Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This is despite the purchase of Terra Technology Demand Sensing and Multi-tier Inventory Management (MEIO) in 2014 for 12-14M$ (including implementation). The solution was too black box. Hence the solution couldn’t be much maintained. When I asked about the use, the response was: “ We don’t use it. ” My take?

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QAD

APRIL 14, 2022

The answer just might be controlled environment agriculture or “vertical farming” to assist in solving potential future food shortages and as a means to re-invent the food industry as a whole. The benefits could provide solutions to many disruptive forces currently impacting agriculture, farming and food manufacturing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2022

Supply Chain Risk Management Solution from riskmethods. If I was asked to vote for the most interesting solution set that has come to the fore over the last few years, my vote would be for supply chain risk management solutions. AGCO’s risk notification and visualization solution came from riskmethods.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

Embracing technology is part of that solution. But the rapid shift from retail to online purchasing for staples and the surge for protective equipment, as well as unanticipated products like bread makers and home-schooling items, left many retailers flatfooted. online, which contributed to overwhelmed parcel shipping networks.

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RFgen

MARCH 3, 2021

Mobile inventory solutions for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management boost data accuracy, increase workflow efficiency and support digital transformation with barcode software. Mobile inventory solutions for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management help you get the most out of your ERP. Purchase Order Receiving.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Here’s my take on what caused this crisis, the biggest challenges facing the industry, and lessons learned on how to get out of it. Higher container costs , resulting in container-by-container decisions on what to ship. When they failed to meet production needs, the whole industry ground to a halt. Let me bring that to life. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This 26th Annual ARC Industry Forum will be a hybrid event, in person in Orlando, Florida on February 14-17 and online March 7-10. Container shipping rates could raise import prices by 11%. Merchants Fleet to purchase 18,000 BrightDrop Electric Vehicles. Today is Happy Friday – because every Friday is a happy day.

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Unleashed

MARCH 2, 2022

Here we give you eight real-world examples of how businesses use Kanban, a popular lean tool that’s helped companies in a huge range of sectors improve efficiency – especially those in the manufacturing industry. assembly), so they can perform their task and hand the product to the customer – or ship it, as would generally be the case.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Automotive Logistics Group Publisher, Louis Yiakoumi, about the hot topics in this industry. In Part I of our blog, Mr. Yiakoumi discussed the major industry challenges. In Part II he will cover what automotive companies are doing to overcome those challenges.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

So, here is my invented future for 2015, starting with my most audacious prediction: Google will acquire a logistics service provider (3PL) and/or a logistics software vendor. And its technology assets too, like the Kiva robots Amazon purchased [in 2012] and the data centers that power its cloud computing services. The Google TMS?

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Green supply chain history: The origin of Supply Chain Management can be dated back to the early 20th with Henry Ford who vertically integrates the automotive supply chain and organizational practices. Sustainable procurement: consists of environmentally friendly purchasing that carry reduction, reuse, and recycle.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Mass customisation is also known as: Made-to-order Built-to-order Increasingly popular in the retail goods sector – but also used in the automotive, software and finance sectors – mass customisation allows customers to purchase a product that is more ‘them’. What about mass customisation in software?

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

The diamond and gold, tea and coffee, beverage, food, and automotive industries all have participants with blockchain applications under test, operating as pilots, or implemented as digital solutions to improve supply chain operations. So how well is blockchain living up to commercial and organizational expectations?

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Micro-fulfilment is a strategy eCommerce businesses are using to meet customer demand for faster delivery and pick-up times for online purchases. The modern consumer doesn’t want to wait for their online purchases – they expect fast delivery of goods or will switch to competitors who deliver rapid order fulfilment.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

While logistics had remained the same for decades, the rise of modern civilization has transformed the industry. Small shipping companies have grown into larger third-party logistics providers , and warehouse management has become more focused on efficiency and accuracy instead of quantity of shipments.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

The manufacturing firm would then have to organise shipping of the defective product, testing the product, dismantling, repairing, recycling or disposing the product. The Ultimate Guide for Effective LTL Freight Management : we put on a 60 minute webinar entitled, “Best Practices for Effective LTL Freight Management and Shipping.”

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

At the beginning of 2020, the global market for automotive parts and accessories had enjoyed several years of high margins and steady growth in a stable environment. Then the COVID pandemic hit, and the once recession-resistant industry took a massive knock. The new normal for automotive. This means lower demand as well.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

One such trend in the manufacturing industry is the use of lean manufacturing principles that help companies clean up inefficiencies and work smarter. Also known as lean thinking, this method is now being used beyond the manufacturing industry in countless businesses, to increase production and profits, reduce costs and improve quality.

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JDA software

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Customer expectations for product availability and seemingly endless purchasing channels are driving many companies to move product faster and smarter than ever before. its transportation management and how well it continually procures, plans, executes and monitors freight. Times sure have changed! Network design.

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IQMS

MARCH 27, 2020

However, the extensive reliance on ERP solutions to maintain widespread, fundamental business continuity, as we are seeing today, has never been experienced on such a large scale. Modern ERP solutions have even minimized the need to have IT professionals onsite since many of today’s solutions are hosted or managed in the cloud.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 14, 2014

In this edition: Marion Kohlmeier, Head of supply chain planning and project purchasing at Weidmann Plastics Technology. Weidmann Plastics Technology is part of the Techniplas Group and I am responsible for three teams: Logistics planning; pre-series scheduling; and project purchasing. The third team is project purchasing.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 14, 2022

You need proven solutions that can scale, and you need them to be efficient, accurate and reliable. Those first three steps involve how the various components of your products — and your customers’ orders — are assembled and readied for picking and shipping. Shipping isn’t as easy as it might sound. Drop shipping.

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Unleashed

MAY 28, 2023

FIFO assumes the items first purchased or first produced are the first items to be sold. Under the FIFO method, the inventory you have left at the end of your accounting period would be the items you’ve most recently purchased or produced. Imagine you have a lighting business, and you purchase ten light fittings for $10 each.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

2021 may not be a year for the logistics industry to cherish, but it was a year filled with a lot of takeaways. Logistics industry was experiencing capacity constraints, driver shortages, sudden upticks in e-commerce demand, new technologies, different fulfillment models , delays, port congestions, canal blockage etc. Rewind to 2021!

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Whether it’s my hopeless search for Wildberry Pop Tarts, a replacement for my range cooktop or even the still considerable struggles in the purchase of a new automobile, supply chain issues have become a repeatable and expected part of our everyday acquisition processes. A Lesson from the Automotive Supply Chain.

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DynaSys

JUNE 1, 2021

Pandemics, environmental issues, geo-political factors, shipping route blockages are majors disruptors. This can be applied to the food and beverage manufacturing industry as well. Today’s technology rich world gives us things like industry 4.0, Today’s technology rich world gives us things like industry 4.0, Investigate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year. West Coast port congestion leads to new ideas in cross-country rail shipping. There is good news and bad news for the trucking industry. The good news is that there is more interest from people in joining the industry. to expand monkeypox vaccine, drug distribution.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented. Aerospace Industry is characterized by high material costs (about 65-80%). Supply Chain of fashion industry involves a time based competition.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JULY 21, 2020

Supply chain finance (SCF) is a term describing a set of technology-based solutions that aim to lower financing costs and improve business efficiency for buyers and sellers linked in a sales transaction. A typical extended payables transaction works as follows: Let’s say the buyer, Company ABC, purchases goods from the seller, Supplier XYZ.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 14, 2020

Define your procurement response strategy. Many countries have closed shops for non-essential and discretionary purchases, and even where they are open, consumers may be cautious about venturing to the high street, preferring to shop online. Adapting to the present and future challenges of COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/T8B9C8bbi9.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

We believe many practices in global supply chain management can be applied in every industry. The Lean journey should focus on straightforward activities that everyone can see and understand because the tools take on a life of their own, causing the operation to lose sight of the simple goal of waste elimination. The evidence?

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In the world of logistics, IoT both enables the monitoring of assets throughout the supply chain and turns all the data from monitoring these assets into insights that drive new solutions. Barcode labels and RFID were some of the early tools to track shipments, albeit without providing real-time and remote monitoring capabilities.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In the world of logistics, IoT both enables the monitoring of assets throughout the supply chain and turns all the data from monitoring these assets into insights that drive new solutions. Barcode labels and RFID were some of the early tools to track shipments, albeit without providing real-time and remote monitoring capabilities.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In the world of logistics, IoT both enables the monitoring of assets throughout the supply chain and turns all the data from monitoring these assets into insights that drive new solutions. Barcode labels and RFID were some of the early tools to track shipments, albeit without providing real-time and remote monitoring capabilities.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In the world of logistics, IoT both enables the monitoring of assets throughout the supply chain and turns all the data from monitoring these assets into insights that drive new solutions. Barcode labels and RFID were some of the early tools to track shipments, albeit without providing real-time and remote monitoring capabilities.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In the world of logistics, IoT both enables the monitoring of assets throughout the supply chain and turns all the data from monitoring these assets into insights that drive new solutions. Barcode labels and RFID were some of the early tools to track shipments, albeit without providing real-time and remote monitoring capabilities.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Unleashed

AUGUST 28, 2022

The manufacturing industry is a thriving area that keeps finding applications for upcoming technologies in its various processes. Manual methods that relied solely on a keen eye are now the core of some leading manufacturing software. Specific aspects of managing inventory include procurement, storage, and utilisation tracking.

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