Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

turns in 2013. Kellogg posted 19% margin in 2013 and 6.96 turns in 2013 but fell to 11% margin and 6.05 Orbit Charts for Kimberly-Clark and Kellogg for 2013-2022 A good friend of mine, asked, “Isn’t this the impact of the pandemic.” This work completed in 2013 defined the Supply Chains to Admire.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Adrian Gonzalez (@talkinlogistics) September 24, 2013. I don’t know about you, but it’s very exciting to see supply chain and logistics come out of the shadows and take center stage in the business strategies of manufacturers and retailers — and, in some cases, become the difference between corporate failure and success.

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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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

Instead, what I observed when I looked at the data, was that most companies that I had worked with (in my role as an industry analyst, I had worked with over 300) were going backwards on margin and inventory turns. Resiliency is the pattern at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. “Ugh,” I said.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2024

Nvidia, Northrup Grumman, PACCAR Inc, PCA (Packaging Corporation of America), ResMed, Rockwell Automation, Ross Stores, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) Company, Tempur-Pedic, TJX, Toro, Toyota, West Pharma, United Tractors, and Urban Outfitters. An average margin of 21% with inventory turns of 1.58 Challenge this paradigm.)

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Drones are enabling organizations to use employees more efficiently and improve inventory accuracy in a world where consumers want everything cheap and now. Every company on the planet that has a significant supply chain operation is plagued by inventory reconciliation problems. The only debate would be the scale of the problem.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We believe that a supply chain leader is defined by both the level of performance on the Effective Frontier (balance of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Profitability and Inventory Turns) and driving supply chain improvement. Resiliency is the tightness of the pattern, or the reliability of operating margin and inventory turns results.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

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. Companies tightly coupling the budget to S&OP have significantly higher inventories and lower growth than their peer group. Mistake #3. The order represents true demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

On the 2nd of April, I sat before a board discussing how a company could exceed expectations in the delivery of Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and superior operating margins and fail at the delivery of customer service and inventory. An Orbit Chart of Customer Service (Case Fill) Versus Inventory Turns.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 13, 2014

It is evident that this is crucial, as most manufacturers are still citing incidents of supply chain disruptions resulting from the lack of information visibility. Demand management General News Inventory management Sales and operations planning (S&OP) Supply chain management' What do you think?

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 14, 2013

Date: 12-14 november 2013. Connect with 100+ senior supply chain executives from retailers and manufacturers and build your professional network. Key Topics to be Discussed at the 2013 CSCO Forum. Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum/ 3PL Summit. Venue: Steigenberger Airport Hotel, Amsterdam. Organisation: Eyefortransport.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

One of my insights from doing the industry analysis for the Supply Chains to Admire each year is that smaller and less well-known companies outperform larger and better-known manufacturers. The analysis is biased toward large process-based manufacturers in the Gartner network. Is this success? I don’t think so. Learning Stalled.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

We first started writing about and featuring reshoring content back in September of 2013, and have since added 10 more reshoring related posts in our reshoring blog category. Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., 70% of manufacturers indicate that volatile energy costs are a major concern.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

Medical Device Manufacturer. While hospital supply chain organizations have made progress in the last decade, the gap has widened between the supplier sectors of pharmaceuticals and medical device manufacturers and other manufacturing industries. Published by Supply Chain Insights in January 2013. The problem is us.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2013

This morning, I woke to receive this email in my inbox: Good morning Lora, I have read with pleasure the insightful report related to SC 2020 (race for Supply Chain – April 2013). Analyze opportunities to pool outbound freight with other manufacturers. The event is in Scottsdale, AZ on September 11th and 12th, 2013 at the Phoenician.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“The idea of the value chain is based on the process view of organizations, the idea of seeing a manufacturing (or service) organisation as a system, made up of subsystems each with inputs, transformation processes and outputs. ” Institute for Manufacturing, 2013. __. Tipping points are fascinating to watch.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2015

Supply chain management in manufacturing is by no means a simple process, but the United States is learning from past mistakes and they're poised to start playing a little catch-up in the manufacturing world due to their expertise. Government Weighs In on Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing. The Numbers Are In.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 6, 2014

Zhongron supplies aluminum alloy wheel hubs to another company, Citic Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co., As I wrote back in May 2013, if you want to create socially responsible supply chains, you have to develop a more granular and detailed understanding of your supply chains. which is a supplier to General Motors (GM).

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. We look at 6 core areas that manufacturing companies will take a long look at as they gear up for a successful 2016. E-Commerce for Manufacturing. Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

Only 29% of manufacturers easily manage total cost trade-offs. Total cost analysis is more difficult than it sounds and most technology implementations automated functional measurement systems (manufacturing or procurement), but leave the organization blind on the management of total costs. The reason? The reason? Is this leadership?

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Finn-Tack, with an international customer base with growing global demand, has two production plants in China, and the Ukraine, manufacturing riding equipment and clothing. Optimiza inventory management software was developed to enable companies to build an inventory model that simulates the unique characteristics of their business.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Cyber Risks of Building Automation Systems: The Target Hack If you don’t think cybersecurity for the built environment is a risk, consider the well-publicized cyber attack on major retailer Target back in 2013. Other basic foundational tasks for setting up a good cybersecurity program include doing a good asset inventory.

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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. Performance of High Tech and Electronics Supply Chains for the Periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. Third Phase: 2013-future.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

While other “lists” use ROA, Inventory Turns and Revenue Growth, I find Lora’s science very objective. She is analyzing growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and return on invested capital, performance and improvement over time. . “ The New Yorker, James Surowiecki, September 3, 2013.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2013

The research tries to establish “ who did supply chain best ” by looking at a weighted formula of Year-over-Year Growth, Return on Assets (ROA), and Inventory Turns for the Fortune 500 companies. Inventory Turns values are based on an average of quarterly reporting for the past year. Inventory Turns is only part of the story.

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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.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2015

According to reports on 3DPrint.com and the Wall Street Journal , Amazon filed for a patent in Novmeber 2013 titled, “Providing Services Related to Item Delivery via 3D Manufacturing On Demand.” Here’s the abstract plus a drawing from the patent : Methods and systems can be provided for providing items manufactured on demand to users.

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QAD

JULY 16, 2024

Staying on top of global Unique Device Identification (UDI) regulatory compliance can improve outcomes for both patients and medical device manufacturers The U.S. However, the GUDID is fairly established, and by now, most manufacturers are aware of submission requirements, while EUDAMED is constantly evolving.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Recessionary environments cause disruptions in the manufacturing industry around the globe, leading to long lead times, shortages, rising prices, and complications in transportation lines. In 2013, Target experienced a data breach that exposed the personal information of 40 million customers. in 2021 compared to the year before.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Shining a light in the world of visibility, asset management and inventory tracking, is that of radio frequency identification (RFID). Loss to manufacturers = $7.5 billion to retailers). billion (mainly due to customer substitution choices). Cost of unsaleables = $2.5 billion (approximately 1.14% of sales).

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Talking Logistics

MAY 2, 2014

JDA held its annual user conference this week, where it announced its Distribution-Centric Supply Chain Suite, “an integrated set of cloud-based best-of-breed supply chain planning and execution solutions that holistically and iteratively solve inventory planning, replenishment and order fulfillment challenges.” million earned in Q1 2013.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 16, 2013

Inventory mismanagement. Ingrained attitudes can block better inventory practices. Depending on which corporate silo you belong to, inventory can be a liability, an asset, or something in between. How do supply chain (SC) professionals overcome these biases and implement optimal inventory management solutions?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

The next big disaster of 2013 could be the Category 5 Typhoon Usagi that is set to hit Taiwan, Hong Kong and China Mainland this Sunday. From a US import manufacturer perspective, it may be good enough to assume periodic natural disaster disruptions and develop climate adaptation supply chain contingency plans.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart would not have the ability to provide such low prices and have consistent inventory in the over 5,000 stores in the United States and over 1.3 restaurant industry made in 2013. About 81% of Walmart merchandise passed through those centers in 2013, the website said. Decades in the Making.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 23, 2013

2013 Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Embracing Global Logistics Complexity to Drive Market Advantage. They are based on 1757 responses collected in an international survey from supply chain executives (including logistics service providers (LSPs), retailers, and manufacturing companies). Key Trends.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 5, 2017

In 2013 the Demand-Driven Institute redefined the term “demand-driven,” giving it a very different meaning than the Demand-Driven Value Network concept defined by AMR Research in 1996. 3) Use the probability of demand (not the fixed numbers) to drive the flows and buffer strategies for inventory and material planning.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2016

Whether we like it or not, every company on the planet with any significant supply chain operation has an inventory reconciliation problem. It doesn’t matter if you are a retailer, manufacturer or logistics service provider, or if you have the latest and greatest warehouse management system. Why not 100%? Why should we care?

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