Supply Chain top 25 Giants

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

AMR Research released its annual Supply Chain Top 25 report. The report identifies the top 25 manufacturers and retailers that exhibit superior supply chain capabilities and performance. The companies in this report demonstrate excellence across basic metrics related to execution -- return on assets, revenue growth, and inventory turns -- and are recognized by their peers and AMR Research as supply chain leaders.
                The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25 for 2007

AMR Inven- Compos-
Peer Research tory Revenue ite
Opinion Opinion ROA Turns Growth Score
Rank Company (20%) (20%) (25%) (25%) (10%)

1 Nokia 711 498 19.0% 17.9 20.2% 6.74
2 Apple 611 263 11.6% 50.8 38.6% 6.40
3 Procter & Gamble 1402 531 6.4% 5.3 20.2% 5.43
4 IBM 841 471 9.2% 18.9 0.3% 5.43
5 Toyota Motor 1303 529 4.8% 10.1 13.4% 5.36
6 Wal-Mart Stores 1277 470 7.5% 7.8 11.7% 5.18
7 Anheuser-Busch 652 373 12.0% 14.6 4.5% 4.83
8 Tesco 493 418 7.3% 19.5 10.9% 4.79
9 Best Buy 975 396 9.6% 6.9 12.4% 4.65
10 Samsung Electronics 395 309 13.7% 13.2 6.3% 4.33
11 Cisco Systems 654 302 12.9% 7.1 14.5% 4.25
12 Motorola 590 280 9.5% 9.5 21.6% 4.05
13 The Coca-Cola Company 631 227 17.0% 5.0 4.3% 4.00
14 Johnson & Johnson 665 273 15.7% 3.1 5.6% 3.95
15 PepsiCo 412 116 18.8% 8.2 7.9% 3.81
16 Johnson Controls 293 342 4.7% 16.1 17.3% 3.78
17 Texas Instruments 217 89 31.2% 4.9 15.5% 3.75
18 Nike 483 134 14.1% 4.0 8.8% 3.14
19 Lowe's 455 217 11.2% 4.3 8.5% 3.11
20 GlaxoSmithKline 165 90 21.1% 2.1 7.2% 3.09
21 Hewlett-Packard 508 210 7.6% 8.9 5.7% 3.08
22 Lockheed Martin 63 55 9.0% 21.5 6.5% 3.07
23 Publix Super Markets 36 42 14.8% 13.7 5.2% 2.96
24 Paccar 1 21 9.3% 18.9 17.0% 2.89
25 AstraZeneca 125 48 20.2% 2.5 10.5% 2.88


Kevin O’Marah, Senior Vice President for AMR Research defines what is meant by Supply Chain Management while coming up with this report.

Our definition of SCM is broad, including not just supply management functions like sourcing, logistics, and manufacturing, but also demand management functions like forecasting, pricing, and service as well as product management functions like new product launch and innovation. Some call this broader definition Value Chain, which is in fact the name of AMR Research’s Advisory Service offered to clients looking for research, expert advice, and peer networking around these topics. The AMR Research Top 25 calls out companies that are leading in this area.