Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 27, 2023
It is important to benchmark forecast accuracy and similar supply chain metrics against your peers. If the reason can be determined, the model needs to be updated.For example, it may be that there was a spike in restaurant chains sales at restaurants in Phoenix metro area in the second week of February.
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics. As long as companies are motivated by functional metrics, inventory management will be an enigma. Transition functional metrics to focus on reliability.
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Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 29, 2022
Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 29, 2013
performance metrics to influence vendor behavior and impact sourcing choices. As performance reporting metrics capture vendor performance, the company can substantiate penalties for noncompliance and poor performance, recognize or reward high performers, and incent positive results and consistent behavior. Sourcing uses P.O.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 17, 2015
So, I thought that I would grab a cup of coffee and pen a short blog post before I take off for Phoenix to work with clients and attend the Manhattan Software event. 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.
SupplyShift
JANUARY 20, 2018
In the last five years there has been a substantial increase in consumer preferences focused on ethics-based brands (HSBC) as well as rapidly growing shareholder actions based on social and environmental metrics ( HBR.com ) that result in a change in the way that global companies assess performance.
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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