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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

Much of the finger-pointing involved the movement of shipping containers into and out of port facilities. For the supply chain to work smoothly, a complex and highly choreographed dance, involving both full and empty shipping containers, must be performed. More than 80 ships stretched to the distance — a new record. ”[1].

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Ford Motor’s Warning of Added $1 Billion in Supply Chain Costs- Another Signal

Supply Chain Matters

Implied is that these vehicles will remain as factory inventory until needed components arrive and customer or dealer orders can then be fulfilled. Ford will formally report its Q3 financial performance in late October but was compelled to issue this week’s warning. Broader Industry Perspectives.

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All I Want in My Easter Basket is a Supply Chain Planning System of Record

Logility

In many cases you will discover that processes like demand, inventory, replenishment, and manufacturing planning are limited by a lack of software capability. the earthquake and tsunami of 2011), risk mitigation scenarios can be modified and run to assess the impact and decide what actions to take. When a disruption takes place (e.g.

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How Mobile Data Collection Solutions Can Transform Struggling Businesses

RFgen

Mobile data collection solutions can help struggling companies more accurately track their inventory. By January 2015, USA Today reported the retailer had lost upwards of $2 billion since it first announced its expansion in 2011. Improved Productivity: Customers today place tremendous value on how a company ships its products.

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How Mobile Data Collection Solutions Can Transform Struggling Businesses

RFgen

Mobile data collection solutions can help struggling companies more accurately track their inventory. By January 2015, USA Today reported the retailer had lost upwards of $2 billion since it first announced its expansion in 2011. Improved Productivity: Customers today place tremendous value on how a company ships its products.

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Yes, I am a Zealot. I Still Believe. Do You?

Supply Chain Shaman

That is the role of marketing or sales or procurement. Yes, I believe that supply chain overlays on top of the sales and marketing organizations and the procurement function. Overall, total costs of the value network have increased because companies have not owned their networks. Data volumes grew 18X in 2011.

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Podcast: Rob Handfield on Suppliers, Data, Tech, and Talent

Requis

In the 1990s, purchasing managers were focusing on how to beat up their suppliers in order to buy cheaper. Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. On every screen there were moving graphical visualizations of material inventory. Almost all the student projects were related to analytics.

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