8, 2016

Today’s shopper prefers to buy online and get products delivered at the best possible time and place, resulting in key shifts in the supply chain. A recent report from Auburn University summarizes these changes quite neatly: Inventory – consumer demand for flexible delivery times and pick-up options is changing inventory management.

Optimal Sourcing 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. Keith was an undisputed leader in building talent to drive manufacturing excellence. Business leaders are action-oriented and competitive.

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ThroughPut

JULY 28, 2020

As the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, Home Depot is an excellent example of a business powered by an evolving global supply chain. The Home Depot story above highlights an aspect of supply chain inventory optimization to drive business growth. Digital and mobile commerce have transformed how humankind buys.

Supply Chain Optimization 52

Supply Chain Optimization Price Mitigation Strategies Network Optimization Optimization Software 52

ThroughPut

JULY 28, 2020

As the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, Home Depot is an excellent example of a business powered by an evolving global supply chain. SCM includes the movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods. Digital and mobile commerce have transformed how humankind buys.

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

A Blueprint for Supply Chain Optimization This webcast delves into the process of a successful network design initiative and the outlines the steps necessary for success. White Paper. Consortium Report. Contact Us. Webinar On Demand. How to Maximize Warehouse Efficiency Hosted by The Journal of Commerce. 800-789-1257. |.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

In Agrosciences is the customer the distributor of seed/additives, the farmer or the downstream purchaser of food products? And, how do the customer-centric supply chain strategies evolve based on promotion strategies and digital path to purchase? To be a collaborative trading partner, build a good perpetual inventory signal.

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AFFLINK

JANUARY 3, 2019

This "order-to-shelf" system leaves more space in back rooms and saves money on employee labor and inventory management. The transformation of the Target supply chain has allowed the company to: Place their stores at the center of a modern network design to deliver an unmatched combination of convenient fulfillment options.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Scenario 2 – Buy more at once. You jump in the car, drive to the store, park the car, go into the store, spend a bit longer in the store this time, as you buy sugar, flour, rice, milk, and a dozen other things. This one too is obvious, yet many businesses don’t effectively manage their stock (inventory) effectively.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Supply Chain Network Design. Along with the design of supply chain strategy, the design of the supply chain itself, especially the part which deals with outbound distribution from plants or warehouses, is instrumental in the success or failure of businesses. SEE ALSO: Supply Chain Strategy Development.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Gartner analyst Paul Lord has developed a framework to better understand inventory trade-offs by categorizing those decisions according to the objectives they are meant to achieve: structural, operational and situational. Many companies struggle with decisions such as “How many days of sales or inventory turns per year should we target?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

There is not a one-to-one relationship between a container and a purchase order. As a result, a purchase order can cover multiple containers; and a container can carry multiple purchase orders. The average purchase order changes 3-4X before shipment. If you are a shipper, take these actions: Design for Variability.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 15, 2022

As we walked, I reflected and kept asking Scott, “How can we optimize outcomes if companies are not clear on what defines excellence?” Sean strongly believed that the sales group knew what the customers wanted and that tight supply chain integration to sales information would drive excellent results. At the first meeting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 15, 2022

As we walked, I reflected and kept asking Scott, “How can we optimize outcomes if companies are not clear on what defines excellence?” Sean strongly believed that the sales group knew what the customers wanted and that tight supply chain integration to sales information would drive excellent results. He saw all inventory as “bad.”

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Modeling 195

Logility

AUGUST 24, 2022

a Traverse City, Michigan based innovator of supply chain network design software. This annual award honors IT companies that support and enable logistics excellence. million and purchased Starboard Solutions Corp., a supply chain network optimization solution for approximately $6.5 Company and Technology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

Despite two decades of advancement in supply chain technologies, companies are struggling to gain balance at the intersection of operating margin, inventory turns and case fulfillment. The network design technologies have changed a lot in the last decade. (I Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck. They are slow to adapt.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

Driving an excellent supply chain depends on how people are recruited and managed, processes, and the technology used. The company uses a network design tool from Coupa. Mr. Jacobs mentioned a well-known industry analyst consulting group that makes recommendations on what kinds of supply chain software a company should buy.

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