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Five Foolproof Ways to Shorten the Cash Conversion Cycle

Precoro

Morgan Working Capital Index 2020 , there is significant capital trapped in the form of working capital that can become a vital source of additional liquidity for corporations. The cash conversion cycle (CCC), also called the net operating cycle, is a metric used to measure the efficiency of a company's cash management and liquidity.

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Red Sea Ocean Transport Disruption Update

Supply Chain Matters

According to the reporting by The Wall Street Journal (Paid subscription) , Maersk’s profitability decline has more to do with new ship capacity coming into service this year as a result of ship acquisitions initiated during the prior 2-3 years. That compares to $9.8 billion profitability in 2023, and an astounding $36.8

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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

The company is also stopping production in Ecuador, Venezuela, Belarus and Pakistan by April 2014 (these countries scored low in a World Bank report that assessed countries on accountability, corruption, violence, and other metrics). And as I highlighted last week, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal , “Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,

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How Machine Learning Is Redefining Supply Chain Management

IQMS

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp.,

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The SCRC’s Contribution to the WSJ’s Best Managed Companies

NC State SCRC

Once again, the Drucker Institute has put together a list of the “Top 250 Best Managed Companies” , which was highlighted in the Wall Street Journal.

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SCRC Innovation and Social Responsibility Supply Index: A Critical Input to “Drucker Management Top 250 List”

NC State SCRC

companies,” the Wall Street Journal reported. The ranking “is based on an analysis of 37 data inputs provided by 12 third-party sources. In the innovation category, metrics related to spending management, category management, strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management.

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Post Award Contract Management with $40 Oil: Insights from Shell’s Kevin Fronk

Supply Chain View from the Field

Kevin and I worked together years ago to help define the a baseline framework for strategic sourcing and category management that was deployed within the Lubricants group, and which later became deployed across the entire Shell Procurement organization. We have a rule, that we only want operators in the room, no sales people!