Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

To build more powerful relationships, extending across a critical mass of trading partners, companies need to utilize a robust platform like a supply chain operating network, which leads to increased visibility for continuous improvements in company performance, agility, and differentiation.

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Herlitz Inventory Management

MAY 4, 2023

selected HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management as its new purchasing system in February 2023. KFI) will be switching to the HIMPACT purchasing system. The move to HIMPACT comes as KFI was looking to improve its existing purchasing and inventory management applications. Krasdale Foods Inc. Krasdale Foods Inc.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 10, 2021

In the interview, Ben reviews and discussed trends and interesting companies in ecommerce, final mile, cold chain, reverse logistics, and fulfillment. He draws on a career building, advising, and investing in supply chain companies. 3PLex was then purchased by Maersk. About Ben Gordon. About Cambridge Capital.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. Our journey for supply chain excellence has changed and evolved over time.

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crisp

APRIL 21, 2023

These companies strive to create sustainable business models, which utilize their revenue to benefit society and the environment. The certified B Corp makes organic, better-for-you packaged sauces and donates a meal to those in need with every purchase. Good Food for Good was born with its own “buy one, feed one” model.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

This article will show you how one of the worlds leading companies put a theory into practice and survive many supply chain disruptions. The company won the ISM 2012 Award for Excellence in Supply Management (category:process). 2009: H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico. Supply Chain Disruptions: A Survival Guide. Gather around!

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Each of these companies performed better than their peer group on Return on Assets (ROA), but worse than their peer group on operating margin. When you run the graphs, there is marked difference for these companies that begins to appear in 2009. However, none of the three companies knew this before the benchmarking activity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

For December 2015, retail sales were the lowest since 2009. Customers are buying less. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. In parallel, take a closer look at inventory turns where only pharmaceutical companies made slight progress.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Slowly, more and more companies are waking up to the cold, and hard facts. Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. A ranking in the top 2/3 of the peer group qualifies a company for further analysis. I have personally experienced the failure.

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Oracle SCM

JANUARY 23, 2019

This transformation has extended all the way to the palms of consumers’ hands, as smartphones give people the power to research and purchase products at the exact moment they want them. ” To effectively serve today’s connected consumers, a company’s systems have to be even more connected.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

« Retailer Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities Get an Early Test in the 2011 Holiday Buying Season | Main | Fraud vs Customer Centricity - III » Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! Layaway: • The customer selects the product that she wants to buy. Not all products may be eligible for BNPL). •

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. About twice a month, companies ask me to review their strategy documents. Ho wever, when I ask companies to explain what this means, I get either a pregnant pause or a blank stare. I am on a mission.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

These 36 innovative companies have figured out how to hack their operations, gaining some financial or media recognition for their methods. In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster.

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Oracle SCM

JULY 12, 2017

The years from 2007 through 2009 were notable for their economic volatility, reflected not only in the global economic recession but also the instability of customer demand and rapid movement in raw material, fuel, and commodity prices. Companies tripped over themselves to build ecommerce portals, and one-click purchasing grew in relevance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2015

When I wrote a summary report at AMR Research in 2007 and 2009, there were two or 6% of the market. The problem is that it is new, and in reference calls with users, companies are still working out the kinks. Myth#1: Companies don’t need a technology to drive an effective S&OP process. For the Love of the Cloud. The reason?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It is a critical concept that cannot be ignored when discussing how companies can move towards transforming their business models. They are seeing massive attention from major companies who believe in its future potential. When bitcoin was introduced in early 2009, it was traded by people at less than $1.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). And its technology assets too, like the Kiva robots Amazon purchased [in 2012] and the data centers that power its cloud computing services. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 The Google TMS?

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Stuart William was in one of my former MBA classes at NC State in 2008, and graduated into one of the worst economies ever in May of 2009. He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. Marsh is a 110 year old company, with the 3 rd generation of leadership.

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3rdwave

JANUARY 23, 2019

However, digitization really became mainstream around 2009 when there were officially more “things” than people connected to the internet. The tools supporting digitization enables the presentation of information in ways not conceived of pre-2009. Digitization began in the early 1970s with the advent of the computer.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Online sales have been growing at double-digit rates and the implications profoundly point to the reality that consumers prefer online tools and have shifted their shopping and buying preferences. cities with these lockers in-place are located in states that already collect sales taxes for online purchases. The initial U.S.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. ” Ashton added that IoT had grown a lot since 2009, but he claimed it has still has much further to go.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

For instance, some services provide visual representations of supplier connections that require companies to enter their own data. Four executives from the company were found guilty in 2011 of unlawfully exporting firearm parts and received sentencing in August 2016. All too often, companies do not put enough value on trade compliance.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

For instance, some services provide visual representations of supplier connections that require companies to enter their own data. Four executives from the company were found guilty in 2011 of unlawfully exporting firearm parts and received sentencing in August 2016. All too often, companies do not put enough value on trade compliance.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 15, 2014

So let me tell you, this is an extract of conversation which I was having with one of my good friends, a Manager at the equipment bank of a leading construction company. Supply Excellence. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009. August 2009. April 2009. March 2009.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

There are pre-packaged software applications which help companies in analyzing their data and give them meaningful insight into their data - examples are customers demand trends, financial analysis, sales optimization etc. Cloud Simple meaning of Cloud in context of SMAC is using software applications as a service without buying them.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 31, 2012

In his previous blog , my colleague Amit Ambekar had talked about various payment types such as Cash on Delivery, Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later. In Carrier billing form of mobile payment purchases are billed on the subscribers mobile phone bill. There should also be support from mobile phone companies for its implementation.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 10, 2013

« The Learning from the 2012 Holiday Buying Season: Balanced Investments in Online and Physical Supply Chain Fulfillment Capabilities | Main | Green Supply Chain Management » Information Driven Innovation in Supply Chain. Supply Excellence. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. In this 2-part Supply chain strategy post , the Managing Director at Solventure – Bram Desmet, discusses the key elements of an excellent supply chain. So, as I sit down to write this blog, I wonder what are some of the things that make supply chains excellent? Please subscribe here.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 6, 2012

One of the greatest challenges that complex supply chains of the companies today face are accurate forecasting and demand planning. Customers who are interested to buy a product online or are sure that the product cannot be returned are particularly concerned about the quality and the correct utility of the product. Supply Excellence.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Some of the reasons why an increasing number of consumers buy groceries online are convenience of shopping and / or Home delivery of purchased items. Growing interest by consumers to buy grocery online; has made retailers to launch internet based grocery selling channel. Supply Excellence. December 2009.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 1, 2013

First, lets understand the basic benefits provided by a cloud application or why a company would choose to have its application to be made available on cloud. There have been some cases, where a client buys licenses from product vendor and gives them to a third party hosting service provider for hosting. Supply Excellence.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Today, companies in the west have identified IT as an enabler of their business processes. However, after the recent economic recession, companies have started to realize the importance of curtailing costs of IT implementations through reduction of project implementation timelines, rework effort and fitness to requirements. April 2009.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 3, 2012

A punch-out mechanism for buying medicines/equipments from a custom - catalogue which again is based on personal profile, can further do the value addition. An excellent article, really on the cutting edge of EAM scope innovation. Supply Excellence. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Hence, its getting increasingly important for companies to increase revenues with existing customers. Today, customers are influenced by reviews and comments of supplier/company posted on social media. Today, companies are trying to consolidate suppliers to service all points of their operation.

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3rdwave

JANUARY 23, 2019

However, digitization really became mainstream around 2009 when there were officially more “things” than people connected to the internet. The tools supporting digitization enables the presentation of information in ways not conceived of pre-2009. Digitization began in the early 1970s with the advent of the computer.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

One of the ways by which E-Retailers are attracting people to buy on the net is by offering Cash on Delivery (CoD) payment option. While CoD is an excellent option for the customer; it is the least attractive payment mode for E-Retailer. Supply Excellence. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 5, 2012

« The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments | Main | Mobile Payment Options » Has Best of Breed WMS Won the Race? Supply Excellence. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009. August 2009.

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