GlobalTranz

APRIL 16, 2020

This is part two of the Top 10 Metrics to Track and Manage Risk in the Supply Chain article. Weather-related events occur, and public health scares always seem present. The post Top 10 Metrics to Track and Manage Risk in the Supply Chain – Part 2 appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 15, 2025

Public Reporting: Publishing sustainability reports and ethical compliance metrics to highlight progress and areas of improvement. Challenges and Opportunities While ethical supply chain compliance presents challenges, it also offers significant opportunities for growth and innovation.

Supply Chain Planning Software 292

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The larger the organization, the more tension with conflicting functional metrics making decisions more difficult. Functional metrics need to be abandoned to focus on balanced scorecard outputs. A focus on functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. For me, there is no time like the present. Your thoughts?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. In our monthly webinar last Wednesday, I presented these results.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Overcoming Challenges in Energy Transition While the advantages are clear, the transition to renewable energy and sustainable practices presents challenges: High Initial Costs: Upfront investments in EVs, renewable energy infrastructure, and sustainable packaging require significant capital.

Optimal Sourcing 266

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2025

Retailers implementing these solutions are seeing improvements in customer engagement metrics and repeat purchase rates. Conference presentations highlighted successful implementations achieving positive ROI significantly faster than traditional deployment cycles.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 12, 2025

Form and socialize your own hierarchy of metrics. Here is the metrics framework that I am using at present in my outside-in classes. For example, don’t focus on forecast error. Instead, analyze demand flow characteristics by demand stream to evaluate Forecast Value Added (FVA), forecastability, and bullwhip impact.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Protecting sensitive data—such as vehicle locations, driver information, and operational metrics—requires rigorous cybersecurity measures. Connected fleets are no longer a future concept but a present-day operational tool, enhancing the competitiveness and reliability of logistics networks.

Supply Chain Planning Software 291

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Logility

MAY 22, 2020

The obvious danger of this is that business rules and data governance often don’t exist from department to department or user to user, leaving an overall picture into the health of the business that is foggy because KPIs and metrics do not correlate across the organization. A great example of this comes from a Logility customer.

Analytics Software 148

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2021

Using balance sheet data from 2011 to 2019, we chart companies’ progress by peer group on rate of improvement and performance in the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). At the end of the presentation, I ask the audience for questions. The reason?

Supply Chain Planning Software 370

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Related Metrics There are 3 other metrics dedicated to the measurement of social media influence as below, 1) Klout develops Klout Score, the number between 1-100 that represent influence (the ability to drive action). 3) "Average Retweets" or "the average number of retweets each user get per tweet" is used as a ranking metric.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Even though things seem to be going well (all of the meeting details are well-executed and the speaker is giving an energized presentation), the room is eerily quiet. The audience listening to these presentations does not have the courage to raise their hands and ask the question, “How do you define demand-driven value networks?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2024

We talk about the move from functional metrics to a balanced scorecard, but we don’t use a balanced scorecard as an objective function. In the event model, companies present case studies and opinions without a factual framework. We talk about complexity, but do not measure the impact on forecastability. It is just accepted.

Gartner 368

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Let me give you an example: Last week, I gave a presentation at a global supply chain team meeting of 175 professionals. As I cleared my throat, and pushed my toes deep into my shoes, I bounded up the stairs to start the presentation. When all functions are jointly focused on improving these metrics, then we can have one team.

Manufacturing Procurement 318

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2017

If the arrow is red, the industry is moving backwards on a metric. While we agree that each of these companies are leaders with significant contributions to the industry, we do not find these companies outperforming when compared against their peer groups on a balanced portfolio of metrics. If the arrow is green, progress was made.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 4, 2025

The presentations provided a clear account of the companys continued investment in product development and operational capabilities, alongside practical use cases from customer deployments. According to Sutera, the facility has improved operational metrics related to order accuracy, fulfillment speed, and labor efficiency.

Supply Chain Design Software 215

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2014

So, as I cleared my throat to present at the Summercon conference, I looked into the eyes of over 500 supply chain professionals. I smiled as I began to present the story of the “Metrics that Matter.” Market-Driven llamasoft Metrics That Matter network design value-based design' It is serious business.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Scaling manufacturing operations is crucial for business growth but presents unique challenges. Production Capacity Analysis While traditional testing methods can be time-consuming and offer incomplete data, focusing on key production metrics within the manufacturing process provides more actionable insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Aligned Metrics. To ensure the management of the complex system, the metrics of operating margin, inventory turns, ROIC, customer service, revenue, and forecast accuracy need to be managed together as a non-linear system. I then finished a forty-minute presentation, and prepared for questions. Supply Chain Design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

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. The Effective Frontier.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

I am hearing it again in my interviews for the book Metrics That Matter. More encompassing of metrics beyond the growth, inventory and Return on Assets (ROA) metrics used in the Gartner Top 25. In the words of Marty Kisluik of FMC, “It takes at least three years to see results and five years to make it stable.”

Gartner 382

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 9, 2025

The event, themed “Generating Value Together: Beyond Accuracy, Toward Intelligence,” included presentations, discussions and networking opportunities that highlighted the importance of intelligent decision-making to balance margin, cash and growth, moving beyond the traditional focus on forecast accuracy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2024

The label visual is only present alongside the Siemens EcoTech profile; you cannot have one without the other. It provides customers with auditable data, sustainable achievement metrics, such as energy efficiency, and useful information that can be used for product comparison. Think of the EcoTech profile as a background check.

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Precoro

MAY 19, 2023

To monitor supply chain performance, stakeholders of successful companies typically define supply chain metrics that are relevant to the given business and track these KPIs regularly. By setting benchmarks for metrics, analysts can recognize unsettling trends and take preventive measures on time.

Procurement Analytics 98

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

We analyzed the impact of 150 factors on 493 financial metrics for the period of 2004-2016. By graphing the financial metrics through orbit charts, we find that 90% of companies are stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. Share the presentations from the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit with your team.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2018

It is now our fifth year of analyzing balance sheets to understand which companies are outperforming their peer groups on the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while driving improvement. The ploys–lunches, drinks, and presents–became humourous after a while.).

Gartner 277

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to a consulting group. I love the questions when I present. Based on the work with Georgia Tech, we are getting clear on which metrics matter by industry. As companies adopt a balanced scorecard, the functional metrics shift to a focus on reliability. The reason?

Modeling 273

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. The winners drove long-term value (measured by market capitalization) while outperforming on the portfolio of metrics shown in Figure 1 and driving improvement faster than their peer groups. Celebrating Success. Comparison To The Gartner Top 25.

Supply Chain Design Software 304

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2014

When I finished my presentation on “past practices,” that I cannot call “best practices,” and outlined the methodology for the upcoming Supply Chain Index, a woman who had listened intently in the audience told me that I had thrown “cold water” on the audience. My message in the presentation was simple.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2021

I was excited to place the order right away so my present would arrive in time for Father’s day. Hopefully, I will have better luck finding the perfect present for my dad this father’s day. I browsed and eventually found quite a few sweaters in green, my father’s favorite color. To my delight, I found one that was on promotion.

Inventory Management Software 279

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

When I finished the presentation (the materials are available on slideshare.) It will be nice to be home and to have time to write on this second book, Metrics that Matter. The only industry that has made progress in inventory management is consumer electronics. I asked for questions. How would you have answered the question?

Forecasting 320

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Most certainly, trucking statistics are easy to digest if they are presented in a fun way, with lots of color and less clutter. Transportation Metrics That Matter Most to Track and Improve Performance : How do you measure logistics efficiency and transportation metrics performance indicators when you are already doing the best job possible?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 305

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

He also spoke at the ARC forum in 2023, and this article is based on that presentation as well. They prepare equipment for maintenance, do isolation (disconnect a piece of equipment from the flow of chemicals by closing valves), look at quality or reliability metrics, and do rounds. Al Syed elaborated.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Retailers should make incremental steps toward this goal, enhancing web format and ecommerce platforms , integrating systems to communicate what inventory is available and where it is located, and presenting a seamless experience to consumers. Develop Metrics to Track the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Omnichannel Strategy.

Omnichannel 242

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 18, 2014

I had worked hard to teach the team presenting to talk the language of demand , but it was not understood at the board-room level. I asked myself, “How ironic is it that the technologies and processes of the past are always presented as the answer.” On my way back to the train, I struggled with what had just happened.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Tomorrow, I present the Supply Chains To Admire 2015 Analysis at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in Scottsdale, AZ. It is for this reason, that we analyze the patterns of the Metrics That Matter using orbit charts over the period of 2006-2014. The theme is “Imagine the Supply Chain of 2025.” It needs to be.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In his presentation, Matt discussed the future of supply chain optimization. This is all about the alignment of metrics and objectives. Fab summed up the vision at the end of his presentation: Think big and don’t settle. As the tagline said, I was there to learn, connect, and be inspired. Be Inspired.

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