Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Simply put, I admit upfront that my supply chain and logistics predictions below are biased and flawed, but I make them anyway because it’s a fun exercise, and also because I hope it generates some thoughtful conversations and ideas. For related commentary, see: In Logistics, Somebody Has to Own the Assets.

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JDA software

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Customer expectations for product availability and seemingly endless purchasing channels are driving many companies to move product faster and smarter than ever before. its transportation management and how well it continually procures, plans, executes and monitors freight. Times sure have changed! Network design.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 2, 2016

This begets the need to set the overall strategy for the divestment by way of an exercise, called “capability scoping.” This assessment identifies the most important capabilities for which the newly divested company needs to account, which may include functions such as Procurement, Purchasing, Accounting and Supply Chain Operations itself.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ). What will happen in 2016?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

My exercise plans for the weekend are set. Trucking Companies Boost Big-Rig Orders on Rising Shipping Demand (WSJ – sub. freight trains in federal crosshairs after crashes: GAO (Reuters). Apparently, the new surcharges UPS implemented to help smooth out shipping volume this holiday season haven’t worked too well.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

This collaboration helps carriers plan capacity needs, temporary seasonal labor requirements, third-party transportation purchases, and more down to the zip code level. New startups and technology solutions have emerged for retailers and other shippers to diversify further. This year, everything seems to have changed again.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases. Tony Hsieh, the company’s legendary late CEO, offered free returns for up to a year after purchase and encouraged people to order items in multiple styles and sizes. Some retailers simply refund certain purchases, no need to send anything back.

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

You will develop the business relationship directly with them and will enjoy better terms as you make more purchases. Exercise common sense and order a few pieces of each size, color or variant. These samples and their shipping will cost you. Negotiate Purchases. Also, they are usually less pushy in closing sales.

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

You will develop the business relationship directly with them and will enjoy better terms as you make more purchases. Exercise common sense and order a few pieces of each size, color or variant. These samples and their shipping will cost you. Negotiate Purchases. Also, they are usually less pushy in closing sales.

Purchasing Skills 40

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

The variety of functions involved – product design, procurement, warehousing, production, transport, distribution, sales, for instance – encourages demand for new employees and multiplies possibilities for moving around inside too. Supply chain is often what people define it to be. No person is an island.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Supply chain management systems are tools that integrate every element of a company’s supply chain to help it become more efficient, effective, and profitable. This is done either with on-premise software, through the cloud, or using a hybrid of both. . This is why a good SCM tool is so important. Cloud-based software.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

For instance, two manufacturers pool their purchasing to buy more services more cost-efficiently from the same logistics provider. Two freight forwarders might work together to achieve better geographical coverage by combing their two fleets and driver workforces. For example, two ocean carriers can join forces to share ship capacity.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sales order processing, also known as order management, is the flow of steps from customer purchase through to product delivery. It details each phase of the purchase and order fulfilment process, including financial transaction, order picking and logistics. A purchase order goes in the other direction.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

For instance, two manufacturers pool their purchasing to buy more services more cost-efficiently from the same logistics provider. Two freight forwarders might work together to achieve better geographical coverage by combing their two fleets and driver work-forces. For example, two ocean carriers can join forces to share ship capacity.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 40

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Let me share experience from hundreds of modeling exercises. When you break them down by lane, season, and method of purchase, thousands of data points might turn into five to ten data points for a given lane — or sometimes only one shipment. You can see three warehouses and almost every warehouse shipped to each destination city.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

We assemble bespoke solutions on site. Often, we end up asking the partner in Germany or Spain or somewhere, ‘Can you air freight this? It’s a constant headache for our purchasing manager. Accurate data is essential for making the right decisions around purchasing and resource planning. The solution is hiding in the data.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

It’s likely that in the coming months and years, many supply chain leaders will look to automation solutions that help to minimize physical contact and the number of touches required to move products through the supply chain. “Business leaders should also look at how new tools and technologies can provide greater intelligence.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 24, 2020

And with less manufacturing output there were fewer container ships leaving Asia full of goods meaning activity in ports in North America and Europe would slow down rather quickly. The medical community is looking for solutions and treatments to contain, if not eliminate the virus, through existing medicines or new vaccines.

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