Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Last week, I spoke at the CPHA supply chain conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Allergy Case Study. A second case study is the use of sentiment data and the building of listening posts by Lenovo. This was the inaugural supply chain event for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Today, based on a recent study with 113 process companies, an organization’s probability of success with an IT project is almost the same as the toss of a coin. Based on a recent study of 113 process manufacturers, only 58% of companies report that their projects meet their business objectives. Throw a coin in the air.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 31, 2015

AkzoNobel case study. Presented at the Quintiq World Tour in Philadelphia, Dr Brian Blodgett, Associate Vice President, Scheduling, and Nicole Lowe, Scheduling Coordinator, from American Public University System (APUS), highlight how APUS has improved course scheduling operations. Get your free guide.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2017

The flight into San Francisco on American was six hours late arriving at 7:00 AM EST. (I had scheduled the last flight out of Philadelphia on a Sunday night to spend the afternoon with my grandchildren.) Based on a research study, the management team decided that Marriott would no longer have room service. This was a bad week.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

We feel that the Agco case study has several important lessons for the supply chain transformational leader. If you are a leader in digital manufacturing or supply chain excellence, we would love to write and share your case study. Next year, the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit will be in Philadelphia on September 4th-7th.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The gloomy streets will soon be alive with Mummers to ring in the New Year in Philadelphia. The Mummers Parade is a Philadelphia tradition. As I study research methods, and the market, I realize the lies I’ve spun for prior employers (Gartner and AMR Research) are untrue: The AMR Research Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2015

It is a beautiful fall day in Philadelphia. In the research of 73 respondents, we asked companies to classify themselves on a 1-7 scale of effectiveness, and the report is a study of the characteristics of those rating themselves effective when compared to those who rate themselves less effective. Profile of S&OP Respondents.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 31, 2018

As a local Philadelphia business, we are so excited about the Eagles making it to the Super Bowl this year, we decided to track the excitement level of people leading up to the event by using our Social Sentiment Analysis Tool. Which Team has the most die-hard fans? The Eagles or the Patriots? Our Sentiment Analysis Tool Tells It All.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2015

As a research analyst, I am studying things that are incredibly difficult to measure. The planners in this study work for companies that have deployed (what I consider to be) the most mature demand and supply planning instances in the world. The topics may sound easy, but they are not. What drives the highest level of satisfaction?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2016

TMS for SMB: A Case Study with Carhartt (CSCMP 2016). CLX Logistics: Annual Customer Conference, TBA (2016: September, Philadelphia). LogiChem US 2017 , TBA (2016: December 12-13, Philadelphia, PA). Amazon: Disruptor or Distraction? SMC3 Connections 2016). Going from Big Data to Big Decisions (Quintiq World Tour London).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. At Supply Chain Insights, we complete 25-30 quantitative studies a year. The respondents vary by study; but during a year, we will collect about 3,000 unique responses. The data from this study is shown in Figure 1.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

A few years ago, a logistics study concluded, “Gaps in infrastructure and accelerating trends for speed will increasingly put pressure on a logistics system not designed for e-commerce driven ‘last mile, last minute’ delivery service.”[6] miles, respectively. .” ” Concluding thoughts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 6, 2015

It is finally spring in Philadelphia. We are also finishing up quantitative studies on inventory optimization and Sales and Operations Planning. Join the digital showcase on the first day to get hands-on experience and gain exposure to case studies by supply chain leaders that are driving outside-in transformations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Feeling very green, I stumbled through the airport and found my way to my seat on the plane from Brussels to Philadelphia. <The I invest 25% of the proceeds of my small bootstrapped company into quantitative and qualitative studies to understand trends in supply chain excellence and gain insights on the views of business leaders.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

It is such a very different landscape than the green mountains of my farm in West Virginia or my city streets in Philadelphia. Today, based on our studies, women compose about 43% of the supply chain workforce. As always, we would love your insights on our research studies. It appears SO barren from my window in seat 4D.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 18, 2015

While we have proved in our research that Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) maturity helps to close the gap between operations and commercial teams, we have been actively studying organizational dynamics to try to determine other techniques that can help. We are working on the completion of our new game— SCI Impact !—for

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2015

In a recent study of planners, we found that the average planner spends 20% of their time planning and using the technologies. In a recent study, we found two companies were more accurate on lag 3 and lag 4, and less accurate on lag 1 due to the introduction of error through consensus forecasting. Manage Input.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Organized retail crime is on the rise, with nearly three-quarters of retailers surveyed reporting an increase in the past year, according to the 14th annual ORC study released recently by the National Retail Federation. Philadelphia, and Arlington/Dallas/Fort Worth, tied; and 10) Fort Lauderdale and Seattle, tied.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

When we study 600 public companies by peer group, at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin, only 5% drive improvement. Also, the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is on September 4 th -7 th in Philadelphia, PA. The focus is on digital transformation case studies. Question the Basics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. At Supply Chain Insights, we complete 25-30 quantitative studies a year. The respondents vary by study; but during a year, we will collect about 3,000 unique responses. The data from this study is shown in Figure 1.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 9, 2023

Air quality in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia is still unhealthy but improving slightly from hazardous levels on Wednesday. The agency issued ground stops for Philadelphia and New York airports earlier in the day. Most of the Washington, DC, metro area is now experiencing hazardous air conditions.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

New Study: 70% of Executives have started Digital Supply Chain Transformation. The orders are being fulfilled from about 160 Best Buy stores in markets that include Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington. Swisslog acquires Power Automation Systems (PAS).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

I will be speaking at the Elemica customer conference Insights and will share my reviews with the Shaman’s readership from Philadelphia on June 11 th. Termed Metrics That Matter, it is based on our work on the Supply Chain Index, and the industry studies that we have completed in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter series.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Last week, I spoke at Quintiq’s World Tour event in Philadelphia , which featured several customers talking about the supply chain puzzles they faced — in manufacturing, logistics, and workforce management — and how they are working to solve them. Every day in supply chain management brings new challenges and opportunities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

It is a study of performance patterns at the intersection of the metrics. for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. Each report takes a month to produce. We are working on the completion of our new game— SCI Impact !—for

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2015

We recently finished a study of 127 respondents and wrote a report. for the public training in Philadelphia on August 13th and developing the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. What is Risk Management? To ensure clarity, let’s start with a definition. Life is busy at Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

Following a research study, we will be glad to educate your team on the results. Three courses are scheduled for in Philadelphia. We will test to understand how you stack-up to your competitors and how to make customer service actionable. We keep all the data confidential and share the insights. Customer Centric Policies. Gamification.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

For the companies in the study, there is no difference between planning productivity and planning results. for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. In the analysis, we compared planner productivity by the number of items, by revenue and by complexity.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

(NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Company®, today announced that Fabrizio Brasca, vice president, global logistics, JDA Software, will participate in a panel discussion at the CSCMP Annual Global Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa. The panel is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. Session Details.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

This analysis helps us to see the trends It is a study of year-over-year progress. for the public training in Philadelphia in August and developing the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. Supply chain leaders make progress in three-to-five years. It is seldom a step change.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

I am currently working on an in-depth study on supply chain planning benchmarking (publishes in August), and working with the team to analyze supply chain planning adoption. In Figure 1, I contrast the drivers and trends from a recent study. Adopting Invention and Driving Innovation in Supply Chain Planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2015

for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. The conference will feature case studies on supply chain transformation, digital transformation and insights from supply chain leaders on the Supply Chain to Admire analysis.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Held again in Philadelphia, this year’s event brought back memories of 2004, the year the old CLM: Council of Logistics Management became today’s CSCMP: Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals! As with every year, there are opportunities to learn new things and meet new people.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

At the Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia conference in October, Southwest Airlines, which has more than 18,000 employees across 90+ airports, discussed how trying to do headcount planning, schedule development, and scenario evaluation manually, while taking into account regulations and labor agreements, was becoming a losing battle for them.

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Multichannel Merchant

JUNE 6, 2022

A pilot facility that tested out the systems and processes has been operating in Pedericktown, NJ, southwest of Philadelphia. This move comes at a time when studies show consumers are more willing to opt for slower delivery times in exchange for savings, or to lessen the environmental impact.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 15, 2014

Imgcan6 on Important New Federal Reserve Bank of NY Study Documenting Recent Housing Trends. Billion Philadelphia skyscraper. The Comcast Innovation and Technology Center - Philadelphia, PA. Imgcan6 on The LA Times Has a Nice Write Up About my New "Green Homes" Price Premium Paper. Imgcan6 on Discrimination in Housing Markets.

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