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For supply chain managers to become a trusted advisor, talent management is key

Supply Chain View from the Field

A CPO in the financial services industry also noted that a need to redefine procurement’s role in the enterprise is happening, driven by the recognition that a new type of procurement capability is needed: Prior to our transformation, the ONLY metric by which our performance was measured is how much money we saved for the organization.

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ToolsGroup Supports Accelerated Growth With Addition of New Executives

ToolsGroup

These strategic executive hires support rapid company growth, better collaboration, goal clarity, and ongoing improvement in key business metrics while keeping ToolsGroup’s expanding team agile and highly coordinated: Jon Purdy is the new Chief Financial Officer.

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Supply Chain Talent: Our Take on Deloitte’s Survey Report (part 1)

Demand Solutions

But what I found compelling was how Deloitte identified the leaders in supply chain management. Their approach was quite simple: ask executives to share their companies’ metrics in inventory turnover and percentage of deliveries that are on-time and in-full. Two metrics. Among Followers, those numbers sink to just 34% and 41%.

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Supply Chain Talent: Our Take on Deloitte’s Survey Report (part 1)

Demand Solutions

But what I found compelling was how Deloitte identified the leaders in supply chain management. Their approach was quite simple: ask executives to share their companies’ metrics in inventory turnover and percentage of deliveries that are on-time and in-full. Two metrics. That’s it. We’ll talk more soon.

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Logistics Past, Present, and Future

MIT Supply Chain

While reliable service and low prices are still important, these metrics have become prerequisites for commercial success. Filed under: Strategy , Transportation Tagged: big data , C H Robinson , freight networks , intermodal , John Wiehoff , logistics , logistics benchmarks , MIT CTL , talent management.

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#15 in 15 years ….not bad! NC State breaks into the Gartner Supply Chain Program Rankings

Supply Chain View from the Field

Our program engages our 20 top corporate partners to develop projects across a wide variety of different areas, including market intelligence, logistics, inventory, value stream mapping, cost management, supply management, transportation, performance metrics, and others (see Project Breakdown ,).

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Building Talent: A New Approach

Supply Chain Insights

One of the toughest challenges for the supply chain leader is building and retaining talent. Managing a global supply chain team today is not easy. We find that 59% of companies are experiencing issues in training and retaining mid-management talent. Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Making the Digital Pivot.