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). At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing.

Supply Chain Software 34

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics. Let me explain. Mistake #5.

S&OP 195

S&OP Supply and Demand Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement 195

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). At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing.

Supply Chain Software 30

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Supply Chains Rock

JULY 7, 2009

Doing its part, IBM has just released its corporate responsibility report for 2008 and it dedicates a big part of it to its supply chain. By the end of 2008, we had completed a cumulative total of 553 initial audits; including expansion into three additional growth market countries (36 initial audits): Argentina, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Supply Chain 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

In 2008-2009, nine died and hundreds became ill. The PCA Corporation lost their case in the court of public opinion in 2008, but the federal conviction is seven years later. In 2008, the company manufactured 2.5% PCA’s customers were larger food manufacturers. The food recall is the largest in US history.

Pharmaceutical 150

Pharmaceutical Supply and Demand Food Manufacturing Procurement 150

ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. As some component lead times push into 2023, the shortage is expected to last 24 months before it recedes – similar to the chip shortage of 2008-2009. Consultancy UK). Source: Consultancy.UK.

Material Savings 207

Material Savings Purchasing Skills Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement 207

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Over the last decade, neither the pharmaceutical nor medical device manufacturer has been able to drive the revenue/employee productivity gains of their comparative peer groups. Figure 2 contrasts the state of cash-to-cash cycles between 2000-2003 and 2008-2011. Power is shifting to the hospital. I think both factors are at play.

Pharmaceutical 170

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Network Software Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Procurement Analytics 170

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

SanDisk Corporation designs, develops and manufactures flash memory storage devices and software. The company is the third-largest manufacturer of flash memory in the world. The journey began with a one size fits all approach in 2008, and the policies evolved over the course of the last seven years.

Inventory Reduction 150

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 150

Kinaxis

APRIL 10, 2015

based electronics manufacturer. It’s a Sunday morning in May 2008. There has been a major earthquake in Chengdu, China… where several of your key items are manufactured. What customer orders are impacted, what revenue is impacted, how does this impact your manufacturing plans. This is bad…. This is bad…. Act Faster.

Supply Chain Performance 100

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 15, 2017

Public awareness and mass retailer initiatives have driven major sustainability efforts over the last two decades among CPG manufacturers. Driven by aggressive targets and retailers’ “supplier scorecards”, their progress has been enabled by advances in materials engineering and manufacturing technology. . Among the challenges: .

Cost Reduction Strategies 120

Cost Reduction Strategies Waste Reduction Expense Reduction Material Savings 120

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

While the rest of the world was deep in a recession in 2008, and manufacturers were struggling with payroll decisions and layoffs, Hadoop innovation was in full swing. In the recession of 2008, it took the average consumer products company three-to-five months to sense the recession and redefine product plans. Streaming Data.

Supply Chain Planning Software 0

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Public awareness and mass retailer initiatives have driven major sustainability efforts over the last two decades among CPG manufacturers. Driven by aggressive targets and retailers’ “supplier scorecards,” their progress has been enabled by advances in materials engineering and manufacturing technology. Among the challenges: .

Waste Reduction 120

Waste Reduction Sustainability Cost Reduction Strategies Expense Reduction 120

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. In the period of 2008-2009, both supply chains made some major shifts. With a strong manufacturing culture, much of the focus was on lean production systems. Supply chain leaders make progress in three-to-five years. It is seldom a step change. How Have They Done?

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 150

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Strategy Global Supply Chain 150

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2015

However, in 2008 when the business grew +20%, inventories declined substantially, and part of his team won a Syngenta internal award, it became clear. In 2008 the market was ballistic. They will be featured in our digital showcase and are a part of the Jabil story on digital manufacturing. The times were tough.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Current State of Supplier Performance Management Nowadays, the interest in improving supplier performance management methods has increased due to the increase in global sourcing and that of the global economy in particular (Gordon Sherry R, 2008). The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use?

Vendor Strategies 60

Vendor Strategies Resource Reduction Price Reduction Procurement Analytics 60

Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

In a highly inspiring key note presentation at the supply chain conference, Fareed Zakaria of CNN spoke about how the jobs recovery following the 2008 recession lagged the economic recovery by as much as 64 months while the same metric for the previous recessions was significantly narrower.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 29, 2020

Therefore, the challenge to establish the ranking method is to find a more economical data source and the unbiased metrics. Anyway, the access to this database costs an arm and a leg. Ranking of Supply Chain Books We're sure some of you've been using Google Scholar to find related publications. The links below are #paid links. & Tang, C.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 100

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Strategy 100

6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

General warehouse industry statistics Warehousing costs & revenue statistics Warehouse efficiency statistics Labor statistics in the warehousing industry Automation adoption in the warehousing industry Warehouse performance metrics Warehouse automation stats: General warehouse industry statistics 1. in Q1 2017, the lowest since 2008.”

Warehousing 91

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

He discussed the adoption of the steam engine and the electric motor in the manufacturing sector. Today, we take these technologies for granted, but the electric motor was the genesis of the horizontal manufacturing plant. In 2008, I was asked to visit DuPont to talk about demand sensing. This was the case for DuPont in 2008.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software 150

Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But to make their strongest case, SCRM advocates need to focus on one key metric: return on investment. Collaborate with stakeholders in finance, sales, manufacturing, etc., The unprecedented supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 provide potent arguments for supply chain pros seeking greater support of SCRM from C-level leaders.

Supply Chain Risk Management 62

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

In the fall of 2008 I attended a major consumer packaged goods company’s global customer team meeting. A contract manufacturer shares discount pricing based on forecast accuracy of the customer. Reflections. My insights on the topic are now a decade old. The topic was “Customer First.” Forecast Accuracy.

Supply Chain Design Software 135

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 26, 2015

The replacement of 34 million airbags that the automotive part manufacturer Takata has to execute is one of the biggest recalls ever. Although Honda, as one of their customers, initiated the first recall related to the Takata airbarg in 2008, only in May 2015 mr. Takada made an agreement with the US authorities on how to deal with the issue.

Supply Chain Design 60

Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Scenario Planning 60

AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The cost of recovery from a disruption in procurement management depends on factors such as supply source, volume, manufacturing location and inventory. Managers must tie their efforts to mitigate risk with metrics that will result in the long-term support of higher management. Poor Framework for Accountability.

Optimal Sourcing 74

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Optimization Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Strategy 74

Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

the “inventory to sales” ratio (inventory levels divided by a month’s worth of sales) spiked in late 2008/early 2009 as the recession caught companies with way more inventory than needed versus suddenly shrinking demand. “In the US economy, overall inventory levels have been ticking up in recent years. Read Full Article.

Sourcing Strategies 60

Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software California 60

NC State SCRC

APRIL 3, 2019

The type of contract of interest in this report is for Development and Manufacture contracts in the Aerospace and Defense industries. The subcontract efforts feature the majority of military and part of commercial aviation, systems are outsourced by the overall airframe manufacturer, known as “primes” (Boeing, Airbus, Sikorski, etc.)

Aerospace 40

Aerospace Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing 40

Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. In this blog I will focus on first couple of sub process of demand planning cycle - 1) Setting up demand planning objectives and metrics for different business units/customers/key items/locations 2) Setting up the frequency of the forecasting process (create/review/publish) with the time horizons. Automotive.

Supply and Demand 30

Supply and Demand Demand Planning Modeling Supply Chain Planning Software 30

NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The production and use of biobased products replacing petroleum-based products has the potential to reduce GHG emissions up to 10 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents. Vilsack, a former governor of Iowa, briefly ran in the 2008 presidential race and was considered by Hillary Clinton as a potential running mate in 2016.

Study 49

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RFgen

AUGUST 30, 2024

These tools not only provide clear metrics for performance but also foster a culture of recognition and continuous improvement. Founded in 2008, this alliance of like-minded companies collaborates to donate time, energy, and materials to communities in need.

Inventory Reduction 74

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Material Savings Price Mitigation Strategies 74

GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 28, 2015

At Cerasis, our customers are manufacturers from the American Manufacturing Industry. A big part of that is because it is proven that the more labor productive and the more output the American Manufacturing industry produces, there is a large multiplier effect on the rest of the economy for creating jobs and economic sustainability.

Modeling Software 120

Modeling Software Manufacturing Industrial Industry 120

6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

We may want to review their manufacturing facilities and perform some sort of quick assessment (for example, explore their process capability and yield of the product and how they handle returned parts). Include elements of the processes, technologies, organizational needs, control philosophy and metrics to analyze along the way.

Sourcing Strategies 88

Sourcing Strategies Vendor Strategies Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 88

Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Insuring that each function, including online marketing, store operations and supply chain have common objectives, metrics and aligned rewards for the coming year. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Automotive. Communication Services. Financial Services.

Supply Chain Planning Software 28

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Manufacturing Procurement Innovation 28

Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 9, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Example: For a shipper, number of shipments at a 3PL warehouse might be a relevant metric while the 3PL provider may be more interested in the number of shipments for all serviced shippers. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Automotive. Financial Services.

Supply Chain Planning Software 29

Supply Chain Planning Software Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 29

NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Stuart William was in one of my former MBA classes at NC State in 2008, and graduated into one of the worst economies ever in May of 2009. The are a regional make to order kitchen cabinet manufacturer, and have two primary sales channels of modular kitchen and bathroom cabinets. They have 5 MFC retail outlets, and a dealer network.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Supply Chain Planning Software Purchasing Skills Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Software 40

Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. Consistent Business Intelligence - BI metrics can be obtained consistently across the entire business banking on the foundation of single version of master data. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods.

Sourcing Strategies 24

Sourcing Strategies Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 24

Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. IT enablement in areas like Mobile work management, Health and Safety, Metrics monitoring (KPI) etc. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure.

Optimal Sourcing 25

Optimal Sourcing Asset Management Supply Chain Optimization Optimization Software 25

Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. In this step, the actuals are compared with the planned metrics (MAPE, forecast accuracy, bias etc.) December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure.

Supply Chain Planning Software 22

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Supply and Demand Scenario Planning 22

Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. Some of those are Cognos, iLog, SPSS, Core Metrics, Emptoris, Vivisimo and many others, as world is moving from reactive to proactive. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services.

Supply Chain Planning Software 24

Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Software Pharmaceutical 24