Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

To determine the winners, we compare the effectiveness of each company against relative performance within an industry-specific peer group. In the analysis, we divide companies into three groups: winners, finalists and under-performers. This is an high-performing group representing 5% of public companies. Finalists.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

Let’s examine the market reality by looking at a peer group. The constant reorganization and leadership changes within Unilever create ongoing turbulence not seen in their peer group. The focus needs to move from functional metrics to balanced scorecard outcomes. They cannot today. A Stark Reality in Market Data.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As part of the CMA CGM Group, CEVA Logistics has a global reach, which means that we can make a global difference. Photo Credit: Changi Airport Group. We are honored to partner with Changi Airport Group in this humanitarian effort for our friends in Indonesia.’’. The CMA CGM Group aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Locus

OCTOBER 6, 2023

We recently hosted a webinar aimed at highlighting how a robust and well-structured Transporter Management System can propel shippers toward operational optimization and last-mile delivery excellence. The third critical area was discussed at length during our webinar, which we’d urge you to view for a comprehensive understanding.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 6, 2023

Their metrics are often misaligned as well – supply chain focuses on service and procurement focuses on the cost of acquiring materials and services. Over the past 20 years, Nari has held VP and Director of Product Management, Research and Marketing roles at Aberdeen Group, River Logic, Steelwedge and E2open.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2023

Over the past 20 years, Nari has held VP and Director of Product Management, Research and Marketing roles at Aberdeen Group, River Logic, Steelwedge and E2open. He has published numerous thought leadership articles, whitepapers, blogs and delivered dozens of webinars during his career.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

I have worked for Gartner Group, AMR Research, Altimeter Group and now my own company, Supply Chain Insights. It will be launched during a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a series of reports that will run in our May newsletter and throughout the summer. In this time, I have worked with over 500 companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Metrics such as lead-times, forecast accuracy, inventory levels, and service are used to measure operational risks. Over the past 20 years, Nari has held VP and Director of Product Management, Research and Marketing roles at Aberdeen Group, River Logic, Steelwedge and E2open.

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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

MAY 14, 2013

This week, at Supply Chain Insights LLC, we published our 11th report in the series titled Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Financial ratios allow us to analyze performance across the peer group (large against small companies) and across currencies. We also look for companies that have out-performed their peer groups.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Recent data from the Hackett Group reveals that AP teams that provide self-service capabilities to suppliers can achieve Superhero status by reducing inquiries by 49% and saving 50% on master data management costs. Hackett Group research shows that top performing procurement departments offer self-service features and functionalities.

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Proxima

AUGUST 9, 2023

Encourage your suppliers to involve their supply chain in the design and roll-out of consistent metrics and help them to understand the varying approaches to reporting and alignment to a common framework. Incorporating these groups’ feedback is an efficient way to make social value delivery as streamlined as possible.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

I have taken myself off the road to write the book Metrics That Matter. Before the session, ask a small group to chart your progress on the Effective Frontier using orbit charts. You just do not see the patterns of the interrelationships of metrics in an Excel spreadsheet. Then give the group an innovation fund.

Supply Chain Design Software 280

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 9, 2013

It will be launched on a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a report that will run in our May newsletter. To understand supply chain excellence, we have been studying pattern recognition for industry peer groups at the intersection of the metrics in the Supply Chain Effective Frontier of growth, profitability, cycles and complexity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 9, 2013

We started with mining the data on supply chain financial ratios within industry groups. This research was the backbone of the Supply Chain Metrics that Matter series of reports. Instead, they have measured functional metrics or focused on projects. We are sharing insights on the work through monthly webinars.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

For example, P&G kept pace with the industry average on operating margin and inventory turns, and posted some of the best results in Cash-t0-Cash (30 days below the peer group), but underperformed on growth and Return on Invested Capital. P&G’s rate of improvement on the Metrics That Matter was lower than the peer group.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Last week, at Supply Chain Insights , as part of our monthly webinar series, I hosted a panel discussion on the current state of the healthcare value network. Hosting this webinar series is one of the favorite parts of my job as the Founder of Supply Chain Insights. Focus on Value-based Outcomes.

Pharmaceutical 169

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

To determine the winners, we compare the effectiveness of each company against relative performance within an industry-specific peer group. In the analysis, we divide companies into three groups: winners, finalists and under-performers. This is a high-performing group representing 5% of public companies studied.

Pharmaceutical 110

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But, if a company wants to work with a new supplier, and that supplier is in the network, metrics on that carrier also exist. To learn more, you can register for a free webinar as part of the ARC Advisory Group Digital Transform Council’s ongoing discussions around digital transformation.

Rail Software 188

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

As an analyst in the market for the past ten years (first with Gartner, then with AMR Research, followed by my work at Altimeter Group and now with my own firm Supply Chain Insights), I have stood in front of clients doing strategy days advocating “best practices” and I wanted to set the record straight. We have stubbed our toes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which there is a desire for harmony within the group, but the result is an irrational or dysfunctional outcome. I feel that the industry is engaged in ‘Group Think’ No one in this meetings is going to ask tough questions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 29, 2016

” In this team activity people who do not know each other list four statements and ask the group to guess which statement is false. As I study research methods, and the market, I realize the lies I’ve spun for prior employers (Gartner and AMR Research) are untrue: The AMR Research Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics.

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Supply Chain Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

We also built a database of twenty years of supply chain financial ratios that we mine daily for companies to understand where they are on the Supply Chain Effective Frontier against their peer group. We made revenue through public speeches, webinars, advisory work, and custom research projects. The team is learning every day.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Finally, the top 10 list was rounded out safety and metrics. Recently Cerasis asked in the Manufacturing Leadership Community group on LinkedIn, run by Manufacturing Executive. Secondly, technology, such as 3D Printing and Innovation, made it to this year’s list. Read Full Post. Read Full Post.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

We analyzed the impact of 150 factors on 493 financial metrics for the period of 2004-2016. By graphing the financial metrics through orbit charts, we find that 90% of companies are stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. With multiple companies in the course, the group learns from each other.

Cost Reduction Strategies 201

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

AMR had just been bought by the Gartner Group. When I went to Altimeter group, my friends Charlene Li and Jeremiah Owyang said that I should be like a “shaman” and help supply chain leaders embrace new technologies. The most popular posts are on demand management and Supply Chain Metrics that Matter.

Gartner 184

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

It was my first time working with this group. The group laughed. ” The group was quiet as we discussed the fact in the traditional organization that functional silos are not designed to work together. When all functions are jointly focused on improving these metrics, then we can have one team. What do you think?

Manufacturing Procurement 286

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

As is, the healthcare supply chain is complex with multiple players involved such as manufacturers, distributors and group purchasing organizations (GPOs) supporting and interacting with multiple departments and care delivery points. Watch a BSW webinar here.

Supply Chain Planning Software 219

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

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. I find value in looking at these metrics together.

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Alloy

JULY 27, 2023

In Retail Link you can easily query over 100 metrics and build reports by SKU, by day, by location, and so on. For the most part, it’s great at spitting out a simple report about a lot of the core metrics you need to know to run your business. Now that you understand precisely what Retail Link is.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Transportation Metrics That Matter Most to Track and Improve Performance : How do you measure logistics efficiency and transportation metrics performance indicators when you are already doing the best job possible? Let’s take a look at these trucking industry trends and what kind of facts they provide. Read the Full Blog Post.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2017

A whopping 82% of that group credits this increased success with improved content creation. Related resource : Show your bosses these 6 marketing metrics they really care about. Marketers are improving at content creation. This means that marketing professionals are getting more efficient at producing higher-quality content.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

In each of these situations, scorecards can be automatically filled out to reflect the problems for specific employees or groups of employees on a given dock. Using data in logistics to improve your processes does not necessarily require existing orders and information from KPIs and metrics. Metrics and KPIs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

Yesterday, I presented to 700 global attendees on an APICS webinar. However, in the polling data in the APICS webinar, we found that over 70% of the respondents had deployed solutions from the ERP-expansionists (either SAP or Oracle). The SAP and Oracle analyst relations groups are big machines. The results confound me.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

When new groups come together, the forming process is often awkward. ” In this team activity, people who do not know each other list four statements and ask the group to guess which statement is false. .” ” I played three lies and a truth with the group. Other industry groups did not. The reason?

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A study by The Aberdeen Group ranked organizations by the maturity of their processes and utilization of planning and ERP systems. If you would like to see some of the research, including examples of what can be achieved, we encourage you to join our webinar.

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Logility

JANUARY 15, 2014

Last month, I shared the microphone with Keith Holliday, Vice President of Supply Chain, on an APICS webinar sponsored by Logility to discuss the value proposition of S&OP to Sonoco Products. Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio. The leadership team at Sonoco Products aligned a metrics portfolio against a business strategy in 2010.

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