Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 25, 2013

It is my hope that the readers of this blog will take time to either join us today to listen to the launch of the Supply Chain Index on our webinar or listen to the replay. (We The relationship between corporate financial performance and supply chain metrics was complex; and in my first attempts, I was unable to derive a correlation.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

AIMMS Network Design provides functionality that helps supply chain teams model carbon emissions and other non-financial metrics like water consumption and carbon equivalents. Likewise, you can assess whether the energy source for your locations can be more sustainable in the long term. SCM Webinar Wednesday, November 2.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2023

He has published numerous thought leadership articles, whitepapers, blogs and delivered dozens of webinars during his career. He is a proven B2B marketer with expertise in content marketing, competitive intelligence, and positioning. Nari Viswanathan is a six times SDCExec Supply Chain Pro to Know award winner.

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Demand Driven Technologies

APRIL 1, 2021

This second webinar will showcase the software to plan, schedule and execute across your supply chain. The demo will focus on the interaction and real-time visibility between Replenishment+ and DBR+ that keep all signals and execution actions and metrics aligned to customer demand and ROI.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 14, 2021

According to the UN Environment Program’s Food Waste Index, 923 million metric tons of food is wasted globally every year. Source: [link]. By creating greater transparency throughout food supply chains, manufacturers can identify where the wastage happens and solve the problem at the source.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Integration of corporate social responsibility metrics in planning. Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. Focus is on make, source and deliver together.

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

A recent QAD webinar discusses inflationary pressure on supply chains and scenarios for minimizing the financial impact of supply chain volatility. That means looking at the right metrics. Instead, attach a variable unit cost to every sourcing, production and distribution event and use that granular data to gauge financial impact.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

This week, at Supply Chain Insights LLC, we published our 11th report in the series titled Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. When companies look at singular metrics (labor costs or inventory), they have moved backwards. Aligning metrics matters. Functional metrics in isolation degrade value.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Using technology to improve last mile metrics is essential to driving last mile costs down, but how do shippers know if the technology is helping or hurting? Essentially, shippers need to track these 11 metrics. On-Time Deliveries Are King of Last Mile Metrics. Fuel Consumption Rates. Planned Versus Actual Mileage.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

Quite often there can be a general lack of spend and vendor management and strategic sourcing activities. Ultimately, BSW was able to improve a key metric (Supply Expense as a % of Net Patient Revenue) and generate millions in savings. Watch a BSW webinar here.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Tracking the Metrics that Matter. While Ardent expects Procurement to rise to and tackle these challenges, tracking the metrics that matter will help them stay focused for full recovery. Inflation Metrics. Savings from Sourcing: In 2021, competitive sourcing projects generated an average of 7.7% Risk Metrics.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course. Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. The company is using Blue Yonder for transportation management, Coupa’s Supply Chain Guru for network design, and FourKites ( see the webinar ) for transportation visibility in certain regions or departments to help with this.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

It will be launched during a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a series of reports that will run in our May newsletter and throughout the summer. However, we have found that only a few companies are improving the potential of their supply chain to balance supply chain metrics. If you are interested please register for the webinar.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

We finished our report on the maturation of hospital supply chains , and I have put the finishing touches on the Healthcare Supply Chain Index for this Thursday’s webinar. The focus has been on sourcing and managed costs. For more on healthcare, check out our recent webinar. Please use this link: [link].

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

CEVA Logistics is taking a lead in the air cargo industry to reduce the logistics-related impact on the environment at the source by creating demand for more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Synopsis: GeTS Webinar 9th Sept 2021. Photo Credit: United Airlines. million gallons of SAF this year. million gallons of SAF this year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The team was organized around the functional silos of source, make and deliver. Instead, we found that the companies with the lowest total supply chain cost (a total of source, make and deliver) had average costs in manufacturing and distribution. We are a month away from the publication of Supply Chain Metrics that Matter.

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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Leveraging internal audits to align quality management with key business metrics When asked what are the benefits of conducting an internal audit? Christine said, “I have used internal audits as the baseline to improve our overall business metrics. Cited Sources [link].

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 9, 2013

This research was the backbone of the Supply Chain Metrics that Matter series of reports. Instead, they have measured functional metrics or focused on projects. We are sharing insights on the work through monthly webinars. So, while I would like to have customer service in the index, there was no good source of data.

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 9, 2013

It will be launched on a webinar on April 25, 2013 and through a report that will run in our May newsletter. To understand supply chain excellence, we have been studying pattern recognition for industry peer groups at the intersection of the metrics in the Supply Chain Effective Frontier of growth, profitability, cycles and complexity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

I have taken myself off the road to write the book Metrics That Matter. We often find that companies have better performance in the management of regional supply chains where the sources of supply are in the same market versus the management of products across borders. It is a slow week. Most of my friends are on vacation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 20, 2016

Cloud and open source analytics are fueling new markets giving rise of new software providers in analytics with names like Board, Cloudera, EveryAngle, Enterra Solutions, FusionOps, Halo, Qlik, Spotfire, Transvoyant, Trifecta, and Trufa. There is a great need for improved supply chain analytics. New solutions offer great promise.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 15, 2016

By utilizing cloud-based analytics , customers go from simple descriptive metrics to higher order analytics in no time leveraging multiple data sources. One example of the competitive advantage gained with cloud involves analytics across the many data silos that make up today’s enterprise Big Data environments.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

Closing the gaps happens when there are aligned metrics, clarity of vision and aligned planning processes. It combines decisions across sell, deliver, make and source processes to drive value based outcomes. Metrics Alignment. Most companies operate well within functions, but struggle to build strong horizontal processes.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and webinars that we prepared for jointly. Can we get the supplies from an alternate source? Can we expedite? Can we use premium freight?

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2017

In order to make the improvement process a constant activity and in order to fix the achievements from development, your team must adopt the representative metrics, key performance indicators , and benchmarking items. There are numerous tools in place to assist in diagnosing the logistics problems and solutions found.

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HICX Solutions

AUGUST 11, 2021

SXM Webinar Series with Art of Procurement. In the first of a three-part Art of Procurement Live Webinar Series ‘Putting the Supplier Experience at the Forefront of Strategic Procurement’ in partnership with HICX, we focus on how to make the business case for Supplier Experience Management (SXM). . We are discussing them.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2017

Managers can control the operation efficiently as the relevant information comes from different sources, timely and all the members have access to its current updates. The cloud-based logistics has lots of metric tools. The cloud-based logistics is a “pay-per-use” model. It cuts down costs on software maintenance and upgrade.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. We will show how the adoption of these practices have improved market capitalization in our webinar on April 25 th. Cloud-based analytics for sourcing and the management of supplier networks are evolving and should be embraced. The acronyms keep coming…. The cadence does not stop.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Much to my chagrin, when I entered into the world of supply chain, the processes of source, make and deliver were usually not designed. Instead, I think that it needs to be holistic to balance the trade-offs of source, make and deliver together. This week, I will host our monthly webinar on S&OP: Why is it So Hard?

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ivalua

JUNE 2, 2016

Niul Burton wrote a great article in Industry Week titled “Procurement 2025: 10 Challenges that Will Transform Global Sourcing”. Embracing sustainability as a goal and metric that you scorecard suppliers on is a good place to start to get ready for this trend that will become a staple in how successful companies do business.

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 16, 2021

Webinar: Register Now. A transformational business benefit of supply chain simulation is optimization-based scenario planning , determining how to optimize key metrics such as supply chain cost, risk, efficiency, and inventory. Typically, supply chain planners face multiple options when sourcing products. Scenario Analysis.

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Precoro

MAY 22, 2023

IT team members are aware of the requirements necessary for a technology to function properly, whereas procurement professionals are skilled at contract sourcing and negotiation. These may include business licenses, security certifications, regulatory compliance regulations, sustainable sourcing reports, and more.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 12, 2017

It needs to have a fail-safe to prevent vendors from selecting incorrect shipping methods and provide a source of cross-checking between shipment selection. This is among the most difficult aspects of creating an effective guide.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

In other words, accessibility and personalization allows warehouse managers and staff members to define metrics relevant to new products and current operations, test new processes and effectively manage the flow of goods. This is contingency planning.

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HICX Solutions

MARCH 31, 2022

In this webinar, we join Niko Nurmi , Executive Advisor at Procurement Leaders , as he discusses these challenges and how to overcome them – with Carmen Erhardt , Director of Corporate Purchasing and Head of Global Processes, Operations and Digitalization at Henkel ; and Anthony Payne , CMO at HICX. Using segmentation to drive experience.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and webinars that we prepared for jointly. Based on the disruptive events that we are seeing – from tariffs, NAFTA, Brexit, COVID-19, etc.

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