Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

He sold the company in 2001 when the company had achieved revenues of about $10 million. Amazon paid $785 million, a price that at the time seemed outrageous but has since proven to be an excellent investment. It should not be possible to another company in that ecosystem to step in and eliminate a fast-growing young company.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

Year after year, well intentioned people toiled against improving metrics that reduced, not improved, the effectiveness of the supply chain. The example that I give in the first post is the focus of manufacturing strategies to drive strong results to improve Return on Assets (ROA) that have actually caused a deterioration in operating margin.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

5 Insights for Managing Your Fleet Strategy! Poorly maintained vehicles reduce the size of your fleet during repairs. Efficient operation of vehicles to reduce fuel consumption, improve route efficiency, and increase compliance and safety will all make your fleet more productive by reducing downtime for accidents and maintenance.

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Supply Chain Insights

JANUARY 18, 2018

The untethered exuberance reminds me of the race for Y2K, the futile experimentation with trading exchanges in 2001, or the race for e-commerce. The uncertainty around SAP’s APO strategy will drive the need for replacement earlier, pushing companies to test-and-learn with deeper and more meaningful engines.

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Unleashed

APRIL 1, 2020

The key to successfully pursuing these opportunities is knowing your core business and strategy inside out; that will guide you in making the right strategic decisions. 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.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Journal report makes reference to a white paper published in 2001 penned by a then Boeing aerospace engineer. Boeing’s demands for lower prices left Spirit strapped for cash as managers panicked over meeting increasingly demanding deadlines.” Spirit and Boeing battled over costs, quality and the pace of production.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The offering was 4,687,500 shares of common stock, including 3,750,000 shares from the company and 937,500 shares from the selling stockholders, at a price to the public of $15 per share. The current management team has returned the company to profitability and is aggressively pursuing a growth strategy. History of INTTRA.

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Freightos

AUGUST 28, 2018

While regulations were once thought to promote free competition, it is now generally believed that fewer and simpler regulations lead to a “perfect market” of competitiveness, increased efficiency, and lower prices. On that basis, most of the transportation industry in the United States was deregulated in the 1970s and 1980s.

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KEPLER Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2019

This can only be achieved by addressing the elimination of the worst practices in the organization, processes, and digital resources of the company. Non-updated product sheets in ERP (purchase price, MOQ, Incoterm,…) resulting in non-compliant supplier orders . The importance of a robust supply chain. 3/ Workflow Management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ZF has been working with a supply chain solutions provider called SupplyOn since 2001. This enables carriers to optimize their transportation capacity to deliver the shipment on time at best price. Lean cuts inventory out of the supply chain. ZF’s Digital Supply Chain.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. McLean convinces the US Army that shipping containers provide a more reliable service (also eliminating dockside pilfering by Viet Cong sympathisers). There are two ways to view the History of Shipping Containers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Shifting demand and rising prices for cotton and orange juice. I have been an industry analyst covering the market– Gartner, AMR Research, Altimeter Group and my own company Supply Chain Insights– since 2001. It is not feasible to reduce this error to 30% MAPE. Inventory strategies and processes to absorb the error.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2020

. $100M in lost sales and 20% drop in stock price in one year. Lean organizations focus on eliminating waste in their supply chain at every stage. Tri-Valley Growers. Never completed ERP/SCM implementation. Contributed heavily to company closure. Failed SCM implementation causes shipping errors. Bankruptcy. Huge loss of IT talent.

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USC Consulting Group

MAY 16, 2023

We got our start in 1968 when founders Tom Rice and Pat Price founded a fully-engaged operations management consulting firm that strives to impart positive, impactful change to our clients. Two sides of the same coin, Lean looks at making processes more efficient and reducing lead times, while Six Sigma focuses on cutting down on defects.

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JULY 7, 2021

Bush tax cut, 9/11 attacks. Deflation in oil and gas prices. Balanced Budget Act. Welfare reform. Fed raised rates. LTCM crisis. Glass-Steagall repealed. Tech bubble burst. War on Terror. Katrina, Bankruptcy Act. Bernanke became Fed Chair. ACA, Dodd-Frank Act. Debt ceiling crisis. Government shutdown. Sequestration. Core rate 2.2%.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 2, 2017

Last but not least, create efficiencies and offer value to your carriers, shippers and 3PL, such as reducing costs and improving carrier margins, among others. Keeping an open dialogue between the stakeholders and eliminating silos within your organization should be a top priority. Max Out Your TMS Benefits.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I remember my first briefing with Steelwedge in 2001. There were many twists and turns with management teams, but E2open’s initial public offering in July 2012 was 4,687,500 shares of its common stock, including 3,750,000 shares from the company and 937,500 shares from the selling stockholders, at a price to the public of $15 per share.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In global companies aligning asset strategies with business shifts tactical planning is critical. Solutions like Demand Works, John Galt, Optimity and Orchestr8 offer increased depth of capabilities with more personalized and value-priced solutions. It is a tactic not the end state of a demand-driven strategy. Business Networks.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 10, 2018

In-store pickup is the first major new service introduced at Whole Foods stores since Amazon cut prices for its Prime members in May. million job openings in the three-month period that ended in June, the highest quarterly level on record dating back to 2001. Labor Dept. On average, there were 6.7 percent last month.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MAY 2, 2014

Richard Rumelt/Strategy Land. Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. He was appointed assistant professor at Chicago Booth and joined UCLA Anderson as a visiting assistant professor in the finance area in 2001. News and World Report. The Times Of India. The Straits Times. The MBA Student Voice. The MBA Insider’s Blog.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2023

But I also found it interesting that Dick Morley , the father of the PLC (programmable logic controllers to you non-geeks), organized geek pride days in New Hampshire as early as 2001. maritime regulators that Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line pursued “brazen price gouging and profiteering” that cost Bed Bath & Beyond $31.7

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 10, 2018

In-store pickup is the first major new service introduced at Whole Foods stores since Amazon cut prices for its Prime members in May. million job openings in the three-month period that ended in June, the highest quarterly level on record dating back to 2001. Labor Dept. On average, there were 6.7 percent last month.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2019

The two firms agreed on a price of $27 million with additional performance based financial considerations. Scott Shepherd of Rincon, Georgia was driving his 2001 MR2 Spyder on Monday morning when the crash occured, reports WTOC. That is a big task at all the plants.”.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

At that point, production and system operations commence (DSMC, 2001). Much of the sourcing behavior involved in standard defense industry practices is tied to establishing “price reasonableness” in accordance with FAR 15.403 (FAR, 2005). To demonstrate price reasonableness, adequate price competition must typically be provided.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

He has done an excellent job guiding the organization through many challenges, executing our improvement plans and positioning Con-way Freight with effective strategies for continued success.”. Before joining Menlo in 2001, he held logistics and operations management positions with Delphi Automotive Systems and Penske Logistics.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Cash flow stops, price wars make your company go bust. Lean supply chains reduce waste and increase profit. The UK water industry found this out in 2001. For example, a flexible transport strategy could use different freight forwarders or use rail and road in parallel. Reduced waste. Economic (E).

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

They price and position based on marketing swings. In 2001, Forrester and Gartner had also promised that the B2B supply chain exchange (marketplace) organizations would also transform the supply chain about the time of the ecommerce bust in B2B. They understand how to shape demand to maximize profit. billion in 2016. I am an old gal.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The demand for warehouse space drives up prices. Westernacher Consulting explains, “As warehouses demand more space, this naturally pushes up price. This marked the 34th consecutive quarter of positive net absorption, the longest streak since 2001. in Q1 2017, the lowest since 2008.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

We eliminate the lower 1/3 of companies for the period from consideration. Price to Tangible Book Value. After the elimination of outliers, we include companies that are at or above the PTBV value (allowing for no more than 5% below the mean for the peer group to account for rounding errors). VTech Strategy. Taking Steps.

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crisp

APRIL 13, 2023

About our customer Vanilla Studio , established in 2001, is a furniture and home furnishings manufacturer, importer, and wholesaler with a fresh and contemporary approach to home decor. Their limited EDI processing was not checking for coding errors, pricing, or inventory levels; it just pushed orders through.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

Less passenger traffic and reduced congestion means flexibility for TNT in scheduling onward transport, whether by air or road. WebVan went out of business in 2001 with a market value close to zero after having initially raised billions in funding. A closer look though, reveals the clear logic behind TNT’s decision. Perhaps it did.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

To eliminate this simple error, the quantity of items should always be specified on the commercial invoice, even if this is not always required. Total price: The total price is shown on the invoice so one can check the completeness of multi-page documents, and organizations must specify the currency in which the invoice was issued.

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MIT Supply Chain

JULY 22, 2021

Recall how in 2001 leading tech companies?—?notably The strategy is also notable for the fact that Toyota is the high priest of Lean, yet it moved away from the just-in-time philosophy it originated to build its chip inventory. But such behavior is by no means confined to supermarkets. notably Cisco?—?had

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Requis

JULY 8, 2020

Earlier, in March, oil prices had already reached their lowest point since 1998. Natural gas is often the most cost-effective way of surviving the winter, especially since many countries are trying to reduce reliance on nuclear power after the Fukushima tragedy. What’s changing in supply chain and disposition.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Over the past few weeks, there’s been a lot of buzz and discussion about Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, everything from the impact to competing grocery retailers and prices to the accelerated evolution of omni-channel distribution. I was particularly interested in this deal because the grocery industry is near and dear to my heart.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Where were you on September 11, 2001 when the planes hit the towers? I believe the shift in strategy is correct, if executed well. But the roll-up strategy XPO and other 3PLs are taking today is similar to what has occurred in the software industry, and the lessons learned are clear.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

However, S&OP has not yet substantially delivered on its ultimate promise of enterprise wide resource management, rolling financial forecasting and strategy deployment. We see business using S&OP to outmaneuver low price scale distribution sites like Amazon. In the last 30 years S&OP improved performance in many businesses.

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