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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In today’s architectures and functional metrics, value optimization does not exist. And, when procurement and tactical planning operate in isolation, there is no decision support framework to guide the trade-offs especially when the functions are tethered to different and conflicting metrics. You are right.

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Supply Chain Executives Face Growing C-Suite Complacency

Logistics Viewpoints

Yet in EY’s research, they report that “nearly all supply chain leaders (97%) say that their organizations are currently facing challenges as it relates to supply chain metrics and that challenges come from a lack of integrated data and cross-functional metrics being in conflict with each other, among others.

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ESG-Driven Supply Chains: Moving Beyond Compliance Toward Proactive Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

A lack of standardized ESG metrics across industries and regions makes it challenging to consistently evaluate and compare supplier performance. Finally, companies are focusing on linking ESG outcomes such as emissions reductions, labor practice improvements, or waste minimization to measurable operational and business metrics.

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Supply Chain & Logistics News Round-Up (December 30th 2024- January 2nd 2025)

Logistics Viewpoints

The DOE is still issuing large federal loans to startup companies, Novonix a synthetic graphite startup just received a $755 million loan to support its mission and reach its goal of producing 31,500 metric tonnes of synthetic graphite.

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Best Practices for a Marketing Database Cleanse

This buyers guide will cover: Review of important terminology, metrics, and pricing models related to database management projects. Download ZoomInfo’s latest data-driven eBook aimed to help marketing leaders understand the best practices around choosing a B2B contact data provider.

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Modern TMS Solutions: Driving Sustainability in Supply Chain Operations

Logistics Viewpoints

However, as carbon taxes and emissions reporting requirements continue increasing, supply chain professionals face mounting pressures from inside and outside their organizations to measure and improve performance against new, nebulous sustainability metrics. Freight transportation makes up over 10% of total global carbon emissions.

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The Three Pillars of Sustainability in Supply Chain and Logistics: A Strategic Guide

Logistics Viewpoints

Metrics like carbon emissions, waste diversion rates, worker safety incidents, and supplier compliance scores provide clear indicators of success and help build trust with stakeholders. Measuring Progress and Building Trust Transparency is essential in sustainability efforts.

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The Project Clinic: Assessing Project Health, Planning, and Execution

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar

We’ll explore the vital signs of project success through the lens of the “iron triangle” metrics, using deliverables as tracers. This session is your guide to evaluating the health of your projects through Waterfall and Agile practices like Scrum and Kanban.

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions. Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization!

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11 KPIs for Measuring Innovation Success

Many rely on inappropriate metrics borrowed from other departments, wasting resources and overlooking valuable opportunities. This guide outlines why innovation metrics are hard to track and offers a framework for creating effective KPIs.

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Become a Walmart On-Time In-Full Guru With the Ultimate Guide to OTIF!

Download this eBook to get the skinny on OTIF metrics, identifying the root cause of issues, and how to improve your scores! Information on Walmart’s On-Time In-Full program is scattered, so we’ve put together everything you need to know about OTIF.

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ESG Reporting: It Is Inevitable, But It Doesn’t Mean That It Must Be Complicated

2022 was the year of corporate commitments to sustainability, and 2023 is the year where promises become proposals, mission statements become metrics, and aims become actions. We need to act now by making the right decisions. New regulations have been set regarding the corporates, and they must comply.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

Download the report to learn more about: The strategies and technologies ABM marketers are using to increase ABM successes Why it’s important to shift toward more targeted, personalized assets How marketers are meeting buyers' demands for self-service journeys Which metrics and marketing KPIs matter across the ABM funnel

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.