ToolsGroup

AUGUST 3, 2022

These strategic executive hires support rapid company growth, better collaboration, goal clarity, and ongoing improvement in key business metrics while keeping ToolsGroup’s expanding team agile and highly coordinated: Jon Purdy is the new Chief Financial Officer. Joseph Luciano is the new Chief People Officer. About ToolsGroup.

ToolsGroup 156

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Logility

AUGUST 18, 2023

However, achieving this critical alignment often stumbles over familiar hurdles: A limited understanding of supply chain operations at the executive level, objectives that diverge between strategy and operations, gaps in communication, a lack of shared KPIs, and the relentless pace of market changes.

Supply Chain Performance 188

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

Orbit Chart of Four Industry Sectors at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns (Year-over-Year Averages for the Sector). Let’s start with honesty and a focus on process innovation. Lack of Focus on Form & Function of Inventory and Designing Network Flows. Reversing The Trend.

Procurement Analytics 370

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen. He genuinely cared for the organization and prided himself on forging clever strategies. How could this be?”

Procurement Analytics 217

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2023

ToolsGroup provides the solution we need to make faster, more accurate decisions that deliver the best consumer experience, while achieving our business metrics and strengthening relationships network-wide. “We want every node of our supply chain – from upstream suppliers to downstream franchisers – to be just as customer-focused.

ToolsGroup 156

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen. He genuinely cared for the organization and prided himself on forging clever strategies. His response?

Procurement Analytics 195

Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement Sourcing Strategies Optimal Sourcing 195

Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 1, 2015

Many people are talking about Key Performance Indicators, Metrics, Analytics, and other indicators of performance. The importance of selecting the right metrics or “measures” as I prefer to call them, is critical as we all know that metrics drive behaviors. Step 2 – Develop Metrics and Data Sources.

Cost Reduction Strategies 60

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OptiProERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Forty-two percent of SMBs consider digital transformation a central part of their organizational strategy. Developing an Effective Digital Transformation Strategy. A digital transformation strategy is a detailed plan to improve business operations. Define Metrics to Measure Success. But where do you start?

Sourcing Strategies 52

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2024

For the past 175 years, Carlsberg has continuously reinvented itself from a marketing, innovation and product perspective, while remaining true to its core values of enriching communities while manufacturing quality drinks. Nearly all strategies put forward by organizations, including Carlsberg, come with a 2030 or 2040 asterisk.

Optimal Sourcing 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Companies tightly coupling the budget to S&OP have significantly higher inventories and lower growth than their peer group. Deployment of deeper statistical engines for inventory management with a focus on safety stock will improve inventory levels. Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007.

S&OP 195

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Unleashed

JANUARY 24, 2022

Maintaining healthy levels of Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) inventory is essential to the smooth running of your manufacturing, distribution or wholesaling operation – even if MRO goods aren’t part of your final products. Learn more: What is Inventory Management? Techniques for 2022 What is MRO inventory?

Inventory Reduction 98

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Elementum

JANUARY 16, 2024

By implementing BPA, businesses can reduce human error, improve agility, and focus on innovative work that drives growth. Furthermore, long-term success in automation is highly dependent on a well-planned implementation strategy and the continuous development of employees’ skills.

Supply Chain Software 78

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Business Process Automation AI: Revolutionizing Efficiency in the Digital Age Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dramatically transforming Business Process Automation (BPA), ushering in a new era of operational efficiency and innovation. Common performance metrics include process completion rate and the number of automated tasks.

Sourcing Strategies 78

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

When it comes to the management of inventory in value chains, frustration abounds. Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” Inventory is the culmination of many business decisions. Tracking Progress.

Inventory Reduction 150

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Strategy is a critical aspect of supply chain management. Creating a new supply chain strategy can be complicated, if not daunting. Before diving into making your strategy, take a deep breath and consider your objectives. A strategy is bound to fail if you can’t define success. It’s time to step back and re-evaluate.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

In the research, I’m trying to understand the impact of choices—technology, process innovation, and leadership– on balance sheet performance. Companies performing the best have three characteristics: Business Model Innovation. It is not as simple as trading-off inventory, cost, and customer service. Writing the News.

Supply Chain Design Software 250

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2017

It is hard work to maintain the status quo in metrics performance. A balanced portfolio of metrics delivers the greatest value. As a result, supply chain leaders focus on unrealistic goals of inventory or costs, they will throw the system out of balance. The front office and back office strategies are not aligned.

Inventory Reduction 156

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Unleashed

MARCH 13, 2023

And the risk of failure is high without the right preparation, market research, and strategy behind it. Here, you’ll find everything you need to know about creating a product strategy framework for developing, optimising, and launching successful products. What is a product strategy framework?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. The orbit chart below illustrates L’Oréal’s performance at the intersection of two metrics.

Case Study 254

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2015

An important component of that foundation is defining and implementing an effective transportation strategy – a topic that I discussed with Eric Meister, LeanLogistics’ former COO, in a follow-up episode. Is it innovation, flexibility, or a combination of those factors? What’s the first step in that process? Is it service?

Cost Reduction Strategies 100

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 17, 2022

Thanks to constant industry innovation, Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is now also becoming a common topic of conversation. Are they truly separate processes and how should organizations factor them into their supply chain strategy? Like all processes that are broad in scope, finding a unified definition can be challenging.

S&OP 156

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As the state of the trucking market evolves and innovations improve , OTR freight management technologies and logistics service providers offer transportation management optimization to help businesses avoid significant supply chain disruption.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 216

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

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. Supply Chain Excellence Is Closely Coupled With Product Innovation. Why do we spend four months doing this?

Supply Chain Design Software 195

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Buffers in terms of inventory, capacity planning , and time work well together to eliminate bottlenecks in the construction material supply chain. . Inventory can be optimized using real-time analytics and historical data insights to provide for demand surges. 3 strategies to avoid stockout situations by leveraging AI.

Vendor Strategies 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

For the past month, I have been working alongside companies implementing digital strategies. Instead of pushing innovation forward, I see companies using the term “digital” as a path for IT spending. When we study 600 public companies by peer group, at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin, only 5% drive improvement.

Supply Chain Planning Software 223

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 5, 2021

They use advanced ERP software and S&OP strategy to match supply with demand, and turn over inventory faster and faster. Case in point: research firm Gartner includes the speed of inventory turns as a key metric in its annual Top 25 List recognizing companies for their excellence in Supply Chain. Then came COVID-19.

Sourcing Strategies 52

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Supply Chain Management and Analytics

APRIL 28, 2021

Promotion Management is defined as optimizing the utilization of tools, strategies, and resources to promote a product that will generate additional demand. Why should we consider Promotion Management in Inventory Management? Retail companies, whether it be e-commerce, brick-and-mortar, or both, care about the inventory they keep.

Inventory Management Software 52

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 2, 2018

From the most basic to the most advanced organization, Inventory Optimization is a critical goal and one which underpins the effectiveness of the supply chain operation. Inventory Optimization requires an organization to sustain and maintain the right mix of cost versus service.

Optimal Sourcing 100

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Unleashed

JANUARY 29, 2024

Stock-keeping-unit (SKU) rationalisation is an inventory management method for improving the performance and profitability of your business. As a business strategy, SKU rationalisation helps you to reduce business costs, improve inventory management, increase operational efficiency, and enhance your brand image.

Inventory Reduction 52

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Logility

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The production efficiency is one of several measures across the supply chain including inventory and customer service and profitability. And finally the fourth phase is to align the production accountability more meaningfully with company strategy. Are we looking to grow through innovation? The market took what was made.

Metrics 100

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Logility

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The production efficiency is one of several measures across the supply chain including inventory and customer service and profitability. And finally the fourth phase is to align the production accountability more meaningfully with company strategy. Are we looking to grow through innovation? The market took what was made.

Metrics 100

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Precoro

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With strategic sourcing, historical and current data are collected in order to analyze established processes, predict market requirements, maximize purchasing power, and align purchasing strategy with organizational objectives. Sourcing strategy Next, the sourcing team creates an actual sourcing strategy. Building risk strategy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

I find senior executives love to throw around superlatives like customer-centric, agile, efficient and responsive but lack the understanding of how the words translate to supply chain strategy in the real world. Managing a supply chain requires big feet—grounding in real-world experience—coupled with big wings—conceptualization of strategy.

Supply Chain Design Software 183

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

But how do companies best translate strategy to action? My caution is not so fast… 95% of companies are not making progress at the intersection of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and asset strategies. Figure 1: Supply Chain Metrics Are a Balancing Act. What choices drive the. best results? improvements.

Sourcing Strategies 150

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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. Get Good at Having a Real-time Perpetual Inventory Signal.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2017

Amazon’s because of their breath in physical and digital supply chain, innovation in material handling, transportation, etc and their vision completely disrupting the industry. As a result, tor most companies, the goals are unclear and the financial metrics are not well-understood. ” The answer will be “Yes!

Sourcing Strategies 152

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Silvon Software

AUGUST 8, 2022

Plus, changing consumer behaviors and demands are leading businesses to adopt newer technologies and innovations so they can adapt and evolve at a faster rate. And for many, it’s a struggle to use this data to generate meaningful insights beyond top-level metrics. Let’s take product quality as an example.

Analytics Software 79

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