Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 21, 2024
When I started this research project, I was busy. One of my lessons learned in completing survey-based research over the past twelve years, is that projects are full of surprises. In my post Mea Culpa, I reference my work with the Gartner Supply Chain Hierarchy of Metrics. Error is error, but is it the most important metric?
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 15, 2023
Now the writing follows the research. I mix the quantitative research with my observations and interviews, and the posts seem to roll from my fingers. If you would like to participate in a current research study, we would love your help and participation in the contract manufacturing study. (If It was a struggle!) Figure 3.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 7, 2025
In today’s architectures and functional metrics, value optimization does not exist. And, when procurement and tactical planning operate in isolation, there is no decision support framework to guide the trade-offs especially when the functions are tethered to different and conflicting metrics. You are right.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Companies speak about moving from a functional metric focus to managing corporate metrics, but this does not happen. Facebook Analogy My research shows that functional cost improvements do not translate to operating margin improvements. They want to keep discussing models and engines to reduce costs. Hence the Facebook analogy.)
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 29, 2021
Using balance sheet data from 2011 to 2019, we chart companies’ progress by peer group on rate of improvement and performance in the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). A focus on functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance.) We Give to You.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
According to my research, top-performing supply chains possess three very different qualities. To help the reader, let’s start with definitions used in our research: Efficiency. In Table 1, from our research, I share ten tactics to consider. Reward teams for cross-functional metrics. Customer-Centric Supply Chain.
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