Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Metrics Network Design Software 
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. My goal is to understand the impact of technologies and processes. Today, we have a number of burning platforms. It is easier said than done.
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. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.)
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 29, 2014
The attendees were sitting on the edge of their seats to hear about the next release of Llamasoft software. 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.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 18, 2022
In particular, Ferguson’s supply chain is built for speed and to provide high service levels. Driving an excellent supply chain depends on how people are recruited and managed, processes, and the technology used. The company has shown sustained improvement on this metric. The company uses a network design tool from Coupa.
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. Confluence of New Technologies. Today, we find ourselves in a hype cycle.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 14, 2013
It was a story where people believed that functional excellence leads to supply chain superiority. Year after year, well intentioned people toiled against improving metrics that reduced, not improved, the effectiveness of the supply chain. These technologies are mature. I feel that many of these technologies are now legacy.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 7, 2012
For the purpose of this discussion, I define agility as the design of the supply chain to deliver the same cost, quality and customer service given a level of both market volatility and process variability. It requires design. Q: You mention that Executive Buy-in is the biggest stumbling block.
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