Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 15, 2022

Sales incentives drove a positive bias that inflated inventory. Allergic to inventory, Fred worked out arrangements with distributors to push inventory into the channel. He saw all inventory as “bad.” In Figure A, I share the orbit charts at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns for two periods.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Over the period of 2009-2015 only 88% of companies made improvement on the “Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.” (The The composite of metrics includes growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital.) Note in Figure 1 that BASF drove great improvement in the period of 2009-2013, but then slowed in 2014-2015.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 29, 2022

Economic order quantity is one of the “most commonly used inventory-control techniques”. The objectives and advantages of Economic Order Qty (EOQ) are to minimize inventory carrying costs and ordering costs while simultaneously limiting the probability of stock out to avoid any lost sales or customer loss. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

Gartner research shows that companies that continued to increase earnings while others declined in 2009 and 2010 were those that were able to keep their foot on the gas through the downturn because they had planned responses in advance. The real world rarely follows the rules–the Coronavirus is more evidence of this reality.

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Arkieva

MARCH 24, 2016

2006-2009 I did a PhD on Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization. Though benefits are clear, multi-echelon inventory adoption has been very slow. Pilots within and across company boundaries have been convincing, but we have not seen a widespread multi-echelon inventory adoption. Trusting multi-echelon inventory adoption.

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crisp

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It has every year since 2009 ) What are the hottest trends? Then came point-of-sale (POS) data reports that tracked actual sales and inventory levels, but these had to be manually downloaded from various portals and meticulously organized to glean any real insights. Which retailers will attract shoppers — in-store or online — and how?

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JULY 7, 2021

Growing up with a father who developed inventory management software for a living spawned some interesting conversations around the dinner table. It hasn’t been lost here at Herlitz Inventory Management! Since 2009, when Herlitz Inventory Management was founded, annual inflation has been below 3 percent in the US.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As They include growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)). Companies passing these two tests are then analyzed against the performance factors for 2009-2015: Growth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Moller – Maersk is turning to flying drones to manage inventory counts in its warehouse network, the Danish firm said. UPS is preparing for a slowdown in global delivery volumes as it advised that annual revenue could decline for the first time since 2009. Maritime containership giant A.P. billion in 2023, down from $100.3

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 28, 2013

Historically, businesses have used one of two extremes for inventory management: push-based or pull-based. Push-based inventory management uses demand forecast to manage inventory and replenish from the supply base. The pull-based method relies on the ability to replenish the “pulled” demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. After six months of analysis, we decided the best fit was the combination of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital. During the presentation, I squirmed uncomfortably in my seat. The reason?

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 6, 2022

Cambridge Capital was founded in 2009 as the investment affiliate of BG Strategic Advisors (www.bgsa.com), the advisor of choice for a large, growing number of supply chain CEOs. Cambridge Capital leverages BGSA’s unique approach to strategy-led investment banking for the supply chain.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Maybe the one good thing to come out of it was some companies figured out how they could survive with lower inventories. In 2009, I’m sure most we’re thinking, “How much worse could it get?”. Inventories were stranded as supply chains scrambled to understand the impact on their customers. Some suppliers weren’t so lucky.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In addition, the much-publicized inventory issues that many retailers are dealing with are also resulting in interest in returns management. Based on surveys that RLA has done in the past year, most returns are handled in-house and are often done in the same distribution centers where store/e-commerce inventory is kept.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Nineteen of the 200 companies met the performance criteria of improving operating margin, inventory turns, and ROIC together in concert for the years of 2006-2013 or 2009-2013. However, due to a variety of factors, companies are losing ground on driving progress on both inventory turns and operating margin.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Companies passing these two tests are then analyzed against the performance factors for 2009-2015: Growth. Inventory Turns. Better performance in inventory turns than the peer group average for the period studied.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 13, 2015

business inventories flat, inventory-to-sales ratio highest since 2009 (Reuters). Institute for Supply Management data indicated that growth in production, orders, and inventory slowed in January…January 2015 freight shipments were up 5.6 percent, the biggest decline since March 2009, after falling 1.0

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Herlitz Inventory Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In September 2021, Associated Grocers of New England signed with Herlitz Inventory Management to improve upon its existing purchasing system and to further advance its goal of serving the needs of independent retail grocers of every store size and format. Carl Herlitz, President and CEO of Herlitz Inventory Management Inc.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2020

Arntzen, the former executive director of the supply chain management program at MIT, recently republished an article he penned 2009, during the Great Recession. This year’s fall in output would be far more severe than the last recession, when the world economy contracted by less than 1 percent between 2008 and 2009.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

Critical inventory disruptions/deficiency anywhere in the supply chain. When Amazon launched same-day delivery in 2009, it opened to a new generation of retail business. Network bottleneck identification. Response to disruptions. Does the technology provider deliver new features and functionality in an agile manner?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 27, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights reports of Q2-2023 financial performance from two major influential high tech suppliers indicating constrained end product demand levels and inventory overhang continue to impact supply networks. This reportedly marked the fastest decline rate since August 2009. decline in May.

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EazyStock

MARCH 14, 2023

Rapid cost increases, interest rate hikes and reduced demand require more effective inventory management and forecasting attention. What the last recession taught us An article from McKinsey & Company (2022) analyzed the performance of about 40 publicly traded distribution companies during the 2007-2009 recession.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

A new study by the SupplyChainDigest analyzing the main components of working capital: Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO), and Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) revealed an uptick in DIO. New Study Shows a Rise in US Company Inventories. This and much more, in your Monday supply chain briefing from Arkieva.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

It is data driven research: a deep analysis of performance, improvement and Price to Tangible Book Value of 320 companies across 31 industries for the period of 2009-2015. We find the patters and the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin and growth and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) to be insightful.). The Results.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The fundamental operations of any dark store can be undertaken with a robust inventory software system , an efficient team of pickers and a store layout optimised for rapid picking. Basic warehouse racking is used to store inventory stock, which is strategically positioned for ease and speed of picking. Why are dark stores on the rise?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

In our analysis, only one out of ten companies successfully improves operating margins and inventory turns at the same time. When this happens, we find that the organization is more aligned and perform(s) better on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter –growth, inventory turns, operating margin, Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). (We

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Herlitz Inventory Management

MARCH 30, 2023

signed with Herlitz Inventory Management for its buying team. The Amarillo, Texas-based grocery distributor plans to roll out the HIMPACT solution to its full team of buyers in the coming months to begin reaping its cost-saving and inventory-optimizing rewards. Both the Herlitz Inventory Management team and the Affiliated Foods Inc.

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Unleashed

JUNE 18, 2019

To paint a picture, let’s look back on the peanut butter recall in the United States in 2008-2009. The peanut factory’s inventory stock was contaminated with salmonella and the company’s production chain sent it onwards. Check reviews for quality and ask if they have had any issues with their inventory stock.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. We find that this is true of too few companies. Supply Chain Design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014. In the period of 2008-2009, both supply chains made some major shifts. It is a strong downward trend.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 10, 2021

Cambridge Capital was founded in 2009 as the investment affiliate of BG Strategic Advisors (www.bgsa.com), the advisor of choice for a large, growing number of supply chain CEOs. Cambridge Capital leverages BGSA’s unique approach to strategy-led investment banking for the supply chain.

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Logility

OCTOBER 3, 2016

One could argue that Machine Learning could contribute to meeting cost, revenue and customer service goals, but clearly there’s more focus today on basic supply chain planning capabilities like Demand Planning, Inventory Optimization, Sales & Operations Planning, and Supply Planning and Optimization.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. We then rated companies on their ability to manage and improve a portfolio of metrics: operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Supply chain planners (I’m lumping in all the silos, including demand, supply, inventory and capacity planning) today are dealing with challenges that were unimaginable when Lotus notes were the next big thing. Is running a multi-echelon inventory optimization even something a capacity planner has interest in? Times have changed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2019

The teams in these seats did not experience the down market in 2007 or the start of the market run in 2009. Companies cannot save their way to supply chain excellence with cost-cutting and inventory management — customer back capabilities. The impact may surprise us. Today, we have younger leaders driving clicks on the keyboards.

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RELEX Solutions

AUGUST 15, 2016

Picadeli , which has over 1,500 salad bars in Sweden, Finland and Denmark, has chosen RELEX’s supply chain management system to handle its inventory management and replenishment. Previously Picadeli’s inventory and replenishment management was largely run manually. Picadeli is part of the Green Food Group and it employs 70 persons.

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QAD

JUNE 8, 2021

Very similar to the crisis in 2008-2009 and much to the surprise of industry analysts, automotive demand came back much quicker than expected. Insufficient inventory visibility throughout the supply chain. see Figure 2) was added in response to shortages and disruptions that occurred in 2008-2009. In addition to 6.2.1.7,

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