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My Take: Metrics that Matter

Supply Chain Shaman

Joe works for Filipe, and his boss believes that supply chain excellence can best be typified by lean. While Joe is trying to balance the feedback from Filipe and Frank, he is often asked to change his metric targets by his CFO named Lou. It is for this reason, that I believe that the traditional SCOR Model metrics are problematic.

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Addressing Challenges in Global Logistics Operations with Technology

DELMIA Quintiq

In fact, the outperforming logistics vendors today (based on profitability and revenue growth metrics) are the ones that were extra cautious on capital expenditure in the years following the recession. This meant a huge movement of goods from East Asia to Western Europe and America, creating an asymmetry in demand as well as freight rates.

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How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation? Think Less Planning, More Real-Time Decision-Making

Logistics Viewpoints

So why are so many still falling short of OTIF targets (and other key metrics)? What’s more, today’s supply chains operate at lean levels. We are well into the era of real-time transportation visibility, where shippers and their partners can track freight in real-time across every mode of transport.

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Why Financial Reengineering Does Not Equal Supply Chain Improvement

Supply Chain Shaman

Snow fell last night as I worked on my last Supply Chain Metrics That Matter report. The concept of the Effective Frontier is that best in class companies align functional metrics to balance growth, cost, inventory and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) performance while balancing customer service metrics. The Effective Frontier.

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Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

More specifically, it took 83 days for container transport from Europe to Asia, and 88 days from North America to Asia. This is 15 days longer than the same quarter last year and an additional five days than the previous quarter.

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ASCM 2023 Conference and a Conversation with ASCM’s CEO

Supply Chain Matters

The Event The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) recently concluded its ASCM CONNECT 2023 North America Conference. While schools view these metrics as positive to their programs, they sometimes do not seek businesses input to the desired skill needs. “ Starting salaries are second only to data engineers.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. With a strong manufacturing culture, much of the focus was on lean production systems. The race for excellence will be won on other continents than North America and mainland Europe. Supply chain leaders make progress in three-to-five years. How Have They Done?