AIMMS
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Sales & Operations planning has been around for 30 years. It was created initially by Oliver Wight and has become the standard procedure to improve business performance and predictability. Throughout the years, we’ve witnessed waves of interest in S&OP and its evolution IBP, which incorporates financial planning. In the past 2 years, we’ve seen the appeal of S&OP increase a lot more.
Kinaxis
DECEMBER 1, 2016
by Dr. Madhav Durbha Digital supply chain is the “in” thing! Don’t take my word for it, though. Just google the term. You will come across many articles talking about how supply chains are being remade by industry 4.0, internet of things (IoT), 3D printing, big data analytics, cloud computing and so on. But what most of these articles focus on are the means rather than the ends for the digital supply chain.
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GlobalTranz
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Demand on distribution centers and warehouses are greater than ever, and promises of more reshoring around the country indicate the strain will only grow tighter. Rather than building new facilities, consider using these tips to optimize your existing facility to achieve higher thruput. 1. Analyze Current Processes. A company cannot increase operational efficiency of their warehouses without knowing where current resources are being used.
AIMMS
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Sales & Operations planning has been around for 30 years. It was created initially by Oliver Wight and has become the standard procedure to improve business performance and predictability. Throughout the years, we’ve witnessed waves of interest in S&OP and its evolution IBP, which incorporates financial planning. In the past 2 years, we’ve seen the appeal of S&OP increase a lot more.
Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller
As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe
Enterra Insights
DECEMBER 1, 2016
The digital path to purchase and omnichannel operations are complicating supply chain operations in a number of ways. The staff … Continued. The post The Digital Path to Purchase Requires Multiple Supply Chains appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Parade
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Decades ago, brokerages were mandated by grocery and automotive industries to adopt EDI. This new technology reduced human labor on both sides, increasing visibility and driving down shipping costs. Suppliers that failed to comply lost business, while the suppliers that embraced EDI went on to transform our national supply chain. Fast-forward to the present and the brokerages who went along with the evolving market have become household names: Swift, JB Hunt, Burris Logistics, and Old Dominion.
Material Handling & Logistics
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Bloomberg. The Institute for Supply Management’s index showed that factories waited longer for materials to be delivered, a sign of strengthening demand. read more.
MIT Supply Chain
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Supply chain management is a team endeavor, and developing an effective operational team is a challenge for any organization. But including innovation in the mix compounds that challenge. A study conducted last January by the MIT Supply Chain Strategy Lab sheds light on the dynamics of supply chain teams, and the factors that impact their […].
NC State SCRC
DECEMBER 1, 2016
The SCRC meeting was a huge success yesterday. I led off the discussion and took this opportunity to share some of the highlights of my new book, The LIVING Supply Chain, (with Tom Linton as co-author), and try out some of these new ideas on an unsuspecting group of people! The SCRC meeting featured a group of executives, students, and faculty participating at the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative meeting yesterday in Raleigh, held at the new Talley Student Center on the NC State campus.
Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.
Loop Supply Systems
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Planning Your Line-Side and Point of Use. Continuously improving your manufacturing planning, operations, and processes is the key principle of Lean Manufacturing. Continuous improvement should be focused on reducing the 7 Wastes of Lean. The 7 Wastes of Lean are: 1. Inventory. 2. Motion. 3. Transportation. 4. Waiting. 5. Overproduction. 6. Over Processing. 7.
Supply Chain Digest
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Amazon Gets Temp DC Workers On the Job Quickly, Time for a Chief Robotics Officer, Not Peak Oil, but Peak Demand, What Would Made in USA Goods Really Cost
DELMIA Quintiq
DECEMBER 1, 2016
How quickly can you solve a Rubik’s Cube? You’d have to beat Mats Valk, who solved the puzzle in 4.74 seconds, beating the previous record by nearly 0.2 seconds. Equally impressive is Australian Marawa Ibrahim, who managed to spin 200 hula hoops simultaneously. There’s also Mischo Erban, who reached the incredible speed of 95.83 kilometers per hour on an electric skateboard; and Franky Zapata, who flew over 2,000 meters on a hover board.
Supply Chain Digest
DECEMBER 1, 2016
As Some Retailers Take New Steps to Reduce Supplier Variability, Most Need to Get Their Own Order and Forecast House in Order to Fully Address the Problem
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Supply Chain 24/7
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Kevin Johnson will become chief executive officer and assume full responsibility for Starbucks global business and operations, Howard Schultz to become executive chairman and focus on retail innovation and accelerating growth of Starbucks ultra-premium retail formats.
Freightos
DECEMBER 1, 2016
What If Your Supply Chain Had A Control Tower? Article contributed by Batool Iqbal. Do you know how many planes take off or land each year in the world’s busiest airport? A little under 900,000. That’s at Atlanta, by the way. There’s high stakes in getting it right: starting with over 100,000,000 passengers. Hat’s off to the airport’s control tower.
Lucas
DECEMBER 1, 2016
An article this week in the Wall Street Journal described how Amazon is using technology to accelerate the onboarding process for 120,000 temporary warehouse workers they hired to get through the holiday season. Coincidentally, Lucas this week announced that the next installment of our Perfect Order Webinar Series will focus on this same issue: Taming the Temp Worker Challenge.
RELEX Solutions
DECEMBER 1, 2016
Read PDF. Retail’s BIG Show | January 15-17 2017 | Booth 830. RELEX Solutions, one of the fastest growing providers of integrated retail and supply chain planning solutions, will be showcasing its state-of-the-art systems, which have delivered significant financial benefits to its retail customers, at NRF’s Annual Convention & EXPO on the 15-17th January 2017.
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Lucas
DECEMBER 1, 2016
An article this week in the Wall Street Journal described how Amazon is using technology to accelerate the onboarding process for 120,000 temporary warehouse workers they hired to get through the holiday season. Coincidentally, Lucas this week announced that the next installment of our Perfect Order Webinar Series will focus on this same issue: Taming the Temp Worker Challenge.
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