Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain. Functional metrics need to be abandoned to focus on balanced scorecard outputs.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season. However, four shipping seasons occur throughout the year and are often regular and expected. That was the case until the ongoing disruptions of the past few years changed the shipping game. Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 10, 2014

In figure 1, it is clear in process networks (industries of chemical, pharmaceutical, and food) that there is a significant different in capabilities when companies use B2B Networks versus EDI, Fax, email or spreadsheets. Today, it is rolling off the presses, as I write, and it will ship from the Amazon warehouses on December 15th.

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Ware2Go

APRIL 11, 2023

Consumers say the most important sustainable eCommerce practices are: Recycled packaging (47%) Eco-friendly shipping practices (41%) Carrying “green” brands (30%) Promoting conversations about sustainability (26%) And consumers are even willing to vote for sustainable business practices with their wallets. The problem?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Consumers have gotten used to ordering more than what they are planning to keep for trying on different sizes of clothing or shoes or for trying a new brand and shipping the returns for free. Shipping items back and forth creates needless greenhouse gas emissions, and only 54% of all packaging gets recycled. billion a year.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

With little time to spare this morning, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s Deal for Whole Foods Seen as Ideal for Urban Pickup and Delivery Hubs (WSJ – sub. UPS Establishes New Peak Shipping Charge. Carrier warehousing, anyone? (DC DC Velocity). I wonder what’s next.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Warehouses are full and shelves are empty. Containers wait at each ship node for the chassis. Change internal metrics to a balanced scorecard and force the functions to work better together. year-over-year while the food increased 4.6% For example, “Why is it so difficult to get a container unloaded?”

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Small businesses getting squeezed out in push for warehouse space. The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. Warehouse space is getting harder to find, especially as the global e-commerce boom continues to change shopping habits.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 23, 2023

Today’s customer expectations demand fast and accurate shipping, no matter where they shop online. A ProShip study found that 97% of customers expect the ability to monitor their orders throughout every step of the shipping process. That’s not to say that offering a great shipping policy (free, fast, or both!)

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crisp

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In this guide, we’ll show you what metrics those are, easy ways to find them, and how you can use them to accelerate your brand’s retail growth. Now that you know how to access your retail data easily and often, here are the metrics you’ll want to keep on hand: Velocity. Retail data: A brand’s greatest asset.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Warehousing. Those first three steps involve how the various components of your products — and your customers’ orders — are assembled and readied for picking and shipping. If they have many items, these will need to be selected from different zones of the warehouse and placed together in a shipping box. Drop shipping.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Warehouses are full and shelves are empty. Containers wait at each ship node for the chassis. Change internal metrics to a balanced scorecard and force the functions to work better together. year-over-year while the food increased 4.6% For example, “Why is it so difficult to get a container unloaded?”

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SupplyPike

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Walmart breaks down OTIF into separate metrics, On Time and In Full. Each metric has its own percentage goal that must be met in order to avoid fines. The metrics that apply to you differ based on whether you manage your own transportation (ie: “ Prepaid ”) or Walmart picks up the product from your warehouses (ie: “ Collect ”).

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ShipBob

JULY 2, 2021

By using a combination of technologies like AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics, online brands can manage complex supply chains by automating warehouse operations, improving delivery times, easily managing inventory, optimizing third-party communication, and creating new customer experiences that increase satisfaction and boost sales.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

Lockdowns and labor shortages undoubtedly led to supply chain bottlenecks as many warehouses had to be shut down, resulting in fulfillment and distribution processes being upended. Whichever shipping carriers were still operational were stretched beyond capacity, which meant that customers had to wait for much longer to receive their goods.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Supply Chain Innovators of 2013 : paperless food chain, VLMs, cold chain fleet management, and more. Warehouse Automation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

According to a report from The Information , the company is imposing this fee on returns when return options at Whole Foods, Kohl’s, or Amazon Fresh locations are closer or at the same distance as a UPS Store return location. And now on to this week’s logistics news. That’s enough solar energy to power more than 5,600 U.S.

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Unleashed

JUNE 7, 2023

Manual inventory control tasks are automated with the help of software tools and warehousing equipment. Optimal” refers to having enough available stock to satisfy customer demand without freezing your cash flow or running out of warehouse space. With greater visibility into the metrics, a company can go forward.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

This morning, my mailbox was bombarded with the news of tentative agreement of the settlement of the nine-month labor conflict between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). It takes 2 to 3 days to unload a ship. The ships are getting larger. How are you preparing?

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Unleashed

JANUARY 29, 2024

A food and beverage company decides to streamline its product portfolio, based on the nutritional value and environmental impact of its products. Using metrics such as inventory turnover rate , sell-through rate, and gross margin return on investment allows you to monitor your inventory performance more effectively.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Also note that beauty, consumer packaged goods and food growth is also declining. Traditional supply chains ship cases, pallets and trucks; but not the EACH. With the dawn of eCommerce, companies must now ship the EACH. We how have the endless aisle with the need to ship the EACH. The difference? The difference?

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2019

After all, shave off $20 here for a short lot, $5 there for a cracked pallet and $10 over here for a mangled shipping label, and before long, it can run into real money. threshold for food consumables. ” Warehousing – “[Warehousing] finds Stock Accuracy and OTIF combined a winning combination!”

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2020

Delivering on-time and in-full is essential to success and a metric used by retailers when evaluating partnerships with vendors of all sizes. But first, let’s look at the background of OTIF metrics and why they came to be. OTIF metrics are not universal. Communicate Clearly with Warehouses. OTIF Meaning and Background.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 18, 2021

It is becoming more common for food & beverage companies, for instance, to collect, clean and reuse boxes, bottles and barrels. Without an efficient process for organising, processing, shipping and handling returns, managing this process can be costly. Once it has arrived at the warehouse, the return should be processed quickly.

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Unleashed

MARCH 26, 2023

Xero’s native inventory features include: Track up to 4000 stock items Enter and review stock quantities Add items to an invoice You can use this information in conjunction with Xero’s regular accounting suite to compare different financial metrics. Let’s dive deeper into some useful add-ons for Xero. Seamless integrations.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

Here are some excerpts from the article: The retailer wants suppliers that ship full trucks of products to deliver orders within a specified two-day window 87% of the time, up from an 85% rate it targeted previously. threshold for food consumables. That supplier would incur a 3% fine on the missing case. What’s driving this demand?

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

The greater challenge – and a common one for the health and food industries – is keeping products cold or frozen. companies look for new ways to ship their goods around the world and maintain visibility without succumbing to the obstacles of geography. Sometimes businesses must ensure items stay at a consistent temperature.

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

The greater challenge – and a common one for the health and food industries – is keeping products cold or frozen. companies look for new ways to ship their goods around the world and maintain visibility without succumbing to the obstacles of geography. Sometimes businesses must ensure items stay at a consistent temperature.

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RFgen

JANUARY 23, 2023

Compared to manual handling, mobile inventory management delivers higher performance at much lower cost, enabling your operations to hit critical warehouse KPIs. If your warehouse operations use manual inventory control or old inventory software, then you likely struggle with a wall of challenges.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

For example, fall is pumpkin spice season in many retail food stores. Warehouse management teams should store seasonal items in easy picking locations. Inventory workers must track products as they move through the warehouse to ensure nothing gets left behind. Consumers want pumpkin-flavored products in the fall.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

For example, fall is pumpkin spice season in many retail food stores. Warehouse management teams should store seasonal items in easy picking locations. Inventory workers must track products as they move through the warehouse to ensure nothing gets left behind. Consumers want pumpkin-flavored products in the fall.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In the context of supply chain management, prescriptive analytics leverages raw historical data and performance data to determine the best probable courses of action, supporting supply chain decisions through network design, inventory and warehouse optimization, and supplier management. What type of offer would be best for a customer?

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America. This looks like increasing order visibility and analyzing performance data using shipping intelligence software. Perform a network analysis.

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Unleashed

JULY 23, 2023

KPIs in manufacturing are quantifiable production metrics used by manufacturers to measure production performance over time. Order cycle time KPIs calculate the average time between when you receive an order and when it is shipped. As a metric, it’s the time you budget to manufacture each part or component.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Belgium is bordered by France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, and has a robust shipping infrastructure including multiple ports, making it a perfect location for trade both within the EU and with other geographic regions. billion metric tons of goods in 2015. The country is about the size of the U.S. Manufacturing in Belgium.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. In Agrosciences is the customer the distributor of seed/additives, the farmer or the downstream purchaser of food products? Price and shipping policies should go hand in hand. I am on a mission.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

The company is a food and beverage company. Most companies cannot get to data by customer on orders shipped incomplete to understand root cause analysis. This is one of the root issues leading to the swell of inventories in company warehouses as shown in Figure 5. Let’s take an example.

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