Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 19, 2018

Land O’Lakes Chief Supply Chain Officer, Yone Dewberry, told an audience at eft’s 3PL and Supply Chain Summit in Atlanta in on June 6th, “We’ve created it” (the truck driver shortage). “As an industry” (shippers), “we’ve done this to ourselves.” Land O’ Lakes is a member owned cooperative with revenues of $15 billion. The company is best known for dairy products, particularly butter, but the company also has divisions devoted to animal nutrition and seeds/crop […].

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ModusLink Corporation

JUNE 19, 2018

Today’s brands are up against a rapidly evolving the commercial landscape — with consumer behavior shifting toward online shopping and consumers, themselves, changing. Of course, the new shopper on every brand’s mind is the millennial. All eyes are on millennial spending behavior and preferences, as sales and marketing try to pin down trends around the […].

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 20, 2018

The chicken industry, especially in the United States, is one of the most successful sectors in agriculture. In a little over 50 years, the industry has advanced from fragmented, locally oriented businesses into a highly efficient, vertically integrated, progressive success story, increasingly supplying customers nationwide and around the globe. Poultry meat, particularly chicken, is a staple diet in most households around the world.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2018

This afternoon, I poured myself a cup of tea to pen congratulation emails to the Supply Chains to Admire award winners. This is the fun part of my job. It is now our fifth year of analyzing balance sheets to understand which companies are outperforming their peer groups on the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while driving improvement.

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The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 19, 2018

Most companies are still trying to use Excel to optimize their inventories. Supply Chain Insights’ 2018 Inventory Optimization Technologies Study suggests the number may be as high as 75%. These companies struggle to meet service level requirements while respecting financial impacts, and have almost no chance to do it optimally. So inventory optimization software is still “low hanging fruit” for those seeking higher levels of supply chain maturity and improved use of supply chain analytical tool

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 20, 2018

The fall in oil prices transformed the global oil & gas industry. In the wake of its devastating consequences, companies have formed new business partnerships and become more open to embracing innovation. The industry is now recovering as prices have started to rise again, but the downturn has been a catalyst for continued evolution. Let’s take a look at what’s going on in the industry in this era of transformation.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 18, 2018

It was my youngest son’s Bar Mitzvah this past Saturday, and as is customary at our congregation, he prepared a brief sermon reflecting on what he learned from that day’s Torah reading. He centered his talk on the following question: If you do something wrong, does that define who you are or what you can be forever? I’m taking a break today from writing about supply chain and logistics to share with you his insights on not letting your past mistakes define you.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 19, 2018

Most companies are still trying to use Excel to optimize their inventories. Supply Chain Insights’ 2018 Inventory Optimization Technologies Study suggests the number may be as high as 75%. These companies struggle to meet service level requirements while respecting financial impacts, and have almost no chance to do it optimally. So inventory optimization software is still “low hanging fruit” for those seeking higher levels of supply chain maturity and improved use of supply chain analytical tool

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Optimization Software Inventory Demand Planning Software Modeling 120

River Logic

JUNE 18, 2018

Gartner's release of its 14th annual Supply Chain Top 25 provides an inside view of the elite corporations and their advanced practices that make them the best in the world. In the Supply Chain Top 25 ranking, Unilever retains its number one spot with a composite score based on six categories, like Gartner and peer opinions, inventory turns, revenue growth, and more.

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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.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 19, 2018

Companies are always looking for a competitive edge and many organizations believe Big Data and advanced analytics can help them find one. The truth of the matter is so many organizations are now leveraging Big Data and advanced analytics that finding an edge is becoming increasingly difficult. Sam Ransbotham ( @Ransbotham ), David Kiron ( @DavidKiron1 ), and Pamela Kirk Prentice ( @pamelakprentice ) assert, “Competitive advantage with analytics is waning.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2018

Earlier this month, I retired my old headshot photo and starting using a new one. Today, I’m temporarily replacing it with this drawing of me that my daughter — the one heading to college this fall — drew way back when she was 2 years old. Remarkably, although 16 years have gone by, I look exactly the same. Shifting gears, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: CVS Adds Home Delivery With Help From Post Office (WSJ – sub. req’d).

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 22, 2018

“Companies Spent a Record $1.5 TRILLION on Shipping Costs in 2017” blares the headline from the Wall Street Journal Logistics Report article. Up a whopping 6.2% from the year before, shippers have been absorbing the costs of rising interest rates and labor costs, higher fuel costs, and soon, high tariffs on imported goods. The pace of cost increases is unsustainable.

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TradeGecko

JUNE 21, 2018

It’s a vision shared by virtually all global business owners: a highly efficient, cost-effective supply chain strategy that keeps customers happy and requires minimal manual input. Where does flexible order routing come into play? It’s one of the secret ingredients for successful international inventory management and order fulfillment.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 19, 2018

The report identifies several concepts that look to have high impact across the next decade: uberization of freight; blockchain; fully autonomous trucks; artificial intelligence applications; truck platooning; electric vehicle fleets; autonomous mobile robots; and drone and unmanned aerial vehicle delivery systems. Things are looking up for supply chain sector, according to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual State of Logistics Report. .

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 21, 2018

Virtually all industries today are undergoing digital transformation, but the opportunities for cost savings, as well as productivity and service improvements, are arguably greatest in the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry because of all of their current manual and paper-based processes. How is digitization starting to transform this industry?

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Arkieva

JUNE 19, 2018

A look at how you can use product and customer ABC segmentation for Inventory management. ABC Segmentation for Inventory Management was first posted on June 19, 2018 at 2:25 pm. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 21, 2018

Innovative New Solution Modules, Features and Other Advancements within the Acclaimed UltraShipTMS Platform Earn 2018 Recognition as a Top 100 Supply Chain Provider from a Leading Industry Media Outlet. Fair Lawn, NJ – June 25, 2018 – Supply & Demand Chain Executive , the executive’s user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, has selected UltraShipTMS as a recipient of an SDCE 100 Award for 2018.

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TradeGecko

JUNE 18, 2018

We couldn’t leave well enough alone, could we? We’ve killed countless brands in the consumer retail space and forced countless more to change the very way they operate from sourcing, to merchandising, and supply chain management. We’ve voted with our wallets and taken to social media in order to influence and implore brands to change, to be accountable, to think differently and provide customer experiences that delight.

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Softeon

JUNE 18, 2018

Your supply chain can benefit in many ways from the new innovation of driverless trucks. Here are some of the ways that your network design strategy may improve. Transportation Costs Will Come Down. Human drivers need rest, which costs your company money. The driverless truck gives you the ability to maximize the revenue potential of each truck. Because of this, driverless trucks can sometimes exceed the 400-500 mile per day range that drivers normally achieve.

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Supply Chain 24/7

JUNE 20, 2018

Without taking advantage of the latest technology, supply chains become inefficient and unable to compete, and with higher consumer expectations and demands throughout the supply chain for faster turnarounds, industry requires the improvements that Artificial Intelligence can provide.

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DiManEx

JUNE 18, 2018

Since we founded DiManEx a few years ago, I’ve spoken to hundreds of supply chain leaders who struggle with a common question: how can we use our data to predict demand for spare and legacy parts? The question is ever more pressing for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and service organizations, which are often required by law to keep a supply of spare parts and combat product obsolescence at the same time.

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Speaker: Jeff Dickinson - President and CEO of Railgistixs Transport, Supply Chain and Logistics Thought Leader

Despite the ongoing transformation of the supply chain and logistics landscape, the steadfast importance of carrier safety remains a core principle. From prioritizing preventative maintenance to optimizing fleet utilization, the fundamentals persist. If you’re overlooking and neglecting essential safety precautions today, this could result in expensive repairs and potential safety hazards in the future. 🚧 Join Jeff Dickinson for a conversation on how to mitigate risk, enforce compliance,

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TradeGecko

JUNE 18, 2018

We couldn’t leave well enough alone, could we? We’ve killed countless brands in the consumer retail space and forced countless more to change the very way they operate from sourcing, to merchandising, and supply chain management. We’ve voted with our wallets and taken to social media in order to influence and implore brands to change, to be accountable, to think differently and provide customer experiences that delight.

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Purchasing Skills Research Supply and Demand Sourcing 60

AFFLINK

JUNE 21, 2018

One of the tricky things about managing a supply chain is that even the smallest problems don't happen in a vacuum. One issue at any stage in the change creates a ripple effect in the worst possible way. Supply chains are also getting more complex all the time, which only compounds this idea. It also serves to underline the fact that communication has officially become the most important part of your supply chain.

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APICS

JUNE 22, 2018

The future of business and the overhaul of supply chain management currently is limited by legacy technologies, but soon will be transformed by digital technology.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 18, 2018

These days, it seems like almost every time a retail chain shuts underperforming stores or has a leadership change, many in the news media and industry press rush to ask the same question: Is this another sign of the “Retail Apocalypse?”. But retailers and industry experts know that this rush to print gloom-and-doom headlines often ignores other factors, such as debt and customer experience.

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More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.

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Supply Chain 24/7

JUNE 18, 2018

After decades of improving their engineering and production functions, the world's leading industrial manufacturers now are working to improve the performance of their supply chains, which are among some of the most complex in the world.

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NFI

JUNE 19, 2018

From the quick shipment of products to emerging technologies, society is moving faster than ever. Despite these rapid technological advancements, uncertainties of supply chain disruption still remain. However, taking a proactive approach to address possible disruptions through supply chain risk management can be critical to a successful operation. Put simply, supply risk management is a.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2018

Global supply chains are subject to countless varieties of risk, in the form of geopolitical instability, economic uncertainty, ever-changing regulations and a host of other issues related to globalization. So it’s useful to have a means of determining just how healthy this amalgamation of relationships is, particularly as it relates to one’s supplier base.

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