Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2022

When reviewing strategy decks for supply chain teams, I often see statements like “move from a functional-silo’d focus to a drive a more holistic response.” ” Followed by “How are you organized, and what defines functional excellence? Functional Metrics. ” Sound familiar?

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 25, 2025

Machine learning (ML)a specialized field within artificial intelligence (AI)is revolutionizing demand planning and supply chain management. These improvements directly strengthen the bottom line, making ML capabilities an essential component of modern supply chain management software.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. Healthcare providers are leveraging efficient supply chains to ensure critical supplies reach patients when needed most.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2024

If you have walked in the shoes of the supply chain leader, you are probably laughing by now. When a supply chain leader opens a discussion with, “I am leading an initiative for digital transformation”, I know I am in trouble. How aligned do you believe your organization is to drive these metrics?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2024

Supply Chain Planners Analogous to Secretarial Pools? In my forty years of studying supply chain planning, the groups became larger, but with questionable results. We sidestep vacuous terms like digital supply chain and attempt to measure and redefine flows based the redefinition of planning. The So What?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Let me start by saying that t he process is not a panacea to solve all supply chain ills. Clear operating strategy and definition of supply chain excellence across plan, source, make and deliver. There is a clear definition of the role of the supply chain in the delivery of value. Governance.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2025

Understanding how your Procurement and Supply Chain KPIs are performing isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s essential for survival and growth. Why You Need Visibility of Supply Chain and Procurement KPIs? Running procurement and supply chain without metrics is like driving blindfolded.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” Drawing from the Whiteboard: Building Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies. Customer-Centric Supply Chain Processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

Michael Jacobs, Senior Vice President Supply Chain, Ferguson. Mr. Jacobs is the senior vice president for supply chain at Ferguson. While nominally a distributor, “supply chain management is our core competency. In particular, Ferguson’s supply chain is built for speed and to provide high service levels.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 24, 2025

Introduction Gardner, (1954) and Huntzinger, (2007) define Purchase price variance (PPV) as a metric used to measure the effectiveness of cost-saving efforts by calculating the difference between the planned cost (standard pricing) allocated for purchasing activities and the actual cost incurred.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2014, ecommerce strategies grew in importance. At that time, manufacturers talked about customer-centric supply chains, but were afraid to aggressively adopt ecommerce strategies. Manufacturers, today, are aggressively pursuing e-commerce strategies. They were afraid of retail retaliation. This has changed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The consulting team pitches a theme–vision of supply chain best practices, big data analytics, or demand-driven value networks– to the executive team, and a new project is initiated. Question 1: What drives a Successful Implementation of Supply Chain Planning? Supply chain planning is now on its third decade.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2024

Goodman titled “ The Supply Chain, Reconfigured.” ” His narrative centers on the evolution of the global supply chain evolving with a focus on labor arbitration ignoring geographic distance and shipping issues. Traditional supply chain practices are no longer best practices. Let me explain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). About the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 9, 2025

Think of them as apples and gearseach essential and effective on its own, yet when combined; they create a formidable mechanism for achieving procurement excellence. This article delves into how these two elements, working together, can transform procurement strategies into long-term competitive advantages.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

For the past month, I have been working alongside companies implementing digital strategies. Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. Sometimes, even the definition of a supply chain is not clear. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. ” Incrementalism. I am tired.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2014

With the purchase of i2 by JDA, and Logictools by IBM, manufacturing companies serious about network design started looking for a company, with a well-established community, that was more serious about network design. Today, supply chain design has become a process all to its own. Demand and Supply Variability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Theme 1: Global supply chains will be busy, congested and chaotic. 2023 call: Global supply chains will be slightly less busy, congested and chaotic, but cheaper – at least the transportation part. Theme 2: Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies. Figure 1: U.S.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

Supply Chain Disruptions: A Survival Guide. Do you feel supply chain risk management is too complicated to implement? This article will show you how one of the worlds leading companies put a theory into practice and survive many supply chain disruptions. Robust risk mitigation strategies really work.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

In part one of this blog series, I started the saga of the supply chain fairy tale. 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.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience. Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. The design of the supply chain is fundamental to making this happen. In our interview of the Supply Chains to Admire Winners, we found a unique approach at Carter’s. Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I am a supply chain gal. I work with many organizations on their supply chain strategies. Let me give you an example: Last week, I gave a presentation at a global supply chain team meeting of 175 professionals. This team is not buying the message. “I study supply chains.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 6, 2021

With so much being written and discussed about supply chain transformation, it’s good to remind ourselves what supply chain management is fundamentally about. Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, bluntly states, “The best supply chains are fit for function.”[1]

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck. 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. Market volatility is increasing and supply chains can respond, but they cannot sense.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

As supply chain clichés take flight, clients struggle with execution. One of these concepts that I hear a lot; but see few tangible examples, is the idea of “customer-segmented supply chain.” The discussion of customer-segmented supply chains happens often. How do they buy from you?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. Located in the United Kingdom (UK), he has more than twelve years of experience in progressive roles driving demand-drive projects for their global supply chain. Understanding the Lubricant Supply Chain. Overview of Shell.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“We live in a world where supply chains, not companies, compete for market dominance. But companies often have diverging incentives and interests from their supply chain partners, so when they independently strive to optimize their individual objectives, the expected result can be compromised. ”. What Is Value?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. His reasoning? We want to help.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2017

When I engage with supply chain leaders , I ask the question, “Are you making progress?” It is hard work to maintain the status quo in metrics performance. A balanced portfolio of metrics delivers the greatest value. The supply chain is a complex, non-linear system. Most are treading water.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 17, 2022

The Logility team writes, “Environmental sustainability in the supply chain is top of mind for consumers, and a brand that fails to hold itself responsible risks reputational damage that will affect the bottom line.”[2] In the past, sustainability initiatives have often been considered bad for the bottom line.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). About the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology.

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crisp

MAY 21, 2025

How to leverage AI-powered insights to move supply chains from reactive to proactive. Supply chain missteps can hit sales and brand loyalty hard. Amid shifting trends, tariffs, supply chain disruptions, and more, CPG supply chain teams are constantly navigating uncertainty to keep products moving.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In essence, this includes the entire chain of supply, production, storage, distribution and finally, the customer, so that the plans make sense all involved parties. Ultimately, what KPIs, as metrics and indicators derived from the set of plans are taken into account and prepared for each scenario.

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Logility

JANUARY 26, 2024

What defines a high-performing supply chain? However, this year promises a significant paradigm shift where traditional performance metrics are replaced by technology-driven frameworks, as recent breakthroughs with Generative AI in supply chains have demonstrated. Enter our list of supply chain trends for 2024.

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AFFLINK

JUNE 10, 2025

For AFFLINK's partners and affiliates navigating complex procurement environments, ESG integration reshapes how supply chains are built, evaluated, and optimized. Why ESG Matters to Supply Chain Management Modern supply chain strategies extend beyond efficiency and cost containment.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. It is a story of supply chain innovation. The products of Terra Technology are unique, but poorly understood by the mainstream supply chain team.

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