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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. The metrics reward functional thinking. Typing this quickly in the Atlanta airport as I run for a plane for Lima, Peru. This lack of alignment is an impediment to improving balance sheet results. This is not an easy transition.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. Include the supplier’s warehouse and manufacturing locations. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Warehousing. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. There is really nothing wrong with capturing a lot of metrics, especially with today’s powerful analytics software solutions to help. Inventory management.

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