Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 4, 2014

The 30 th SCRC meeting kicked off today with a theme on “Transportation Strategy in an Infrastructure Constrained Environment”. In 2011 a student project team focused on packaging and where there were changes in sourcing and whether weights were correct.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

» The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments. As we approach the latter stages of the 2011 holiday buying season, the uptick in online buying has indeed occurred. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In a global supply chain, two factors are constantly changing: the need to meet tight deadlines and the need to keep up with the competition. Refrigerated transport can help you meet these needs by allowing you to move goods quickly and efficiently. Makes It Possible To Meet The Rising Demand For Fresh Perishable Goods.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Attendees wishing to schedule a meeting with JDA at the event should send an email to Aaron Lee, solutions marketing manager, at aaron.lee@jda.com. For more information on the event, click here. Tweet this: @JDASoftware’s @FabBrasca to speak on #supplychain strategy panel at @cscmp Global Conference on Oct. 4 #CSCMP2011 [link].

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

For instance, during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Toyota’s robust supply chain resilience allowed it to quickly recover and restore operations. Organizations now need to consider the potential ripple effects of disruptions across their extended supply networks. Another notable example is the technology sector.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 13, 2011

As with every year, there are opportunities to learn new things and meet new people. My first CSCMP Annual Conference was in 1989 and I always try to get there every year to catch up with all my logistics and supply chain friends! Here’s a link to my recent tweetstream for shoutouts to some of the great people I met this year!

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Since 2011 carriers, 3PLs, shippers, and logistics technology vendors have looked to CarrierDirect to deliver the efficiency, strategy, go-to-market plans, and technology that will elevate their business above their competition. Shanna earned a BA and an MBA from Baldwin Wallace University. About CarrierDirect.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 31, 2024

His context was that of meeting global carbon neutrality targets along with the global availability and carbon emitting impact of electrical charging stations to support such a transition. He rather steered the company toward providing varying power train options for consumers and for countries, which included hybrid power technologies.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

According to Eric Rice of Supply Chain 24/7, e-commerce growth in 2017 grew faster than it has since 2011. E-Commerce Shipping Practices Require Logistics Fundamentals The best way to meet the rising demand of e-commerce is to ensure optimum use of transportation resources. E-commerce growth has become part of the record books.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The main take aways from the presentation earlier this year were the following: The auto industry has made supply chain risk management a priority since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. The company works hard to meet the demanding requirements for quality, innovation, and cost from their OEM customers.

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Adexa

JULY 27, 2020

Dalsa has been using Adexa planning applications for many years to overcome their business challenges such as on-hand inventory reduction, meeting customer requested date and capacity allocation for the demand load and engineering forecasts. Los Angeles, California – July, 2020 – Adexa, Inc.,

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QAD

OCTOBER 26, 2023

For example, when Dollar Shave Club began its monthly subscription service in April 2011, it wasn’t widely anticipated that the company would be real competition to established brands in the industry. It also: Automatically assigns parcels to the best carrier and service that will meet deadlines at the lowest price.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 12, 2014

According to a September 2013 white paper published by CargoNet and the Cargo Security Alliance , 8 percent of cargo thefts in 2013 (as of August 31, 2013) were due to fictitious pick-ups, up from 5 percent in 2011. Fifty-five percent of all reported fictitious pick-ups from 2011 through 2013 occurred in California.

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SCM Research

MAY 22, 2012

The authors find that the following topics are the key business drivers for 2012: (1) market/demand volatility, (2) economic downturn, (3) meeting (changing) customer, (4) develop emerging markets, and (5) increased material/service costs. The study is titled The 2012 global supply chain agenda.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

This romance started back in 2011 when I was researching planning solutions as a Systems Analyst at First Solar, Inc. So, when I discovered there was an opening on the Solution Demonstration team, I was very excited to travel to Ottawa, meet the team and interview for the role. (Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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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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Resilinc

MAY 17, 2022

This is not because supply chains have been immune to climate change and extreme weather—on the contrary, the 2011 floods in Thailand are still remembered as a career-defining event in the supply chain profession—but because of the technical difficulties of attributing a specific event to climate change.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Personally, I can’t wait for her 6 – 10 list and I will be sure to ask her about it when we meet up in Philadelphia next week at CSCMP Global Annual Conference 2011. Who does it best? What does good look like? Karin Bursa is Vice President at Logility. She can be reached at blog@logility.com.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 4, 2015

The experiential learning opportunity allows students to solve real business problems to help corporations meet challenges. The program has evolved into one of national prominence with recent rankings by leading organizations and mediums including Gartner (2014 and 2011), US News & World Report (2012) and Bloomberg Business Week (2011).

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Better perceived by consumers, the products sold are likely to be acclaimed, and to meet with greater success. The alternate what-if scenarios are crucial input into the pre-S&OP meeting for stakeholder consideration. Supply chain digitization has been underway since 2010 and 2011, with an acceleration since 2014.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 16, 2024

Boeing’s demands for lower prices left Spirit strapped for cash as managers panicked over meeting increasingly demanding deadlines.” “These costs do not vanish merely because the work itself is out-of-sight. ” Spirit and Boeing battled over costs, quality and the pace of production.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 2, 2022

… To meet the low latencies needed by these apps, cloud services will migrate a growing share of their operations to intelligent-edge systems by 2022. ” MIT Technology Review, 31 October 2011. [2] ” Rise of the Metaverse. .”[9] ”[9] In other words, the future remains in the clouds. Footnotes. [1]

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2015

More than 110,000 miles of commuting to work, driving to Little League baseball games, soccer matches, and swim meets, going on vacation, visiting family, bringing the kids to school, and other daily excursions. The car itself didn’t create many memories, but it brought us back and forth from the places and events that did.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2016

In order to meet continually-changing consumer demands and expectations in an increasingly competitive market, shippers need a fast, efficient supply chain. Today’s Next-Gen TMS Meets Today’s Supply Chain Needs. Mr. McGuigan joined Transplace during the acquisition of SCO Logistics in April 2011, where he was President and CEO.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 3, 2017

Manufacturers and CPG companies have found new, improved ways to optimize their networks and evolve their supply chains to meet the rising demands of their retail customers. Mr. McGuigan joined Transplace during the acquisition of SCO Logistics in April 2011, where he was President and CEO.

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Elementum

JUNE 3, 2015

Remember Patagonia’s eco-friendly advertisement from 2011? Apple claims to have reduced as much as 90% of its carbon emissions in Apple TV production from 2007-2011, and up to 21% in 15-inch MacBook Pro production from 2006-2011. The Silicon Valley-based firm also conducts regular audits on its factories.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 11, 2014

In so doing, they are faced with taking decisions similar to those made regularly by many businesses, such as: “How do I meet the delivery deadline?”; “Will I make a profit?”; “How can I improve my supply chain?”; and “How can I cut my carbon footprint?”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 17, 2024

Stage 3: (2011-2020): The rapid growth of e-commerce in China has created a high demand for warehouse management, pulling China’s local suppliers to grow rapidly. On the one hand, “SaaS + WMS” to meet the actual needs of the enterprise data further interconnection. in order to have a competitive advantage.

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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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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 30, 2019

If you can’t develop those teams and processes fast enough to meet the challenges, things inevitably start falling apart. It went public in 2011, with shares priced at $13, and closed its doors three years later. And once growth accelerates, it’s extremely difficult to keep up. Maybe you haven’t heard of Crumb’s Bake Shop.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The Ford warning caused the company’s stock to fall 12 percent, the biggest one-day loss since 2011. GM CEO Mary Barra maintained guidance that the company would meet its sales and profitability targets for the full year. As has been the pattern with other warnings by companies related to supply chain challenges.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 27, 2022

A meeting between two pioneers during a cocktail party in 1956 turned out to be a defining moment in the world of manufacturing. The term ‘ Industry 4.0 ’ was coined in 2011 to describe this new era of new technological innovations including advances in AI , ML and cloud computing as well as data analytics. The post Industry 4.0:

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 19, 2017

Regardless of how much (or how little) they may have prepared, one thing is certain: TMS solutions are playing a central role in ensuring food shippers are ready to meet (and even exceed) the requirements of the new law. Here’s how!

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 16, 2015

” However, inventory right-sizing is a more accurate approach as in some cases companies could elect to hold more inventory in order to meet target customer service levels. Often companies believe they are holding too much inventory in their supply chain and view inventory optimization as inventory “reduction.”

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Chuck and the team at Esurance were one of the first insurance companies to sell policies directly to consumers over the internet, instead of using in-person meetings or phone calls. Chuck is one of the Co-founders of Esurance, which was eventually acquired by Allstate.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Big business from about 2011 onwards started realising the value of adding e-learning to staff training programmes. Big business from about 2011 onwards started realising the value of adding e-learning to staff training programmes. It is now estimated to reach 336.98 billion USD by 2026, if not before then.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

7] Stephen DeAngelis, “ Reducing the Operating Costs of Truck Transportation ,” Enterra Insights, 17 August 2011. New Design Seen as Cure for Logjams ,” SupplyChainBrain, 16 November 2021. [7] The post Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out? first appeared on Enterra Solutions.

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