Manufacturing Metrics Network Design 
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 16, 2014
I have learned that supply chain systems are more complex than I originally thought, and that the relationships between supply chain metrics are nonlinear. In my work on the Supply Chain Index , I see that companies I recognize as doing network design well are rising faster on the list of the Supply Chain Index work.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2022
At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Supply chain excellence was largely defined as manufacturing excellence.
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Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Reward teams for cross-functional metrics. Network Design Analysis.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 29, 2014
The market for network design tools was growing at a moderate rate, and most of the market had invested in technologies from either i2 Technologies (then termed i2 Strategist) or Logictools. Today, supply chain design has become a process all to its own. Instead, it needed to be steps of continuous designs. The reason?
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 18, 2023
For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. I don’t care what you call it, but network design, what-if analysis, simulation and digital twin approaches grow in importance.) Tougher than most understand. Companies participating get a copy of the results.
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
I worked three layers down in the organization for a well-established leader in manufacturing named Dan. Dan had a very manufacturing view and Fred focused on logistics. His goal was to separate manufacturing and distribution inventories to improve his bonus incentives. The metrics were not aligned. You have to do so.
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
A network design model figures out where factories and warehouses should be located. The key solutions are demand forecasting/inventory optimization, supply planning, and network design. The key solution for this is network design. Supply and network design models are constraint-based models.
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