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Supply Chain Performance Measures

“There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.” Og Mandino While driving to work the other day I listened to a discussion on the longest time listeners had waited for a parcel to arrive.  One caller said they … Continue reading

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Supply Support Performance Measures – Part 3

In the first article we looked at the various performance measures we can use for Supply Support in Performance Based Contracts including grouping them into 3 main types; demand satisfaction performance measures, inventory holding performance measures and customer wait time performance measures. … Continue reading

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Supply Support Performance Measures – Part 1

“When we talk about ‘smart transportation,’ it is more than moving cargo from A to B. Digitization within transport and logistics means seamless service to our customers, visibility in the supply chain, and driving a more efficient business.” Soren Skou … Continue reading

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Supportability Performance Measures

“If you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.” Edwards Deming In earlier articles I … Continue reading

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Achieving Balance

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Albert Einstein I recently saw a video by Eric Barker author of “Barking Up The Wrong Tree.” In this video Barker reveals, based on two researchers at Harvard (Nash … Continue reading

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Cost Performance Measures

Business, that’s easily defined – it’s other people’s money. Peter Drucker In addition to using the Basis of Payment as a method for shaping the cost behaviour of the seller it is also possible to use a “cost” performance measure … Continue reading

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Designing a Subjective Performance Measure (Part 2)

In the previous article (Designing Subjective Performance Measures (Part 1)) we defined the typical performance levels used in subjective performance measures. In this article we will look at how to set these performance levels by defining the scoring process. Defining … Continue reading

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Designing a Subjective Performance Measure (Part 1)

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. Albert Einstein In an earlier series of articles we discussed how to set performance levels for Performance Based Contracts (PBCs) (see Setting the Performance Level Part … Continue reading

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Measuring Training Performance

“Job training empowers people to realize their dreams and improve their lives.” Sylvia Mathews Burwell I recently came across an article in Harvard Business Review titled “A Better Metric for the Value of a Worker Training Program”. The article focuses on … Continue reading

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Performance Measure Weighting

Up until now we have spoken about single performance measures. However, typically a Performance Based Contract (PBC) will use more than 1 performance measure. Therefore, the question is how do we amalgamate two or more performance measures into one overall … Continue reading

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