Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 23, 2024

Collaborate across departments: Engage stakeholders from different departments within the organization – not just supply chain management including logistics and procurement but sales, marketing, and finance.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Supply chain optimization software tracks items as they move through your supply chain and generate alerts at important points to improves decision-making and enhance visibility across the supply chain by integrating various capabilities like procurement, inventory, and customer relationship management.

Optimal Sourcing 98

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Silvon Software

JUNE 23, 2020

As I mentioned in my previous post, Sales Dashboards – 16 Metrics for Manufacturers , a strategy for measuring business performance should also incorporate metrics that focus on the supply chain and other operational areas of the enterprise. You can refine as you go! DSO – Days Sales Outstanding.

Manufacturing Procurement 111

Manufacturing Procurement Metrics Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software 111

My Office Apps

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Strong vendor relationships are critical for business success, especially when it comes to managing inventory and procurement. Vendor Relationship Management (VRM) helps businesses manage supplier interactions, track performance, and ensure smooth procurement processes.

Vendor Strategies 98

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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 Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Still, it can be just as disruptive to supply chain performance. Companies that invest in leadership development, mentorship, and training will see better retention, improved operational outcomes, and stronger supply chain performance. Josh Turley is CEO of RTA.

Negotiating Skills 91

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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.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2020

Every company today runs on data – the key to using your data is choosing the right metrics for visibility into your supply chain. Their supply chains must be flexible and responsive to customer and market needs. COGS, Total Supply Chain Cost, Productivity, Returns Rates, Carry Cost of Inventory.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

While CPI is normally used within project management and earned value analysis, it has significant application and importance within supply chain contexts, particularly in procurement, logistics and warehousing. What is the Cost Performance Index (CPI)? Struggling to develop an appropriate procurement strategy?

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Procurement Academy

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Supply chain certification equips companies and teams with the knowledge, tools, and techniques they need to design, manage, and optimize complex supply chains. Explore more about how cross-functional training boosts supply chain performance.

Supply Chain Design Software 92

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IQMS

MAY 1, 2018

Bottom Line: Manufacturers are reaching a new level of results in 2018 because they have clearer, more actionable insights based on real-time manufacturing and quality metrics than ever before. Quality Metrics Enable Customer-Driven Manufacturing Networks. Quality Metrics Defining the Future of Manufacturing.

Manufacturing Procurement 73

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! Procurement’s North Star article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks. What exactly are you and your procurement team working towards? What is Procurement’s North Star Metric? Email Address.

Procurement Analytics 97

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Identification and measurement of key trending metrics on a weekly or monthly basis, with an emphasis on corrective action planning to address metrics that don’t meet goals. From a measurement perspective the key trending metrics at a high level include: Supplier on time delivery. Supplier shipment information accuracy.

Supply Chain Network Software 195

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Silvon Software

JUNE 1, 2023

But how do you know if you are using the right KPIs, including both stakeholder and supply chain performance measures? Ideally, your S&OP KPIs should consist of a mix of strategic, tactical, and operational metrics. The KPIs here highlight procurement, production, logistics, and customer fulfillment.

S&OP 111

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2022

Our days of chasing shiny objects and making supply chains more efficient, but more brittle need to be behind us. In the last decade, supply chain performance regressed. The focus needs to move from functional metrics to balanced scorecard outcomes. For example, a “buy plan” for procurement.

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Silvon Software

MAY 6, 2025

Packaged Analytics, KPIs & Reports Ready-to-use reports, metrics, and dashboards that accelerate time-to-insight. These pre-packaged analytics typically span across all major functional areas: Sales & Customer Insights Track sales performance by region, product, rep, or customer.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 89

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Let’s Get into the Specifics Think about this: 79 percent of companies with high-performing supply chains (these are often referred to as Supply Chain Leaders (SCLs)), have revenue growth that is significantly above their industry average, according to this report by Deloitte.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Leveraging advanced analytics : You can use analytics to identify top-performing suppliers as well as address any issues based on supplier performance metrics. The Role of Communication in Supply Chain Collaboration Communication puts collaboration in motion.

Negotiate Pricing 52

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Art of Supplier Collaboration: Best Practices to Build Lasting Partnerships Dynamic market changes and global events seem to create newer demands and greater pressure on procurement professionals. These metrics allow you to assess whether your suppliers are meeting their commitments and contributing to your business objectives.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). As a B2B company, procurement management is essential.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

Over the course of the last two years, we at Supply Chain Insight s have worked on a methodology to gauge supply chain improvement. We named it the Supply Chain Index. We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Our aim was to maintain a 3 to 3.5

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

The Purpose of the Supply Chain Department The supply chain department plays a crucial role in ensuring the smooth flow of goods and services from the point of origin to the point of consumption. Watch What is Marketing Procurement? Why do you need a structured Supply Chain Department?

Optimal Sourcing 98

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 21, 2021

Supply Chain KPIs article and permission to publish here provided by Harkirat Ahluwalia. Supply chain key performance indicators and metrics are ways in which someone can quantify the performance of their company’s supply chain to gain a better understanding of its strengths and weaknesses.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

According to E2open’s latest Supply Chain Innovation Report, the top action that organisations foresee to create a more resilient supply chain is diversifying their supplier base (40%). BE READY FOR THE NEW NORMAL.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Most supply chain planning teams do not know their customers. I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. I like Kehat’s story.

Inventory Reduction 150

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 2, 2016

This assessment identifies the most important capabilities for which the newly divested company needs to account, which may include functions such as Procurement, Purchasing, Accounting and Supply Chain Operations itself. To learn more on this topic, read “Whitepaper: Divestures and the Threat to Supply Chain Performance.”.

3PL 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2016

For most companies, greater economy of scale is possible through the global management of procurement and transportation and local management of sales, manufacturing and customer service. We reviewed the orbit charts and progress of the recent Supply Chains to Admire Analysis for 2016.

S&OP 150

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QAD

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Benefits of Collaborative Supplier Relationships Increasingly, organizations are realizing the benefits of tightening relationships with suppliers to better manage the sourcing and procurement of goods and lower supply costs. So, we can not truly say that the sourcing process begins with supplier management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2015

Today, in this world of rising commodity prices, and scarce resources, supply chain performance matters more than ever. Supply chain capabilities disappoint. In our research for the book Supply Chain Metrics That Matter , we find that this is the case for 90% of companies. You are not alone.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

Why have we not improved our use of channel data in supply chain processes?” ” (The use of the term “basics” is usually code for the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to improve order-to-cash and procure-to-pay.). In the last decade, supply chain performance declined.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 6, 2023

With the right supply chain tools at your disposal, you can streamline operations, boost productivity, and save valuable time. Many professionals rely on MS Excel as the go-to software for supply chain and procurement tasks but creating detailed dashboards can be time-consuming and exhausting.

Supply Chain Planning Software 105

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 14, 2025

Administration are becoming either a noted concern or inventory hedging opportunity area for global based manufacturers and materials procurement teams. percentage points in inventory levels which were the fastest rate of expansion for this metric since June 2022. import tariffs, including likely retaliatory tariffs.

Inventory Reduction 52

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Exiger Perspectives

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The AI-driven BOM also helps businesses monitor the environmental footprint of products , ensuring that even in cases where suppliers are unable to provide complete data, companies can still report accurate lifecycle and sustainability metrics. This not only ensures compliance but also strengthens supply chain resilience and performance.

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Oracle SCM

AUGUST 1, 2018

I’ve had direct experience with several of these projects both as a vendor and as an operations/supply chain practitioner and I wanted to discuss the benefits I’d seen, some of the key success factors in these types of projects and how disruptive technology is fitting into the picture.

Supply Chain Planning Software 104

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Who would have thought that measuring the performance of supply chain processes like warehousing, procurement, or logistics could be so troublesome? Well, we know a few supply chain managers who, having made some of the mistakes covered by this article, would attest to the potential for difficulty.

KPI 98

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2015

The first element are the comprehensive set of strategies covering all the functional elements of your supply chain, including supply management, procurement, demand management, production, inventory management, distribution, customer service, and reverse logistics.

Cost Reduction Strategies 100

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Taulia

JULY 21, 2022

The supply chain activities involved in the procurement process , from sourcing the right suppliers to taking delivery of materials and products, are vital to the overall health of any business. But how can supplier performance be measured? The importance of supplier KPIs. Availability. Order accuracy.

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