Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 15, 2023

Steve Lewis, the president of GXO Direct, the shared services division of GXO Logistics, spoke at Blue Yonder’s ICON user conference. GXO is the world’s largest contract warehousing provider. GXO Direct operates warehouses across major markets in the U.S. The Direct division serves multiple customers out of the same warehouses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This was certainly another strange year, but the in-person conferences I usually look forward to were a mixed bag this year. I attended my first in-person conferences and attended a number of virtual ones as well. Forecasts call for freight rate slumps in 2023. As hard as it is to believe, another year is coming to an end.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Demand Sensing for Accurate Planning and Forecasting. A McKinsey’s report published in 2022 indicates that 32 per cent of people from industries like automotive, consumer goods, and pharmaceutical find demand variability and forecasting responsible for value chain disruptions. Technology and automation are major enablers towards this.

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Stord

MARCH 5, 2019

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)’s conference attracts retail and supply chain leaders from the biggest brands in the country, providing a forum for innovation, networking, and collaboration. If you couldn’t make it, or want to refresh your memory, here are five big themes from the 2019 conference.

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Kinaxis

MAY 30, 2017

by Dr. Madhav Durbha I enjoy attending conferences. One conference I recently attended is the Gartner Supply Chain Executive conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Use of drones ( EyeSee inside the warehouse for scanning and tracking inventory, Prime Air for delivery). Autonomous vehicles going well beyond driverless cars (e.g.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 13, 2020

Rafael Labbé, Supply Chain Director at Suministros y Alimentos, a distributor to McDonalds Mesoamérica, shared his company’s experience and COVID-19 supply chain response with ToolsGroup’s Kathleen Geraghty at the recent ToolsGroup virtual user conference. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.].

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2021

The SVP of Supply Chain at Walmart speaking at Blue Yonder’s virtual user conference. Walmart is making investments in warehouse automation in distribution centers to deliver aisle and department-ready pallets to stores. In their distribution centers, Walmart is modernizing their warehouse management system (WMS).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 13, 2022

Mr. Amend explained Walgreens’ project in a speech at the Blue Yonder ICON user conference on May 25 th. But the inventory planning systems that forecast where inventory will be needed are not. No forecast is perfect. The problem with this is that forecasts are based on history. But now it was full speed ahead.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Warehouses are full, and supply chain leaders are using containers as overflow warehouses adding to port snarls. In nine out of ten supply chain planning systems that I test, I find that companies have a negative Forecast Value Added level. Is this a conscious and deliberate decision? Should we do better? My answer is no.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

The problem is that warehouses are full. Most companies do not analyze the coefficient of variation (how forecastable the data is), the quality of the demand forecast (Forecast Value-Added) , or the impact of the latency from the dependency on the order signal in the distortion and amplification of the supply signal (bullwhip effect).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Contrary to what many people believe, investing in employees is not dilutive to a company’s financial results and shareholder value — it’s actually accretive,” said Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, at the 2015 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference.

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Logility

AUGUST 24, 2022

Build a model of your demand — this you can do easily from your history, or forecasts, or demand proxies. Traditional warehouses are a good starting point. Simply run next year’s forecast or last year’s shipments to customers and you have destinations by postal code. Read on to see how. Step 2 — Find Your Customers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The answers lie in investments in supplier development teams, the simplification of the bill of materials and product platforms, and analytics to forecast requirements based on consumption. My forecast is a lumpy road to 2023 and port-related supply chain disruptions for at least a year. Prepare for a slog. Are the port issues over?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

We draw a timeline on a conference room wall and using customer shipment and compliance data, we plot the issues with customer service and product outages. Determine Forecastability and Forecast Value Added (FVA). Executives will ask, “What is a good target for forecast error?” Step Three. Let me explain.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I just returned from the Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Conference in Detroit. OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers should consider longer-term forecasting and capacity collaboration with their Tier-n suppliers. I look forward to seeing you at next year’s conference!

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Logility

AUGUST 4, 2023

We decided to embrace the change because we realized that operating in silos is not ideal,” Turk shared during his session at Gartner’s EMEA Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo conference in Barcelona, Spain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. The budget is not sufficient and is often a detrimental input for supply chain forecasting. Bias and error.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 18, 2022

We were also joined by over 1,500 people from around the world who attended the conference virtually. The theme for the conference was “Ready. This came in the form of unexpected absenteeism at factories, warehouses, and on the road, as well as boats being stuck in ports which created container shortages. and Supply.AI.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Andrew Viteritti, Lead for the Commerce and Regulation division of the Economist Intelligence Unit Global Forecasting group began his presentation by reviewing the current and future state of the global economy. The forecast is that the EU GDP growth will be reduced by 1.3 percentage points, shrinking to 2.7% growth, and only 3.1%

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

When my flight canceled, I was en route to the annual AMR conference in Phoenix. Tight coupling of the supply chain forecast to the financial forecast will improve value. Even when I proved that the process was degrading the forecast by 35-60%, companies still clung to a wrong number. Don’t believe me? Measure it.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2013

Companies are the most satisfied with warehouse and transportation management and the least satisfied with demand planning. Here we start with the seven that we see the most often: 1) One-number Forecasting. It is a Hoax. : Well-intentioned consultants tout the concept of one-number forecasting. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

As the markets plummet, it is time to remind ourselves that demand is not a forecast. Traditional forecasting approaches are not adequate in a time of market volatility. In the real world, companies operate with a Mean Absolute Forecast Error of 24-60%, and have a bias of 9-40%. Markets drive supply chains.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

The planning typically begins at the start of the year as shippers work with carriers to share updated forecasts of capacity requirements throughout the year to ensure parcels are delivered on time during the season. However, if shippers under or overestimate their forecasted capacity requirements, they could incur a penalty from carriers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Each year I go to the Consumer Goods and Technology (CGT) conference where speaker-after-speaker talks about retail/supplier collaboration. It is for this reason that I sit on the back row at most conferences watching, listening, and smiling. Additionally, get good at forecasting. I am a disbeliever. Drive a difference.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 1, 2013

I was one of those fortunate enough to attend the RILA Retail Supply Chain Conference – Logistics 2013 event in Orlando a few weeks back. For those of you who enjoyed or weren’t able to attend RILA’s Retail Supply Chain Conference, I’d like to encourage you to check out FOCUS 2013 , JDA’s annual global conference May 5-8 in Orlando.

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OptiProERP

JANUARY 17, 2024

In the RSM International Association blog entitled How smart manufacturing is pushing the industry forward , the author cites a report published by the Conference Board of Canada indicating that some manufacturers were still relying on old legacy software systems, often 20 years old or more.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Continue reading for the latest updates and forecasts about Florence and other impending storms, as well as a list of best practices to help your supply network weather the impact. Forecasted Effects on Environment, Communities, and Supply Chains. Weather charts and forecasts can underestimate impact. Operational Best Practices.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Integration with other supply chain functions: Order fulfilment connects with other aspects of the supply chain – such as procurement, production planning, and demand forecasting – to ensure alignment and smooth operations. Order fulfilment is just one part of the supply chain. Why is order fulfilment important to get right?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

This is a key differentiator and vastly different to the principles we know today of relational software in rows and tables and traditional data warehouse approaches using ETL where processing data requires movement. Traditional forecasting systems are not adequate. Instead, the program processes the data where it resides.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 28, 2019

Here are a few places these themes popped up at the conference and how we can tie them back to a subject we love here at ToolsGroup: supply chain planning. All this complexity can’t possibly tamed even by an army of planners–80 percent of businesses surveyed are now automating processes, and it’s not just in the warehouse.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 15, 2018

Amazon’s Clever Machines Are Moving From the Warehouse to Headquarters (Bloomberg). million for its warehouse robots (TechCrunch). At the Descartes Evolution 2018 conference in March, Mark Holifield, Home Depot’s Executive Vice President of Supply Chain and Product Development, discussed how the retailer is investing $1.2

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Continue reading for the latest updates and forecasts about Florence and other impending storms, as well as a list of best practices to help your supply network weather the impact. Forecasted Effects on Environment, Communities, and Supply Chains. Weather charts and forecasts can underestimate impact. Operational Best Practices.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

He is the most accurate forecaster I know, because unlike many speculators and economists, his observations are based on actual data! He believes that inflation isn’t going to go down going into 2023 – but will persist. He writes a weekly blog on Linked In which I follow religiously. Healthcare supply chains will remain strained.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 25, 2022

At a recent conference, Feroz Khan ( @feroztechie ), a Digital Advisory Partner at KPMG, stated, “Smart logistics powered with Artificial Intelligence will redefine the supply chain excellence. Controlling smart factories and warehouses. 2] The Economist adds, “AI is making companies swifter, cleverer and leaner.”[3].

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ThroughPut

MARCH 1, 2022

An AI-enabled port ecosystem can lead to effective communication across all touchpoints in the container supply chain, right from cargo owners to terminal operators, to third-party logistics providers and warehouse workers. In-depth reporting on the movement of goods to accelerate decision making and resolve potential issues.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

As the world for non-essential workers moved to on-line meetings, conference calls, and uncertainty, essential workers redefined the workplace to mitigate risk. The healthcare value chain was slow to respond—the majority of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was in Chinese warehouses. China was the source of over 90% of PPE.)

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 24, 2013

A good example of a company driving logistics innovation that presented at the conference was Continental AG. The roundabout is a good example of high efficiency, but we also find in our corporations that there are too many bottlenecks in warehousing and workflow, our behavior,how staff and we deal with partners.

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