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Outside-in Process Q&A

Supply Chain Shaman

Based on the work with Georgia Tech, we are getting clear on which metrics matter by industry. As companies adopt a balanced scorecard, the functional metrics shift to a focus on reliability. The implementation of NoSQL for inventory management gives them an inventory signal with little to no process latency.

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

No company in either the household non-durable (consumer goods) or the food manufacturing group beat their peer group on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for 2013-2022. The supply chain has two important buffers–inventory and capacity. Any takers here?

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

To help, we analyze business results each year to understand which companies outperform on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) over the past ten years. They used the work built together in 2004-2009 to build a course with Georgia Tech for executive training.)

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5 Best Logistics Books to Keep Within Reach

Supply Chain Opz

Author Credentials: Dr. Ed Frazelle was an award-winning professor at Georgia Tech Institute of Technology and he is now a consultant. Chapter 2 will introduce you to the on-time, in full metric. Cons: It contains some basic math, but not that hard. However, a chapter about warehouse activity profiling is quite challenging.

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2024 Supply Chain Economic Update

American Global Logistics

Rajeev Dhawan, an economist at Georgia State University, described the current environment as “… less (of) a recession and more of a growth stop”. This flash metric registered at 50.3 Inventory Status: This measure is mixed. Inventory levels are contracting, but costs showing no change. This indicator came in at 48.7,

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7 Incredible Benefits of Cloud-Based Logistics Management

GlobalTranz

The ability to administer your cloud supply chain in the real time makes your order processing, warehousing, inventory management, transportation and overall pricing more scalable and thus cheaper. The cloud-based logistics has lots of metric tools. Helen works and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. A Better Cost Mainframe.

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‘Best in Class’ Supply chain from a Road warrior perspective – Part 4

Kinaxis

When I refer to supply chain technology, I am talking about software to support the fundamental supply chain business processes — Demand, Supply, Inventory Planning, and Sales and Operations Planning. You inventory is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Excitement. Typically you will act. Consider an incentive plan.