Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Accenture Acquires Global Logistics Consulting Firm Flo Group Global based consulting and other services firm Accenture has reportedly acquired European based global logistics consulting services firm Flo Group. The deal reportedly will further enhance Oracle’s logistics software deployment capabilities across Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 16, 2023

In a mid-January posting , we alerted our readers to reports that Rivian fell short of its 2022 vehicle production goal and that several top executives had departed the company, including the company’s purchasing head. Plans established for 2024 were to increase production capacity to 85,000 vehicles.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply Chain Matters once again highlights some positive news for global supply chain management teams, specifically transportation and logistics related teams. This will be good news in stemming supply chain driven inflation trending. A container shipment from China to Europe is down 42 percent.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2014

Yesterday was the first day of Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Summit. The conference theme is “supply chain will lead in the next decade.” Because of supply chain’s far reaching effects, Gartner is challenging supply chain leaders to drive transformation throughout their organizations.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers. 66% of consumers are concerned that supply chain issues will never end ( Chain Store Age ). 82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The flexis capabilities are marketed to manufacturers seeking the ability to more flexibly schedule and sequence customer orders on production assembly lines, along with integrating with existing customer order systems for optimizing production dates based on inventory availability, production sequencing needs and transportation schedules.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 24, 2022

According to Gartner, supply chain organizations expect the level of machine automation in their supply chain processes to double in the next five years. Gaining Supply Chain Momentum with Artificial Intelligenc e(AI) in Supply Chains & Logistics.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Say you’re a manufacturer , refining your production and capacity planning. If you’re a manufacturer , have you produced enough? For all of this, you need a solution that provides your entire organization with a single source of truth, helping teams align on inventory positioning, financial decisions , and business planning.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2023

According to the announcement , four added capabilities will be made available in 2024, that include support for supply planning, collaboration, sustainability and added generative AI capabilities.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

That board reportedly made recommendations that included 24 percent wage increases during the period from 2020 thru 2024 with a 14.1 Overall, this pending development could add yet another point of disruption for industry supply chains, with the timing being before the critical holiday fulfillment period that is a mere two months hence.

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