AIMMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Interview with Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights and Author of Supply Chain Metrics that Matter ( published December 2014 ). Her supply chain experience includes specialist roles at AMR Research, Clorox, Gartner Group, Kraft, and Procter & Gamble. Metrics that Matter became a three year research project.

Metrics 120

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

OTIF is a key supply chain metric. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America. Andrew Lynch and Joe Lynch discuss the true cost of OTIF failure. About Andrew Lynch. Zipline Logistics was selected as an Inc.

Cost Reduction Strategies 207

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

Everything from food and beverage products to home improvement items saw a significant consumption bump as buyers, sidelined by pandemic restrictions, diverted their purchasing habits from experiences to consumer goods. Retail sales, including food services, increased 9.8% Let’s explore some of those a bit more in-depth.

Procurement Analytics 69

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

I struggled to manage myself as I settled in elbow-to-elbow with the group to listen to the presentation. The methodology did not include a peer group analysis, and I strongly felt that chemical, retail, and telecommunications companies should not be compared in the same analysis. Orbit Chart of Lenovo Performance Against Peer Group.

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QAD

JUNE 6, 2023

If the gaps between these groups were minimized, businesses could determine the impact of supply chain decisions early in the planning process and at all levels of planning: from strategic to tactical through execution. And to achieve this, all operational groups need to be planning the same way to reach the same overall business goals.

Supply Chain Planning Software 93

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. Functional metrics need to be abandoned to focus on balanced scorecard outputs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

While all leaders can agree that they want more assets and less trash, there is confusion about the best metric. It can vary substantially across industries and should only be used to compare a company within an industry peer group. The more work that I do on metrics, the more I become a fan of ROIC. What do you think?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The supply chain is a complex system with finite, and non-linear relationships between supply chain metrics that drive balance sheet results. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics. Teams struggle to drive improvement in both metrics at the same time. A Look at History.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

Snow fell last night as I worked on my last Supply Chain Metrics That Matter report. This is number 15 in a series that looks critically, industry by industry, to understand relative improvement of peer groups on the Effective Frontier. Cash-to-cash is a compound metric. Average Supply Chain Performance in Food Value Chains.

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Since much of the previous year in business and elsewhere was defined by a global pandemic, we are left asking what will 2021 look like for food and beverage shippers. Food trends had an interesting 12 months as things changed quite a bit throughout the course of COVID-19. Plant Products Continue Food Trend Prevalence .

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2023

Certain supply chains like maintenance parts, designer/fashion items, new product launches, and food service items must be managed in an agile supply chain. Groups are attempting to align product mix and define capacity requirements. Educate on the importance of designing flows and aligning metrics. I hope this helps.

Inventory Reduction 241

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 7, 2021

OTIF is a key supply chain metric. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America. Andrew Lynch and Joe Lynch discuss the true cost of OTIF failure. About Andrew Lynch. Zipline Logistics was selected as an Inc.

Cost Reduction Strategies 147

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51° and Market6 Data How Automation and Advanced Metrics You Won’t Get in 84.51° can help you grow your sales at Kroger and avoid inventory headaches. Kroger collaborates with thousands of food and beverage, health, beauty, and personal care companies to service roughly 2,800 stores.

Procurement Analytics 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

Smaller, more agile companies outperform the larger and well-known brands in the retail, beverages, food, and pharmaceutical industry sectors. We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. The Supply Chains to Admire analysis is a data-driven discovery by peer group. Target Setting.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 19, 2023

Industries included manufacturers, retailers, automotive, food & beverage, CPG and healthcare shippers. Coyote is committed to providing a better service experience in the transportation industry, raising the standards for service metrics and customer satisfaction. Businesses ranged in size from $250M to over $5B in annual revenue.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2013

The data is also shared with industry peers and the peer group vote represents 25% of the score. The AMR Top 25 was the first methodology that tried to connect financial metrics with supply chain excellence. It elevated the discussion on supply chain excellence and drove more discipline and rigor in the use of financial metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

It is now owned by Gartner Group and used as a commercial tool to drive client engagements. As a result, when the spreadsheet is sorted, a chemical company is stack-ranked against a retail player, and a high-tech company against a food distributor. Leaders need to balance a portfolio of metrics. Companies compete.

Gartner 150

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Logility

APRIL 7, 2020

Intertape Polymer Group is thinking outside the box and working with Stanfield’s Ltd to produce PPE garments for medical teams on the frontline battle against COVID-19. At the same time, start a frank discussion about which metrics matter right now. food supply network is mostly domestic. Expect bad surprises.

Innovation 147

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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2023

” According to The Economist , “Water shortages, combined with reputational damage and regulatory overreach, could affect many hydro-dependent industries, from food production, mining and power generation to apparel and electronics. . “If climate change is the shark, water is its teeth.”

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Gross Margin Return on Inventory (GMROI), a profitability metric that accounts for unsold inventory, has now dropped in all three countries as manufacturers abandon the Just In Time business model for the more costly Just In Case approach. Fulfilment days – the period between receiving and fulfilling an order. days on average.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Establishing a robust performance monitoring system with key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics is crucial. About the LCSMS Shippers' Council Logistics Excellence Through Collaboration The LSCMS Shippers Council is a very active group of major Shippers.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 25, 2023

Tomorrow, 26 April 2023, is international Stop Food Waste Day. According the Stop Food Waste Day website , “Stop Food Waste Day is the largest single day of action in the fight against food waste. Food waste only exacerbates the challenge — and it’s everywhere. ” Why all the fuss?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The digital twin allows for internal operations as well as customers to view the various processes, along with detailed metrices throughout the facility. DB Group has set ambitious targets to reduce specific CO2 emission by 50% by 2030 compared to 2006. The compost for these gardens is from food waste generated from the staff canteen.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 1, 2013

As I work with companies, I often contrast the strategies, approaches and outcomes within a peer group. Both companies provide packaging materials to the food manufacturing industry. Food manufacturers, over the course of the last decade, have pushed costs and waste backwards in the supply chain. Owens Illinois (OI), a $6.3

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Change internal metrics to a balanced scorecard and force the functions to work better together. Create a group to focus on building network capabilities. year-over-year while the food increased 4.6% As a result, in this time of increased variability, organizations are more reactive. What to do? Focus Outside-In.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The Institute for Supply Management conducted a special survey that asked members to assess how Harvey might impact six key business metrics and whether they may be impacted by shortages of input materials due to Harvey. "Our Broadly speaking, the six metrics organized by severity of impact into three groups.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 24, 2016

Most companies segment their supply chain by breaking it down according to operational and logistical metrics. In a 2015 SupplyChainBrain interview she says this allows companies to give their customers a differentiated experience – she compares it to the difference between fine dining and fast food.

Supply Chain Segmentation 159

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Change internal metrics to a balanced scorecard and force the functions to work better together. Create a group to focus on building network capabilities. year-over-year while the food increased 4.6% As a result, in this time of increased variability, organizations are more reactive. What to do? Focus Outside-In.

Analytics Software 195

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Same store sales growth (excluding food) increased 4 percent during the quarter vs. equity analyst consensus expectation of 3.1 We crossed $100 billion in eCommerce sales and drove share gains as our customer experience metrics improved, even during our highest volume days leading up to the holidays.” operations. percent to $648.1

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

To accomplish this goal, I ask a cross-functional group to audit the past year. As a group, we drill into root issues. The company is a food and beverage company. Many times useful data exists in marketing or sales groups, but is not shared with the supply chain team. Ask the group what is possible?

Supply Chain Design Software 250

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 250

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

It is a tasteless, innocuous food with little form or satisfaction. To be valid, I believe that companies must be compared within a peer group. As a result, the metrics have to be viewed together as a pattern over time. In the journey, the supply chain leader needs to improve the potential of a portfolio of metrics.

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

In April 2022, allegations arose claiming children as young as 10 in Ghana , West Africa were harvesting cocoa beans for food industry giant Mondel?z In Bangladesh in July 2021, a fire at a food factory claimed the lives of at least 52 people, some of whom were children. z International, which owns Cadbury. A similar study in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

This report, Supply Chains to Admire , compares the progress of 200 companies within their respective peer groups on both performance and improvement. Attending the conference was Alexia Howard, Senior Research Analyst – US Foods for Sanford C. Aligned Metrics. Bernstein & Co., Supply Chain Design.

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Demand Solutions

JUNE 26, 2015

The report is packed with good food for thought. Their approach was quite simple: ask executives to share their companies’ metrics in inventory turnover and percentage of deliveries that are on-time and in-full. Two metrics. With a Leaders group clearly identified, what can we learn from the best-performing companies?

Survey 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

In Figure 1, performance better than average for the peer group is highlighted in light green. Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. In the last five years, consumer products and food/beverage leaders faced different challenges. They cannot be grouped together. It is seldom a step change.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We waded through spreadsheet after spreadsheet of data for the last three weeks and contrasted the progress of the high-tech, consumer products, food, pharmaceutical and industrial industries. One story that stands out for me is the race for supply chain excellence within the CPG peer group. It is a very competitive set of companies.

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USC Consulting Group

AUGUST 11, 2020

According to the piece published in North Carolina State University journal BioResources, the growth in demand for pulp and paperboard thus far in 2020 has been unprecedented, with production topping 419 million metric tons and consumption reaching over 423 million metric tons worldwide. appeared first on USC Consulting Group.

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