Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 4:44PM
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"Supply Chain Management"
Supply chain skills are key to success
Good supply chain management plays a vital role in improving shareholder value, according to the findings of a recent study conducted by AMR Research.Compared to the average gain in the S&P 500, share price increases for the top 25 supply chain performers in 2007 were more than five times higher, while in comparison to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the increases were almost three times as high. Companies which were included in the AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25, published in January, had share price increases of almost 18 per cent, compared with 6.43 per cent for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and 3.35 per cent for
the S&P 500.
Mobile phone company Nokia, the number one performer in the list, saw a share price increase of more than 93 per cent during the past year. Apple stock, the second best
supply chain performer in the study, increased by 133.47 per cent, while Proctor & Gamble saw a rise of 16.65 per cent. Only six out of the top 25 supply chain performers suffered a fall in their share prices with two of the worst performers being the Japanese carmaker Toyota, the fifth best supply chain management performer, which saw a drop in its price of almost 21 per cent, and Motorola, twelfth in the list, which fell by more than 21 per cent.
Kevin O’Marah, chief strategy officer at AMR Research, said: “We’re excited to once again have proof that supply chain excellence and leadership do make a difference. “Clearly, this is a group of companies that excels, strongly weathering the ups and downs we saw in the market last year.”
AMR Research’s Supply Chain Top 25 is an annual ranking that recognises large manufacturers and retailers that display superior supply chain performance, capabilities
and leadership.
The Supply Chain Top 25 has been published annually since 2004 and is based on publicly available information such as return on assets, inventory turns and growth. It also includes expert and peer assessments of the future leadership potential of each company.
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