Logility

MAY 25, 2022

Interconnected supply chain planning enables faster, more empowered decision-making. Supply chain organizations are now caught in the clutches of a global economy creaking beneath the weight of cargo embargoes, labor shortages, jammed ports and shipping lanes, and a pandemic that continues to evolve. Let’s face it ?

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 14, 2022

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and their end-customers constantly engage in a complicated dance that has no choreographed steps. Sometimes CPG manufacturers take the lead and sometimes consumers take the lead. Most business consultants today urge CPG manufacturers and retailers to become consumer-centric and demand-driven.

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QAD

JANUARY 4, 2022

The Oxford Languages and Merriam-Webster dictionary folks have advanced “Vax/vaccine” as 2021’s word of the year, but we think it really should be “disruption.” We’re tired of hearing about it in our business planning, and we’re tired of living with it on the shop floor. 2021: A Year of Continued Disruption…for All Industries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

April 12, 2021. There has been much commentary about global supply chains not being resilient enough. One culprit, it is argued, is global supply chains being too lean. It is possible to be lean, where it makes sense, and resilient. Since then, manufacturers around the world have embraced lean.

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Logility

APRIL 27, 2021

Allan Dow, Anna Palmer, Mark Burstein, Fred Isenberg, and Roger Mayerson Recognized for their Influence on Digital Supply Chain Innovation and Customer Success. ATLANTA – April 27, 2021 – Logility, Inc., ATLANTA – April 27, 2021 – Logility, Inc., About Logility.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 1, 2022

According to a 2021 Google Cloud report , 76% of manufacturers have turned to digital enablers and disruptive technologies such as data analytics, cloud, and AI due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The global manufacturing industry is ground zero for this environment. These events have ripple effects that can impact supply and demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

The global supply chain is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of reasonably priced logistics, and low variability. In March 2023, the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to the lowest level since November 2008. The peak disruption was in December 2021. The order is a poor proxy for demand.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

UK electronics manufacturers have seen a sales revenue lift of 30% in 2021 vs 2020, outpacing the average performance of manufacturers of 24%, according to data from a soon-to-be released Unleashed State of Manufacturing report. The report analyses over 79,000 data points from UK manufacturers that use Unleashed software.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

As I spent the time reflecting over the last three weeks, the number of articles streaming into my feed on supply chain implications was high, but most of them were wrong. Some stated that the war marks the end of the global supply chain. By definition, this requires a global supply chain. My response is “Hogwash.”

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In the first half of the year, panic buying drove supply and demand imbalance across the supply chain and caused truckload capacity to tighten. The volatility of 2020 and the uncertainties looming into 2021 make it difficult to forecast planning and budgets based on historical data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

While we will recover quickly in retail (moving from painful shortages to a glut of inventory), the chemical industry–sitting four and five layers back in the supply chain–takes longer to recover. On the one hand, we should celebrate the fact that the aggregate industry moved 38% more freight in 2021 when compared to 2019.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 27, 2021

There has been plenty of bad supply chain news over the past year. At the beginning of the pandemic, some analysts believed the global supply chain was on the verge of breaking. For years, ‘faster, cheaper and more efficient’ has been the supply chain manager’s mantra. But as the Suez Canal crisis shows, looks are deceiving.”[3]

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 14, 2021

Whether shipping COVID-19 vaccines, test kits or ventilators ; office supplies; clothing; or groceries, some shippers rode thorough preparedness to a competitive advantage in 2020. Retailers, manufacturers and others welcomed new e-commerce customers, sold new types of products, and fulfilled more direct and online orders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Like most industries, manufacturers around the world are feeling the pinch of inventory disruption brought on by shortages and other supply chain challenges. But manufacturers are unique. What is Manufacturing Inventory Control? What is Manufacturing Inventory Control? Excess Inventory. Do you have whiplash yet?

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ToolsGroup

MAY 17, 2022

Sadly enough, that sweet relief may be limited this summer season, as the chlorine shortages experienced in 2021 have made a reappearance. A combo of pandemic-related increased demand, and the tragic destruction of a key chlorine manufacturer have led to 2022’s swimming pool chlorine shortage. between 2021 and 2026.The

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2021

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Choice” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. Today’s article is from FourKites and examines ocean trends for 2021. 2020 was a tumultuous year for supply chains, and 2021 has certainly followed suit.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The unified, digital platform powers better decision-making, scalability, and transformation across all levels of supply chain maturity. 18, 2021 – Logility, Inc., a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, today announced its parent company American Software, Inc., ATLANTA – Nov.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 9, 2021

In episode seven of Be Ready for Anything, industry insider Bob Ferrari discusses the pivotal factors affecting global supply chain revitalization in the coming year. Discover how to pinpoint your investments in supply chain management and regain your balance, even in a shifting marketplace. It’s a pleasure to join you.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Since early 2020, global trade has been buffeted by waves of increased customer demand, supply chain challenges, and constant uncertainty and volatility. It also provides four key insights into how importers and exporters can modify their supply chain planning as a result. What Goes Up, Must Come Down.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 16, 2021

Supply chains quickly move through fads and buzz words. Today, entangled in digital supply chain discussions is the concept of the digital twin. In our pandemic research, we interviewed thirty manufacturers. What can you tell me about your supply chain? For you, what is an end-to-end supply chain ?

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Statistics covered in the article include: How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Choice ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. This article is from Asena Denizeri & Anil Gurbuz at Solvoyo and examines the challenges around supply chain planning for 2022 and beyond.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented. Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented. ” The answer lies in the need to redefine work to improve the demand planner’s ability to model. ” My take?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2021

The phrases “transitory inflation” and “supply chain disruption” have been frequently used in the general and business news media this summer. Certainly, supply chain constraints are a partial cause of the current above trend inflation. Let’s look at some publicly available information on the topic/s. Yesterday, the U.S.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 13, 2021

Over the year, COVID-19 introduced even greater complexity into the already difficult work of supply chain planning–and changed supply chain from a practitioner-focused topic to everyday dinner table conversation. Digital supply chain transformation will accelerate. Here’s to a healthy and prosperous year ahead!

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. Let’s take P&G as an example. The reason? A Case Study. Was this by design?

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Following the outbreak of the pandemic, many companies were forced to confront the fact that their supply chains were not as resilient as they had hoped they were. National lockdowns and social distancing measures exposed serious weak points in the supply chain, causing huge delays and disruptions, which affected people’s daily lives.”[1]

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Get the insights beverage companies need to meet today’s biggest supply chain challenges. Port congestion, shipping delays, and other supply chain disruptions are affecting industries across all economic sectors, and that includes beverages of all types. Supply Chain Disruptions Affecting the Beverage Industry.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 14, 2021

Media Partners–CargoNOW, the Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society, Supply Chain Wayne, APAC CIO Outlook and Automotive Logistics. This collective source of rich knowledge, industry experience and market buzz, is a very unique opportunity and one which has made this event a great success. THE FEEDBACK. OUR DELEGATES.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

A large multinational is undergoing an impressive supply chain transformation that will run through 2023. While the company has several different goals, two key focuses are improved agility and resilience, and more autonomous planning. A Complex Supply Chain. This manufacturer already has business continuity plans in place.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

ATLANTA – February 26, 2021 – Logility, Inc., the leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, today announced the company is positioned as Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 15, 2021

The Supply Chain Leader In The Middle Of The Pandemic. I loved the summary in the Economist article published on July 3, 2021, The Long Goodbye to COVID 19. Today’s supply chains assume that logistics is readily available. The rude awakening is that Supply Chain Leaders have no ability to manage logistics as a constraint.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2020

For medical device manufacturers connected to the Covid-19 pandemic response, 2020 has been a year of growth. However more broadly the industry has faced the same challenges as other manufacturing sectors, with a -4.4% Whether 2021 will see a return to previous growth trends (2.7%

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility. When it comes to driving supply chain agility there are several solutions that are important, but the key solution is a Multi-enterprise Supply Chain Network (MSCN). But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

From March to Augus 2020, it was meltdown situation with supply and demand severely imbalanced: Global geographies shut down reducing exposure of human to human infections. China fully shutdown its manufacturing output during this phase affecting consumers globally. Manufacturing Planning.

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IQMS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bottom Line : In 2021 and beyond, customers are voting with their dollars for the manufacturers who excel at sustainable manufacturing and make a positive contribution to the environment, dominating B2B supply chains and B2C purchasing decisions. Sustainability Is The Cornerstone Of Manufacturing Competitiveness.

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