Supply Chains to Admire 2023
Supply Chains to Admire 2023 – Report v4.0 Abstract Supply chain excellence is easier to say than define. The Supply Chains to Admire methodology is a data-driven evaluation to attempt to define excellence. The analysis compares companies to industry performance in each sector for 2013-2023. Now in its tenth year, the Supply Chains to Admire […]
Insights From the 2018 Supply Chains to Admire Analysis
Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, share insights on her learnings from the 2018 Supply Chains to Admire analysis. This analysis of 655 companies was completed in June 2018 and reveals which companies are outperforming while driving improvement by industry peer group. Here Lora talks about what she is learning through this research. Supply […]
Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire 2017
Not all analyst groups are created equal. Research is at the heart of what we do. We publish four types of reports and provide it as Open Content for the industry. Our goal is to help supply chain leaders globally. The report types are: Supply Chains to Admire: A deep study by industry of performance […]
VTech-A Supply Chains to Admire Finalist with Nick Delany
VTech Holdings, founded in 1976, has its roots in learning products. The company acquired the cordless phone division from Lucent technology in 2000. Initially this led to operating losses and write-offs and was turned around in 2002. Today the Company’s core businesses are cordless phones, contract manufacturing services and children learning products. The North American […]
A Focus on the Voice of the Customer Drives Success with Mark Hersh of The Clorox Company
A Focus on the Voice of the Customer Drives Success with Mark Hersh, Director of Supply Chain Strategy at The Clorox Company In this podcast episode Mark Hersh, from The Clorox Company, a recent award winner of the Supply Chains to Admire analysis for 2016, reflects on his journey to drive supply chain excellence. Join this session […]
The 2016 Supply Chains to Admire – Methodology & Meaning
There are different ways to measure the performance of a supply chain with differing degrees of insight and validity. In this podcast, Supply Chain Insights Founder Lora Cecere talks with marketing Director Alison Crawford about the new methodology used to evaluate supply chain performance in 2016, and what those results means for the market. This […]
Do You Measure Up? How to Succeed in Supply Chain Benchmarking.
Benchmarking performance sounds easy, but can be quite difficult if you don’t know how to start or what to benchmark. In this podcast, Alison Crawford, Director of Marketing,talks with Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, about her latest LinkedIn blog post “ Do You Measure Up?” and describes the value of peer […]
Supply Chain Metrics That Matter: A Focus on Pharmaceutical Companies – 2016
Globalization. Serialization. Clinical trials. Cold chain operations. Custom drug protocols. Compliance. Risk Management. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). First pass yield. Over the last decade the number and variety of supply chain initiatives exploded for the pharmaceutical leader. As a result, the supply chain group, and the business imperatives, grew in importance. In this podcast Alison […]
Accelerating Your Supply Chain Strategy with CorpU and Supply Chain Insights: A New Partnership
CorpU and Supply Chain Insights announced a partnership that will integrate Lora Cecere’s research on supply chain excellence into a series of executive education modules designed to develop the skills critical for supply chain excellence. Built on the CorpU platform, which is used by the most admired brands in supply chain, the new modules, dubbed […]
Are You Putting Lipstick on a Pig or Creating Value?
There is a change happening in supply chain. Big ERP deals are drying up, BPO is hindering supply chain innovation, and software maintenance costs are supporting a platform that might not be in the best interest of the client. What should a user to do? In this podcast Alison Crawford, Director of Marketing, speaks with […]