Synovos

MARCH 11, 2024

The Benefits of Outsourcing MRO Integrated Supply Chain for Food Manufacturers When RS Integrated Supply first started managing Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) for one US food manufacturer, the client was a fledgling company. “I Food production is, however, different to other areas of manufacturing in crucial ways.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. The company transitioned from an innovator in the 1990s to a late adopter in the last decade. Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. The reason?

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ThroughPut

MARCH 28, 2024

Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) within different segments of the Food Industry, including transportation and logistics, production planning, quality control, and others has kicked off revolutionary transformations. The market size of AI in the food industry , including the beverages sector is set to cross USD 9.68

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Synovos

AUGUST 9, 2023

RS Integrated Supply’s Costanza Campi to speak at World Procurement Excellence Summit WARRINGTON, UK / RADNOR, PA 8 AUGUST 2023 – Costanza Campi, Senior Vice President of Global Procurement for RS Integrated Supply, has been selected to present at the upcoming World Procurement Excellence Summit in Cologne, Germany.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Maximize the value of the purchase order flow data already in the existing networks. (A A purchase order changes many times and needs synchronization. Exostar’s purchase by Arlington Capital Partners from Thoma Bravo was completed this month. Reporting off of transportation data is a delays the signal by weeks and months.)

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2023

About ITS Logistics ITS Logistics is a premier Third-Party Logistics company that provides creative supply chain solutions with an asset-lite transportation division ranked #21 in North America, the #11 drayage and intermodal provider, a top-tier asset-based dedicated fleet, and innovative omnichannel distribution and fulfillment services.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

There will be little relief in 2022 unless the factors driving the increased import volumes—a strong economy and the fundamental shift in consumer behavior to purchase more goods and less services—change. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies. The post Is it too Early For 2022 Predictions?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

At the event, James Rice, MIT, spoke on innovation, and his reflections on Clayton Christensen’s 1997 classic business book, the Innovators Dilemma. This is disruptive innovation. The spark from Invention to Innovation is slow. Technology invention is happening, but the translation to innovation is slow.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

All one sees is food on the table, the next new gadget, trending fashion – all of these have much to do beyond the farmer who grew the produce or the assembly line worker who put the gadgets together or the machines/people who cut/knit/sewed the fabric. However, much of the work to lay out supply chains happens behind the scenes. What gives?

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Herlitz Inventory Management

MAY 4, 2023

Krasdale Foods Inc. selected HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management as its new purchasing system in February 2023. The HIMPACT System will help Krasdale Foods build up the foundation of its current solution before making a full transition to HIMPACT in the coming months. KFI) will be switching to the HIMPACT purchasing system.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

<Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. They center on how to make a good decision in the purchase of supply chain planning solutions. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. It is a story of supply chain innovation. Lora thinks that we are never too old to learn or to push for supply chain excellence. However, there are no sure bets.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

A champion of green logistics, it partnered with Sembcorp to build a rooftop solar installation at their facility, Supply Chain City, at the heart of the Jurong Innovation District. Another client of Sembcorp is Soo Eng Joo Frozen Food. “ Your Questions Answered: What is a power purchase agreement?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Millions of shoppers, like my Dad, are not going back to their old habits because there are now faster and more convenient ways for buying daily household needs. Along with E-commerce, another rising star of this pandemic-struck world has been quick commerce (Q-Commerce, or Rapid Food Delivery). increase with their sales in the U.S.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 31, 2022

They’ve inspired their teams with their persistent drive to deliver excellence and helped our customers keep service levels high despite demand and supply irregularities. Robert Kaufholz is not just an expert in the fields of automation, machine learning, and supply chain technology; he’s an innovator.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The last 25 years has probably brought us greater innovation than we have seen in quite some time. It has most definitely impacted how people buy products of all types and in all industries. 84% of consumers have purchased a sustainable product in the past six months, which is up from 67% in 2021. The catalyst: Technology.

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crisp

APRIL 21, 2023

For Earth Day, we spoke with Crisp customers (and B Corps) Good Food for Good and Purely Elizabeth to learn about the global B Corp movement and what it means to be a mission-driven CPG brand. B Corp spotlight: Good Food for Good Not surprisingly, CPG brand Good Food for Good ’s business is built on the foundation of doing good in the world.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Blue Yonder is shown as being able to provide WMS solutions across many industries, including Automotive, Food & Beverage, High Tech, Consumer Goods, Life Sciences, Logistics Service Providers, E-Commerce, and Retail Grocery, Hardlines and Softlines. Companies can drive changes with integrated labor management on a modern and seamless UI.

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Logility

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Just like every aspect of our modern society, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested how food and beverage (F&B) networks navigate continuous and dramatic changes. According to Deloitte , “maintaining transparent and integrated partnerships is critical to sustaining a well-functioning and agile food value chain.” We couldn’t agree more.

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Cognira

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Navigating the Grocery Retail Profitability Storm How digital innovations transform the landscape amid industry challenges October 18, 2023 Promotions Home The grocery retail industry is at a crossroads, brought to the forefront by enlightening discussions during the Groceryshop 2023 sessions. Adaptation and innovation have become imperative.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Food Drive-Thru Experiences. Foundational to supply chain excellence is the reliability of delivery, quality, and service. The Sleep Number Story of Supply Chain Excellence. Historic processes are inside-out tightly integrated to orders and purchase orders. Defining the Customer Experience Through Supply Chain Excellence.

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Vinculum

DECEMBER 9, 2020

As fashionable shoppers, we tend to expect food on our native supermarkets’ shelves and our on-line purchases to arrive promptly, typically but twenty-four hours when the order was placed. For smaller purchasers, 3PL warehouse suppliers generally work on a ‘pay as you go’ tariff for his or her services.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It’s possible that in the meantime, consumers have gone elsewhere to make their purchases, and demand has diminished before you could capitalize on it. In fact, when a store is out-of-stock for an item they planned to buy, 21% of consumers will leave and buy the item from a competitor. Inaccurate Demand Forecasting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 6, 2020

I started to work at General Foods’ largest plant in Dover, DE, in the summer of 1982 at the age of 24. My job, as the plant engineering manager, was to drive innovation and implement technology improvement. While companies speak for the need to drive agility and resilience, the real focus is operational excellence.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 3, 2019

Whether it is access to data, maneuvering around competing innovation objectives, tracking down actual factory-floor operators, or involving oft-neglected procurement groups, there are internal bottlenecks everywhere.

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Unleashed

MAY 24, 2021

These industries include car-making, apparel, food, household goods, and electronics. Let’s take a look to see how clothing manufacturing, food manufacturing and toy manufacturing stack up. Sustainability in the food manufacturing industry. Food production processes don’t incur excessive waste.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

I think one of the huge problems is that US-centric food companies (Kellogg, General Mills, Smucker’s, Conagra etc.) Older men buy less underwear than younger males and their packaging was not as attractive to the female shopper buying for the family. So the problem was how to change the demographic and sell more products.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 5, 2021

Something I’ve learned from a very young age is that food and mealtimes are something to be cherished. In 2021, procurement organizations will require inspirational, innovative, and pragmatic leaders to ensure procurement excellence. I love cooking. Even more, than I love cooking, I love eating. 9 tsp | Spend Analytics.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 12, 2022

1 semiconductor memory company, North America’s top telecommunication provider, a multinational edge-to-cloud technology firm, a leading digital health technologies company, a high-growth producer of sustainable foods, and many more. o9 is recognized by the World Economic Forum’s 2021 New Champions Awards for Excellence in Innovation.

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Logility

JANUARY 28, 2022

Granted, consumer sentiment is notoriously volatile, but research consistently shows consumers will use their purchasing power to advocate for sustainability. One key finding: 85% of respondents indicated that they have shifted their purchase behavior toward sustainable products over the past five years. Play Offense.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

It was a story where people believed that functional excellence leads to supply chain superiority. I strongly feel that a blind focus on functional excellence will cause the supply chain to become out of balance. The consolidation of this industry has served the technology providers well, but has largely stymied innovation.

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QAD

JULY 25, 2019

Now that users have been influenced by their consumer experiences with innovative and digital technology, expectations have increased for their business software to provide a similar user experience (UX). The ways in which an enterprise software solution looks, feels and works for a user is increasingly crucial.

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AIMMS

JULY 9, 2015

This post will explore these and other challenges as well as the key innovations defining European supply chains. Volatility impacts every aspect of a business, from purchasing to production to logistics. C ommercial departments often have trouble assessing what clients will buy, their forecast accuracy is simply not up to par.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 10, 2020

Governmental stay-at-home orders during the pandemic motivated most consumers to increase their online buying behavior — making residences a destination of choice for their purchases. According to Jessop, “Outsourcing is an excellent way to increase volume without adding additional stress on logistics management.”

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Exiger Perspectives

MARCH 29, 2023

They’re actually in the supply chain,” says Marina Mayer , Editor-in-Chief of Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Food Logistics. “We Newman Award for Supply Chain Excellence , honoring the year’s most significant contributions to supply chain management across the Defense Industrial Base. and L.I.N.K.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the transportation industry waves goodbye (and good riddance) to 2022, innovative logistics professionals are already working hard to make 2023 a banner year for the global transportation industry. As inflation soars, supermarkets look for innovative solutions to lure cash-strapped customers into the aisles. 15 press release.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. Our journey for supply chain excellence has changed and evolved over time.

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