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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.

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On the road! 4 September supply chain conferences we love

Kinaxis

The “Top 15 Supply Chains to Admire” is the culmination of a two-year effort to evaluate supply chain performance and improvement for the years of 2006-2013 by industry by vertical for publicly-held companies. Learn More. Schedule Meeting. LogiPharma. September 16-18. Princeton, NJ.

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Writing: Working on My Book

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply Chain Leader. Interview for Metrics That Matter. My kitchen table is piled high with interviews for the upcoming book, Metrics That Matter. Prior to joining Starbucks, he worked at the executive leadership level in Europe, Latin America and North America at ICI, a global chemical company.

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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. The delays are attributed to supply chain issues at every stage – from the time of booking transport to gate in at the port as well as ocean transit time of shipping containers.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

At Supply Chain Insights, we published a report card yesterday. The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. Supply chain leaders make progress in three-to-five years. Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.

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Report from Food Marketing Institute Highlights CPG Logistics Challenges

Zipline Logistics

The study analyzed supply chain performance at manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers throughout 2020. It strained production functions and increased the need for trucking services, which led to falling performance metrics that rippled across organizations. Why Does CPG Logistics Performance Matter?

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How to Capture Full Divestiture Value with a 3PL

Talking Logistics

So it is important to have several mechanisms in place to track performance, including: key performance metrics, regular reviews and processes for making adjustments. To learn more on this topic, read “Whitepaper: Divestures and the Threat to Supply Chain Performance.”.

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