Comparison Inventory Manufacturing 
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 19, 2020
They rock back and forth in improving singular metrics but struggle to improve a portfolio of growth, margin, inventory performance, and asset utilization. Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.
Kinaxis
OCTOBER 20, 2014
by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. Unfortunately, all the same kinds of things can happen to your supply chain inventory. and it didn’t leak. What about next week?
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RFgen
DECEMBER 27, 2024
Running a manufacturing business isn’t easy. You’re juggling production schedules, managing inventory, keeping an eye on finances, and making sure everything runs smoothly on the shop floor. That’s where a manufacturing ERP comes in. It’s a lot to handle. Let’s get started.
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. Days of Inventory Comparison. Now, let’s take consumer products. The answer?
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
If S&OP efforts were that effective, don’t you think that we would have made more progress against inventory levels, margin, and growth? In part, this results in increasing swings in inventory in response to shifts in consumer demand as one moves further up the supply chain. And how do we measure it? (Is Go to the source.
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. Methodology Comparison. The reason?
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 19, 2018
It is now our fifth year of analyzing balance sheets to understand which companies are outperforming their peer groups on the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while driving improvement. In Table 3, I share a comparison of the two methodologies. This work is not easy.
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