Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Procurement Analytics White Paper 
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
I see a preponderance of reports and white papers that have lots of pages but say little. Optimization engines to improve functional metric performance resulted in an exploding number of planners. days to receive a purchase order confirmation. The average purchased order changes 3.5 Back to John.
Logility
AUGUST 7, 2017
Ask yourself, “Are your supply chain metrics bogging you down?” ” To manage a supply chain containing complex dependencies between teams, departments and partner companies across international boundaries requires a rich set of metrics. Functionally isolated metrics lead to sub-optimized supply chain performance.
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NC State SCRC
DECEMBER 30, 2018
One of our newest SCRC partners, Siemens Building Technologies, recently shared their insights on creating an analytics strategy. This effort was led by the Chief Procurement Officer for Siemens BT, Carl Oberland, but has recently been rolled out across the global organization.
Supply Chain Insights
MAY 22, 2017
There are research reports, white papers and even YouTube videos galore on the topic of ROI for trade promotion. Many of the current trade promotion solutions provide analytical tools and optimization engines that deliver “ROI” results from an array of different combinations of promotional tactics.
Logility
AUGUST 23, 2016
Most likely the company will still need to forecast raw materials, purchased components, and/or sub-assemblies to be able to meet customer demand. Contrary to popular belief using Excel as a forecasting “system” is not a best practice. Related Content: White Paper: Are All Products Created Equal?
Kinaxis
MARCH 2, 2016
So for me this means the aesthetic in our supply chains come from the focus we put on achieving a level of excellence throughout, using “Systems Thinking” while maintaining a human-centered design. Global Supply Chains – A Report by the Supply Chain Management Faculty at the University of Tennessee. It means not cutting corners.
synchrono
JANUARY 31, 2017
LNS Research blogger Mark Davidson said, “When it comes to metrics, it’s often said that what gets measured gets done.”. Mark also writes: “Metrics that have the attention of business and manufacturing leaders tend to be those that get measured and improved upon by their employee teams.”. Metrics for Action.
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