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. The group’s response is, “Are these supply chain metrics?”

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Supply Chain Planning Software Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Gartner 300

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?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Days of Inventory Comparison. The first story is about a large regional food manufacturer. The second story is about a regional beverage manufacturer. The supply chain team is subservient to manufacturing, with the plant managers believing that they understand supply chain management basics. The answer?

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It’s an essential process for achieving maximum success in manufacturing. Effective implementation of workforce optimisation strategies ensures you have the valuable workforce resources you need for the growth of your manufacturing operations. Greater efficiency WFO practices improve manufacturing efficiency and eliminate waste.

Waste Reduction 52

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QAD

JULY 23, 2020

This is especially true for manufacturers. To grow and thrive, manufacturers need to develop best practices, benchmark against those best practices and formulate action plans. What are the Benefits of Manufacturing Performance Benchmarking? Benchmarking Best Practices: Setting a Manufacturing Performance Benchmark.

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QAD

JULY 23, 2020

This is especially true for manufacturers. To grow and thrive, manufacturers need to develop best practices, benchmark against those best practices and formulate action plans. What are the Benefits of Manufacturing Performance Benchmarking? Benchmarking Best Practices: Setting a Manufacturing Performance Benchmark.

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Benchmarking Metrics Manufacturing Six Sigma 144

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 is the fun part of my job.

Gartner 212

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Price index and price elasticity are useful metrics on their own, and a combination of these can help determine the right price point to maximize revenue and profit. Comparison of these profiles then gives us store clusters with similar demand, and based on these insights, assortment plans can be developed to address the difference.

Optimal Sourcing 215

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

A balance sheet analysis shows that 95% of publicly traded manufacturers are stuck (when compared to peer group) at the intersection of growth and margin, margin and inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and growth. When companies were growing, I also discovered that the cost and inventory metrics better aligned with peers.

Gartner 198

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2023

Definitions: Oxymoron: The combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness) Juxtaposition: The act of placing words or concepts close together or side by side, for comparison or contrast. ” Today only 7% of manufacturers are innovators. What makes the company believe that they are best practices?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

The Focus Inside-out Supported by Functional Metrics. Functional excellence drove regional supply chain performance in the 1990s, but a focus on functional metrics in large, global and complex supply chains over the last two decades threw the supply chain out of balance. Functional Intitiatives Without Clarity on Supply Chain Strategy.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 13, 2023

New manufacturing data reveals the small to medium manufacturing sector remains in recovery mode, with global performance largely mapping to local economic conditions. New Zealand manufacturing, meanwhile, is at an historic inflection point, with stagnant performance in multiple sectors.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 20, 2019

Companies moving to BPO in these practice areas are experiencing supply chain improvements in metrics such as inventory turnover and customer service. By comparison, vendors have been investing in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics to enhance their offerings. versus $4.84 For example ….

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. Based in Paris, L’Oréal is a global personal care manufacturing company.

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Case Study Inventory Reduction Agile and Lean Supply Chain Study 263

Silvon Software

MAY 24, 2022

In today’s dynamic business environment, a well-designed sales analytics program can easily become a competitive advantage for manufacturers by allowing them to quickly adapt to changing market conditions, trends and customer demands. Appropriate sales metrics also help identify the state of sales regarding time-based goals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2023

In the survey, APQC used a series of performance metrics, including net promoter score, customer retention rate, perfect order performance, and on-time delivery among others, to identify the top performing companies. By comparison, 85 percent of orders are accomplished in one delivery for those at the 75th percentile.

Sustainability 210

Sustainability Optimal Sourcing Logistics Material Savings 210

ToolsGroup

AUGUST 20, 2019

Companies moving to BPO in these practice areas are experiencing supply chain improvements in metrics such as inventory turnover and customer service. By comparison, vendors have been investing in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics to enhance their offerings. versus $4.84 For example ….

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Gartner Supply Chain Software 136

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 19, 2023

Many manufacturers have successfully implemented an ERP system to streamline their business processes and improve efficiency. In comparison while ERP systems collect and manage data across the business, including inventory management, they lack the comprehensive capabilities of a dedicated WMS. What is a Warehouse Management System?

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Inventory Reduction Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Management Software 98

Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

What is Procurement’s North Star Metric? The North Star Metric (NSM). As published by Forbes in a 2017 article, “The North Star metric concept originally emerged from Silicon Valley and is best utilized by companies that invest in long-term sustainable growth. These sub-metrics should be your own mini-North Star Metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?” A common issue in financially-driven companies is the heavy utilization of manufacturing assets past reasonable limits throwing the supply chain out of balance. Background. 4 Maximize Buffers.

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Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting 189

GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 8, 2018

E-commerce has presented wholesale distributors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with a crown opportunity for growth, but it comes at the cost of transitioning from single-channel shipping. Some of these, reports Channel Advisor , include: Multichannel fulfillment has an increased cost in comparison to traditional shipping.

Shipping 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Shipping approximately 400 million selling units consisting of 700 million manufactured units per year, Carter’s employs about 4,000 employees at its peak. Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As Performance on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.

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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. Aligned Metrics. Can you help us with what you see in the data?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

Meaningless Comparison. I just don’t think the comparison of very different industries in a spreadsheet based on growth, inventory values, and Return on Assets (ROA) is meaningful. As a result, the metrics have to be viewed together as a pattern over time. I find value in looking at these metrics together.

Gartner 304

Gartner Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Pharmaceutical 304

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

It is for this reason, that I discount the reporting by APQC, Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF) and Grocery Manufacturing Association (GMA) benchmarking data. While every company will agree that this data is VERY important, the lack of standard definition precludes comparison. A lag is the comparison against points in time.

Benchmarking 150

Benchmarking Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning 150

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Many of my clients talk about a customer-centric supply chain but rely on useless metrics from an annual survey or a net promoter score. I called the customer service line for the manufacturer and was told that the only thing I could do was call a maintenance specialist. A Comparison Of Company Performance To Industry Average.

Customer Service 298

Customer Service Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design 298

GlobalTranz

JULY 5, 2016

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). It was also evident that many folks wanted more information around KPIs and Metrics, as our top 5 included two posts from this sub-category. Our first post covered the Top 5 Freight Management blogs of 2016.

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SupplyPike

AUGUST 20, 2019

Therefore, each retailer tends to use similar sales metrics with a few exceptions. Those new to retail metrics may not know what critical sales or metrics are or why they are so critical for Walmart sales analytics. Necessarily, these metrics inform every part of Walmart sales analytics- from the simple to the advanced.

Analytics Software 53

Analytics Software Analytics Supply Chain Planning Software Metrics 53

Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 10, 2020

While Grealou spoke of manufacturing, that view applies to all shippers and the need to measure throughput. The so-called perfect order metric is the ideal supply chain KPI. But the metric shows how well a warehouse operates. That’s why it’s crucial to track the comparison between the two. Delivery On-Time-In-Full.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In the automotive sector, leading manufacturers have worked closely with their suppliers to implement lean manufacturing techniques and “Just-in-Time” (JIT) inventory systems. The ultimate goal is to enhance value creation while maintaining strong supplier partnerships and ensuring high-quality product or service delivery.

Negotiating Skills 52

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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 Supply Chain Metrics That Matter are a portfolio of metrics which correlate to higher market capitalization. Comparison of Performance and Improvement of Companies in the Chemical Industry for 2009-2015.

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Logility

JANUARY 15, 2014

Comparison of Owens Illinois Versus Sonoco Products for the Period of 2000-2012. Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio. OI) is a $7 billion manufacturer of glass bottles while Sonoco Products is a $5 billion manufacturer of paper packaging. Each of the supply chains had a different target in the metrics portfolios.

S&OP 101

S&OP Illinois Agile and Lean Supply Chain Inventory Reduction 101

Logility

JANUARY 15, 2014

Comparison of Owens Illinois Versus Sonoco Products for the Period of 2000-2012. Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio. OI) is a $7 billion manufacturer of glass bottles while Sonoco Products is a $5 billion manufacturer of paper packaging. Each of the supply chains had a different target in the metrics portfolios.

S&OP 100

S&OP Illinois Agile and Lean Supply Chain Inventory Reduction 100

Unleashed

JANUARY 4, 2024

The product sourcing process can include: Market research Product research Vendor procurement Price comparison Supplier negotiations Product sourcing acts as the first and most important step in the successful execution of a business’s procurement strategy. Where can you source products from?

Purchasing Skills 52

Purchasing Skills Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies 52

QAD

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Obtaining an “apples to apples” comparison can be difficult unless each department uses one data’s source and a common terminology. The S&OP plan provides transparency regarding performance metrics. S&OP Helps Eliminate Underperformance Plan deviations will occur including financial and operational plans.

S&OP 52

S&OP Supply and Demand Sourcing Strategies Resource Reduction 52

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

Year after year, well intentioned people toiled against improving metrics that reduced, not improved, the effectiveness of the supply chain. The example that I give in the first post is the focus of manufacturing strategies to drive strong results to improve Return on Assets (ROA) that have actually caused a deterioration in operating margin.

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