Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 14, 2025

Built-In Sustainability Reporting Some orchestration tools are adding carbon tracking or energy use metrics alongside cost and delivery performance data. Organizations that approach orchestration as a continuous process are better equipped to manage variability, reduce inefficiencies, and meet service commitments reliably.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 12, 2025

Every day, I got a notecard of meetings to attend. Teams make recommendations based on latent data to their managers, but decisions are often bogged down in meetings and corporate politics. Form and socialize your own hierarchy of metrics. Here is the metrics framework that I am using at present in my outside-in classes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Protecting sensitive data—such as vehicle locations, driver information, and operational metrics—requires rigorous cybersecurity measures. This proactive approach will make fleets more adaptable and dependable, meeting the demands of today’s global supply chain. The post Fleet Management 2.0:

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2025

However, exports are now subject to quotas and must meet origin requirements, including “melted and poured” conditions. beef from 1,000 to 13,000 metric tons , removing the 20% tariff within that limit. Further details on derivative product eligibility and quota volumes have not been published.

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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. Customer-Centric Supply Chain.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

We’ll examine the key components of efficient supply chains, explore essential performance metrics, and uncover the fundamental drivers that influence efficiency. Effectiveness emphasizes meeting strategic objectives and customer expectations. This post delves into the core drivers of supply chain efficiency.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A shift from functional metrics to a balanced scorecard. I like the use of growth, margin, inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital, customer service and ESG metrics. The focus on functional metrics sub-optimizes balance sheet results. Funny, isn’t it? Not Paying Attention to Process Latency. The result?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Watermelon Metrics Don’t Drive The Right Results. I love the metaphor of watermelon metrics. In most organizations, there is a dashboard of functional metrics that shows all of the functions operating in the “Green” or acceptable levels until it comes to customer service. What are functional metrics?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2024

How aligned do you believe your organization is to drive these metrics? Leaders align metrics and processes to focus on customer service reliability and hold all teams accountable for a balanced scorecard of Growth, Operating Margin, Inventory Turns, Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), and Orders Filled On-time and Complete (OTIF). (

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 6, 2020

My Monday morning staff meetings could have been a Saturday night live skit. Frank, the line manager for manufacturing, dominated the meetings. Despite goals to improve agility and resiliency, functional metrics for manufacturing efficiency continually throw the supply chain out of balance. The So What?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The meeting is on everyone’s calendar. There is an abundance of pastries flowing from the basket, and the stage is set for an impactful meeting. Even though things seem to be going well (all of the meeting details are well-executed and the speaker is giving an energized presentation), the room is eerily quiet.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Meeting the market needs of COVID-19 caused organizations to rally, work together, and build a better supply chain through brute force. Use data and new metrics systems to free the organization from the ball and chain of corporate politics. The So What? Let’s Give Science a Chance. It is a time when we can build better.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2024

We talk about the move from functional metrics to a balanced scorecard, but we don’t use a balanced scorecard as an objective function. The blue in Table 4 highlights underperformance, while the yellow highlights mark the companies meeting the criteria for both analyses.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JULY 3, 2024

If you don’t, you risk choosing the wrong distributor partner and, for example, the market entry fails to meet expectations. Internal Perspective: Performance Monitoring: KPIs and Metrics: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor distributor performance. Maintain a positive and productive relationship with distributors.

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Taulia

DECEMBER 6, 2024

How are companies rethinking their liquidity management strategies in response to the recent degradation across major working capital metrics? In the wake of economic uncertainty, many companies have experienced a degradation in key working capital metrics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2024

In the early 2020s, Microsoft’s transportation and logistics team needed to meet growing demand for cloud services while managing carbon, cost and cycle time. A clear goal needs to be combined with good data and metrics. Users can only take action once they have the goal, visible data, and metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2023

We speak about the need to move from a functional understanding to a global, holistic capabilities, but the traditional supply chain leader defines bonus incentives and process performance goals based on functional metrics. Measurement. Organizations speak of the bullwhip, but don’t measure it or monitor the effects.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2025

A responsive supply chain can help to ensure that you always meet customer demand, even if you face inevitable obstances. Performance Management Having just three key metrics at each organisational level is a good idea for performance management in logistics. what we found was shocking.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Combine data from: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems Transportation Management Systems (TMS) Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Internet of Things (IoT) sensors Supplier portals Customer relationship management systems (CRM) Performance Metrics and KPIs Performance metrics measure how effective your supply chain is.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. Abandon the processes focused on multiple layers of meetings to improve collaboration of organizations that are not aligned, but focused on transactional data. Tougher than most understand. History is a poor guide for the future.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2024

As regulations across the globe strengthen, the pressure to collect, report, and organize emission-related metrics has never been higher. This will urge companies to verify their emissions upstream, internally, and downstream to meet regulatory needs and the increased demands for verifiable data for their downstream customers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

One of my stark realizations this year is that smaller companies are beating larger and often more established companies on growth metrics, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (In The metrics selection resulted from work with Arizona State University in 2013.) Look for the full report next week.).

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2024

Despite legislation, in 2022, the world generated 62 million metric tons of e-waste, according to the United Nations Global E-waste Monitor. million 40-metric-ton trucks which, if placed bumper-to-bumper, would form a line long enough to wrap around the equator. This waste could fill more than 1.5

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

These ABC segments can also be used for setting up service level targets or availability targets which then determine the safety stocks for ensuring there are enough stocks to meet the fluctuating demand for those groups of products that are critical to business. However, using metrics that can be easily tracked and updated is recommended.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Dependencies on suppliers who cant meet increased demand can lead to material shortages and production delays. Production Capacity Analysis While traditional testing methods can be time-consuming and offer incomplete data, focusing on key production metrics within the manufacturing process provides more actionable insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 5, 2019

I am embarrassed to ask, but we were discussing the topic at our board meeting yesterday, and I must admit that we have more confusion than clarity.”. The focus is on functional metrics, but are unable to get to overall supply chain metrics. What is an easy definition? For me, this type discussion is the norm. Design Thinking.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Ultimately, what KPIs, as metrics and indicators derived from the set of plans are taken into account and prepared for each scenario. In essence, this includes the entire chain of supply, production, storage, distribution and finally, the customer, so that the plans make sense all involved parties. Technology for Effective Planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 10, 2024

A planner could ask the SCP engine to achieve 95% service, with CO2 emissions under a million metric tons at a given factory in the coming month. The ability to meet that demand can be less than expected. This would be a three-way tradeoff. No plan is perfect. Demand will be higher or lower than expected. Medium-term planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

A project focus where each project has to meet a threshold ROI has not worked. Aligned Metrics. To ensure the management of the complex system, the metrics of operating margin, inventory turns, ROIC, customer service, revenue, and forecast accuracy need to be managed together as a non-linear system. Supply Chain Design.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Identify metrics, analytics and projects to drive business improvements. When science and the digitalization of manufacturing meet on the factory floor, it leads to what Scott Galloway of NYU Stern says: “Coronavirus is the great accelerator”. One place to start is in assembling a well-represented, well-formed steering committee.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

The goal is to produce an integrated plan that meets the strategic goals of the overall organization. The goal is to match projected demand over the coming quarters with the ability of the organization to produce products that meet that demand. With a connected plan those effects are made visible to other business functions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

And the linked nature of supply chains mean that collaboration is necessary to ensure that a solution to a problem doesn’t meet the metrics for one link but negatively impact another. Latency kills agility, because by the time the spreadsheet you need lands in your inbox the situation has likely already changed.

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Freight Plus

MAY 13, 2025

A retailer scorecard is a performance report used by retailers to evaluate how well you’re meeting their delivery standards. Failing to meet expectations can result in: Chargebacks Loss of preferred vendor status Smaller or fewer orders Strained retailer relationships These scorecards are not just internal metrics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2021

During promotional management, especially for big events around special days and holidays, inventory levels need to be adjusted to meet the peaks in demand. Companies should comply with modern retail standards and employ the necessary measures to meet ever-challenging customer demands by using a promotion planning software.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Once a given KPI shows that performance consistently meets or exceeds the required level, you can raise the bar and set a higher target. Unlike most of the KPIs we recommend, perfect order is a composite of several elementary metrics. For this reason, KPIs are essential for any business improvement strategy. What about DIFOT?

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Modern data collection is fundamentally supported by advanced specialized sensors that serve as the primary tools for gathering various metrics in manufacturing environments. Here’s a breakdown of the key data types: Production Metrics: These tell you how much you’re producing and how efficiently.

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