The document discusses supply chain best practices and provides an overview of key topics including metrics, inventory velocity, cycle time compression, lean logistics, technology, supplier performance, and segmenting supply chains. It emphasizes that companies should develop multiple, tailored supply chain approaches rather than a one-size-fits-all model in order to improve flexibility, responsiveness, and demand planning. Metrics like inventory turns and reducing cycle times are important for optimizing supply chain performance.

1. Supply Chain Best Practices Issues that are driving and will drive companies by Tom Craig [email_address]

3. Set the Stage

9. Additional supply chain challenges

10. Supply Chain as Competitive Differentiator Market strategy competitive differentiator 27% Cost center necessary to conduct business 25% Customer service competitive differentiator 30% Lower performing companies are 3 times more likely to view their supply chains as cost centers. Cost savings opportunity area to help fund R&D or business expansion 18%

11. The Opportunity for the Best Best in Class organizations have clear competitive advantages over Industry Average & Laggards. Laggards Industry Average Best in Class Organization Knowledge Technology Performance Metrics

19. Best Practice Metrics

25. Best Practice Inventory Velocity

36. Best Practice Cycle Time Compression

39. Best Practice Lean Logistics

48. Best Practice Technology

49. Technology--IS

53. Best Practice Supplier Performance

56. KRALJIC MODEL

58. Best Practice Segment Supply Chains

63. Nothing will come of nothing King Lear Act 1, Scene 1 Doing the same thing over and over and expecting the same results. Einstein’s definition of insanity