The Power of Downstream Data
Full Report: The Power of Downstream Data – 25 July 2017 from Lora Cecere Summary Charts: Downstream Data Study 2017 – Summary Charts from Lora Cecere Report Details: The quantitative research for this report was conducted via an online survey from April 4 – May 26, 2017. Surveys were conducted among manufacturers who use and […]
Digital Procure-To-Pay
Digital Procure-To-Pay – report – 15 AUG 2017 from Lora Cecere Digital Procure-To-Pay – Study Summary Charts – 15 AUG 2017 from Lora Cecere Report Details: The research for this report was primarily conducted via an online survey from August 1, 2016 – January 27, 2017. Surveys were conducted among a mix of manufacturers, retailers, […]
Supply Chain Leaders Speak on Technology
RESEARCH OVERVIEW: Survey Details: The research for this report was conducted in two waves. Wave 1 = March-April 2012, Wave 2 = October – December 2012. It is based on an online survey among supply chain executives at manufacturing firms (58 from Wave 1, 40 from Wave 2) Objective: To understand the current state, pain […]
The Art of the Possible: Actionable Analytics for Value Networks
RESEARCH OVERVIEW: Report Details: Systems of record like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) offer a part of the analytics framework, but are not the foundation many have believed. Objective: Analytics are a key component in order for companies to move upwards from the current supply chain plateau.. Hypothesis: New analytics provide the potential to enable companies […]
Revenue Management: Rethinking the Digital Transformation
Summary Charts: Report Details: The research for this report was conducted via an online survey from August 7, 2017 – September 14, 2017. Surveys were conducted among a mix of business users (manufacturers and wholesalers/distributors/co-operatives, n=55) and vendors (software providers, consultants, and analysts, n=64). This analysis focuses on a comparison of these two groups. All […]
What Drives Supply Chain Excellence? A Look Back and a Look Forward
RESEARCH OVERVIEW: Report Details: A project-based approach has failed. Our gains are much lower than we believed in inventory management and a long-term perspective is needed to drive permanent and sustainable improvements. Objective: The High-tech and electronics industry is the only one of six industries profiled to drive sustained gains across most metrics considered during the […]
Building the Green Supply Chain
RESEARCH OVERVIEW: Objective: To understand the current state of sustainability goals and their alignment with supply chain programs. Highlight: While most companies publicly share their sustainability goals and make sustainability-related brand promises, only one-fifth extend their sustainability goals to their entire value network. Survey Details: The research for this report was conducted in January-February 2013. It is based […]
How Do We Heal the Healthcare Value Chain?
RESEARCH OVERVIEW: Objective: To understand how we can drive more value into supply chain process and reduce overall costs for healthcare. Highlight: The hospital organization is drowning in data. They are trying to drive insights from data. While the mission is clearer on what defines supply chain excellence than for other industries, getting, using and maintaining […]
Sales and Operations Planning: Current State of the Union
RESEARCH OVERVIEW: Objective: To understand the role of sales and operations planning (S&OP) in driving agility in organizations. Highlight: Those respondents from companies with a mature goal in S&OP have better agility and cross functional alignment than those lacking maturity in their goals. Survey Details: The research for this report was conducted from April – May, […]
Launch of the Supply Chain Index
RESEARCH OVERVIEW: Report Details: This report is based upon mathematical modeling of the correlation between selected supply chain financial metrics and market capitalization from 2006Q1 to 2012Q4. Objective: To use objective financial results from the balance sheet and income statement to understand what metrics correlate between supply chain excellence and market capitalization and design a […]