Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. This results in delays that cause material or inventory shortages that affect both manufacturers and retailers Fulfillment centers that are short of workers can’t keep pace with order fulfillment volumes fueled by eCommerce.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

A new study by the SupplyChainDigest analyzing the main components of working capital: Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO), and Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) revealed an uptick in DIO. New Study Shows a Rise in US Company Inventories. and elsewhere was halted when the parts flow from Japan was interrupted.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

Japan farm exports in 2022 1st half hit record high as more dine out. The value of Japan’s agricultural and seafood exports in the first six months of 2022 expanded 13.1 And now on to this week’s logistics news. UPS continues investments in lucrative healthcare arm. FedEx sets earlier start date for peak delivery surcharges.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

We further update readers on last week’s multiple day shutdown of Toyota auto production across Japan due to a systems issue. The CFO further indicated that three-quarters of the 220 jets still parked in inventory must have this part repaired and the issue is the most important thing being worked on, company-wide.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. Having wasted time going to that store, I’d be less inclined to use that store in the future – at least I’d be much less likely to trust their website’s inventory. If the planned lead-time is longer than actual, you get excess inventories. On Hand Inventory quantity/status.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

The kick-off to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is just two weeks away, after being postponed last summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the event. Descartes acquires GreenMile.

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EMERGE App

MAY 28, 2019

Here, we’ll start by covering what reducing your inventory means. Then we’ll summarise some inventory holding costs that you might not know about. Finally, we’ll cover 5 ways that you can take to sensibly reduce your inventory now. What Does Reducing Your Inventory Mean? What Are Inventory Holding Costs?

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A continued subdued product demand environment and added caution reportedly led to a decline in overall purchasing activity, lower levels of inventory and improved supplier delivery times. On a regional basis, Europe reportedly remained a principal drag on global factory output, along with contracting output in Japan and the United Kingdom.

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Rethink just-in-time inventory policies: There could be another pandemic or another war. It’s hard to plan and confidently predict supply chain disruptions, so to sustain growth and create resilience in these uncertain times means developing agility. Agility means having the ability to respond quickly and think outside the box when necessary.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. Orbit Chart for L’Oréal at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 31, 2023

This approach to supply chain management is a child of Lean Thinking – a business methodology that originated in Japan in the late 1980s. Ideal product flow efficiency is achieved by optimising inventory control , minimising supply chain interruptions, and eliminating downtime. But what does that mean when it comes to tangible results?

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Adexa

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

However, we have many other events including recent tariffs and trade wars, economic downturn of 2008, and tsunami in Japan. Amongst the steps that can be taken in addition to parallelization, we recommend understanding the vulnerabilities of your inventory position in case of demand and supply fluctuations.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 20, 2017

Japan to subsidize pickup lockers to reduce parcel deliveries (Nikkei Asian Review). Japan firms shifting to trains to move freight amid dearth of new truckers (The Japan Times). It leverages both existing inventory location technologies and new technologies via the Internet of Things.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 3, 2020

Logic would say that a visible American tech startup should be staying put in Silicon Valley, cancelling all international commitments with Italy, Japan and other international contacts, and waiting to let the coronavirus situation play-out. I’ll start with Japan. So I took a red-eye flight from New York City to Tokyo.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2022

Noted in a published Shopify blog was the following statement: “ With the addition of Deliverr’s world-class software, talent, data, and scale, SFN aims to become the most robust end-to-end logistics platform that gives merchants greater control of their inventory across all sales channels. billion.

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Unleashed

JULY 25, 2021

Improving food inventory control. The simplest approach to reducing food waste is to optimise inventory control. Effective inventory control can prevent food waste by helping limit the volume of surplus food generated, reduce overstocking, and improve overall food waste management. Using inventory software to reduce food waste.

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Unleashed

MAY 10, 2020

We’ll take a closer look at: Pull inventory systems. Pull inventory systems. A pull inventory system is a Lean approach to reducing waste in any production process. Just-in-time (JIT) is a lean management strategy that minimises the inventory held in order to reduce costs and increase efficiency. What is JIT?

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o9 Solutions

JULY 12, 2021

o9’s hiring growth continued apace with the number of global employees approaching 1,300, including nearly 200 across Japan, Korea and in 11 countries in Europe where the o9 team has grown by 56% since the end of 2020. .

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Supply Chain Network

MARCH 23, 2011

Toyota said it expects to halt production at some of its North American factories due to shortages of parts from Japan following the devastating earthquake. It said the facilities still are receiving parts from Japan that were “already in the pipeline” before the quake.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

China ranks number one as the country from which companies are reshoring, followed by Mexico, Canada, India, and Japan. are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea. by a manufacturer that had mitigated inventory risk by carrying safety stocks, leading to a final cost that is 40% higher than the Chinese-made iPhone.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

The main countries affected by the drought are China, Japan, South Korea, and the US, as the Panama Canal facilitates 46% of container movement from northeastern Asia to the US. The impact of the bottleneck goes beyond the canal itself, causing delays in container shipping and inventory replenishment along various shipping routes.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 15, 2016

PSI (Production, Sales, and Inventory) analysis has been the norm in the region for quite some time. The event concluded with Mr.Toshiya Kaneko, head of Kinaxis Japan operations thanking the attendees for their presence and participation. All in all it was a great event!

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Logility

APRIL 9, 2020

Divert inventory on the fly. Supply chain disruptions, like the one we are currently experiencing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic will continue to happen. Just look back over the last couple of years. Just think what that time compression could allow your company to do and how much value that might create.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

front that retailers and certain businesses may have procured too much inventory , and now that these inventories have arrived, the challenge will be not to exposed to a decline in consumer buying activity in the months to come. There is further growing evidence on the U.S. percent of GDP to 6.2 percent in June.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The orders-to-inventory ratio fell to another multi-year low last month as excess capacity continued to build at factories. Of particular concern, the New Orders sub-index declined more than 4 points, reaching a contraction value in September while the Inventories sub-index was 2.6 percentage points higher.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

will help Macnica Networks’ customers and industrial companies in Japan to rapidly overcome these uncertainties using a strong technology fulcrum. as our preferred partner in Japan and look forward to mobilizing the strengths of both Operations Technologies and Information Technologies in a winning Smart Factory environment. .

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2019

For example, the catastrophic Tohoku earthquake and tsunami a few years ago resulted in a massive US$210 billion in costs for Japan. Unable to import or export needed parts, Toyota, GM and Nissan all closed down their facilities temporarily in Japan and the United States.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The concept of only bringing in inventory on demand is very compelling when inventories are considered costly, wasteful and cash drains. Japan, and Europe are now committing large amounts of money to establish localized, domestic semiconductor manufacturing facilities within their respective countries. The Challenges.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Japan Impasse Dogs Pan-Pacific Trade Talks ( Wall Street Journal ). They have engineered new strategies for jockeying inventory across the country to avoid overstocks and markdowns and to keep customers from defecting to Amazon, a big problem last year. . Home Depot To Offer Same Day Delivery ( Wall Street Journal ). UPS and FedEx.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

For instance, during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Toyota’s robust supply chain resilience allowed it to quickly recover and restore operations. These technologies have the potential to automate processes, improve forecasting accuracy, optimize inventory management, and enhance decision-making capabilities.

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QAD

OCTOBER 22, 2019

JITS is the acronym for “just-in-time-sequence,” a common supply chain practice in the automotive industry that eliminates or significantly reduces the need to maintain parts inventory at the assembly plant. Needing to carry only a few hours worth of inventory, thereby savings on inventory carrying costs and working capital.

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The Network Effect

AUGUST 25, 2014

As a result, when tragedy strikes like an earthquake affecting Japan or flooding rains overwhelming Bangkok, automakers and electronics manufacturers are unable to identify which of the suppliers upstream in their value chain may have been impacted.

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AFFLINK

OCTOBER 8, 2020

When there’s even a small disruption, companies that maintain minimal inventory levels to reduce holding costs or are dependent on always using the lowest-cost providers are most at risk. Importantly, flexible supply chains cut costs and improve cash flow, in part through a 10% to 40% increase in inventory turns.” – Bain & Company.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Toyota Motor will restart domestic production after a cyberattack on a supplier ground the automaking giant’s factories to a one-day halt, sparking concerns about vulnerability in Japan Inc’s supply chain. The pace of inventory accumulation reported by the Commerce Department on Monday was, however, slower than in recent months.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In the past, Japanese brands moved their manufacturing operations from high-cost Japan to low-cost countries. Product design and marketing generally stayed in Japan. The prestigious “Made in Japan” label was reserved for upmarket goods such as luxury cars and sophisticated rice cookers.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2016

Imagine a bitcoin being a unit of inventory and a digital wallet (“bitcoin address”) being an inventory-keeping location, such as a store, distribution center, or truck trailer. A supply chain blockchain application, therefore, could be used to record the balances and transfers of inventory across a distributed supply chain network.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

This index complies a data set of 2 chosen variables for each of the economies of the Eurozone , China , Japan, South Korea , Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Of particular concern was the Inventory level index, which rose 9.1 A spillover index of Inventory Costs reached a reported all-time peak of 90.3. .

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