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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, more than 1% of the world’s container ships are stuck off major ports. Warehouses are full–often with the wrong stuff resulting in the slowing of the forty million shipping containers around the world. In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. Supply chain shortages abound. Reflection.

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Visibility: If Only I Could See

Supply Chain Shaman

Examples include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Warehouse Management (WMS_ or Advanced Planning (APS). In 2004-2006, Greg Aimi (now a Gartner analyst) and I worked on a common definition of visibility for over a year. In this shift, the legacy SAP Business Warehouse (BW) implementation are especially problematic.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 16-20, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Warehouse Rental Prices (WSJ-sub. Back in May 2004, I wrote a post titled, “What If UPS Acquires Manhattan Associates?” Amazon is looking to license or acquire technology that could find the most efficient shipping routes and hire fleets of trucks, ships and planes to move sellers’ goods. E-Commerce Drives Surge in U.S.

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Walmart Supply Chain: Building a Successful Integrated Supply Chain for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

SCMDOJO

Through VMI, Walmart empowers its suppliers to take on the responsibility of managing their inventory stored in Walmart’s warehouses. This program links all computers of P&G to Walmart’s stores and warehouses, allowing for efficient replenishment orders based on real-time inventory needs.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? These 36 innovative companies have figured out how to hack their operations, gaining some financial or media recognition for their methods. Kick back, be inspired and happy innovating.

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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004, with the evolution of demand sensing applications, the tactical and operational forecasts were both modeled using optimization, but the lack of synchronization of the two forecasts limited the technology adoption. However, the approach is new and poorly understood, and only 7% of consumer products companies are innovators.

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The World’s Largest Brands Are Using Inventory Accuracy and Yard Automation to Fight COVID-19 Chaos

PINC

sensors, and cloud computing—to significantly improve accuracy, speed, and safety of collecting warehouse inventory levels. “PINC AIR collects and processes inventory information inside of warehouses 100 times faster than humans can,” says PINC CEO Matt Yearling. ” Digital Yard to The Rescue. .”