Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

For those of you that were unable to attend, this article will provide a thorough second-hand experience of a day at this expansive exhibit. Addverb is a vertically integrated company, manufacturing its own robots, fixed automation, and much of the components, while also developing its software and providing implementation services.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 11, 2020

Effective inventory management is crucial to reducing costs in any manufacturing business. This is particularly true in the food manufacturing industry, which characteristically has a high volume of products stored, and an urgent need to fill existing client orders to match ongoing consumer demand.

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Kinaxis

JULY 18, 2018

This article was originally published on apics.org, and is repubished with permission. Since 2012, The Manufacturing Institute has celebrated women in manufacturing with its STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Production) Ahead Awards, which recognize women in manufacturing who exemplify leadership within their companies.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 9, 2018

This article was originally published on apics.org, and is republished with permission. According to article authors Stephen Laaper, Glenn Yauch, Paul Wellener and Ryan Robinson, a DSN enables the integration of data from various sources to better inform production and distribution.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The latest edition of the LogiSYM conference catering to the Middle East/North Africa region, LogiSYM MENA, took place online on August 24. In the first conference segment in the afternoon, the theme shifted to Sustainability – a subject that was hardly discussed at LogiSYM just a few years ago. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2020

We want to take this opportunity to reflect on the Top 15 most popular logistics articles written this year and see what our readers found to be the most interesting. So, without further ado, here are the most popular logistics articles from 2020. Today is day two of the HighJump Elevate user conference.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 31, 2024

Patrick’s Day and Easter (yes, it’s in March this year) as the top celebrations, but in the manufacturing and supply chain world, the biggest celebration in March is MODEX in Atlanta, GA at the Georgia World Congress Center. Keynote by award-winning actor Jeremy Renner (March 13th at 9:00 a.m.)

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 31, 2024

Patrick’s Day and Easter (yes, it’s in March this year) as the top celebrations, but in the manufacturing and supply chain world, the biggest celebration in March is MODEX in Atlanta, GA at the Georgia World Congress Center. Keynote by award-winning actor Jeremy Renner (March 13th at 9:00 a.m.)

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 15, 2018

As per usual, folks will flock to the gym in record numbers to burn off those extra holiday pounds and then, all too soon, workouts will become a distant memory (These are “January people” according to an article in the Huffington Post ). Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference : May 14 – 17, 2018 (Phoenix, AZ).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This year the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. “Even with all new Glasgow pledges for 2030, we will emit roughly twice as much in 2030 as required for 1.5 degrees Celsius,” states the Climate Action Tracker.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 21, 2013

I had the opportunity to attend the CAO conference in Chicago this week where I sat on a panel discussing the topic “Creating an Analytics Culture.”. The session was kicked off by Tom Davenport, the recognized ‘guru’ of analytics who has written several books and many articles on the subject.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2012

” CFO of a major manufacturer. I have written many articles about Advanced Planning Systems (APS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Advanced Inventory Optimization. You see it conference after conference. A decade ago, the supply chain had two buffers: inventory and manufacturing. I am a skeptic.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 2, 2023

Retailers are introducing B2B services while manufacturers and other B2B organizations embrace digitization to conduct business with suppliers and customers more efficiently. Upcoming webinars & conferences: January 12, I’ll be participating in Container X Change’s webinar. Thanks for reading Rethinking supply chains!

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synchrono

MARCH 19, 2018

A few years ago, Aberdeen Group did a study that showed that 63% of “best in class” manufacturers still used spreadsheets for planning. Forbes published an article quoting “various studies” that put the rate of significant errors at 88%. Of course, spreadsheets come with their own set of issues. Grounding Planning in Reality.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

From May 2016 through the end of August 2017, “17 CEOs of public Big Food manufacturers and retailers had departed, or announced their intention to,” according to an article published last September in Fortune. The theme of the conference was “Go Boldly Together.” They’re facing unprecedented change.”

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 9, 2023

As such, the Reverse Logistics Association (RLA) will shine the light on six of these firms in RLA’s annual conference in Las Vegas, Feb 7-9 , in its inaugural Reverse Logistics Startup Pitch Contest. Join us in Vegas There’s still time to join us in Las Vegas for RLA’s annual conference.

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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. Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Drawings from Two Very Different Businesses Portraying the River of Demand. Mistake #5.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I missed sending out a post last week and really am sorry about that but…here’s my excuse…I was at the Reverse Logistics Association (RLA) Leadership Conference last week. One last fyi and I’ll end this post for now… RLA is hosting a startup pitch contest at its annual conference in February 2023.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 15, 2018

Work on soft skills - Soft management skills may not be hiring criteria or taught in manufacturing environments. Each September our partner Optilon sponsors the Supply Chain Conference in Stockholm, the largest event of its kind in the Nordics. This year’s focus is Talent & Outcome.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

My goal in this blog post is to answer a series of questions I got from the audience when I spoke at a couple of conferences this week. ” A supply chain leader from GE at another conference said, “Yesterday, we called it big data. For more reading on the topic, check out the series of Linkedin Articles recently published.

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Supply Chain Insights

JANUARY 18, 2018

I hate prediction articles. I writhe in my seat at most conferences and count the number of times the word “digital” is used in presentations. For the purposes of clarity, in this article, the term digital supply chain is the transformation of the atoms and electrons within the supply chain to unleash new levels of value.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Does Google’s entry into the robotics industry mark the beginning of a renaissance in manufacturing automation? An article titled Can Google’s Robots Build a New Future for US Manufacturing? Moreover, the online giant is collaborating with Taiwan-based contract manufacturer Foxconn on the development of robot systems.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 9, 2022

Featuring Our 12 Best Procurement Articles! A project can range from a large manufacturing operation to a small exhibit at a conference in project-based procurement to even online email marketing campaigns. Types of Procurement article and permission to publish here provided by Naathan Mohan. Subscribe Here!

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 22, 2020

Extensive experience in Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Retail, Heavy Industries, Pharmaceuticals, Mining, Oil & Gas. Regular contributor to supply chain publications and a speaker at regional and global seminars and conferences. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Oracle SCM

OCTOBER 6, 2016

I attended the Gartner Supply Chain Conference in London a couple of weeks ago, and one of the topics that was discussed was the rise of robotics, especially in manufacturing and logistics. The implications of these changes are incredible—an LA Times article states that “robots could replace 1.7

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

LinkedIn published my 100th Influencer article last month. The emergence of just-in-time manufacturing, other business models, and globalization were among the drivers reshaping the business landscape. The inaugural post appeared on March 4, 2014, and was about the rising status of the supply chain profession.

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QAD

JUNE 27, 2019

The city of New Orleans played quite the host this year to our growing community of manufacturers for our largest annual customer conference, Explore. This year at Explore, many of the conference attendees were very excited about QAD’s advanced technology direction, including the debut of Production Execution in the QAD Labs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I stumbled on an old article that I wrote in 2001. It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. At the time, I was a junior Gartner analyst. was controversial.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

I am unsure how many business teams I had the good fortune of working with, but a casual count nears 3,000 over 20 years with over 500 conference speaking opportunities. Recently, work has been slower than usual, and I have not been traveling, so I have been writing an article daily. This comment is the genesis of this article.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 15, 2018

Work on soft skills - Soft management skills may not be hiring criteria or taught in manufacturing environments. Each September our partner Optilon sponsors the Supply Chain Conference in Stockholm, the largest event of its kind in the Nordics. This year’s focus is Talent & Outcome.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

The next step of the ZEV declaration integrates workstreams of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) High Level Action Champions (HLAC) with Automotive Manufacturers and The Climate Group’s EV100 to avoid duplication of effort and to pool resources.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 19, 2016

As world affairs go, the most recent Global Liner Shipping conference in London did not stir up much interest in the global news cycle. Coming back to the conference, every presenter had to acknowledge that the going is tough and one should not expect much change in the near future. Let this be the optimistic angle of this article.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

I am passionate about the topic of the digital supply chain, and I apologize in advance for the length of this article. The conference is always a lot of fun. The conference is always a lot of fun. At the conference the remarks of Anthony Volpe from Lenovo struck a chord. Reflections. Building the inertia is my goal.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Next week, I’ll be speaking at the Ryder Innovate Forum in Chicago and the Elemica reveal 2014 conference in Frankfurt. I look forward to learning and networking with all the attendees, and I’ll share my takeaways from those conferences in future posts. Here are some details from the article: Amazon’s space at 7 West 34th St.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2013

In this article, we share insights on the current state and give actionable advice that teams can take to make improvements. Previously, the focus was on a more siloed approach to improving manufacturing, procurement or logistics. The traditional technique is to forecast what manufacturing should make. 4) Data Model Design.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 11, 2020

When leading economists start talking about a drop in manufacturing comparable to the start of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, you can be sure that the world’s leading industries are in for a torrid few months. Since then, the impact on manufacturing and global supply chains, across multiple industry sectors, has been significant.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 14, 2021

2020 has been the year of virtual conferences and meetings for most of us. This is a golden opportunity for companies with international sourcing, manufacturing and sales footprints to reap these benefits. BY Joe Lombardo, Editor-In- Chief, LogiSYM. EVENT HIGHLIGHTS. Partner—Tax At KPMG Singapore. Royston Phua.

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