Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

While many companies assemble great sourcing and procurement teams when it comes time to renegotiate freight contracts, they often fail to provide good documentation that allows them to negotiate from a position of strength. Once that’s in place, CFOs will notice: Improved margin by lowering your cost of goods sold.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2014

A new approach focuses on the way these products are procured. Research at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program , Zaragoza, Spain, is investigating why drug dispensers such as clinics and pharmacies might acquire fake drugs. Mahmut Parlar, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada.

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Demand Solutions

MARCH 27, 2020

But what if I told you that establishing supply chain planning and procurement processes also helps your company's culture, would you believe me? Tim was recognized for his exceptional leadership of the supply chain planning and procurement processes teams.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. For related commentary, see: In Logistics, Somebody Has to Own the Assets. Do Facebook and Twitter Need a Logistics Strategy?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. This is despite the purchase of Terra Technology Demand Sensing and Multi-tier Inventory Management (MEIO) in 2014 for 12-14M$ (including implementation). ” Her answer was telling. The solution was too black box. Current State of Analytics.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). Oracle Warehouse Management Cloud Update Helps Businesses Scale Logistics to Meet Multi-Channel Demand. Logistics Platform Haven Sets Sights on SAP with Launch of Haven TMS. “By

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Four fundamental practices: Based on (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016) research, Chinese and Iranian governments have focused their fight for SSCM based on four fundamental practices: sustainable procurement, sustainable production along with sustainable distribution , and reverse logistics. Cardwell, 2014). 2014, July 30).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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AFFLINK

MARCH 6, 2017

In the foodservice industry, there are few better examples of great procurement management than McDonald's. Excellent procurement is part of the reason that McDonald's has been able to grow from a small family barbecue restaurant into a global conglomerate with more than 35,000 restaurants in over 110 different countries.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Procurement is always thinking about cost savings, year over year. What if, for example, procurement has a budgeted amount for 4.5 cents, so procurement declares victory and says they saved their organization a lot of money: 3 cents per unit! Vel Dhinagaravel, CEO of Beroe , thinks this is the wrong way to measure procurement.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

percent from December 2014. percent compared to Q4 2014. Other data sources, however, suggest the market is in good balance. We’ve produced several Talking Logistics episodes related to transportation procurement (see links below), with each guest providing great insights and advice on the topic.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2015

As a transportation management third party logistics company, we know at Cerasis that transportation makes up a large portion of the costs and efficiencies of any supply chain. At the same time, this data may indicate possible issues in the procurement process, regarding product quality and delivery. 2) Connected supply chains.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 15, 2013

Last week at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference, I led a discussion session titled “At the Intersection of Social and Business Networks” with about fifty senior executives in supply chain and procurement. Ariba plans to expand into supply chain, logistics, and inventory management processes, with the first solutions coming out in 2014.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

The company is also stopping production in Ecuador, Venezuela, Belarus and Pakistan by April 2014 (these countries scored low in a World Bank report that assessed countries on accountability, corruption, violence, and other metrics). appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

Founded in 2014, this Boston based robotics technology firm leverages capabilities that are described as mimicking human hand-eye coordination, leveraging machine-learning to a vision system on a gripper and allowing mechanical fingers to bend and twist around objects to perform piece-picking tasks.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

The war and imposed sanctions will create a knock-on effect across the supply chain , and businesses will be impacted by material shortages, material cost increases, demand volatility, logistics and capacity constraints as well as cybersecurity breaches. Consider holding safety stocks where applicable to prevent breaks in production.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 1, 2015

An interesting development, as discussed in The Economist’s Why American wage growth is so lousy , stated 2014 showed that 1.3 Data can indicate issues with procurement , product quality, and delivery. A trend in dual/multi-sources helps to provide additional supplier sources in the case of any concerns.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

In a subsequent blog post, we will highlight another breaking development, that being a significant joint announcement from global shipping lines Maersk and MSC that should garner the interest to supply chain management transportation and logistics management teams. billion has already been invested, amounting to 5.4

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

Venti Raises $29 Million in Series A Round Autonomous logistics technology and industrial hubs provider Venti Technologies announced that it has secured $28.8 The tech provider has added a deeper set oof meteorology and climate science data to provide customers with weather and climate focused risk factors. million in Series A financing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The 2014 Rule was for class III devices. The other way is for the manufacturer to permit their suppliers and providers to come up with their product identification system for all the products, parts, and supplies that the manufacturer sources from each of them. The 2016 Rule was for class II medical devices.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 27, 2021

Businesses need to: Drive planning processes that strive to reduce emissions and satisfy demand with sustainable, ethically-sourced supply. Simulate the CO 2 footprint of the plan through procurement, production, and transport. There are a few ways companies are able to achieve this goal using reverse logistics and returns management.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Kristie Syndikus, VP Procurement at Maple Leaf Foods! Logistics Managers, Manufacturing Directors and other Supply Chain leaders often rose from the shop floor, from front-line warehousing and transportation positions. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2015

But by 2014, the U.S. Logistics complexities in the conventional sector can quickly drive up costs and eat into profit margins, if not well managed. Source: “The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study,” [link]. As the table below shows, back in 2008, the U.S. Business Intelligence and Analytics.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 2, 2016

As first reported by Fairfax Media , a factory in North Korea has been making high-priced surf and snow gear for Australian surfwear company Rip Curl since at least 2014, with the garments labeled “Made in China.” The post Made in “I Really Don’t Know” appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 29, 2015

The Logistics Community is Gathering to Discuss its Future. Can innovative technology, new business models and eCommerce re-boot the business of logistics? Europe’s only C-level logistics event will enable you to: Benchmark your strategic plan against the industry and discover if you have a USP customers want to pay for.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Select one strategic logistics partner and build a long-term, close relationship.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Streamline, automate, and compress Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay processes. Because shippers want this visibility, and more importantly, they want to do something with it — that is, they want to identify and implement better ways to plan and execute their transportation and logistics operations, which is what ultimately delivers value.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2022

The previous five-year labor contract was ratified in 2014 , after a total of nine months of contract negotiations and considerable urging from government officials for both sides to reach resolution. As The Wall Street Journal noted in its reporting: “ The risks have seldom been as high as they are this year.”.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Logistics and Transportation Managers at manufacturers will have reports at their fingertips on how to continue to reduce transportation costs, a heavy portion of the expense budget, by leaning on data to continually improve. Between 2010 and 2014, the average robot sales increase was at 17% per year (CAGR). The Role of Robotics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2015

The rising complexity of items sold decreases the organization’s ability to forecast, and the longer lead times across multiple tiers of sourcing and supply, increases the bullwhip impact (distortion of the demand signal across multiple tiers of the value network). This increases risk. Figure 1: Bullwhip Impact. Technology has not caught up.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

”[8] As a result, by spring 2014, Google data centers used 50% less energy than the industry average. Everything from procurement, to production, to logistics can be improved using artificial intelligence. Compared to five years ago, we now get around 3.5

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 15, 2014

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Jaggaer

JULY 2, 2020

Supplier negotiation skills are essential for anyone working in procurement. Negotiating is an important part of any relationship, including those with stakeholders and adjacent functions like logistics, research and development, and quality management. . The post The Key to Successful Procurement Negotiations? Be Prepared!

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 15, 2015

The delivery was organized by the Academic Consortium to Combat Ebola in Liberia (ACCEL), a network of academic centers with technical expertise in emergency medicine and logistics systems. The Lab is part of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. Some manufacturers have increased their output as demand has soared.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 28, 2014

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BlueYonder

APRIL 18, 2018

Heather’s career spans more than 30 years in the manufacturing and transportation industries, with leadership positions in procurement, logistics and marketing at Danaher, Honeywell, Union Pacific Corporation and NCR Corporation. SCN: Why is building a strong network of women leaders so important?

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FLEXE

MARCH 5, 2017

an online retailer focused on fast fashion for millennials, has gone from generating $85 million in revenue in 2014 to bankrupt in 2016… What happened? Investing in the wrong kind of logistics. But, because it operated at such low product minimums, it struggled to source quality factories that produced quality product.

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