Manufacturing Material Savings Metrics 
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Based on my research, I write about four strategies that drove value over the last decade. Which strategy drove the most significant value??” ” So, I started work with Arizona State University to take balance sheet data from 2003-2007 to analyze which combination of metrics drove the highest market capitalization.
Kinaxis
DECEMBER 3, 2014
Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #9 Relentless pursuit of one supply chain metric at the expense of other metrics. The result is a lower inventory level, but much higher expedited costs and reduced customer service.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 7, 2025
The problem is that the reduction of costs within one function does not necessarily drive value. For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? You are right. What should we do? This is an opportunity.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 7, 2022
Oracle’s recent global survey, No Planet B: How Can Businesses and Technology Help Save the World? These include: Challenges getting ESG metrics from suppliers, partners, and other third parties. Time-consuming manual processes to report on ESG metrics. Complexities integrating data from across global supply chains.
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 25, 2024
Infor’s CEO, Kevin Samuelson Infor’s strategy for differentiating their business from competitors like SAP and Oracle rests on a truly differentiated approach to ensuring that their customers get ongoing value from the business applications they purchase. Infor, with anticipated revenues of $3.4 We just want them solved.”
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 27, 2022
At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Supply chain excellence was largely defined as manufacturing excellence.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 14, 2016
The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” Drawing from the Whiteboard: Building Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies. It had been a long night. However, I had little time to be tired. ” I smiled.
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