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For the past five years, the team at SupplyChain Insights identified SupplyChains 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). About the SupplyChains to Admire Methodology.
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