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For supply chain managers to become a trusted advisor, talent management is key

Supply Chain View from the Field

A CPO in the financial services industry also noted that a need to redefine procurement’s role in the enterprise is happening, driven by the recognition that a new type of procurement capability is needed: Prior to our transformation, the ONLY metric by which our performance was measured is how much money we saved for the organization.

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Colgate: A Closer Look at Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

We manage supply chain metrics. When it comes to talent management, it is a “single threaded needle.” While I am supported by an experienced and talented supply chain human resource team, managing talent is a large part of what I do. This is a conscious choice. You are what you measure.

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ToolsGroup Supports Accelerated Growth With Addition of New Executives

ToolsGroup

These strategic executive hires support rapid company growth, better collaboration, goal clarity, and ongoing improvement in key business metrics while keeping ToolsGroup’s expanding team agile and highly coordinated: Jon Purdy is the new Chief Financial Officer.

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Building Talent: A New Approach

Supply Chain Insights

One of the toughest challenges for the supply chain leader is building and retaining talent. Managing a global supply chain team today is not easy. We find that 59% of companies are experiencing issues in training and retaining mid-management talent. Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Making the Digital Pivot.

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Logistics Past, Present, and Future

MIT Supply Chain

While reliable service and low prices are still important, these metrics have become prerequisites for commercial success. Filed under: Strategy , Transportation Tagged: big data , C H Robinson , freight networks , intermodal , John Wiehoff , logistics , logistics benchmarks , MIT CTL , talent management.

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Supply Chain Talent: Our Take on Deloitte’s Survey Report (part 1)

Demand Solutions

But what I found compelling was how Deloitte identified the leaders in supply chain management. Their approach was quite simple: ask executives to share their companies’ metrics in inventory turnover and percentage of deliveries that are on-time and in-full. Two metrics. Among Followers, those numbers sink to just 34% and 41%.

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Supply Chain Talent: Our Take on Deloitte’s Survey Report (part 1)

Demand Solutions

But what I found compelling was how Deloitte identified the leaders in supply chain management. Their approach was quite simple: ask executives to share their companies’ metrics in inventory turnover and percentage of deliveries that are on-time and in-full. Two metrics. That’s it. We’ll talk more soon.

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