Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

In 2013, I was working in a media company in Cape Town. I took these breaks just to get my 10 minutes out of the office as often as I could. But just as people are always dying, they are always getting born. Did we appreciate that at the time? I interviewed Simon Hartley, the cofounder of Wumdrop. We were nobodies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. Performance of High Tech and Electronics Supply Chains for the Periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 14, 2020

These have to be firm contracts – asking Manufacturers to “reserve” capacity/quantities of material to supplement the SNS is not going to happen. In many industries, sourcing executives have embedded their supply chains in Asian regions, noting that “…these jobs will never return to Western countries. ”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The speed of drones is a major selling point for customers, of which 79% say they would be “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to request drone delivery if their package could be delivered within an hour (Source: Walker Sands Future of Retail 2016 Study ). For example, in the US alone drone delivery has grown from a $40 ?

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

Mostly, manufacturers demand technologies that can boost their output without causing an additional strain on resources, and the final five technologies changing manufacturing in 2016 did just that. The annual growth rate for machine learning and artificial intelligence grew more than 500 percent from 2013 through 2016.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

It is just not enough to do a software upgrade or slowly push continuous improvement projects. Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. Nick is a master of influence skills and building cross-functional, horizontal processes. In this post we share our take on his journey.

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KEPLER Consulting

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Sticking to logistics origins, we could stand our ground on initial Supply Chain Management definition (a system reaching all processes, flows and resources needed to deliver the right product/service at the right place, in the right timing, with the right quality, quantity and cost). A simple mapping exercise reveals how complex SC became.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Everything from a lack of capacity, manufacturing shortages, cost control difficulties, regional supply delays and disruptions, length and complexity of supply shipping routes, driver and worker shortages, rising costs and expenses, and COVID-related disruptions have contributed to the retail supply chain process today. .

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A supply chain is an end to end process which typically begins with the sourcing of raw materials and concludes with the sale of a good to the final customer.”[1] They know stuff gets made, transported, and sold; but, they have little interest in the details.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

billion euros, which was almost 12 percent more than in 2013 – and far beyond the wildest dreams of the original 31 employees who started out in a temporary prefabricated building on the former Philips Natlab site in Eindhoven in 1984. You started at ASML, then you spent around seven years at Vanderlande before rejoining the company in 2013.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Some mornings I would ride my rocket ship, evading asteroids and alien cruisers along the way, and I would barely make it to school on time (I mean, the space station), with just enough fuel to make a safe landing. The sky and what’s beyond, an endless source of creativity and imagination for kids and adults alike. Journey on.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In the shipping sector, new rules from the International Maritime Organization on sulfur limits in fuel is transforming that industry by requiring ships to burn low sulfur fuels; additionally, there is currently over-capacity of ships internationally (for a variety of reasons), and that will have a major impact on the ship-building industry.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

2013 has certainly been an interesting year! We just finished hosting over 150 executives at our Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, with a theme on Supply Chain Analytics. As 2013 comes to a close, here are some of my thoughts regarding the supply chain trends we are likely to see emerge in 2014.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Source: Laurie Cus. I admit it, the cafe con leche is not as good as my mom’s, but I’ve traded taste for time and convenience. Hundreds of Cafe Bustelo cans washed ashore in Florida this week. I’m sad to say that my cafetera doesn’t get much use today, and there are no Cafe Bustelo cans in my cupboard. European and Chinese regulators).

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 23, 2017

Faced with stiff price competition in their home markets, the apparel industry was one of the first to adopt the outsourced supply chain concept (Wieland and Handfield, 2013; 2014). Further, the time to design and delivery of new garments to the market was reduced from more than one year to just a few weeks.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Manufacturing engineers spend a lot of their time ensuring their companies get the most value out of the equipment in their factories. A recent report by Frost & Sullivan, “The Future of Parts and Service Retailing in the Automotive Aftermarket” , predicts that by 2025, 10 to 15 percent of all global parts sales will be made online.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 21, 2018

A series of social compliance audits had failed to uncover structural problems in the five-story Rana Plaza building, which collapsed on April 24, 2013. Just hours after workers were threatened with termination if they failed to enter the facility.) It was reportedly the deadliest garment-factory accident in history.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In his role, Ernest owns strategic sourcing, materials planning, customer care, and logistics operations globally. In 2018, Rockwell Automation won the Supply Chains to Admire Award. To understand the journey, we interviewed Ernest Nicolas, head of the global supply chain at Rockwell to gain insights. Note the general trend of improvement.

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KEPLER Consulting

MARCH 25, 2018

was introduced for the first time during the 2011 Hanover Fair (Wahlster, 2012). implementation have already existed for a long time: sensors, robots, big data, Internet of Things, cloud computing, 3D printer. Industry 4.0 has become obvious for everyone… but we must keep a sense of proportion! The term Industry 4.0

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In his role, Ernest owns strategic sourcing, materials planning, customer care, and logistics operations globally. In 2018, Rockwell Automation won the Supply Chains to Admire Award. To understand the journey, we interviewed Ernest Nicolas, head of the global supply chain at Rockwell to gain insights. Note the general trend of improvement.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It is actually just in recent years when a good number of scientists and innovators began to devote their work to artificial intelligence. We see it in something as basic as automatic photo-tagging on Facebook, a process developed by Yann LeCun for the company in 2013. It has the ability to learn and solve problems. Deep Learning.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

As we approach the end of the year, it’s a good time to turn back and see how the industry did in 2015. We’ve prepared this analysis, which examines not just the year in freight brokerage, but also the trucking industry as a whole. Source: DAT. 2015, an impressive growth rate for just one year. Why is that?

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 25, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. An electric utility industry being an asset intensive industry the focus of TOC would be more on to reduce the equipment down time to increase the total throughput of the system rather than just adding the extra capacity.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 17, 2022

Founded in 2013 by premier herb grower turned self-taught distiller Philip Moore – and designer turned self-confessed coffee-snob Tom Baker. The magic happens on site in Erina, where Arabica coffee beans sourced from premium coffee producers are roasted and brewed before being blended with Australian wheat vodka and cane sugar.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Like I said last year, making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target: sometimes you get lucky and hit the mark; other times you miss the bullseye by a mile. But just like in baseball, for every home run hit, there are many more bloop singles and strikeouts.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 30, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. From retailers perspective, failed deliveries dont just add up to the cost. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting. Human Resources. Product Categories. Banking Suite. Customer Service.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The ban will be instituted this week and remain in place until such time as Amazon feels that FedEx’s “delivery performance…improves.” This response is another indicator of the continued focus of carriers on preparing for a time when Amazon is no longer a partner. Deliveries off to a Rough Start.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 13, 2016

In 2014, Deere & Company was listed 80th in the Fortune 500 America’s ranking and in 2013 was 307th in the Fortune Global 500 ranking. The company also increased its use of third party logistics providers and effectively created a network which could be tactically optimized at any given point in time.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

In 2014, Deere & Company was listed 80th in the Fortune 500 America’s ranking and was 307th in the 2013 Fortune Global 500 ranking. The company was replenishing dealers’ inventory weekly, using direct shipment and cross-docking operations from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 6, 2014

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. This Point of View looks at these concerns in details, while highlighting some of the key benefits such as cost advantage, flexibility and rapid time to benefit coming from cloud. Business Process Outsourcing.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2017

This year, supply chains reached Silicon Valley (and not just in the form of logistics startups ). Reducing excess capacity and making trucking more efficient has been a hot topic. This isn’t just a drive-by-night business; Convoy’s landing Unilever as a client, proves that the big boys are listening up. FREE DOWNLOAD.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

I got started just as the dotcom craze was taking off, with new logistics startups coming to market every day (all of them announcing they were “The world’s leading provider of X” even though they were just a few months old). Source: Google. Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends).

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

For example, by 2020, Unilever expects to sustainably source 100% of its raw materials, even those used for packaging. If you spend some time studying Unilever’s supply chain model, you’ll find plenty of ideas that you might take away and seek to apply in your own organisation. The Sustainability Drive.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. In manufacturing industry, ATP is used to calculate exact delivery date for customer order considering constraints of operation capacity & materials and various supply and delivery side lead times. Distribution.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

If supply (equipment) is abundant and there is less freight available, rates go down; if capacity is tight and shipment volumes are greater, prices go up. Of course, shippers do need to be cautious about how often they renegotiate rates—too often, and they’re just playing the market; too little, and their rates will become stale.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

And it didn’t take any flashy technology – just a bit of data and a bit of insight. But for all the talk ( including our own ), it’s time to reintroduce a different front into logistics innovation. A Pinterest or Snapchat website without content or users is just an empty website. In 2011, UPS trucks drove 20.4

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 21, 2016

However, time spent shoring up a struggling network is time on the side of your competitors , so instead of waiting on fate, I recommend keeping a weather eye open for some clues and cues indicating the need for some distribution network design attention. Your Company Has been Involved in M&A Activity. Click To Tweet.

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