ModusLink Corporation

MARCH 2, 2022

Introduction – The evidence of the increasing popularity of Supply Chain automation is pushing companies to research even more performant alternatives that will keep boosting the efficiency of robots inside Supply Chains. The drones carry sensors, scanners, and cameras to monitor and track inventory.

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ModusLink Corporation

MARCH 1, 2022

The evidence of the increasing popularity of Supply Chain automation is pushing companies to research even more performant alternatives that will keep boosting the efficiency of robots inside Supply Chains. Companies that deal with a large amount of inventory often find it challenging to find items inside the warehouse.

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Taulia

JUNE 12, 2023

Blog Expert Advice 8 min read 12 Jun 2023 By Taulia Share: Share via linkedin Share via twitter Share via facebook Share via email Copied Copy page URL to clipboard 10 supply chain KPIs and metrics to track We’ve listed the 10 top supply chain KPIs you can use to measure your supply chain performance and find opportunities for optimization.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Similarly, after the conference, I started working with a chemical company to formulate a supply chain strategy. The Supply Chain Executives were not interested in the project, and as a result, did not see the value.” ” My take?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 9, 2017

With digital business-to-business (B2B) enhancements, industrial manufacturers can find prospective customers, research new suppliers, alert buyers to shipping delays and foster deeper trading partner relationships. Supply Chain Operating Networks offer a level of sophistication missing in EDI and typical B2B networks.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Intelligent Audit CEO Hannah Testani, in a LinkedIn post congratulating her company on its performance, wrote “ I’ve never been more excited about the potential in our industry to truly empower shippers to ship smarter by leveraging clean, normalized, transformative actionable intelligence. ”. UPS Sets High Bar for Peak Season Hiring Goals.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

After the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , I took the time to recharge and took a month off from writing. The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. Walmart would not have the ability to provide such low prices and have consistent inventory in the over 5,000 stores in the United States and over 1.3 million employees without a focus on good supply chain management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2015

I first met Shane in 2007 at the beginning of his work with Syngenta’s value chain. Seldom do I see a commercial leader transition to supply chain, and I wanted to gain his insights. Orbit Chart of Syngenta and Monsanto of Progress on Operating Margin and Inventory Turns. Shane’s Story.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The client leaned across the table and asked, “Is a customer-centric supply chain strategy the same as a demand-driven supply chain strategy?” Drawing from the Whiteboard: Building Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies. Customer-Centric Supply Chain Processes. ” I smiled.

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RFgen

AUGUST 18, 2021

The automotive industry manages complex inventories in addition to facing vast outside pressures. Inventory management shouldn’t be a nightmare. Inventory management shouldn’t be a nightmare. Automating inventory processes can help reduce overhead costs and increase customer satisfaction for good. Read the Full Story ».

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E2open

AUGUST 24, 2018

Empty shelves send impatient buyers to competitors’ products, while too much inventory can result in unwanted carrying costs. For years, Kimberly-Clark relied on historical data to guide forecasts, but that changed in 2007 when the company began a complete end-to-end overhaul of its supply chain and invested.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Over the past year, the Arkieva Supply Chain Link Blog provided thought leadership and informative posts on supply chain strategy tips, trends, and news. Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. Happy new year!

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RFgen

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Recent news indicates the vitamin and supplement industry may come under stricter government oversight related to labeling and inventory management in the near future. As nutrient products grow more popular with a health-conscious public, problems with the industry’s supply chain begin to present themselves.

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RFgen

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Recent news indicates the vitamin and supplement industry may come under stricter government oversight related to labeling and inventory management in the near future. As nutrient products grow more popular with a health-conscious public, problems with the industry’s supply chain begin to present themselves.

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

We take a closer look into co-opetition as a survival tactic and how it is becoming crucial to managing your supply chain, and inseparably, your business. In 2007, it released the Kindle. Ideally, shippers want big ships to carry a lot of stuff to one place in order to maximize costs and efficiency.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 11, 2020

The paper is an attempt to create some logic in the fact of the chaotic healthcare supply chain events currently underway. Resilience is often one of the first things to emerge in any debate on how we arrived at the point we are today in the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as it applies to supply chain management.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 10, 2016

Now, on to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Thoma Bravo Announces Acquisition of Elemica. Target charges suppliers more to help offload unsold inventory (Reuters). Last week, I highlighted how Walmart is piloting the use of drones in its warehouses for inventory tracking.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 2, 2019

These growing expectations have put pressure on retailers to locate inventory closer to large consumer populations. Today’s warehouses are 143% larger than they were in 2007. ” The cloud plays an essential role in the digital supply chain and digitization is critical to speeding up warehouse operations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Markets drive supply chains. The supply chain needs to respond to market demand and consumer sentiment. Traditional supply chain processes do not sense. For supply chain leaders, this market downturn defines a new set of opportunities and risks. I remember December 2007 like yesterday.

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QAD

MAY 26, 2021

The QAD solution offering has expanded beyond the original QAD MFG/PRO (1984-2007) software to now include a full-featured suite of integrated software solutions to manage manufacturing, financials, operations, customer and supply chain processes. Supply Chain Visibility. Digital Supply Chain Planning.

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Taulia

MARCH 15, 2023

In 2021, as the world emerged from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a combination of soaring demand after lockdowns eased and ongoing disruption to supply chains caused a sharp uptick in inflation 1. The more complex and wide-ranging the supply chain, the more vulnerable it can be.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Shipping costs are also expected to spike upwards. The rise of China in the past decade coincided with a global economic boom after the financial crisis of 2007-2008. It raised its prowess from running mere factories to one that offered a complete value chain: from research and development to shipping and fulfillment.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. It manages the supply chain for 69% of the Fortune 100 companies. Nippon Yusen (NYK) Nippon Yusen is a Japanese shipping company that is part of the Mitsubishi group of companies (keiretsu).

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ShipBob

MAY 29, 2020

They grew up in India together and came to the United States in 2007, both graduating with a degree in engineering. They started a few ecommerce companies together and, like many of our merchants have experienced, found themselves standing in line at the post office in the Willis Tower in Chicago with a load of orders to ship. .

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2015

in an effort to streamline its supply chain as it prepared to ramp up manufacturing…UPS said last year it would set up a logistics center in Londonderry, N.H., to take in parts from Pratt’s suppliers, package them into kits holding about 8,000 parts, and ship them to Pratt factories for assembly by company’s machinists.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

Hence the companies Bugaboo and Foss have both faced considerable challenges, as they revealed during the recent ‘Supply Chain Opportunities in China’ seminar in Amsterdam on 24 June 2015. In 2007, the Dutch producer of pushchairs relocated its factory from Taiwan to the free trade zone close to Xiamen in China. Free trade zone.

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Global Trade Management

MAY 16, 2014

Fuel optimized Supply Chains. Increased transportation costs can affect the optimal design of a supply chain. With low transportation costs, it often makes sense to pool inventory in fewer locations so you can optimize space, labor and inventory pooling. Fuel optimized Supply Chains.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

However, in 2005-2007 wholesalers’ position in the channel was challenged due to increasing pressure for pricing controls, lower inflation, ASP regulation, and other external variables. Inventory management. The rise of personalized medicine will also impact how drugs are shipped to individuals. Returns processing.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 3, 2020

It was the world’s largest VC firm in 2007 with over $20 million in assets during the year. Order fulfillment refers to the picking, packing, and shipping of customer orders. High shipping costs : If you choose to operate your own fulfillment center(s), you are limited to shipping out orders exclusively from those locations.

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Shipsy

MAY 17, 2018

Despite entering India way back in 2007, Walmart till now, operated only 21 stores catering to B2B segment across the country. Efficient Supply Chain and Logistics With increased internet penetration?—?thanks Customers are not only looking for discounts and quality but are also preferring companies that offer faster shipping.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

MH&L’s Editorial Advisory Board tackles some of the toughest topics facing the supply chain today. That’s why we went to the experts—the members of the MH&L Editorial Advisory Board—and asked them to weigh in on that subject, and on several other of the most pressing concerns to supply chain professionals.

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FLEXE

MARCH 22, 2018

And brick-and-mortar storefronts continued to hang up their hats and lock their doors—more so than during 2007’s recession. Businesses integrating technology that’s equipped to track inventory and order data, in real time, across multiple management systems, likely have an upper hand here. online shopping day in history.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Sunday, 25 November 2007. Networked Supply Chains Require Better Visibility. As manufactures and retailers increasingly depend on extended rosters of sourcing companies, the resulting networked supply chain requires improved visibility. • Poor training for handlers throughout the supply chain.

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Global Trade Management

AUGUST 4, 2008

Port Operators: As choke points in the physical fulfillment of a trade, Port and Terminal Operators, like Vessel Operators, dictate the throughput of trade, the efficiency of fulfillment and the effective impact of consignee supply chain optimization initiatives.

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