Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

Forge a strategy? 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. Forging a Strategy?

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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. It is the year-over-year improvement in balance sheet results and income statement improvements as defined by the operating strategy. Why Do I Think This? . Improvement in Costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 18, 2015

In supply chain strategy documents, terms like alignment, agility, responsiveness, and flexibility dot the page. In meetings, groups nod their heads that the strategy is correct. However, at a practical level, companies struggle with the implementation of strategy due to a lack of definition. Let me explain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

For the past month, I have been working alongside companies implementing digital strategies. 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. The strategy was to “milk maintenance revenue” and drive consolidation through debt.

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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

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

OCTOBER 25, 2015

It is a beautiful fall day in Philadelphia. Sales and Operations Planning is a cross-functional process to make trade-offs between go-to-market strategies and operational plans. Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is working on her third book, Leadership Matters.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

Benchmarking is a measurement of the quality of an organization’s policies, products, programs or strategies against standard measurements. 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.

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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. In the story, Joe and his leadership team work together to learn the answers to these questions through a series of strategy days.

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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. While many companies implement traditional buy/sell strategies with technology providers, Agco chose to partner. Time to Value. Improved On-The-Job Training.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2015

In the survey, supply chain risk management is defined as the proactive identification and assessment of potential risks to the supply chain along with the development of strategies to avoid these risks and avoid supply chain disruption. A disruption is a failure in cost, quality or customer service. Life is busy at Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 6, 2015

It is finally spring in Philadelphia. Most supply chain centers of excellence evolved from a multi-year ERP implementation, or the evolution of a strategy to form a global multinational supply chain. Yesterday, as I walked the streets on the way to ballet, I saw flowers for the first time in a year. I love spring. What am I finding?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Based on the corporate strategy, the most efficient supply chain–with the lowest cost per case–may not be most effective. 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. …spark a new conversation, network with a supply chain visionary, and build a new strategy. for the public training in Philadelphia in August and developing the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. It is seldom a step change.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2015

Do not hire a large BIG6 consulting partner to redefine your analytics strategies. 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. Keep the large consulting teams at bay, and arms-length.

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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 The body of research in academia is not up to the standards of other fields like finance, corporate strategy or marketing. The body is amazingly efficient in getting rid of what is making you sick.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 24, 2015

Here we share the perspective of Mick Jones, Vice President for Global Logistics and Supply Chain Strategy, Mick shares these insights. for the public training in Philadelphia in August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. To help supply chain leaders on this journey, we are conducting interviews.

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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 29, 2015

In our research for the book Supply Chain Metrics That Matter , we find that this is the case for 90% of companies. So, as you rationalize product offerings and go-to-market strategies, model the impact of complexity on customer service, inventory and costs. Growth is difficult with stalled financial results. You are not alone.

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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. Internet of Things, smart cities, etc.);

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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. …for 8:00 AM strategy meeting(s) with clients.) Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is writing her third book, Leadership Matters.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

For the prior ten years, as a city dweller in Philadelphia and Baltimore, I walked everywhere. Call the cross-functional strategy whiteboard meeting, and map the issues over the last year. When The Wheels Fall Off Idiom: An unexpected problem arose, causing something to fail or go terribly wrong. Material Constraints. What to do?

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