Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 23, 2023

The evolution of planning moves from a focus on the enterprise to an adaptive platform that senses and responds based on market data. An outside-in model requires a redefinition making today’s supply chain planning technologies legacy investments. What Is An Inside-Out Planning Process? Why Does It Matter?

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In part 2 this blog series, I will conclude with advantages that can be expected within the world of supply chain planning software through the lens of Dassault Systèmes DELMIA. Advantages of supply chain planning. DELMIA provides solution coverage for the whole supply chain management scope. Bringing it all together.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The Center of Excellence at the company wanted to improve base-level capabilities but struggled to move forward due to the traditional views of the planning team, which they felt were self-serving.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Today’s article comes from Greca Manuzzi, Senior Expert Product Marketing at Kinaxis, and explores breaking down silos in material and transportation planning. Eliminating planning silos and building streamlined processes with a proper IT infrastructure are critical for a company’s success. To read the full article, click HERE.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

” Accurate transit time predictions have become more crucial than ever given customer demands and expectations, the cost impacts of late shipments, and dynamic nature of today’s supply chains. Shippers and logistics service providers are faced with multiple challenges when trying to determine accurate shipment transit time estimates.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Narrow AI is goal-orientated Artificial Intelligence designed to solve specific issues, such as determining stock levels or planning promotions based on events or weather. We have this today in most supply chain planning solutions. I don’t think that the answer is faster planning or better engines. Not a good thing.)

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

When I speak to the “experts” writing the current infrastructure plans–people that reach out because I write for Forbes–I am amazed to find the conversation dominated by politicians, lobbyists, lawyers, and labor unions. Prior to 2018, when an ocean carrier booked a shipment they had to provide a chassis.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Failure of Existing Demand Planning Solutions. During the pandemic, supply chain leaders turned off their demand planning solutions. The systems–based on shipment and order data–were out of step with the market. Advanced planning evolved with a focus on modeling manufacturing constraints. Lessons Learned.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 24, 2023

The company provides a comprehensive integration plan that encompasses cleaning, repair, and replacement services. Impressively, their packaging solutions facilitate over 1 million shipments and deliveries per month, achieving an impressive return rate of 95.5% High Return Rate: Returnity achieves a remarkable return rate of 95.5%

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2024

Supply chain orchestration means the various nodes can plan together instead of sequentially. Planning together allows companies to reduce excess inventory that builds up when they plan sequentially. Planning together allows companies to reduce excess inventory that builds up when they plan sequentially.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to a consulting group. Today, I am again teaching an open class on outside-in planning concept s. Shown in Figure 1 is the definition of the layers of outside-in planning. Outside-in Planning Taxonomy 2. I love the questions when I present. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

These questions are top of mind as I wrap up a class of 154 individuals learning the principles of outside-in supply chain planning processes. The continuation of the belief in the definition of today’s supply chain planning is a tangled web that we weave that is a bit of a mess. Is the plan feasible? The year was 2004.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

For example, the One Network platform for supply chain planning and execution is used by the Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda, providing comprehensive inventory visibility across all health facilities for real time supply demand matching and collaborative decision making. 8 Essential Capabilities to Optimize the Cold Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 26, 2021

Large shippers still use Excel spreadsheets to plan their operations, and even the most beneficial logistics technology is sometimes looked at warily. Agility allows stakeholders to make changes on the fly, correcting shipment plans to overcome logistics disruptions and take advantage of opportunities. COVID changed everything.

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4WL Consulting

JULY 24, 2023

Optimizing Load and Route Planning The first and perhaps most effective way how to reduce freight costs is through optimizing load and route planning. Load planning ensures that each vehicle is filled to its maximum safe capacity. A TMS helps people who manage logistics plan and do the moving of goods from one point to another.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2021

Poor visibility will lead to additional delays in executing shipments, sharing updates with network partners, and adverse impacts on customer experience. Inventory tracking and visibility must be present from the first mile through the final mile, reflecting the entire shipment lifecycle through white glove services.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 15, 2021

70% of global supply chain shipments are by sea, 18% move by road transport, 9% go by rail, 2% by inland waterways and less than 0.25% by air. Redesign planning solutions to use market data and drive bi-directional orchestration. Build Planning Master Data Systems. Use market signals to forecast shipments by lane and by mode.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 31, 2023

For live unloads, Active Yard Management can leverage real-time inbound shipment visibility data from the TMS mobile app and from shipment visibility providers such as FourKites to match doors to projected inbound shipments. This enables more efficient utilization of trailer unloading resources.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Usually, a supply plan can’t be fully executed. Robust supply plans can optimize across distribution, manufacturing, and logistics constraints and deliver an optimal plan that hits service objectives at the minimum cost. It is better to have an optimized plan than not, but money is left on the table. Concurrent Planning.

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The Smart Software

APRIL 9, 2024

BAF had a problem: how to reliably plan production to meet demand. BAF was experiencing a gap between bookings forecasts vs. shipments, and this was impacting revenue and customer satisfaction BAF turned to Smart Software for help. The post Big Ass Fans Turns to Smart Software as Demand Heats appeared first on Smart Software.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Machine learning is so powerful because it can ingest large amounts of shipment data and automatically determine which attributes have an impact in a given situation. Finally, tactical planning is in constant need, as organizations look to assess impacts to their logistics network, whether planned changes or disruptions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This article is from Patrick Byers, DevOps Engineer at Lucas Systems, and looks at cybersecurity planning frameworks. It is important to have a robust incident response plan in place for your distribution operation in the event of a cybersecurity breach. To read the full article, click HERE.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There can be multiple lead times within a supply chain, typically between each node or process along the way from raw materials, processing, and finally getting the customer their shipment. Why is lead time important? A container’s ETD refers to the date and time when that specific container will be available for pickup at the port/terminal.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The scope of visibility includes inbound shipments from suppliers, inter-company shipments, outbound shipments to customers. Often, shipment visibility is affected when first or last-mile delivery, are outsourced to local carriers.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2021

Tender acceptance – Tender acceptance rates reveal which carriers are more likely to accept shipments. Claims ratio – The claims ratio is a measure of how many lost or damaged shipments occur compared to total shipments. Rebills happen when something changes about the shipment after the original freight quote was issued.

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QAD

JANUARY 25, 2024

However, the advantages of globalization come with challenges, and one of the key elements that can make or break the import management process is shipment visibility. Shipment visibility refers to the real-time tracking and monitoring of goods as they move through your supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 3, 2023

A responsive supply chain: D2C requires a specialized supply chain due to low volume/high-frequency shipments using primarily parcel or LTL shipment modes. Consumer-Oriented Demand Planning. Quicker response times, pick efficiency as well as packaging requirements are very different from what CPG operations are accustomed to.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Many shippers in the retail space are shifting toward smaller, more frequent shipments for fulfillment and replenishment, but that takes planning and coordination to a higher level of complexity. Consolidate shipments. The MTS provider, often a 3PL, manages shipments, carrier relationships and load tracking.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The most significant delays are evident in shipments originating from Asian ports destined for Western Europe and the East Coast of the United States. Similarly, shipments bound for New York and other East Coast ports are grappling with delays of up to 11 days. Artificial intelligence was already hot.

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Logility

MARCH 21, 2024

During this time, the same AI tools that underwrite new technologies have been key in improving efficiency and optimizing all areas of logistics and supply chain processes including forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, manufacturing, network optimization, and more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed. temperature, shock, and humidity) are available through the GLN for over-the-road transportation via Descartes MacroPoint and global air freight via Descartes BLE for high-value shipments for major airlines and ground handling agents at 450 airports worldwide.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Beery concluded that the best transformation projects would be, one, improved supply chain planning. A 4PL is a company that plans and executes transportation on behalf of their customers. Here, Mars Wrigley leveraged using Kinaxis for both demand and supply planning. Mars took that recommendation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In fact, much of the increase is due to ongoing shipment misdirection attacks, a kind of strategic cargo theft in which actors use stolen motor carrier and logistics broker identities to obtain freight and misdirect it from the intended receiver so they could steal it. Cargo theft can be pre-planned or opportunistic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

With their transportation visibility solution they were able to see a scorecard that let them proactively see what inventory on a shipment was at risk of arriving late. Once the inbound shipment arrives, inventory is unloaded, and the “hot” inventory is moved to a shipping dock and loaded on the outbound truck. Weisenberger explained.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In fact, over the last twelve months alone, more than 10 million ocean shipments have been impacted. The company started with shipment visibility and quickly expanded into tendering by integrating to TMS. Quickly diagnose why a shipment isn’t tracking, and bring it online to increase visibility throughout their network.

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American Global Logistics

APRIL 8, 2024

First, it highlights the importance of supply chain resilience and contingency planning. To mitigate the impact of disruptions, businesses must prepare and implement mitigation plans. Having multiple options allows businesses to reroute shipments and avoid delays quickly. The same applies to customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

First and last mile shipments are usually by truck. But more than half of their shipments – including a significant portion that begin at factories in Asia – travel across oceans or continents These long-distance shipments go by ocean, air, or rail. The Advantages of Agility. Hanjin was a major carrier for Molex.

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