The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel. Brand loyalty is no longer the driver for consumer purchasing decisions.

Supply Chain Planning Software 246

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Software 246

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. At a high level, what GEON does is purchase plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. It’s the narrative.

Supply Chain Planning Software 235

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Transformation Modeling Scenario Planning 235

Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

There just isn’t always enough processing and transportation capacity to meet rising demand as the economy revs up. He notes, “What the ancients called a clever shopper is one who not only shops, but excels in shopping with ease.” In Chicago, a local market is running short of canned goods and boxed items. ”[1]. .”

Military 130

Military Food North America Supply and Demand 130

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Strategic relationships, improved collaboration with logistics providers, and the possibility of bringing 3PL/4PL in-house to reduce transportation and warehouse costs and gain more control over logistics operations are all strategies to enable supply chain resiliency. This has a substantial impact on their EBITDA margins.

Automotive 52

Automotive Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Material Savings 52

Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Today it operates in 67 countries with 143,000 employees and has 76 business units on six platforms that cover animal feed, food production, energy and transportation, financial services and pharmaceuticals. Our buyers are purchasing micro ingredients, such as vitamins, additives, minerals, etc.

S&OP 107

S&OP Supply and Demand Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 107

ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Think about your most recent purchase. This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. Customer satisfaction and brand loyalty. Returns and exchanges. To help support new customer trends (e.g. Inventory Planner.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 97

Logistics Network Optimization Software Forecasting Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 97

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2024

Managing yard and warehouse operations has long been one of the thornier aspects of transportation logistics. Yards are a choke point between transportation and warehousing — and wherever you have choke points, you have a higher risk of inefficiencies that drive up labor costs, detention fees and delivery commitments.

Expense Reduction 228

Expense Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Reduction 228

Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

For example, if the supplier has several big name cosmetic industry customers (90% of their business) and you are buying specialty automotive chemicals from them (less than 5% of their business), the supplier will be influenced in the direction of the cosmetic customers and they will get the attention, products and services before you.

Waste Reduction 274

Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Reduction 274

Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

For example, US-based companies may be quite fortunate if they have access to manufacturers right on their doorstep in Mexico, a country with far lower labour costs than the rest of North America. It could even provide you with an instantly established means of economical transportation and inventory storage.

Optimal Sourcing 73

Optimal Sourcing Cost Reduction Strategies Material Savings Inventory Reduction 73

Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

16 | Profile Ivanka Janssen, Director Global Sales Operational Excellence, Diageo. The Route to Consumer programme brings together the product flow from plant to retailer to consumer activities at point of purchase, all to service the consumer experience Diageo is trying to create. I can’t understand why they’re not doing it yet.”

Supply Chain Design Software 60

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Forecasting Software 60

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

The Normalcy Index calculated weekly by the Economist projects that North America is 67% of the way back to normalcy from COVID, but globally, it is lower at 50% with many flare-ups. Yet, transportation optimization products focus on managing price, not constraints. Expect disruption in transportation cycles.

Modeling 280

Modeling Supply Chain Planning Software Supply and Demand Supply Chain Design Software 280

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Although 2023 first half reliability has been improving to around 65%, the lead time variability is still high compared to other modes of transportation, and still below pre-pandemic levels. Supply chain managers require visibility to track the necessary components from a purchase order for production or to fulfill a customer order.

Rail Software 244

Rail Software Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Planning Software Predictive Analytics Software 244

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. To prove the concept, Nick decided to run a simulation and tested the North America market.

Demand Planning Software 256

Demand Planning Software Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 256

The Lean Supply Chain

JULY 7, 2015

The other software companies that sell YMS below, sell it in conjunction with a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Transportation Management System (TMS) so there is no way to gauge those YMS sales as they could be with, or without, the YMS system depending on the customer’s needs. Cloud (the Internet) is what most every YMS user wants.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software Demand Planning Software 40

EcoVadis

JUNE 13, 2019

Now in our sixth year supporting the SPLC, it did not disappoint: This was the strongest and the most diverse gathering of committed and capable practitioners we’ve ever seen in North America — it felt like a real groundswell of action on sustainable purchasing! Strong Focus on Supplier Practices, and Private Sector.

Procurement Solutions 40

Procurement Solutions Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Material Savings Purchasing Skills 40

Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

In my current project about a year ago, North America region Supply Chain Planners were having major concerns related with flawed planning resulting from incorrect or no Source of Supply (SoS) for receipt elements such as Purchase requisitions &/or Planned orders. Supply Excellence. Follow us on. Infosys on Twitter.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning 29

Freightera

JULY 20, 2022

As opposed to that, regular stores have limited choices and if you need to buy several different articles, it’s expected that you might have to visit several different stores. . Imagine having ten active shipments this week and having to look all over for your tracking numbers or saving them in an excel spreadsheet. It’s simple!

Pricing Training 37

Pricing Training Demand Planning Software Shipping Purchasing Training 37

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

The goods flow through 2 import centers, 14 strategically located distribution centers in North America, 66 final mile shipping hubs, and nearly 1,700 branch locations. Driving an excellent supply chain depends on how people are recruited and managed, processes, and the technology used. Across the US, Ferguson has 6.5

Supply Chain Design Software 220

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Network Design Software 220

BlueYonder

MAY 13, 2021

During Blue Yonder ICON 2021, I had the pleasure to speak with Johnny Ivanyi , the Global Head of Distribution Excellence of Bayer Crop Science, and Kishore Yarlagadda , Global Distribution Deployment Lead of Bayer Crop Science, for the session “Next Wave of Logistics and Distribution Transformation.” What’s next in this journey?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 65

Logistics Network Optimization Software Distribution Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software 65

Tailwind

AUGUST 31, 2015

Years later, you find that you have built a solid trucking business with a good reputation, and you are now running 50-60 trucks across North America for a group of loyal well paying customers. Or it’s located on paper and post-it notes, information located in a few disconnected applications – Excel files and paper.

Eliminating Excel in Purchasing 28

Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Procurement Solutions North America Demand Planning Software 28

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 30, 2022

The experience stems from the ground up as an operator, then assuming global roles spanning Asia, Europe, and North America and the journey has been incredibly exciting and fulfilling. Manufacturing will be greatly influenced by carbon-conscious modes of transportation and cost and we may see more shifting to near-sourcing.

Supply Chain Design Software 130

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Software 130

Locus

APRIL 6, 2023

The North America logistics market is poised to make the leap from a whopping $1.4 Enter the era of AI-driven logistics solutions , far removed from the traditional, clunky methods of managing supply chains on Excel sheets, replete with manual data entry and limited routing capabilities. triillion in 2022 to $1.6

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Analytics Software Optimization Software 52

C3 Solutions

JUNE 19, 2020

For companies seeking to survive and excel in the current 'retail apocalypse' , understanding the right technologies to employ in their supply chain operations is critical. Consumers are no longer bound by loyalty or geographic necessity in their purchase decisions. The Challenges. Amazon has led the e-commerce charge.

Supply Chain Software 137

Supply Chain Software Distribution Retail Supply Chain Design Software 137

Vinculum

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The technology uses GPS sensors to locate the live location of the transportation and keep track of it regularly. These days Robotics ideas are capturing the market, and the $869 million investment is made alone by North America to explore the technology and expand its feature more broadly. Robotic Automation.

Inventory Reduction 52

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software Saudi Arabia 52

6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

trillion on logistics and transportation services in the United States in 2018, an increase of 11.4% billion, while transportation costs increased by 10.4% billion, while transportation costs increased by 10.4% transportation network and other logistics challenges. trillion and motor carrier costs rose 10.1%

Cost Reduction Strategies 98

Cost Reduction Strategies Expense Reduction Material Savings Inventory Reduction 98

Locus

JUNE 21, 2022

Everything from your grocery delivery in a matter of minutes, to the television set you purchased online that was delivered with utmost care is an example of efficient last-mile delivery. billion people worldwide were expected to buy goods and services online, a big jump from the 1.66 trillion worldwide. trillion in 2025.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Optimization Software 52

6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

. “The logistics industry is one of the biggest industries that will profit most from the digital revolution in 2019…” From quicker deliveries to more sustainable ways of transportation, harmonizing big data and automation efforts will ensure exponential growth in the industry. Robert DeStefano. .

Logistics Network Optimization Software 76

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

There are currently mines in Europe, Australia, Africa and North America at the feasibility study stage (the final stage of pre-production, that determines whether to develop a mine), with some –– such as the Nolans Bore mine in Australia –– set to be operational within the next three years.

Modeling Software 56

Modeling Software Supply Chain Design Software Demand Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software 56

6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Nike @Nike Morgan Stanley predicts that Nike will move 20% of its production to more automated factories by 2023 to accommodate the new “buy now, wear now” shopping environment and “fast fashion” demand driven by e-commerce.

Supply Chain Design Software 45

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction 45

Freightera

MAY 9, 2022

The differences between transport and freight trains are numerous, ranging from technical to operational. The obvious difference is that one is built for hauling heavy cargo while the other is designed to transport people. We won’t be focusing too much on the travel side of transportation by train since we are a freight blog after all.

Purchasing Training 37

Purchasing Training Training Price Mitigation Strategies Freight 37

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2023

Afterall, port congestion has cleared, transportation costs have gone down, we are seeing far fewer product shortages, and the looming recession will likely take some of the pressure off hiring and retention woes. There were two excellent articles in the Financial Times (FT) on the Apple supply chain. That did not happen.

China 244

China Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Predictive Analytics Software 244