Supply Chain Brain

JULY 19, 2022

The pandemic and resulting congestion in the supply chain have retailers reconsidering their traditional approach to sourcing and inventory management, says Larry Parker, department chair of transportation and logistics management, supply chain management, reverse logistics and government contracting at the Dr. Wallace E.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 12, 2023

BOSTON — July 13, 2023 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced the launch of Dynamic Fulfillment, a new addition to the JustEnough retail planning and execution suite.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 7, 2023

The dynamic sourcing capability automatically smooths inventory targets day after day and ensures target service levels are achieved regardless of supplier constraints. Version 8.60

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 3, 2022

BOSTON — August 4, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, announces it has appointed Jon Purdy as Chief Financial Officer and Joseph Luciano as Chief People Officer. ToolsGroup welcomes Jon Purdy as Chief Financial Officer and Joseph Luciano as Chief People Officer. .

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

BOSTON — Sept. ToolsGroup’s innovative AI-powered solutions enable retailers, manufacturers, and distributors to outsmart supply chain uncertainty and deliver inventory performance from source to customer doorstep to maximize revenue and profitability. About ToolsGroup.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

1) Streamlined Data Flow and Process Automation Is all about AI At the heart of effective supply chain automation lies the seamless flow of data across various sources and digital platforms, akin to a well-constructed highway for data. She is best known for her boundless energy and ability to get things done.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 5, 2023

Dynamic Multi-Sourcing that allows users to plan simultaneous replenishment from multiple suppliers, while also selecting back-up suppliers and creating order triggers. Version 8.61 Aggregate Forecasting & Re-Forecasting Based on Pre-Orders that allows demand planners to forecast at any aggregate level without losing nuanced details.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 29, 2022

Author : Emad Atef – CSCA, MBA (Candidate), Procurement and Sourcing Manager. Bixby Cooper , 166; Sunil Chopra, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, Global Edition: Strategy, Planning, and Operation (Boston: Pearson, 2015), 273; Heizer, Operations Management , 507. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

One of the most interesting panels from the Boston Procurement Leaders conference was focused on Talent Management. My Accounts Payable and Sourcing people are looking like value drivers focused on driving P&L realization to the bottom line. The Vendor Management team are starting to sound like banking regulators.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

ToolsGroup’s innovative AI-powered solutions enable retailers, manufacturers, and distributors to outsmart supply chain uncertainty and deliver inventory performance from source to customer doorstep to maximize revenue and profitability. Improving inventory position can help retailers secure consumer loyalty and capture impulse spending.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. Too few companies have a holistic approach to embrace the plan, make, source, and deliver together. There are no value network solutions in the market to enable plan/source/make and deliver visibility holistically. Reflection. To illustrate the point, let me share a story.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 16, 2022

BOSTON – August 17, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has been selected by Entertainment Retail Enterprises (ERE) , a leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of customized retail products including apparel, accessories, and home goods.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

According to analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), supply chain disruptions are likely to outpace resilience.”[1] Jeremy Kay , Managing Director and Partner at the Boston Consulting Group, insists many organizations “struggle to get a handle on how resilient they need to be.” Here’s the rub.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Leaders from Bose, Boston Scientific and ON Semiconductor shared key lessons from their supply chain transformations, including what led them to consider change. All supply chains have data errors, but if exhaustive searches rarely reveal the source of the problem – or reveal new problems – it might be more than run-of-the-mill complexity.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 22, 2022

ProcureCon IT Sourcing is back LIVE and IN-PERSON in the heart of Boston, MA at the Westin Copley Place this July 18 – 19, 2022!

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EMERGE App

JULY 11, 2018

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! You need to source for products to sell at wholesale prices to your retail customers. And the place to source for most, if not all, of your products is in China. Sourcing Consultant.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

I watched a TED Talk video by Philip Evans, from Boston Consulting Group and shuddered to think that all our traditional fulfillment and inventory models can be drastically transformed by the “consumer”. They want to assure the sourcing meets their “sustainable” expectations. It’s the consumer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

This past Monday marked the first normal Boston Marathon since 2019, as the 2020 marathon was canceled due to the Covid pandemic, and the 2021 marathon was shifted to October with a smaller field. And what a race it was. Richard crossed the finish line at 2:52 pm, which was almost the exact time the bombs went off.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

BOSTON, Mass. Our services help clients develop the right supply chain strategy for their business challenges and implement the process and technology solutions to improve Demand/Supply Planning, Procurement and Sourcing, Logistics and Warehousing, and Reverse Logistics business performance. PRESS RELEASE. and HOUSTON, Tex.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 11, 2022

In July 2020, Analysts from the Boston Consulting wrote, “The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered perhaps the greatest shocks to international trade since the Great Depression. 10] They agree “western nations and organizations need to diversify their manufacturing and sourcing portfolios outside of China.” 9] Robert J.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

My first focus was on China sourcing. China was the source of over 90% of PPE.) I gave thanks when the Patriots jet—championed by Mass General and Robert Kraft (owner of the Patriots)—landed in Boston with a million masks. Explore alternative analytics and data sources to eliminate black holes. Map the time for recovery.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

His analysis and insight have made him a frequent source to the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, ComputerWorld, eWeek, CIO Magazine, Internet Retailer, Chain Store Age and many others, as well as a sought-out presenter. . . Bill Catania .

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2021

BOSTON, March 17, 2021 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, is proud to announce that ToolsGroup Director of Professional Services for Europe, Michael Haiber, and Vice President of Professional Services, Stefano Novati, were both named 2021 “Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The invention of the ocean container as a means for inter-modal sea and surface transportation movements have orchestrated the march toward lowest cost global based sourcing of components and materials. Background Ocean container shipping and logistics are the lifeblood of global supply chain movements.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2023

According to a published report from New Hampshire’s Manchester Union Leader via Yahoo News , plans for the sixth facility call for the construction of a 102,418 square foot combination office and manufacturing facility within Londonderry, New Hampshire , near the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 15, 2022

Among the Ferrari Consulting and Research Group’s Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains for the current year, is our firm belief that businesses and their supply management teams taking more direct control in strategic and tactical sourcing of materials sourcing will be a driving force in the coming months.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Hans-Paul Bürkner, Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and his colleague, and Arindam Bhattacharya, write, “We are living in a confusing, polarizing world of dizzying complexity and puzzling contradictions. If you don’t have a first-tier supplier who’s sourcing from China, then your supplier’s supplier is.”[7]

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By shipping from locations with too much inventory (oversupply, or source locations) to locations with too little inventory (undersupply, or destination locations), companies can deliver better service levels from destination locations without increasing overall inventory holding costs and purchasing costs. MIT Study at Boston Scientific.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

” Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) add, “Over the past decade, public and private sources have dedicated impressive amounts of energy and resources to digital agriculture in developing countries.”[2] ” In Part 1 of this article, I discussed some of the background involved in the Farming 4.0

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2016

Boston Consulting Group talks about how the “endless aisles” of the internet and omni-channel sales increase product assortment. Identifying the sources of error in the forecast builds greater accountability for the forecast. Consumer package goods (CPG) companies are looking for growth and scouring markets for opportunity.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 19, 2013

As I write this, the greater Boston area (including where I live) is in lockdown as the police hunt for the second suspect of the Boston Marathon bombings (the first suspect was killed overnight). I’m amazed by how quickly the investigation has progressed, and how organized the response by law enforcement has been. Be Sociable, Share!

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 23, 2023

Introduction Plenty has been said about supply chain resilience in the aftermath of the pandemic, but I thought it was worth taking a look at what the strategists at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) had to say about the topic in a just-published article in Harvard Business Review, “3 Steps to Prepare Your Supply Chain for the Next Crisis,” by BCG consultants (..)

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Logility

DECEMBER 9, 2011

26% – Amount Boston Scientific reduced their inventory ( Link ). $20 47% – Best-in-Class companies have strong process capabilities in optimizing inventory versus 29% of Laggards ( Source ). 61% – The number of Consumer Goods companies that rely on rule-of-thumb as their inventory policy ( Source ).

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 8, 2022

Jane is asking for the best route from Boston to Chicago. A large FUM allows a managed transportation provider to do better procurement on behalf of their shipper clients because they understand what the average shipper pays on a lane, which lanes are hard to source, and which carriers really like to work in certain lanes.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2020

” Although some business leaders believe sustainability efforts are source of increased costs with little ROI to show for them, the Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and HSBC suggest becoming more sustainable is in a company’s best interests. And these statistics all date from before the coronavirus pandemic…!”

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

The Boston area is a hub for warehouse robotics companies. Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. A resilient supply chain is able to recover quickly from these disruptions.

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 8, 2015

Aside from a short stint living in Europe, I’ve always lived in Boston, MA. As I got older, and progressed in my career, I stayed in Boston because of different reasons. Cartoon sourced from the Roanoke Times. (Weblink [link]. There’s an old song lyric “ wherever I lay my hat that’s my home” (…attribution to Marvin Gaye).

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