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Patterns Tell the Story of Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

For the past decade, I have been studying these patterns. We purchase data from Y charts. (A Studying Performance of the Gartner Top 25 Award Winners Plotting corporate patterns against peer group performance through orbit charts enables a quick understanding of supply chain excellence. Consider Lenovo in Figure 1.

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L’Oréal: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

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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. Orbit Chart for L’Oréal at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin.

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Supply Chain Leaders Rearranging Deck Chairs? Yes, I Think So.

Supply Chain Shaman

Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change. What Is Supply Chain Excellence? My second observation is that for 96% of public companies supply chain excellence is slip-sliding away. Reflections on Excellence. Tom Peters. Here, in this blog, I explain.

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Just Jump

Supply Chain Shaman

In my forty years of studying supply chain planning, the groups became larger, but with questionable results. We explore the concept of holistic inventory strategies focused on the form and function of inventory. 85% of inventory decisions are not managed in Advanced Planning Solutions. Lack of executive buy-in.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

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Rise in Inventories. Less Effective at Inventory Management. Inventories grew twenty days over the decade. Yes, companies held more inventory (measured in days of inventory) in 2019 than at the start of the 2007 recession. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory. Despite spending 1.1% Alignment Barriers.

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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

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Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. After two decades of study, I think because it is a lack of understanding. At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. A Case Study. The reason? Discontinued in 2011.

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Make Room for Leadership to Drive S&OP

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Observations on What It Takes In the Mea Culpa post, I wrote that I used to believe that excellence in S&OP was a ratio of 60/30/10. (60% P&G did not appreciate the work Gilette accomplished on form and function of inventory and using market signals. One of my favorite case studies was Campbells in 2014.

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