Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

A balance sheet analysis shows that 95% of publicly traded manufacturers are stuck (when compared to peer group) at the intersection of growth and margin, margin and inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and growth. Comparison of the Gartner Top 25 Winners to Peer Group for the Period of 2011-2020.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The manufacturing sector covers such a broad spectrum of products and processes that any discussion about industry trends must take place at a very high level. One of the megatrends that has been driving manufacturing for over a decade is digitization. Manufacturing Trends. Manufacturing workers want higher pay.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 25, 2018

But there are several trends presenting themselves that will help us redefine what “normal” means for truckload in 2018 and 2019. Below, we explore 8 trends that will have an effect on the truckload market in 2018. It appears this trend of hyper-efficiency will continue. Efficiently utilizing capacity.

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Resilinc

MAY 17, 2022

And for OEMs in virtually every manufacturing industry, supply chains are where much of their climate change risk lies. This of course starts with mapping the sites across the world that supply your business, including manufacturers, warehouses, and logistics providers several tiers below direct suppliers.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Main | Demand Planning in CPG industry - Practising the Best Practices » The Upcoming 2011 Holiday Buying Season will again Test Retailer MCO and Supply Chain Capabilities. Automotive. Communication Services.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

million vehicles, a sales total not seen since 2011. What caused this rocky year for car manufacturers? In this blog, we’ll take a look at the supply chain trends that shaped the automotive industry in 2022. automotive industry was battered in 2022, with its sales dropping about 8% from 2021 to 13.7 GM was an exception with U.S.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. » The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments. Automotive. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

JDA empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to make optimal decisions that improve profitability and achieve real results in the discrete and process manufacturing, wholesale distribution, transportation, retail and services industries. Associations Conferences Emerging Trends Information Technology Supply Chain Management'

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 26, 2018

There are so many trends impacting the trucking industry today — everything from regulations and technologies to fuel, labor, and economic conditions — that the industry is noticeably different than it was in the past. There are several factors beyond utilization contributing to this “new normal” trend.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 15, 2014

Industrial Manufacturing. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. Main | E-retailers exploring same day delivery » Social Media in Supply Chain.the new trend! Social Media in Supply Chain.the new trend! December 2011. November 2011. October 2011.

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Let’s focus on some 2020 supply chain trends and initiatives. Recyclable raw materials, manufacturing processes limiting the consumption of water and electricity, eco-responsible packaging and less energy-consuming transport solutions are all growth drivers and also help reduce production cost and wastage.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 23, 2015

IBM says it has worked on nearly 100 customer engagements in this area, and here’s one of the insights it has drawn so far (emphasis mine): Twitter is an effective demand signal for the apparel industry because as focused as it may be on individual commentary, this creates a compelling picture of worldwide trends.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 17, 2024

Over the past decade, the main battleground for China’s WMS market has been in the consumption industry; but more recently the battleground has returned to the manufacturing industry. According to the characteristics of China’s WMS market, “Ecological”, “SaaS” and “Customization” are the three major trends in the future.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Nulogy & GENCO Announce Production Command Center for Manufacturing & Packaging Suppliers. That said, IBM and Twitter announced this week “a landmark partnership that will help transform how businesses and institutions understand their customers, markets and trends – and inform every business decision.”

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2017

Now consumers can compare products from multiple manufacturers and/or retailers in order to find best product at the best price – all from the comfort of their own home – and then have it delivered within days or even hours. The question is: how will this impact retailers and manufacturers? Transforming the Retail Supply Chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

Demand changes refer to shifts in customer preferences, market trends, or unexpected spikes in demand. For instance, during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Toyota’s robust supply chain resilience allowed it to quickly recover and restore operations.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Even before COVID-19, supply-chain managers considered how to cope with supply-chain disruptions — from natural disasters like the 2011 Japanese tsunami to political developments such as the U.S.-China Supply-chain flexibility and responsiveness have never been more important as they are at present.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The top companies in 2011 included the following: Microsoft. However, it is also noteworthy here that many of the companies in the top 10 do not manufacture anything, but outsource their manufacturing to “contract manufacturers” such as Flex, TSMC, FoxConn, ThermoFisher, and others. Johnson and Johnson.

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SupplyPike

MAY 21, 2020

Such software also provides for real-time updates on the buying choices of consumers that depend on the recent developments and trends. In the latter part of 2011, apparel retailer JC Penney rolled out a daily low-price model. When manufacturers keep changing the prices to discount amounts, they influence customer demand.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 7, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. « Importance of Proactive Master Data Maintenance in SAP SCM Support | Main | Instance Consolidation Strategy » Key Asset Management trends in Oil & Gas Industry. Social Media in Supply Chain.the new trend!

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this blog, Andy discusses the health of the manufacturing industry, manufacturing technology orders, and setting benchmarks for company performance. The State of the Health of The US Manufacturing Sector & Manufacturing Technology Orders. USMTO is managed by AMT, The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. Retailers can no longer have their heads in the sand, but neither can consumer products manufacturers. Overall Trends in Consumer Value Networks. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. Disintermediation. The difference?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Our previous discussion on augmented reality revealed a new trend in supply chain management , the use of computer-simulated imagery to enhance production and efficiency. Alexa.please tell Baxter the Robot to machine this part." - This may be coming to a manufacturing floor or supply chain soon! What Is Artificial Intelligence?

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QAD

JUNE 8, 2021

The Guardian stated : “The technology industry faces a growing shortage of semiconductors and other high-tech components following a failure to invest in new manufacturing facilities during the recession, experts have warned.” This quote is actually from an article published in July 2011.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Jeremy started HEVO , which stands for Honesty, Empathy, Vision and Optimism, in 2011. Good relationships with suppliers or contract manufacturers is key for mass production and then there’s buy-in from the automotive industry to consider. Automakers have to get involved.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 23, 2023

About eight of those years in Life Sciences were spent at the world’s largest dental products company, where I was responsible for global procurement. In 2011, after the Japan tsunami destroyed one of our most critical sole suppliers, it created a call to action in the company to invest in a sustainable approach to proactively mitigate risk.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

manufacturing is not experiencing a “renaissance” Industry experts conservatively acknowledge that off-shoring has slowed, and perhaps “stabilized” Although around 80,000 manufacturing jobs have come back to the U.S. Manufacturing has gained 700,000 jobs since 2010. safety requirements.

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Supply Chain Network

JANUARY 26, 2012

At the start of 2011, I wrote a blog (Supply Chain Risk and Charles Darwin) that highlighted 2010 as the worst on record for supply chain disruptions. Little did we know that 2011 would bring earthquakes in New Zealand, a tsunami in Japan and record floods in Thailand which, looking back made 2010 look like a cake walk.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 16, 2015

The example below is from a large energy management equipment manufacturer study where almost all of their demand was not normal/smooth (less than 0.2 One large manufacturer of latches, screws, and hinges needed to set inventory targets at a monthly planning level. This process was inefficient and not scalable.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Industrial Manufacturing. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape. « Delivering the Goods in Online Grocery Business | Main | Scheduling Order Release Process Intelligently » Fulfillment Options - Recent Trends. Social Media in Supply Chain.the new trend!

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Elementum

JUNE 3, 2015

But those changes need to be well-researched, not implemented because of trends. As far as the natural gas issue goes, manufacturers of natural gas have options to change their process and produce less methane. Remember Patagonia’s eco-friendly advertisement from 2011?

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Although, long term, reshoring makes sense for some, at the end of the day, what reshoring does is remind executives at manufacturing companies to look at the long term, then decide what is best for the company. But this respite does not mean that manufacturing jobs are reappearing. labor force was 35 percent smaller than it is today).

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Supply Chains Rock

APRIL 28, 2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011. Sure its great to know and understand what your customer wants based on preferences and trends. But.social media can be used within the "supply chain firewall" of the procurement, logistics, fulfilment and manufacturing teams. Manufacturing Central. Subscribe To. Social Media and Supply Chains.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 18, 2014

At the center of Atlas’ product line is Atlas Exchange, a secure document exchange providing a “connect-once, access-all” network, securely linking retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and logistics service providers. I wrote those words in December 2010 , one of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2011.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

But most companies cut away at that inventory ruthlessly, so that inventory was back on the longer term trend line by early 2010.”. In 2011 Japan’s earthquake and tsunami amidst the loss of lives brought many worldwide production plants in Japan to a standstill. As seen in the chart below from the Commerce Dept., Source: Commerce Dept.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 26, 2015

In 2011, Google announced that this technology that had been envisioned and imagined for the better part of the 20 th century was within its grasp, as a result of increasing sophistication of computer navigation, GPS technology, and camera technology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014. This analysis helps us to see the trends It is a study of year-over-year progress. It is a strong downward trend.

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