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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

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.

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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

Consumers are increasingly expressing interest in ethical sourcing and environmental impacts related to the products they purchase. found that consumers would stop purchasing brands with ethics issues. A 2020 KPMG analysis found that: 96% of the world’s biggest 250 companies produce an annual sustainability report.

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Lean Logistics: Improving Efficiency in the Supply Chain

Unleashed

This approach to supply chain management is a child of Lean Thinking – a business methodology that originated in Japan in the late 1980s. Whether it’s unnecessary steps taken to fulfil an order, unnecessary raw materials purchased to build a product, or simply staff having too much downtime. Identify waste Waste comes in many forms.

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Black Holes and KPIs

QAD

A recent survey of our galaxy by astronomers with VERA in Japan has shown that Earth is both moving faster and is closer to the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy than previously thought ( EarthSky , December 2020). How Dark is Your Data? . But don’t worry, our planet is safe! Fixed Assets. Sales and Customer Service.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. Following the outbreak of Covid-19, 93% of senior supply-chain executives reported their intent to make their supply chains more flexible, agile, and resilient. Chain Store Age ).

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What is Order Fill Rate and Why Should You Care?

EMERGE App

As a small business owner of a wholesale or distribution business , there are so many metrics that you can apply to your business to assess your relative performance. The order fill rate is one such metric that you need to pay attention to. Thus, this metric needs to be seen in the company of other important inventory ratios.

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What is Order Fill Rate and Why Should You Care?

EMERGE App

As a small business owner of a wholesale or distribution business , there are so many metrics that you can apply to your business to assess your relative performance. The order fill rate is one such metric that you need to pay attention to. Thus, this metric needs to be seen in the company of other important inventory ratios.