GlobalTranz

APRIL 25, 2016

3 Key Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance Beyond Cost Reduction. 10 Soft Metric Considerations in Measuring Supply Chain Performance. Effective, successful Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)/A balanced scorecard: Effective KPI management starts with some key areas to have both parties understand. Read more. .

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Silvon Software

APRIL 16, 2025

Inventory is the lifeblood of any manufacturing business. By leveraging analytics and key performance indicators (KPIs), manufacturers can optimize inventory, reduce waste, and boost profitability. The right KPIs depend on your companys unique needs and goals. Thats where data-driven decision-making comes in!

Optimal Sourcing 65

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 22, 2023

Adding this key performance indicator (KPI) to your supply chain allows businesses to measure themselves while being able to evaluate the performance of all the participants in the commerce ecosystem. How to measure OTIF: OTIF measurements pose challenges for organizations regardless of their type or industry.

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Silvon Software

APRIL 19, 2022

Procurement is one core process area being focused to better manage today’s fluctuating change, with key performance metrics leading the way to assessing and managing procurement performance. The Basics of Procurement KPIs. Every KPI needs a clearly defined goal. Supplier KPIs.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Manufacturers and distributors experienced huge supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic which exposed many vulnerabilities and tested the resilience of supply chain leaders globally. Improving those KPIs would help them emerge stronger and more confident with supply chains that are more resilient to future disruptions.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 23, 2016

To start you must have the KPI's visual along the value stream. In order to be daily, the KPIs need to get down to ownership by the workers within the value stream. These metrics would, of course, be aligned and are updated every hour. Specific metrics: process metrics and outcome metrics.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 26, 2025

Beyond automation, digital systems like Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) provide real-time visibility into production activities. Project management software for manufacturing environments can also centralize scheduling, task assignments, and workflow visibility. Hence, automating these functions ensures greater consistency.

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Unleashed

JULY 23, 2023

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) help manufacturers determine operational strengths and flaws. By tracking the right manufacturing KPIs in your production operations you can accurately monitor performance to ensure the consistent and timely delivery of quality products.

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QAD

JUNE 18, 2019

Manufacturers can miss opportunities to adapt due to their lack of speed in responding to disruptive forces, under-investing in new growth areas or applying existing business models to new markets. How will Manufacturers Survive Disruption? It’s all about how manufacturers are able to prepare themselves for future change.

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Silvon Software

JUNE 1, 2023

Ideally, your S&OP KPIs should consist of a mix of strategic, tactical, and operational metrics. At times, finding the right metrics can feel incredibly challenging, and there might be a tendency to measure things for the sake of measurement. What Should You Base Your KPIs On?

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Logility

AUGUST 14, 2023

Transactional and customer-facing data, such as transportation data and manufacturing and purchase orders, are important for generating demand signals and calculating demand variability. The presence — or absence — of required data is going to have an impact on the metrics being used to measure the success of the project.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2021

. “Paralysis by analysis” is a common term used to describe such a situation, and you can avoid it by monitoring a smaller number of carefully chosen KPIs. ” Feel free to track lots more metrics in the background if you wish, but try to keep attention focused on the five or six “real KPIs.”

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ThroughPut

APRIL 15, 2025

Summary of the Impact A globally recognized Automotive Interiors Manufacturer deployed ThroughPuts AI-powered supply chain solution, Supply chain decision intelligence & analytics platform , to optimize Just-in-Time manufacturing across all operational shifts.

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Silvon Software

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In this 3-minute post, we examine some key business objectives and cascading KPIs that can be used to analyze performance to the objectives. While many of the KPI examples focus on performance management for manufacturing and distribution businesses, they also apply to numerous other industries with similar operational structures.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 6, 2023

This Distribution Operations Assessment tool can be used by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Principal Corporates, and distributors themselves to gain insight into materials management and logistics knowledge, identify gaps in skills and knowledge, and foster critical thinking and self-awareness.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 24, 2025

Introduction Gardner, (1954) and Huntzinger, (2007) define Purchase price variance (PPV) as a metric used to measure the effectiveness of cost-saving efforts by calculating the difference between the planned cost (standard pricing) allocated for purchasing activities and the actual cost incurred. Check out the Procurement KPI Dashboard now!

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

I was talking with a practitioner last week who was the internal champion that brought Logility Voyager Solutions into a leading flooring manufacturer. He started by building a KPI set that combined basic data from their transaction systems with demand and supply chain planning data from Logility. This business was set in its ways.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

I was talking with a practitioner last week who was the internal champion that brought Logility Voyager Solutions into a leading flooring manufacturer. He started by building a KPI set that combined basic data from their transaction systems with demand and supply chain planning data from Logility. This business was set in its ways.

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Silvon Software

MARCH 3, 2023

A Few Important KPIs for Tracking S&OP Performance As a long-time provider of business intelligence applications for manufacturing and distribution businesses, Silvon has played a key role in helping our clients define and implement performance metrics that align their S&OP initiatives with their corporate goals.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Delivery In Full On Time, or DIFOT, is a metric used to analyse how accurate and efficient your supply chain is. This gives us a percentage KPI to track. When it comes time to reassess the approved supplier list, then you can use these metrics to disqualify problematic suppliers and improve your own performance and supply chain.

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Silvon Software

MAY 21, 2024

Performance tracking using metrics and KPIs can often be perplexing for many organizations. KPIs generally track longer-term company goals and are typically more financial or strategic in nature, such as increasing revenue by a certain percentage within a specified period.

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ivalua

JUNE 12, 2025

We’ll walk through key benefits, types of spend analysis, steps to get started, and metrics to track—backed by lessons learned from real-world implementations. Now let’s take a look at the KPIs that bring those use cases to life. Let’s dig in!

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Unleashed

JUNE 8, 2020

may sound exciting for manufacturers – with its IoT-enabled factories, all-singing all-dancing ERP software, and AI-powered insights – but frankly this is fantasy land for the vast majority of manufacturers. Here are three realistic steps manufacturers can take for data mastery in 2020. KPIs versus metrics: Specific vs general.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 9, 2017

What is a KPI? What is a KPI? Can you explain what a KPI is? Take the notion of a KPI or key performance indicator, for example. You’ll hear a lot in different organisations about KPIs, but that doesn’t mean they are always used effectively. As the name indicates, KPIs concern “key” areas of the business.

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Precoro

JULY 16, 2023

These goals can be expressed as key performance indicators (KPIs) – relevant functional metrics that can be tracked regularly to make sure that the business makes purchases in an efficient way. We have selected 5 fundamental KPIs that purchasing managers should consider.

Pricing Training 98

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Silvon Software

APRIL 11, 2024

It requires a nuanced understanding of what metrics truly matter, alongside an infrastructure that supports robust data analysis and insight generation. Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Selection The selection of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is foundational to an effective data analytics strategy.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 21, 2021

Product Management KPIs! Supply Chain KPIs article and permission to publish here provided by Harkirat Ahluwalia. Supply chain key performance indicators and metrics are ways in which someone can quantify the performance of their company’s supply chain to gain a better understanding of its strengths and weaknesses.

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QAD

AUGUST 24, 2021

Disruption is the watchword for manufacturers these days – even without the global COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturers constantly deal with supply chain interruptions, fluid customer demands, global economic pressures, and technology-driven competition, among other forces. Business Change Management.

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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. Dealing with each area — planning, manufacturing, distribution, fulfilment, etc. —

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ShipBob

JANUARY 28, 2022

In this article, we break down what inventory KPIs entail, why they matter, and which metrics are most valuable for you to track. . What are KPIs & why are they important for your inventory management? You can easily track these KPIs in an inventory management system (IMS) or enterprise resource planner (ERP).

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Simply defined, reverse logistics generally refers to the process of managing the flow of goods, products, or materials from the customer back to the seller or manufacturer. Manufacturers may recall stock because of flaws or to replace older products with newer ones. Reasons why reverse logistics are necessary can be diverse.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Manufacturing systems and regulatory compliance are considered to be very complex, coupled with the limited number suppliers due to the high barriers to entry. Moreover, the aircraft manufacturers have to do whatever it takes to win the order long before the commencement of production.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2019

2] She wrote: “There’s no doubt about it: manufacturers who fail to meet a retailer’s vendor standards can get into financial trouble. Being able to keep up with changing standards places manufacturers/distributors in a better position to negotiate with retailers, especially if requirements are arbitrary or illogical.

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Demand Solutions

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Everyone in manufacturing and distribution seems to be abuzz about topics like Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP). We at Demand Solutions believe the benefits of S&OP and IBP can be applied to any manufacturer or distributor. And with good reason.

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Silvon Software

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As powerful tools to support these initiatives, both Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are metrics that can be used to monitor business performance and track potential risks. As you can see, a decreased value in a KPI may increase the value of a related KRI if a company goal is not achieved.

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synchrono

JANUARY 31, 2017

LNS Research blogger Mark Davidson said, “When it comes to metrics, it’s often said that what gets measured gets done.”. I have found this to be true when working with many different manufacturers. Metrics for Action. These Metrics for Action are not intended for overall business analysis.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

What is Procurement’s North Star Metric? The North Star Metric (NSM). As published by Forbes in a 2017 article, “The North Star metric concept originally emerged from Silicon Valley and is best utilized by companies that invest in long-term sustainable growth. These sub-metrics should be your own mini-North Star Metrics.

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