Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 19, 2014

This year, we will publish two new books: Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and The Shaman’s Journal. Supply Chain Metrics That Matter will publish in December 2014. The book details what is possible, and at what rate, for metrics improvement based on lessons from leaders. The book can be pre-ordered from Amazon.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

Inventory Turns (15%) (based on 2014 results). Growth 10% (Year-over-Year comparison of 2013 versus 2014). Supply chain leaders manage a complex system of non-linear, but very inter-connected metrics. Leaders need to balance a portfolio of metrics. Year-over-year Improvement at the Intersections of the Metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

It is for this reason, that we analyze the patterns of the Metrics That Matter using orbit charts over the period of 2006-2014. The analysis is designed to analyze supply chain leader success on a portfolio of metrics. Nine out of ten are stuck unable to make improvements in these Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The Journal will be published quarterly, and will be a collection of posts from the Supply Chain Shaman blog. In January, 2014 the Shaman’s blog will be four-years old. How time flies… One of the problems with a blog is that as it becomes bigger, it becomes more and more difficult for the reader to access old posts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2014, ecommerce strategies grew in importance. Problems continue, but 2014 was the year of experimentation. The brand owner is always responsible for service, and from what I see in the 2014 holiday period, many of these stories are ripe for Saturday night live. Details matter. Execution is essential. The answer is yes.

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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. Most readers of this blog know how I feel about the Gartner Top 25. We will share this data at our Supply Chain Insights Global Summit to be held in Scottsdale, AZ on September 10-11, 2014. I shake my head.

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Kinaxis

MAY 21, 2015

by CJ Wehlage On May 29, 2014, I posted a blog about the Top 25 Supply Chains predictions for 2015. I would have preferred adding and changing the metrics to rank the companies rather that a category to remove two. Almost a year later, that was 100% correct. Ok, here’s my reasoning. Caterpillar falls out and L’Oreal comes in.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

The answer lays ahead… In this blog, I share insights on current results. The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. A Look Back. It is seldom a step change. It is seldom a step change.

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Unleashed

MARCH 2, 2021

Wearable healthcare works by collecting a user’s wellbeing and fitness data, and creating a personalised database of the user’s health metrics. They work by collecting a user’s wellbeing and fitness data, and creating a personalised database of the user’s health metrics. It can then respond to the user’s needs, such as cooling down.

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Supply Chain Insights

MARCH 16, 2015

Nine out of ten companies are stuck: unable to make progress on a portfolio of supply chain metrics. The simulation game is tied to the work we are doing with Arizona State University’s Operations Research group on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. One focus to create content for supply chain visionaries. We want to help.

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Logility

MAY 7, 2020

Key Performance Metrics: The ability to identify and measure KPIs will help prioritize and measure transformation efforts. Accenture, 2014. www.logility.com/blog , 2017. Common Data Platform: Enables visibility, analysis and performance measurement of cross-functional processes. www.forbes.com , 2015. 3 Lisa Harrington.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

In 2014 Thoma Bravo acquired GHX, a Supply Chain Operating Network for healthcare. In 2014 OpenText acquired GXS. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is writing her third book, Leadership Matters. Is the announcement good for the industry? While, in 2012, SAP acquired Ariba.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

I will write more on this in my next blog post.). In this blog, I hope that I push you too. In addition, I am now done with the page proofs for my new book, Metrics that Matter. Instead, he wants to drive supply chain excellence and build the metrics that matter. The book publishes in December 2014.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

We trudge on with our top posts from our main blog categories by page view for all of 2014 from the Cerasis blog by featuring another area Cerasis is an expert in: Transportation. Top 16 Most Popular Transportation Blog Posts of 2014. Read the Full Blog Post. Read the Full Blog Post.

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Logility

APRIL 8, 2014

These were just a few of the themes discussed at this year’s Connections 2014, Logility’s customer conference. Bryan Ball highlighted the top disruptive supply chain trends including the increasing speed of business, talent and training, and measurement and metric alignment. He can be reached at blog@logility.com.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. The adoption of Terra’s products were brisk until 2011, but during 2012-2014 sales softened, resulting in employee layoffs and downsizing. However, there are no sure bets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

Writing a Shaman blog post is now a Sunday night ritual. When readers finish a Supply Chain Shaman blog, I want to drive a set of unique takeaways. Debra built the Gartner Hierarchy of supply chain metrics. She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, at the Supply Chain Shaman blog, and for Forbes.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

economic output into 2014. percent, marking the largest drop in this metric since last July. Vitiello is responsible for generating and curating Ultra’s Supply Chain Collaborator blog and the company’s library of technical papers, business case studies, e-newsletters and other materials. On one hand, new orders for U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

We developed the Supply Chain Index in 2014 as a way to measure supply chain improvement at a balance sheet level. I responded, by saying that I believe that the SCOR model and the Gartner Hierarchy of Metrics reward functional behavior and improve functional outcomes. The conversation continued. I look forward to the discussion.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. We will feature over the next 7 business days each category’s top 10 most viewed posts over the course of 2014. Read Full Post.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

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). Second Phase: 2006-2014. Delivery Metrics: Perfect order delivery although good to continually refine. It is a story of when the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The primary impetus for IBM’s purchase of ILOG was for the BAM assets; and during the period of 2008-2014, sales by IBM of the Logictools product languished. It is morning in Orlando.

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Arkieva

APRIL 19, 2016

This blog is a follow-up on 2 earlier blogs ‘ Balancing Cash Cost and Service: The Supply Chain Triangle ’ and ‘ The Best Practice Frontier in the Supply Chain Triangle.’ In those blogs we have shown there is a lack of alignment when setting targets for the Cash, Cost and Service in companies. It proves to be more resilient.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

When we do these types of analysis, we look back at the data as far as we can reach (Y chart data is available only back to 2006 in a reliable form) and then we look at the period of 2006-2014 and the more recent period of 2011-2014. As I end this blog post, let me leave you with three thoughts. The difference? The So What?

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2013

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. IT enablement in areas like Mobile work management, Health and Safety, Metrics monitoring (KPI) etc. I will write more on this topic in my future blogs. Procurement Blog.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2015

In 2014, 70% of companies experienced three business discontinuity events with at least one resulting in a material impact to the balance sheet resulting in financial reporting. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 27, 2021

Folmar adds, “Achieving full-scale sustainability and circularity cannot happen without end-to-end alignment, hierarchical connectivity, integration of all parts of your supply chain (forward and reverse), performance metrics, and business processes.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Many which I’ve highlighted over the years in blogs and articles. In February 2022, I wrote the first of a five blog series using the name Intelligent IBP. Google’s Cassy Korzakov already had her DI definition in this blog from 2019 , and Lorien Pratt published the book Link about decision intelligence in that same year.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This is expected to result in the reduction of over 26 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions — the equivalent of taking five million-plus cars off the road for a full year. ”[8] As a result, by spring 2014, Google data centers used 50% less energy than the industry average. Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

Using quantitative surveys, we collected the data in Figure 1 in 2014. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, at the Supply Chain Shaman blog, and for Forbes.

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 15, 2014

RALEIGH, NC, April 15, 2014 — Is it important to connect your supply chain strategy with your business strategy? Creating Supply Chain Excellence Blog: www.tompkinsinc.com/category/blog/. According to a recent survey by Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium, nearly 80 percent of participants agree. CONTACT: Barbara Adams.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

From “5 New Year’s Resolutions for Supply Chain & Logistics Executives” originally published on January 14, 2014: 1. You have to equate the value proposition to metrics the CFO understands and cares about, such as working capital, cash flow, and other items linked to the company’s P&L and balance sheet. Ask “What are the risks?”more

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

We wanted to see which companies were driving the fastest rate of improvement on the supply chain metrics that matter. If L’Oreal had performed above the industry sub-segment for inventory turns, they would have made the list for the Supply Chains to Admire for 2014. We studied this pre and post-recession.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 28, 2019

They explain, “If a company scores an impressive 99 percent in all four categories measured by the standard Perfect Order Metric (POM) — complete, on time, damage-free, proper documentation with correct invoicing — the result would be a POM score of just 96 percent. ” Apptricity Blog , 25 November 2014. [2]

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

A 2014 article in the UK’s Guardian suggests consumers will be creating the majority of their own goods at home, while traditional manufacturers will be relegated “to only producing highly technical and specialist products.” Not an easy task. Now that may sound eerily familiar to some of you.

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Locus

MARCH 30, 2022

Its historical data insights on various delivery metrics help you evaluate the performance of delivery partners and rectify the inefficiencies that crop up. The same report also projected that India will add 404 million urban dwellers between 2014 and 2050. Improve flexibility of pharma deliveries. Reach out to Locus for a demo today!

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, for Linkedin , and for Forbes.

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