Question of the Week May 30, 2008
Posted by Meg Sewell in News.Tags: future of supply chains, question of the week
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Where do you predict supply chains will be in twenty years? What will have changed and what will remain the same? Also, what would you like to see change, and what do you hope to see happen in the industry in the coming years?
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British Invasion May 29, 2008
Posted by Meg Sewell in News.Tags: British Invasion, Inovis blog, Inovis UK blog
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The next few weeks will be an exciting time for the Inovis blog, as five brilliant and fascinating Inovis UK employees help launch our Inovis UK blog. Here are the Inovis UK blog contributors:
- John Redfern—Managing Director—Inovis UK
- Stephen Jeffries—Director of Retail—Inovis UK
- Clare Salter—Marketing Manager—Inovis UK
- Tracey Robertson—Customer Services Manager—Inovis UK
- Stuart Prouse—Professional Services Manager—Inovis UK
- Carl Charlesworth—Customer Services Manager—Inovis EMEA
Stay tuned—the British are coming!
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Dedicated to Data May 28, 2008
Posted by Meg Sewell in Actionable Intelligence, Inovis Solutions.Tags: Data Quality, Measuring Data, Supply Chain Digest
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Do you know your data quality? I found this article on Supply Chain Digest’s website today, and according to this piece entitled Managing SCM Performance, a Gartner survey from 2005 found that more than 25% of critical data within business is inaccurate or incomplete. Yikes!
And an expert they talked to, Horacio Woolcott, CEO for PartsRiver (a data quality service company) reported, “Our clients tend to overestimate the quality of their data and are shocked when we do an analysis and find out how poor the data actually is. Few have any metrics in place to measure critical data elements and, if they do measure, they seldom look at how well the data meets the needs of the user.”
The only way to make sure you’re data is up to par, the article goes on to say, is to measure it. For the data to be usable, it must be accurate, consistent, complete, and valid.
So, what is the quality of your company’s data? You are only as effective as your data.
Emotions on Emissions Legislation May 27, 2008
Posted by Meg Sewell in News.Tags: Carbon Disclosure Project, CDP, Emissions Legislation, supply chain
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This morning I read an article entitled, “Supply Chain Companies Dread Potential Impact of Emissions Legislation.” The article is about the findings from a survey carried out by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) about the carbon reduction efforts of suppliers.
According to the article of the 144 supply chain companies that responded, only 26% of the suppliers have actual plans in place to achieve greenhouse gas reductions, while more than 58% have been tracking their emissions. 33% of the suppliers in this survey have dedicated a board member in place for dealing with climate change issues.
Another interesting statistic from this article: 96% of all of the company bosses surveyed cited emissions legislation as a major. Supply Chain business leaders also reported measuring greenhouse gas emissions as their most serious focus.
While the article is entitled “Supply Chain Companies Dread Potential Impact of Emissions Legislation,” I tend to favor the comment left at the bottom of the page by a reader named Dave. I thought David left a great comment and wanted to share:
“The real headline should say—Supply Chains that are PREPARED will LOVE legislation because they’ll be ready and less thoughtful competitors may not be. There’s heaps of money to be made improving the efficiency of supply chains…”
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