Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 4, 2024
Founded in 2007, Rotterdam based Flo Group specializes in Oracle focused logistics software support and deployment services capabilities. Rockville, Maryland based OCR specializes in content and services related to export compliance and controlled commodities, denied party screening, license procurement and product classification services.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
The supply chain investments of the last decade focused on improving black & white processes–order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. We started the pandemic with twenty-one more days of inventory than we had in 2007. My view is that we are in phase 3 of the pandemic. In the next months, shortages and disruption loom.
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Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 5, 2015
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. Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it.
Freight Plus
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
One of the world's largest container ship lines, Maersk, signed up 1500 of its largest suppliers for its Responsible Procurement program. By 2012 they already reached their 2020 target of reducing CO2 emissions by 25 percent per container from 2007 levels. Tesla and Cummins are both preparing all electric fleets of semi-trucks.
Supply Chain View from the Field
DECEMBER 5, 2014
For example, the widening of the Panama Canal will change the conditions here in North Carolina, as enormous container ships will be circumnavigating the globe. And in Panama a huge transshipment area will grow where they will will do break bulk, put cargo onto smaller ships and send to North America.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Examples include first pass yield, schedule adherence, hands-free orders, orders shipped complete, and minimization of waste. Ironically, inventory levels today are higher than they were in 2007; yet customer service levels issues abound. Most can only measure functional costs—transportation, manufacturing, and procurement.
Talking Logistics
AUGUST 19, 2015
Ready to Ship Rating, Planning, and Optimization. Solutions addressing the financial side of the supply chain, including Procure-to-Pay, is another core differentiator for GT Nexus. Transportation Services Procurement: Maximizing Strategic Goals and Business Value (Del Monte, Hewlett-Packard, USSA). In-transit Visibility.
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