Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Because we call it a supply chain for a reason – each link is connected, so if you rattle one link, you rattle the entire chain, as Boeing famously discovered in 2007 when a bolts and screws shortage delayed their Dreamliner. But the opposite is not true – if you optimize one link, you have not optimized the entire supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The budget is not sufficient and is often a detrimental input for supply chain forecasting. Why Is the Financial Forecast Not a Good Proxy for a Supply Chain Forecast? There are many reasons why the budget cannot be used as a supply chain forecast. The supply chain forecast is a rolling forecast.

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Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting 183

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Predictive demand can propose prices changes, subject to stock levels and replenishment capacity. Customer centricity is not about setting a company strategy through the forecasted demand of the product portfolio in the market. Dr. Nicolas Hubbard is Director of Programmes in the Faculty of Transport and Logistics at Muscat University.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 230

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Freight Plus

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As has been the trend throughout the year, November truck and intermodal pricing continues to favor the carriers as limited capacity and a volume rush to beat trade war tariffs keep growth strong, according to the most recent data from the. Demand is exceeding capacity in most modes of transportation by a material amount,” Broughton wrote. “In

Report 40

Report Transportation Industrial Industry 40

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

A Demand-Driven Value Network as defined by AMR Research in 2007: A network that senses demand with minimal latency to drive a near real-time response to shape and translate demand. It is about much, much more than Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI ) or Collaborative Forecasting and Replenishment. Market-Driven Processes. Demand Sensing.

Material Savings 181

Material Savings Inventory Reduction Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 181

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Experts and pundits are forecasting wholesale changes to every industry and every part of life, but only a minority of these forecasts of massive, permanent change will bear out. Others are wishful thinking on the part of ideologically or emotionally motivated forecasters,” writes the firm on their website.

Supply Chain Software 100

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Modeling 100

Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

Supply Chain Cost Management Results: Deere & Company’s supply chain cost-management achievements included an inventory decrease of $1 billion, a significant reduction in customer delivery lead times (from ten days to five or less) and annual transportation cost savings of around 5%.

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Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Expense Reduction Price Reduction 54