Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 9, 2021

Focus on functional metrics without alignment to a balanced scorecard to drive value. Over the last decade, in the building of global supply chains, organizations grew more political with gaming on metrics. The goal of the conference is to Imagine the Supply Chain of 2030. Mistake #3. The agenda publishes in May.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 2, 2014

I’ve been using the word convergence to describe many of the trends occurring in the supply chain and logistics field today, and convergence was certainly evident at Roadnet’s perform 2014 User Conference a few weeks ago. The post Takeaways from Roadnet perform 2014 User Conference appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2014

This week, I spoke at the Llamasoft Summercon Conference. The conference was low-key. We laughed, and felt a bit silly, leaving the conference room holding our new furry tchotchkes. So, as I cleared my throat to present at the Summercon conference, I looked into the eyes of over 500 supply chain professionals.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2013

This week, Gartner is hosting their annual supply chain conference. The AMR Top 25 was the first methodology that tried to connect financial metrics with supply chain excellence. It elevated the discussion on supply chain excellence and drove more discipline and rigor in the use of financial metrics. The intent was good.

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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. I wanted to better understand which metrics truly mattered. The Metrics That Matter Are Different by Industry Sector. However, as many of you know, I am stubborn.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

Interview for Metrics That Matter. My kitchen table is piled high with interviews for the upcoming book, Metrics That Matter. I need it for my conference on September 10th-11th, 2014. I recently interviewed him for my upcoming book, Metrics that Matter, that publishes in August 2014. ” Supply Chain Leader.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

I smiled on the week following the conference as the accolades piled up in my inbox. Attending the conference was Alexia Howard, Senior Research Analyst – US Foods for Sanford C. Following the conference, Alexia asked for me to share the methodology with over 150 financial analysts. Aligned Metrics.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2017

A notable exception is MercuryGate (a Talking Logistics sponsor), which was founded 17 years ago and recently held its annual user conference in Las Vegas. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘The Future of Delivery,” which I love because it raises a lot of questions and possibilities (see my recent post on the topic).

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The homework is to bring a list of the data that you think could drive better decisions to the conference and ask the technology company for insights on how to best use different forms of data. At the session, we will discuss the choice of metrics for a balanced scorecard to improve market capitalization/employee by industry.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This year’s CSCMP conference reinforced that we’re in the early days of a massive transformation. And at the conference it was clear that the data problem is still huge and everyone needs a better way to solve it. The Data Problem. Cleaning it takes days. The Secret to Actionable AI Insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Yes, we will do this study yearly in the preparation for our annual conference. This conference is designed to challenge supply chain leaders to think differently. I am surprised at how many companies are raising improvement in one of the three metrics, but not driving performance improvements in the total portfolio.

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

Supply chain skills in high demand, digital twins, disruptive technologies, and other takeaways from the 2018 Gartner supply chain conference. I just returned from the highly engaging and inspiring Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Decoupling of economic recovery and job creation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

This week, at Supply Chain Insights LLC, we published our 11th report in the series titled Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. When companies look at singular metrics (labor costs or inventory), they have moved backwards. Aligning metrics matters. Functional metrics in isolation degrade value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 1, 2014

It is because the conversations at the conference were yesterday’s discussions. I heard Stryker share the story of adoption over a period of five years at the GHX conference last year. At the Logimed conference, no one in the audience was aggressively adopting the standards. Why do I call this Throwback Thursday?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2012

I have attended conference after conference where I have seen the obligatory slide of “ We reduced X days of inventory, improved costs and driven XX% improvement in customer service.” You see it conference after conference. Ownership of Inventory as a Metric. It is in presentation after presentation.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 27, 2018

That was the key message Doug Braun, CEO of BluJay Solutions (a Talking Logistics sponsor), delivered in his keynote presentation at the SOAR 2018 Customer Conference last month. The post Competing on Customer Experience (Takeaways from BluJay Solutions’ SOAR 2018 Conference) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. As I squeezed into the middle seat of a crowded conference room, I got the stare. The research project analyzed 1200 combinations of 180 metrics for four hundred companies for the period of 2010-2012. The result?

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 4, 2015

In the first post our long tme guest blogger, Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chai n, gave us 5 core metrics to evaluate supplier performance using supplier quality management and a 4 step process to execute. Review of SQM Metrics and Issues Across 5 Core Industries. #1: Trend Metrics Collected per Site. Medical Devices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Seemingly, most supply chain leaders that are reading the press, or going to industry conferences, would believe that all four statements are true. Over the course of the last decade, I have carefully recorded and reported presentation after presentation from conference after conference and interview after interview with supply chain leaders.

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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. It is a conference to have you think differently and drive new outcomes. What Can We Learn?

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Supply Chain Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

I really did not want to do a conference, but I have been talked into doing this by popular request. The network of supply chain professionals are telling me that there are just too many conferences in the market that lack content and are too commercial. There will be no exhibit halls or paid speaking slots. The work has been hard.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

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. 5 Key Metrics to Use for Scoring Supplier Quality Management (From LNS Research ). The definition of this metric is similar to the way it sounds. Cost of quality.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Results from The Conference Board’s C-SUITE OUTLOOK survey showed supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and rising inflation to be 3 of the 5 high impact external factors on the minds of CEOs. Negative Impact from External Factors The Conference Board survey results indicated labor shortages and inflation to be top concerns for CEOs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. The winners drove long-term value (measured by market capitalization) while outperforming on the portfolio of metrics shown in Figure 1 and driving improvement faster than their peer groups. Celebrating Success. Target Setting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 29, 2014

As a result, the metrics have to be viewed together as a pattern over time. In the journey, the supply chain leader needs to improve the potential of a portfolio of metrics. The metrics of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Inventory Turns and Operating Margin have the highest correlation to market capitalization.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

While most companies have been able to make progress in one of these two critical metrics in the period of 2006-2013, they have not been able to make progress on both together. Here are five examples that will be discussed at the conference. With slowing growth, and the need to become more competitive, the pressure is on.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 30, 2014

2) The focus needs to be on driving a balanced portfolio of metrics that goes across the organization. Next week, I will be in Stockholm discussing the progress of European clients on the Effective Frontier at the Optilon Conference. Join us at the conference to hear us launch The 15 Supply Chains to Admire.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. The elevation journey actually began the day before the conference officially started. To wrap up, this was my first time attending the Command Alkon conference.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I was attending the Zycus Horizons 2014 conference at Amelia Island today, listening to speakers. A second response was provided by Niklas Hamnstedt Chief Procurement Officer at TE Connectivity: “I would like to see a stronger rating of supply risk and a supply risk metric.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Supply Chain Matters shares interview highlights with ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi in conjunction with this years ASCM CONNECT 2023 Conference. The Event The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) recently concluded its ASCM CONNECT 2023 North America Conference. Starting salaries are second only to data engineers.

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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. 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. It is a self-published paperback book.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, shared that insight during his keynote address at last week’s Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference. The post Supply Chain Talent: Insights from CSCMP Annual Conference appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

I am hearing it again in my interviews for the book Metrics That Matter. More encompassing of metrics beyond the growth, inventory and Return on Assets (ROA) metrics used in the Gartner Top 25. In the words of Marty Kisluik of FMC, “It takes at least three years to see results and five years to make it stable.”

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Talking Logistics

JULY 15, 2015

The theme of this year’s Descartes Evolution 2015 Global User & Partner Conference , held in May in Miami, Florida, was “Logistics Integration — What’s Next?” Important metrics include On Time Delivery from a customer’s perspective; Team Performance in the home; and Point of Sale experience. If not now, when?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 9, 2013

This research was the backbone of the Supply Chain Metrics that Matter series of reports. Instead, they have measured functional metrics or focused on projects. I believe that customer service is a critical metric and a key element of managing a complex supply chain system. The Building of the Index. Check them out!

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

The discussion in the conference room was to have a methodology to clearly define supply chain excellence and to use this definition to drive our research and to help clients. At the Gartner conference, twitter is full of wonderful pictures of an elegant dinner. Leaders need to balance a portfolio of metrics. Why Does it Matter?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2021

As a strong proponent of maturity models, many discussions centered on the movement from program-based to functional metrics and how to drive alignment. Our discussions, influenced the model shown in Figure 1 from the Book Metrics that Matter. Metrics That Matter Model Evolution. To hear Roddy live, listen to a prior podcast.)

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