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Supply Chain Visions is committed to being thought leaders in the area of supply chain performance management. As such, we perform leading-edge supply chain research and frequently contribute to the knowledge base through articles and publications in the areas of Performance Management, Benchmarking of Best Practices and Performance Based Logistics (PBL).  These articles represent best practice, benchmark information, industry leading trends and research which we believe will help you succeed in your improvement programs.

Please visit this page often as we frequently update the articles and publications.

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Articles & Publications : Categories
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Vested Outsourcing   Podcast, Webcast, Video
Performance Management & Metrics Performance Based Logistics
Best Practices Military Logistics, Economic Development, & Stabilization
RFID  

Podcast, Webcast, Video

 

CSCMP 2009 Video Conference Review Day 3                      SCDigest's Dan Gilmore and Guest Host Kate Vitasek
Comment on Key Session
s  Sept. 2009

Webcast  "Benchmarking! Assessing Improvement Opportunities in Your Warehouse"
Kate Vitasek, DPS June 25, 2009

VIDEOCAST  "Implementing Supplier Scorecards - Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Implementing Supplier Scorecards"
Supply Chain Digest  Featuring Kate Vitasek of Supply Chain Visions., September 30, 2008

VIDEOCAST  "Achieving the Perfect Order - the Right Metric for Managing Supply Chain Excellence."
Supply Chain Digest, Featuring Kate Vitasek of Supply Chain Visions , September 30, 2008

PODCAST  "Performance-Based Outsourcing"
Kate Vitasek and Mike Ledyard,  CSCMP 2008

WEBCAST "Metrics - How Do You Measure Up?"
Kate Vitasek, Karl Manrodt, DC Velocity May 2008

PODCAST "Kate Vitasek - PBL Part 1"
Kate Vitasek, Supply Chain Innovations Today  2007

PODCAST "Kate Vitasek - PBL Part 2"
Kate Vitasek, Supply Chain Innovations Today  2007

Vested Outsourcing

Vested Outsourcing: A Better Way to Outsource                           Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Supply Chain Management Review  Sept. 2009

Supply Chain  "Game Changers"                                                Supply Chain Digest Oct. 2009

Vested Outsourcing –The Next Generation of Outsourcing
Ackerman Warehousing Forum, July 2009

 

Performance Management & Metrics

The Role of Corporate Culture in Supply Chain Collaboration
Center for Value Chain Research Newsletter, Summer 2009

Rationalizing SKU Introductions
Journal of Trading Partner Practices, January, 2009

Perfect Order Achievement Still Elusive in Consumer Goods-to-Retail Supply Chain
Supply Chain Digest, September 2008

Seven Steps to Self Assessment
Catalog Success, April 2008

Expert Insight Series - Managing SCM Performance
Supply Chain Digest Online

How good is your Supply Chain Data Quality? April 7, 2008

How good is your Supply Chain Data Quality? Part 2 April 15, 2008

Cover Story - Burn
Journal of Commerce, June 2008

Digging Through the WERC Distribution Metrics Study for 2008
Supply Chain Digest, June 2008

Overseas Sourcing Pushes Inventories Higher
Modern Materials Handling, June 2008

Benchmarking the Perfect Order - A Comparative Analysis of the Perfect Order in the Retail Industry

The 5 R's of Returns Management - Series
Journal of Trading Partner Practices
The 5 R's of Returns Management  - Part 1, Jan. Feb. March, 2008
The 5 R's of Returns Management  - Part 2
The 5 R's of Returns Management  - Part 3 : Returns Mgt.
2009
The 5 R's of Returns Management  - Part 4 : Repair Mgt.  
2009
The 5 R's of Returns Management  - Part 5

Inspire Your Suppliers
Supply Chain Quarterly, Quarter 3, 2007

The Perfect Order - A Customer Focused Measure
APQC Knowledge Base, October 2007

Performance by the Numbers
DC Velocity, May 2007

The Perfect Order - A Customer Focused Measure
Lehigh University Center for Value Chain Research Letter, Winter 2007

Shipping and Mailing: In Search of the Perfect Order
Catalog Success, June 2006

Getting Better All the Time
DC Velocity, May 2006

WERC Watch: DC Measures 2006
Warehouse Education and Research Council, Spring 2006

How Soft Metrics Make Hard Choices Easier
Harvard Business Review Newsletter, December 2005 - January 2006

What is the Perfect Order and Is it Attainable?
Deductions and Chargeback Management, December 2005

Benchmarking the Perfect Order
Retail Compliance Council White Paper, November 2005

What Makes a Lean Supply Chain?
Supply Chain Management Review, October 2005

Is Your Company's Performance Measurement Program Sabotaging Your Performance Improvement Efforts
CSCMP Supply Chain Comment, July/Aug 2005

Business Performance Management: An Introduction
Magnus School of Business Publishing, 2005

Take Advantage of CSCMP's and APQC's Benchmarking Service
CSCMP Inside, May/June 2005

A Better Way to Benchmark
Supply Chain Management Review, April 2005

WERC Watch: DC Measures 2005
Warehouse Education and Research Council, Spring 2005

Five Ways to Tie Your Benchmarks Into Corporate Strategy Supplier
Selection and Management Report, April 2005

When Working With Metrics – The Fewer the Better is the Rule
Inventory Management Report, October 2004

The 12 Commandments of Performance Management
DC Velocity, July 2004

Don't Measure What You Won't Change
Logistics Today, June 2004

Beyond Fill Rate: Perfecting the Perfect Order Distribution Business Management Journal, Volume 2, 2004

Is your Metrics Program Measuring Up?
Council of Logistics Management Explores Publication, April 2004

Getting Focused on Performance Management
Logistics Comment, Vol 38, March/April 2004

An Ounce of Prevention
DC Velocity Magazine, March 2004

The Metrics System
Warehouse Education Research Council WERC Sheet Publication, Feb. 2004

Getting Serious About Carrier Performance
Purchasing Magazine, November 2003

Metrics & Management Warehouse Management Forum
July 18, 2003

Don't Measure What You Won't Change
Logistic Forum Newsletter, May 6, 2003

Cause and Effect, There is a Difference Between a Process Metric and a Results Metrics. Learn to Use Them the Right Way
APICS, May 2003

Metrics & Management
TrafficWORLD, February 24, 2003

Want Real Collaboration? Change Your Measures
Logistics Management, Jan 2003

Meaningful Metrics Warehousing Forum
Nov 2002

Performance Data Provides Key to Continuous Improvement
Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies, May 2002

Metrics: A Roadmap to Success
WERC Sheet, a publication of the Warehouse Education Research Council, April 2002

Using Metrics and Technology to Quantify Value Across the Extended Supply Chain
Council of Logistics Management Annual Proceedings, Fall 2001

Metric Systems: Can Measurements Help Your Company Improve Distribution?
Logistics Management, Oct 2001

Weighing in on Performance Measurements
Logistics Management

Measuring Value: Who Should Measure Your Performance
Logistics Management, Feb 2001

What It Means to Be Best in Class
The Supply Chain Management Review, July/August 2000

Leading Companies Show Less than 5% Total Supply Chain Costs
Global Supply Chain, June/July 2000

Keeping Score: Measuring the Business Value of Logistics in the Supply Chain
2000 A publication of the Council of Logistics Management

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Performance Based Logistics

The Myth of the Rheostat
Aviation Weeks' Overhaul and Maintenance Magazine, February 2009.
 

Defining Moment - or is it?
Bill DiBennedetto, Journal of Commerce (Third Party Logistics),Sept. 2008

"Performance-based Logistics Redefines Department of Defense Procurement"
World Trade Magazine, June 2008

Crash Course (Kate Vitasek of Supply Chain Visions)
Bill DiBennedetto, Journal of Commerce, April 2008

Cover Story: Not So Fast

The Journal of Commerce, October 21, 2007

Paying for Results

The Journal of Commerce, October 1, 2007

Performance-Based Logistics - the Next Big Thing?
ProLogis Supply Chain Review, Summer 2007

Performance Based Logistics: Leveraging Industry/Goverment Partnerships
Aviation Aftermarket Defense, Summer 2007

Performance Based Logistics Part 4: Weapon Systems Support and Beyond
Aviation Aftermarket Defense, Spring 2007

Best Practices for Public Private Partnering
University of Tennessee White Paper, Spring 2007

Performance-Based Logistics Contracting - Part 2
Aviation Aftermarket, Winter 2007

PBL - Contracting Wave of the Future or Tsunami?
Aviation Aftermarket, Fall 2006

Performance Based Logistics: The Basics and Beyond
Proceedings from the 41st Annual Conference of SOLE, the International Society of Logistics, August, 2006

Ready for Combat
DCVelocity, July, 2006

Changing the Landscape of Support Logistics
University of Tennessee White Paper, June, 2006

Keep Your End Customer in Sight
Supply Chain Strategy, June 2006

Military Maintenance for Life
Overhaul and Maintenance, May 2006

Its a War of Ideas
Aviation Week and Space Technology, October 31, 2005

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Best Practices

Strategic Insite / Metrics & KPI's best practices make (nearly) perfect
DC Velocity, April 2009

Road Map from the Aftermarket
DC Velocity, October 2008

Process Assessment in the Supply Chain: The Embarq® Logistics Story

CSCMP Explores, Volume 4, 2007

Performance by the Numbers

DC Velocity, May 2007

"Supply Chain Visions' Pentagon Work Makes Headlines: With Much of Iraq Turned to Scrap, A Market Heats up"
Wall Street Journal - Page 1 , November 23, 2007

"Can a Supply Chain Promote Peace?"
DC Velocity, November 2007

Demand-Driven Supply Chain Meets Offshoring
Supply Chain Management Review, July/August 2007

Tuning-Up Your Supply Chain
Beverageworld.com, May 2007

Managing Partnerships to Ensure Compliance
Journal of Trading Partner Practices, April/May/June 2007

Global Process Standardization: The Happy Meal Lesson
Supply Chain Comment, January/February 2007

Widen the Scope for Smart Site Selection
DCVelocity, February 2007

For Closer Collaboration Try Education
Supply Chain Management Review, January 2007

Return Profits From Returns: Leveraging all 5 R's of Effective Returns Management
Reverse Logistics Association White Paper, 2006

Flexibility in Quick Replenishment in Inventory Management
Journal of Trading and Partner Practices, November/December 2006

Working for Scale
Multi Channel Merchant, October 2006

Operating Lean, Fast and Agile
Journal of Trading and Partner Practices, August/September 2006

Warehousing and the Holy Grail - In Search of the Perfect Order
Journal of Trading and Partner Practices, June/July 2006

Shipping and Mailing: In Search of the Perfect Order
Catalog Success, June 2006

Ready, Willing and Label
Multichannel Merchant, June 2006

On Bullwhip in Supply Chains - Historical Review, Present Practice and Expected Future Impact
International Journal of Production Economics, May 2006

What is the Perfect Order and Is it Attainable?
Deductions and Chargeback Management, December 2005

Benchmarking the Perfect Order
Retail Compliance Council White Paper, November 2005

What Makes a Lean Supply Chain?
Supply Chain Management Review, October 2005

Real Financial Incentives Delivered - Global Data
RFID News and Solutions, June 2005

Fit for Combat
DC Velocity, June 2005

Lean Logistics: Not a Fad Diet
The Journal of Commerce, May 9, 2005

Finding Best Practices in Your Own Backyard
Supply Chain Management Review, Jan/Feb 2005

Remember APS?
Parallax View, January 2005

Lessons from the Desert: Logistics in OIF
Supply Chain Management Review, November-December 2004

This Demand Signal is Crystal Clear
Global Logistics and Supply Chain Strategy, October 2004

How to Protect Your Global Supply Chain
Logistics Today, August 2004

Advanced Order Fulfillment Requires Warehouses With On Demand Capability
Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies, June 2004

Supply Demand Alignment - One SKU at a Time
Inside Supply Management, June 2004

Global Process Standardization: A Case Study
Journal of Business Logistics Spring 2004

2004 Supply Chain Management Report
A special publication of the Manufacturer Magazine, Feb. 2004

Replacing the Supply Chain with a "Web of Webs", with Shoshanah Cohen and Joseph Roussel
Supply Chain Management in the Internet Age, ICFAI Press, 2003

Speed Kills: Supply Chain Lessons from the War in Iraq
Harvard Business Review, November 2003

Getting Serious About Carrier Performance
Purchasing Magazine, November 2003

Managing the Supply Demand Mis-Match
Supply Chain Management Review, Sept-Oct 2003

Living in a (de) Material World
DC Velocity, July 2003

Chain Reaction
The Manufacturer, Jan 2003

Supercharging Your Supply Chain
Inbound Logistics, Dec 2002.

The Manufacturer SC Survey Article
Supply Chain Management Report, 2002

Uncertainty and the Seamless Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management Review, July/August 2002

Reinventing a Paper World: Supply Chain Leaders Implement Ideas that Improve Service while Cutting Costs
Chief Logistics Officer Magazine, Feb 2002

Industry Gaps in the Supply Chain Information System
Supply Chain and Logistics Journal, Winter 2002, Volume 5, Issue 1

Information Gap
Logistics Management, Sept 2001

A Lesson from Cool Hand Luke: The International Supply Chain Deserves Special Collaboration
World Trade Magazine, August 2001

Communication is the Key
e-Com, July 2001

Is Information Technology Filling the Gap?
Supply Chain Management Review, May/June 2001

Supply Chain Collaboration
American Shipper, Dec 2000

What It Means to Be Best in Class
The Supply Chain Management Review, July/August 2000

Leading Companies Show Less than 5% Total Supply Chain Costs
Global Supply Chain, June/July 2000

Web Usage Enables Better Supply Chain Practices
PRTM's Insight Magazine, March 2000

Make Transportation a Visible Part of the Supply Chain
Purchasing, October 7, 1999

Supply Chain Oversight Helps Everyone
Journal of Commerce, Aug 1999

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Military Logistics, Economic Development, & Stabilization

Special Report: The Northern Distribution Network                     DC Velocity, July 2010

Going Green to Save Lives                                                             DC Velocity, May 2010

Detours of Duty                                                                          DC Velocity, April 2010

Commentary:   A Call to Arms?                                                 DC Velocity, January 2010

Danger on the High Seas                                                              Supply Chain Quarterly, December 2009

Doing what’s right:  interview with Vice Admiral Al Thompson
DC Velocity, August 2009

Mission Possible
DC Velocity, June 2009

Packed with Pride
DC Velocity, April 2009

Billion Dollar Baby
DC Velocity, November 2008

Economic Development in War Zones
Cornell Enterprise Magazine, Fall 2008

Desert Reform
CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly, Quarter 4 2008

Supply Chains Can Promote Peace: A post script and a Thank You Note
DC Velocity, September 2008

Snake Eater to Box Kicker : Interview with Gen. Norton Schwartz
DC Velocity, August 2008

Military Maintenance For Results
Aviation Week, July,9 2008

Neither Rain Nor Heat Nor Sandstorm
DC Velocity, June 2008

Odd Couple : Results-focused military and profit-minded industry collaborate on depot maintenance
James Ott, Aviation Week & Space Technology, June 30 2008

Daimler Plans Bagdad Office
Wall Street Journal, May 2008

Supply Chain Visions' Pentagon Work Makes Headlines: With Much of Iraq Turned to Scrap, A Market Heats up
Wall Street Journal - Page 1 , November 23, 2007

Can a Supply Chain Promote Peace?
DC Velocity, November 2007

Thanks for the MREs
DC Velocity Cover Story, June 2007

Uncle Sam is Looking for a Few Good Bids
DC Velocity, November 2006

Performance Based Logistics: The Basics and Beyond
Proceedings from the 41st Annual Conference of SOLE, the International Society of Logistics, August, 2006

Keep Your End Customer in Sight
Performance Based Logistics, June 2006

The Future is Now
Exceptional Release, Summer, 2006

Ready for Combat
DC Velocity, July, 2006

Its a War of Ideas
Aviation Week and Space Technology, October 31, 2005

Logistics lessons-Disaster relief efforts shows how military and commercial logistics have learned from each other
Journal of Commerce, September 19, 2005

Fit for Combat
DC Velocity, June 2005

Lessons from the Desert: Logistics in OIF
Supply Chain Management Review, November-December 2004

Defense Logistics Transformation Support US Military Operation, Council of Logistics Management's newsletter
Logistics Comment, Volume 38, Jan./Feb. 2004, page 8

Speed Kills: Supply Chain Lessons from the War in Iraq
Harvard Business Review, November 2003

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RFID

RFID: The Next Generation
Logistics Management, May 2005

The Future is Now
Exceptional Release, Summer, 2006

Attacking Invoice Deductions Through RFID
RFID News and Solutions, January 2005

Lessons from the Desert: Logistics in OIF
Supply Chain Management Review, November-December 2004

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Presentations

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