Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

A clear definition of purpose and alignment of business process to corporate strategy is an apparent characteristic of companies that outperform. The broader the definition of end-to-end strategy and the alignment of supply chain processes drives value. Functional excellence, when taken to an extreme sub-optimizes the supply chain. (The

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 19, 2014

This year, we will publish two new books: Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and The Shaman’s Journal. We are adding these two new books for your bookshelf to stand beside Bricks Matter which published in December, 2012. Supply Chain Metrics That Matter will publish in December 2014. It is hard to not get cranky and out-of-sorts.

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Supply Chain Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

We founded Supply Chain Insights on February 9th, 2012. Over the course of 2012, I feel that we made a lot of progress. To this end, we are also expanding services with the launch of public training on supply chain excellence (based on the published book Bricks Matter). It has been one year. The team is learning every day.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. alone, colleges and universities awarded 83,263 bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2012, a 37% increase over the 60,605 degrees conferred in 2002. Breaking it down In the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During During the period of 2006-2012, Campbell Soup Company outperformed its peer group on the Supply Chain Index. Food and Beverage Company Performance on the Supply Chain Index for the Period of 2006-2012. We named it the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 25, 2013

The relationship between corporate financial performance and supply chain metrics was complex; and in my first attempts, I was unable to derive a correlation. The year 2012 marked the 30th anniversary of the use of supply chain management as a cross-functional process for source, make and deliver in the commercial sector. Definitions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Likewise, while Colgate, Unilever and P&G have built strong supply chain cultures with a focus on training, career moves and technical training, Kimberly-Clark is a laggard. I was challenged on this in 2012 by a client, and it forced me to do deeper research.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2021

My first training in 2012 was with Ideo. Remember the need for goal clarity, rules, and clear metrics in my opening paragraph? ” My reply is a tangled web of realizations, but let’s start with the definition and then explore the issues. Lessons Learned From Design Thinking.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2013

It is a quest and the subject of my next book, Metrics That Matter , that will publish in September, 2014. We used the period of 2006 to 2012 to build the model and we used the formula to attempt to predict 2013. BASF has a more consistent, and focused supply chain strategy. .” As I shuffle along, I am not sure.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

The adoption of Terra’s products were brisk until 2011, but during 2012-2014 sales softened, resulting in employee layoffs and downsizing. In July 2012 E2open went public on the NASDAQ; and in March 2015, after a series of financial earnings disappointments, Insight Venture Partners funded E2open to become private.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Logility

JANUARY 15, 2014

Comparison of Owens Illinois Versus Sonoco Products for the Period of 2000-2012. Both companies were initiating a growth strategy. There are three simple reasons: Clarity of Strategy. Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio. The leadership team at Sonoco Products aligned a metrics portfolio against a business strategy in 2010.

S&OP 101

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Logility

JANUARY 15, 2014

Comparison of Owens Illinois Versus Sonoco Products for the Period of 2000-2012. Both companies were initiating a growth strategy. There are three simple reasons: Clarity of Strategy. Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio. The leadership team at Sonoco Products aligned a metrics portfolio against a business strategy in 2010.

S&OP 100

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2015

According to the press release : The proposed standards are expected to lower CO2 emissions by approximately 1 billion metric tons, cut fuel costs by about $170 billion, and reduce oil consumption by up to 1.8 billion barrels over the lifetime of the vehicles sold under the program. The redesign has saved the company €1.2 million a year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

While, in 2012, SAP acquired Ariba. While it is too early to judge the impact of the acquisition strategy on E2open and GT Nexus, it is clear that SAP’s acquisition of Ariba slowed development and innovation. The technology market for B2B supply chain is consolidating. This announcement is consistent with this trend.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

The most popular posts are on demand management and Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. In 2012, I am proud that we have published 24 reports, completed 14 quantitative research studies and have had over 72,000 views of our work on Slideshare. Over the course of 2012, I feel that we made a lot of progress.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2015

To thrive in today’s dynamic supply chain environment, it’s critical to continue challenging the status quo and to proactively find ways to drive innovation and optimization. What key metrics should they be driving for as an organization? Have business constraints changed and opened the door to more optimization possibilities?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

California, for example, passed the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 , which went into effect in January 2012. On the federal government front, President Obama signed an Executive Order Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts on September 25, 2012.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Abby and Mikey on my team have built a database of financial ratios from publicly available balance sheets from 1995-2012. We are trying to understand how supply chain leaders have raised the bar at the intersection of these four sets of metrics on the supply chain effective frontier. reference Carbon Disclosure Project 2012).

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

She joined Novo Nordisk in 2012. The Novo Nordisk corporate strategy is very well communicated and cascaded throughout the organization. I believe when the vision is clear and well-communicated then it is easier to build the right supply chain strategy. Next-Generation Supply Chain Training. Here we share the Q&A.

Pharmaceutical 150

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Commit to systems and process training. performance metrics to influence vendor behavior and impact sourcing choices. Order visibility and control combine with logistics strategies to realize transportation savings that impact the bottom line. Robinson through the acquisition of Phoenix International Freight Services in 2012.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 4, 2013

At the age of 58, I buried my mother in November 2012. This landed me in an intense discussion with my trainer and my doctor about blood flow into the brain through endurance training, and how that might reduce the risk of me getting Alzheimer’s. I started training six hours a week and lost 37 pounds. It is hard.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 29, 2015

Figure 1 came from the 2012 study. (We E2open went public in July 2012 and in February 2015 participated in a private buy-out for $273M by Insight Venture Partners. Prior to the buy-out, E2open’s stock price was battered with a decline in the company’s shares by 74% over the last year. 3) Higher User Satisfaction.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In 2012, this turned into an IT problem: the tablets were being dropped from the tops of tractors with no warranty available. Improved On-The-Job Training. AGCO envisioned employing a 3×3 training metrics: every operation would have 3 people able to execute it, and every person would be able to do 3 operations.

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Logility

JANUARY 16, 2018

I was guilty of this from time to time when I led a demand-planning group because we were evaluated on forecast accuracy as one of our key metrics. 1 A Broader Span for Demand Sensing and Demand Shaping Across Industries and Time Horizons, Gartner: 27 June 2012. Here in lays the crux of the issue with demand sensing.

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3PL Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Amazon is on the forefront of automation in the warehouse , currently using 45,000 Kiva Robots, after purchasing the company Kiva Systems in 2012 (they’re now renamed “Amazon robots”). Metrics: Autonomous vehicles have sensors to automatically gather data, which can be uploaded to various applications, hosted onsite or in the cloud.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2013

« Linear Asset Management and Dynamic Segmentation- Part II | Main | Global Template Solution - Approach » Business Process Optimization in Asset Management. Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) focuses on optimizing life cycle of an Asset such as plant equipment, facilities etc. Instance Consolidation Strategy.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2016

3PLs are being asked by shippers to create better metrics to provide both added understanding and a deeper perspective as to what’s occurring inside their business both yesterday, in real time and tomorrow. You need the right strategy and processes behind it. Understanding and executing upon on-time delivery is a given nowadays.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

But companies often have diverging incentives and interests from their supply chain partners, so when they independently strive to optimize their individual objectives, the expected result can be compromised. ”. I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

By 2012 Quiet had revenues of $37 million, was profitable, and in no need of any more investment. “If In a way, Quiet Logistics was disintermediated when Amazon bought their supplier Kiva as part of Amazon’s own vertical integration strategy and as a way to improve their own advantages. Their metrics just don’t make sense.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2015

I have done this report twice before–once in 2012 and again in 2013. In addition, 85% of the vendors in the multi-tier inventory optimization market that I wrote about in 1995, are now part of larger platforms. The documentation is evolving and there are few trained consultants. What Is New? It is a rewrite. Visualization.

S&OP 150

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

New e-commerce strategies threaten UPS, FedEx ( Reuters ). As I’ve commented in previous postings, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business opportunity (see Reuters article from December 2012).

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Understanding this relationship requires modeling. (A A Case Study.

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Logility

MAY 21, 2012

That was the question Michael Uskert, managing vice president, Gartner, asked at the end of the day 1 keynote at Gartner’s 2012 Supply Chain Executive Conference. What is your moon? In Dana Stiffler’s words, it’s the tools, the technology companies have in place that can make the difference.

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Logility

MAY 21, 2012

That was the question Michael Uskert, managing vice president, Gartner, asked at the end of the day 1 keynote at Gartner’s 2012 Supply Chain Executive Conference. What is your moon? In Dana Stiffler’s words, it’s the tools, the technology companies have in place that can make the difference.

Gartner 100

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Kinaxis

MARCH 5, 2015

A staggering 56% of IT projects don’t deliver on the intended benefits (2012 Mckinsey/Oxford). Train all users, both at go-live and beyond, and make sure training materials are accessible. It’s also vital you’ve pre-defined the metrics for adoption, and communicated them to the entire team.

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The study also tested how bi-directional orchestration versus the more traditional approach of multi-tier inventory optimization could improve LKQ Europe’s inventory buy plan. . Founded in February 2012 by Lora Cecere, Supply Chain Insights LLC is in its tenth year of operation. About Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

Last week in the middle of a presentation, a supply chain leader made the statement, “We have solved the issues in supply through better optimization and use of data. These architectures were defined based on simple, deterministic optimization using the principles of a ”push-based” supply chain. The issue is demand.

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