Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 1, 2017

This past month I attended our Supply Chain Insights Bootcamp training led by Lora Cecere in Philadelphia and facilitated the first course of a Cross-Company Academy training, End-to-End Supply Chain Orchestration. What specific policies, processes, and metrics in the supply chain would achieve success in this strategy?

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JUNE 7, 2018

An orbit chart is a plotting of data at the intersection of two metrics. In this case, the metrics are operating margin and inventory turns. Also, the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is on September 4 th -7 th in Philadelphia, PA. These are my thoughts after a month of working with several large clients.

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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. On October 15th, I will be speaking on the Qunitiq World Tour in Philadelphia. After three years of research, I have just refined the methodology to start to pull the trends.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

It is such a very different landscape than the green mountains of my farm in West Virginia or my city streets in Philadelphia. I now have a working manuscript for the entire book of Metrics That Matter. It appears SO barren from my window in seat 4D. It has been a good week.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

Supply chain leaders manage a complex system of non-linear, but very inter-connected metrics. Leaders need to balance a portfolio of metrics. Year-over-year Improvement at the Intersections of the Metrics. It is for this reason, that we are hard at work on the analysis of the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter series of reports.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2017

The flight into San Francisco on American was six hours late arriving at 7:00 AM EST. (I had scheduled the last flight out of Philadelphia on a Sunday night to spend the afternoon with my grandchildren.) Instead of the direct from San Francisco to Philadelphia, I was to fly on United to Newark and take a train from Newark to Philadelphia.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 11, 2015

Too few companies understand that the supply chain as a complex system with finite and non-linear relationships between the metrics. for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. Companies also struggle to get to data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

Figure 1: Supply Chain Metrics Are a Balancing Act. The metrics shown in Figure 1 are difficult to improve together. Most companies improve singular metrics but are not able to drive portfolio. An orbit chart is the linking of data across years at the intersection of two metrics. improvements. I was wrong.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 7, 2015

The company that plays to win does not strive to have the best manufacturing costs, or the best procurement practices; instead, the team focuses on winning together cross-functionally on a commonly held portfolio of metrics. These leaders orchestrate the trade-offs between functions with a focus on shared metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 17, 2015

Then it is off to Dallas to speak on Supply Chain Metrics That Matter at the Dallas CSCMP roundtable and complete some more client work. The supply chain is a complex system and these metrics are tightly linked in non-linear relationships. Figure 2: Supply Chain Effective Frontier. Figure 3: Defining Planning Architectures.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 18, 2015

When there is a common reporting strategy, progress in metrics performance at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns is faster. for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. This is a sign of organizational maturity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2015

Today is a rainy day in Philadelphia. Supply Chain Metrics That Matter has been selling briskly on Amazon, and we are actively working on the program for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 9th and 10th, 2015.The I am recovering from bronchitis. I am reflective as the rain sheets down my window.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2015

It is a beautiful fall day in Philadelphia. Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is working on her third book, Leadership Matters. This afternoon I put the finishing touches on a new report, “What Is the Value Proposition for Sales and Operations Planning?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I love photography, and mused as I walked into the shop on that rainy day in Philadelphia. ” I hate buzzwords and try to sidestep hype, but as I held my mug tight in my hand on a cold Philadelphia day, I thought more about the photo shop experience. I smiled when I saw that they still printed film the old-fashioned way.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

Debra built the Gartner Hierarchy of supply chain metrics. In this work, there were over 85 companies and Debra looked at correlations between the metrics to determine the relationships. for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

Use our Metrics That Matter methodology to look at improvement and performance. At each round, employees gain an understanding of the value of supply chain decisions through the sharing on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Three courses are scheduled for in Philadelphia. How does it help? Training. 1200 per person.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

I then pack my bags and scoot out the door to sign books and discuss the research completed for the S upply Chain Metrics That Matter book at the ISM event on Thursday, May 14th in Atlanta. 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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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2015

for the public training in Philadelphia on August 13th and developing the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. Life is busy at Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2015

for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. Life is busy at Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 6, 2015

It is finally spring in Philadelphia. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. Yesterday, as I walked the streets on the way to ballet, I saw flowers for the first time in a year. I love spring. It is a time for awakening.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

AGCO envisioned employing a 3×3 training metrics: every operation would have 3 people able to execute it, and every person would be able to do 3 operations. Next year, the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit will be in Philadelphia on September 4th-7th. The move led to an additional 30% – 35% reduction in process time.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2015

In our research for the book Supply Chain Metrics That Matter , we find that this is the case for 90% of companies. Over the last decade the average company has dramatically improved employee productivity, and driven reductions in cash-to-cash metrics. Growth is difficult with stalled financial results. You are not alone. You can help.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. for the public training in Philadelphia in August and developing the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. Supply chain leaders make progress in three-to-five years. It is seldom a step change. How Have They Done?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2015

for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. Did we miss any? We would love to hear from you. __.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. As I look below, I see field after field of United States farmland. These are my thoughts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2015

We are working on the completion of our new game– SCI Impact – for the public training in Philadelphia in June and August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. 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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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. As I look below, I see field after field of United States farmland. These are my thoughts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Feeling very green, I stumbled through the airport and found my way to my seat on the plane from Brussels to Philadelphia. <The Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. <The joys of international travel.>

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 24, 2015

for the public training in Philadelphia in August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. We hope to see you there! _.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

The combination of weather and the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia delayed all my flights for at least two hours on multiple days. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is writing her third book, Leadership Matters. …for 8:00 AM strategy meeting(s) with clients.)

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. When markets shift, time is our enemy. __.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Last week’s 2015 LogiChem conference was held in Philadelphia, PA, the birthplace of the signing of our Declaration of Independence. I always come back from these conferences inspired and fascinated at how diligent chemical supply chain managers must be to mitigate risk and adverse events.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 31, 2017

This has always been too myopic a view of how technological innovation is distributed across the country, because of many other metropolitan areas and regions—from Phoenix to Salt Lake City to Philadelphia—are innovative hot spots, too, and many more areas are developing tech capabilities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 10, 2018

Improvement on the key metrics of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is elusive. I hope that you can join us at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in Philadelphia on September 4th-7th, 2018. Then it was sexy. Today, it is not. 90% of public manufacturing companies are treading wate r.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

The city of Philadelphia is eerily quiet this morning. I live in city-center Philadelphia. Like the barrel of the gun that I see across the street protecting Pope Francis in City Center Philadelphia, I think it is time for all manufacturing companies to rethink safe and secure. There is no traffic on the streets.

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