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Masters
100

This was created to accelerate the transition toward neutral climate and healthy ecosystem post-COVID-19, as part of a new economic model that would rapidly deliver jobs, economic growth, improve the way of life of all citizens and build more resilient societies.

Green Recovery Investment Package

100

The Ethisphere Institute & Bloomberg

 Make up the ESG component.


100

This company focused on sustainability and desires of becoming CO2 neutral by 2030.

BASF

100

The company with the highest inventory turns.

Danone

100

This is what makes a company part of the Masters category.

Top-five composite scores for at least seven out of the last 10 years.

200

Leading supply chains have positioned themselves as disruptors to traditional business models, either through reinvention of their offerings and the ability to deliver them with agility, or by acquiring startups that offer the expertise and DNA necessary to compete in new or reinvented markets.

Business Model Transformers

200

Consultants, technology vendors & people who don’t work in supply chain roles (e.g., those in public relations, marketing or finance).

Groups that are not included in the peer group panel.

200

This company reduced risks behind potential local events such as transportation capacity and political risks.

Nokia

200

The company with the lowest 3-year Weighted ROPA.

H&M

200

If a Masters company were to fall out of having a top-five composite score for four of the next 10 years, would it would lose this designation?

Yes

300

Investments in real-time visibility, planning and agile supply chain execution capabilities.

Digital Orchestrators

300

Organizations must surpass what to be assigned a numerical rank?

a base threshold of votes from both panels

300

This company's use of recycled plastic in products is just one example of their sustainability activities.

Adidas

300

This company had a perfect ESG score.

Nestle

300

The first European company to join the Masters category in 2019 and continues to be qualified for it in 2020 .

Unilever

400

The most important and frequently adopted digital capabilities.

Advanced Analytics and Big Data

400

Why is quarterly average for inventory used rather than the end-of-year view provided on the balance sheet in a company’s annual report?

Average inventory offers a better picture of actual inventory holdings throughout the year.
400

This company is planning to operate the factory with 100% renewable energy through a 672-acre, solar panel installation.

Novo Nordisk

400

The company that had consistent metrics, the ability to track and rank capabilities across the organization, performance analytics, and best-practice sharing, that enabled more efficient internal collaboration.

Diageo

400

In order to achieve shorter lead times and inventory reduction...

Build a more responsive organization and using innovative technologies.

500

These shuttle materials and finished items between stations and out the door.

Robots on the floors of factories and warehouses, often paired with automated guided vehicles (AGVs).

500

Used to smooth the spikes and valleys in annual metrics, which often aren’t truly reflective of supply chain health, and that often result from events such as acquisitions or divestitures & To better capture the lag between when a supply chain initiative is put in place (e.g., a network redesign or a new demand planning and forecasting system) and when the impact can be expected to show up in financial statement metrics, such as ROPA and revenue growth.


The use of three-year averages.

500

This company recognizes the supply chain as a critical enabler of the company’s product differentiation strategy.

BMW

500

This company made significant improvements in packaging, talent attraction and retention, and product quality and recall management scores.

Reckitt Benckiser

500

Technology use to comb through millions of deliveries and thousands of suppliers to spot potential risks or shortages.

RPA crawlers & AI

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