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Household Products Industry Stuck in Neutral and Going Backwards

Supply Chain Shaman

I was on my way to Peru. Over the course of trip to Atlanta to connect to Peru, we began a discussion. 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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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. In the outside-in supply chain, the signals are from the buy and sell-side markets back to the enterprise. A network system of record is required to manage bifurcated trade, scorecards and deductions. Bio-engineering?

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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I will be speaking and working with clients in wonderful locations in Brussels, China, Germany, London, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. At another client there are 80 ERP systems, and the supply chain team cannot see across instances. The use of GPS, telematics, and cognitive learning to build logistics systems that sense and adapt.)