Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 28, 2013

Historically, businesses have used one of two extremes for inventory management: push-based or pull-based. Push-based inventory management uses demand forecast to manage inventory and replenish from the supply base. The pull-based method relies on the ability to replenish the “pulled” demand.

Vendor Strategies

SCMDOJO

AUGUST 10, 2024

Postponement: Strategies like Just-in-Time and postponement can reduce inventory and transportation costs. However, true potential lies in cross-company collaboration, such as pooling resources and sharing information. The impact of information technology on the efficiency of freight transport: A review of the literature.

Sourcing Strategies

Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

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. . on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), which began in 2001, and it’s still not completed. UPS and FedEx. Just saying. Be Sociable, Share!

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 20, 2013

In 2001 Peter Brabeck, then CEO of Nestlé, recognised that as the company was getting bigger and bigger its size may become a liability. Forecasts are often on the high side leaving warehouses with unnecessary inventory and sales and planners in debate about how to close the gap. This results in the final demand plan.

Forecasting

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Founded in 2001, Seamless Distribution Systems (SDS) listed on the NASDAQ First North Premier are renowned for enabling the digitization of sales and distribution processes across more than 50 markets. With a key focus on emerging markets around the world, SDS process over US$14B worth of transactions annually.

Supply Chain Design Software

E2open

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Combination of E2open and INTTRA forms the Global Logistics and Supply Chain Network with Access to World-Wide Ocean Container Capacity and information. One that delivers all this complex information through a single pane of glass that provides a clear view across the supply and demand ecosystem. E2open is changing everything.

Supply Chain Network Software

RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Learn More: How Clif Bar achieved 100% traceability and inventory visibility ». With the introduction of the 2001 Bioterrorism Act and the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act, companies must now be able to quickly deliver full inventory tracking datasheets to appropriate regulatory forces when requested. Read the Full Story ».

Logistics Network Optimization Software

RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Learn More: How Clif Bar achieved 100% traceability and inventory visibility ». With the introduction of the 2001 Bioterrorism Act and the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act, companies must now be able to quickly deliver full inventory tracking datasheets to appropriate regulatory forces when requested. Read the Full Story ».

Logistics Network Optimization Software

Vanguard Software

JULY 20, 2021

And before that, in 2001, Nike also had a demand planning blunder that led to a $100 million loss in sales. Whereas supply planning projects and manages inventory or supply to meet consumer demand. Organizations can then make shrewd business decisions about inventory and production.

Supply and Demand

Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

We restructured all of the documents and created one of the first service-oriented websites so all of the information was available on line. We dug that company out of terrible financial difficulty after the “internet bubble” burst in 2001. Remember Dick Tracy’s watch that he talked to and got information from?

Gartner

Enterra Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

… Suddenly there was a way to make information easily accessible to anyone in the world who had a computer and an online connection.” … Attempting to unite channels without properly setting up and maintaining inventory and order management is futile.” … He subsequently developed URL, HTML and HTTP.

Procurement Analytics

Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

Any decision to outsource must be planned properly, taking into account not only cost-efficiencies and basic warehousing skills, but also effective information management to ensure customer satisfaction and overall profitability. Information technology allows the WMS to talk to other systems in the organisation. Perhaps it did.

Warehousing

6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This marked the 34th consecutive quarter of positive net absorption, the longest streak since 2001. In descending order, the other top issues for 2018 are insufficient space (44%); outdated storage, picking or material handling equipment (38%); and inadequate information systems (32%). The national vacancy rate edged down to 4.3

Warehousing

KEPLER Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2019

1/ Managing the quality of information. An in-depth integration of the Supply Chain through the exchange and coordination of information flows between all members of the supply chain, therefore makes it possible to better define their RACI (R: Director; A: Approver; C: Consulted; I: Informed) (Kempainen and Ari, 2003).

Supply Chain Planning Software

Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

In 2001 Mr. Kirkegaard founded DCRA Inc a supply chain solutions firm leveraging best of targeted management consulting and supply chain technology solutions with an emphasis on S&OP. We pulled in all a colleague out of our Cleveland office “Don” (a near retirement manufacturing expert) for some additional perspective.

S&OP

Precoro

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Kearney in 2001 and widely used since. Then, the procurement department uses that information to forecast the spend and determine how much budget to allocate for buying a certain quantity of goods. Procurement provides information for sourcing. Sourcing Process Steps. Tired of reading? How about watching, then?

Optimal Sourcing

RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2022

Two major pieces of food legislation are guiding food traceability rules at most companies: 2001 Bioterrorism Act: This law requires food processors to be able to identify the origin of all food—including all ingredients—received by lot, code or other identifier and provide the same information to the FDA upon request within 24-hours.

Food

Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Quaker Oats has only been part of PepsiCo since 2001 and Duyvis since 2006. She adds that SAP is also important for the supply chain because it means that information about inventory and sales now comes from a single source. I still can’t see which location has inventory with a single click.”. Critical path.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

MARCH 2, 2018

If nothing else, subscription boxes offer companies a treasure trove of data — retailers learn what items customers are responding well to, or what inventory should be phased out. They feel better about today’s economy than they have since March 2001. Their outlook also improved.

Retail

BlueYonder

MARCH 2, 2018

If nothing else, subscription boxes offer companies a treasure trove of data — retailers learn what items customers are responding well to, or what inventory should be phased out. They feel better about today’s economy than they have since March 2001. Their outlook also improved.

Retail

Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Spire provides real-time information and analytics based on global maritime automatic identification system (AIS) technology—Spire’s constellation of small satellites captures the courses and current status of container ships across the globe. A world transformed. ” An expected global surprise.

Supply Chain Planning Software

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The UK water industry found this out in 2001. The price to pay is the excessive costs of holding all the inventory. Nokia poked around for more information. Better visibility lets you adjust inventory and trim costs, yet avoid stock-outs. The problem arises when that one supplier is unable to supply. Reduced waste.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Overall, from 2001 to 2008 average Asian wages increased 7.1-7.8%, Obsolete and excess inventory carriage are more preventable. For additional information about companies reshoring to the U.S., Public opinion is motivating some producers to upgrade standards for off-shore operating and for selecting suppliers. Since 2005, U.S.

Cost Reduction Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When I was a Gartner analyst in 2001, there were over 120 B2b platforms. EDI is an electronic interchange of business information using a standardized format; a process that allows one company to send information to another company electronically rather than with paper.) Then we termed them trading exchanges.

Manufacturing Procurement

Unleashed

APRIL 1, 2020

Review existing inventory management systems. Fewer than 30% of businesses that lost market share in the downturn of 2001 were able to regain their positions, according to the Bain study. For a more detailed guide on how to pick the best inventory management software for your business, check out our comprehensive guide.

Material Savings

Elementum

AUGUST 29, 2017

Harvey is not the first lethal and damaging flood to hit Houston: Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 killed 41 and caused $9 billion in damage, as well as flooding in 2016 that shut down the city for days. Gulf Coast, surplus fuel inventories may help the industry withstand the worst storm to hit the country in more than a decade.

Forecasting

Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

TOMPKINS: Sellers today find e-commerce inventory allocation and replenishment to be challenging. WILL: Drone development over the past several years has resulted in a variety of applications and more recently use in the inventory and tracking of items in warehouses. The area of most waste was inventory.

Pricing Training

Freight Waves

JULY 29, 2025

The UP-NS combination will be the first judged under the Surface Transportation Board’s 2001 merger review rules. Promises of smooth integration Railroad mergers in the modern era have had one thing in common: Service problems that occur while meshing operations and information technology systems. It was a non-event,” Vena said. “It

Freight

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Effective inventory management can help businesses save up to 30%. Inventory Management plays a vital role. Inventory visibility can be the difference between good or poor profitability. But how a company manage their inventory well? Does your company have pre-defined set of rules when it comes to inventory management?

Prescriptive Analytics Software

Requis

JANUARY 17, 2020

We started out with the Asia-Pacific region, and built scenarios in the model informed by actual customer research, on what they were saying were their expectations. A process like this eliminates overstocks, markdowns, and inventory obsolescence. The information you need will determine the specific design for your business.

Supply Chain Design Software

crisp

APRIL 13, 2023

With Integral Group’s Commerce Desktop, Vanilla Studio can simultaneously share live inventory data with customers including Home Depot, Lowes, and Wayfair, leading to higher service levels while streamlining the team’s clerical workload. There was also a lag in inventory levels being updated.

Case Study

4WL Consulting

APRIL 30, 2020

In today’s episode of Manufacturing Success, we have a guest who is out of the norm for this show, but has equally valuable information to share! I started my finance career in the subprime industry in 2001 when I lived in Oklahoma for a period of about 15 years prior to coming to Kansas City. Stacey’s Background in Finance.

Kansas City

4WL Consulting

APRIL 30, 2020

In today’s episode of Manufacturing Success, we have a guest who is out of the norm for this show, but has equally valuable information to share! I started my finance career in the subprime industry in 2001 when I lived in Oklahoma for a period of about 15 years prior to coming to Kansas City. Stacey’s Background in Finance.

Kansas City

6 River Systems

JUNE 26, 2019

Often, 3PLs don’t have ownership in the inventory. 3PLs can handle everything from receiving new inventory from manufacturers to shipping products to end consumers and everything in between. In 2017, Armstrong & Associates found that 90% of domestic Fortune 500 companies use 3PL providers, compared to just 46% in 2001.

3PL