Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Meanwhile, the Red Sox won the World Series in 2013, going from worst to first in one year — and then back to worst in 2014. Several customers addressed those questions in excellent case study presentations: Dr. Bernhard Herzog, Oxea GmbH – “Business Impact of a Supply Chain Operating Network”.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

We are pleased to continue our 2021 fire-side chat series with key people in the supply chain industry, and it is with particular pleasure to catch up with Stuart Whiting, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Planning at Schneider Electric, based in Singapore but with a global functional responsibility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. The Company implemented SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) including the standard functionality of Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), and Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS), yet many planners also used Excel.

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The creation of a seamless multi-channel buying experience should always be balanced against the reasonable expectation for profit. Read also: How to achieve operational excellence with integrated retail planning. Capgemini Consulting (2013), It’s All About Them: Your Customers’ All-Channel Experience. The Statistics Portal.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Demand latency is two-eight weeks delayed from consumption purchase to translate to an order. Drawings from Two Very Different Businesses Portraying the River of Demand.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 17, 2013

At Translog Connect Congress in Budapest (Hungary) on November 27, 2013 professor Sebastian Kummer announced Gebrüder Weiss and SMR AMT Hungary as the winners and handed out the awards at the Award ceremony. r and the Zwack Unicum plant in Budapest. Control Tower.

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 7, 2013

The company won the ISM 2012 Award for Excellence in Supply Management (category:process). Also, Cisco includes many stakeholders in the war room such as internal parties, representatives of all related suppliers, logistics providers and someone from sale channel. Cisco System Case Study. And according to the U.S. Limitation.

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Supply Chain Network

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Last year in Florida at RILA Logistics 2013, the topic of multi-channel was discussed with 5 related presentations delivered where the challenges of the coming omni-channel revolution were laid down. Speaker(s): Rob Bass, Vice President, Distribution, Best Buy Co., Speaker(s): Bill Coxwell, Director, Logistics, VF Corporation.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

The semi-conductor industry is strongly affected by the state of the economy, but 2014 was an excellent year for ASML, manufacturer of systems used to produce integrated circuits or ‘chips’. In 2013 ASML won the VLM Dutch Logistics Award for supply chain leadership, concurrent engineering and aftersales service.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 12, 2015

Head judge Jack van der Veen (Nyenrode Business University) explained that important selection criteria included authenticity, presentation skills, excellence in one’s own context and the ability to look beyond cultural borders. Edith van Erp-Slot, Market Logistics Director, Mars Nederland. The judging panel. Previous winners.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

Every single business should be able to democratize an excellent delivery experience and provide it to their customers. Do you want to learn more about logistics? I started The Logistics of Logistics as a blog. The logistics of getting products at home are complicated. If yes, then this episode’s for you.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. Services. | 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. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Hospitality and Leisure.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 27, 2014

Now the profession and the business community must move even quicker to develop the supply chain expertise they need to excel in a rapidly changing world. Logistics networks are constantly being reconfigured in line with changing market conditions. SCM has evolved rapidly over the last decade or two to attain this lofty status.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Developed a process of excellence in supply chain collaboration. That should be sobering news for any business not yet focused on supply chain excellence as a lever for business success. Select one strategic logistics partner and build a long-term, close relationship. Pioneered the use of vendor-managed inventory.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

The Logistics industry press has been writing a lot about a shortage of truck drivers, with a lot of anxiety about how the demographics of truck drivers are skewing older and older. Fallacy 5: Companies who have functional excellence will always win. Fallacy 4: Improved forecasting will always lead to lower inventory levels.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. This commentary is an interim follow-up to this authors previous Infosys Limited guest commentary: Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity. They have embraced the conveniences of in-home buying and cyber-based price and feature comparisons.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. « Mapping Your Way To Faster Shopping | Main | Indicators from the 2012 Holiday Buying Period Point to Significant Change and Fulfillment Challenges » Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity. Communication Services. Healthcare.

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 29, 2014

As rapid change takes place in online ordering and fulfillment for retail, consumer goods, distribution, and third-party logistics (3PLs), the needs for real estate space change too. 2008-2013 Overall Growth. 2013-2018 Estimated Overall Growth. But can the pace of these changes affect the real estate industry in major ways?

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 23, 2016

The following sections explore some key priorities for logistics operators wishing to meet the imperatives of speed, product quality, waste reduction, and efficiency in fresh supply chains. Utilisation of third-party logistics specialists. Third-party logistics providers can dynamically plan transport routes to minimize hand-offs.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. « 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. Financial Services.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 19, 2016

In 2013 Nokia took full ownership of Nokia Siemens Networks, buying the other half of the venture from Siemens, and 2014 sold its handset business to Microsoft. Nokia is currently preparing for another major change, its purchase of Alcatel-Lucent, which is expected to close in Q1 2016. By Helen Armstrong. It’s a one-stop shop.”.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

But overall most of the list was the same as 2017. In fact if you go back 5 years to 2013 you will find that most of the names are the same as on the 2018 list. SCM #SupplyChain #Logistics #Distribution #Technology #Leadership #Procurement #Purchasing #Freight. Novo Nordisk and Adidas were new additions to the list.

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Tompkins Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Companies can successfully combat complexity and create supply chain excellence with the consumer-driven approach.” The company delivers leading-edge supply chain solutions by optimizing the Mega Processes of PLAN-BUY-MAKE-MOVE-STORE-SELL. Creating Supply Chain Excellence Blog: [link]. About Tompkins International.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. » 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. Communication Services. Financial Services.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. We are familiar with the concept of buying online books, electronic goods, gift articles, apparels. But do we purchase grocery online (excluding the perishables) in India. All questions asked do we really need to purchase grocery online when we can get it in a nearby supermarket. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 15, 2014

Logistics and Distribution. Similarly condition based maintenance has to be something like an intertwined hi-tech device capturing some godly information and involving analysis which is so expensive that one would rather scrap the equipment and buy a new one instead! Supply Excellence. December 2013. November 2013.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

So in order to perhaps spawn some ideas for your supply chain excellence efforts, I thought I’d offer a brief overview of how four leading organisations are achieving their successes and cementing their mastery of the 21 st century supply chain. 4 Leading Operators with the Supply Chain X-Factor. Health and safety. Innovation.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. 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.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. In early 2013, Belk launched a vendor-direct program. Globally, the company ranks 3rd in air and ocean freight, and ranks 5th for international contract logistics.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. In 2013 housing began to come back, and survived. In 2013 we had $8M of raw material inventory – due to poor purchasing, poor safety stock decisions, and a lot of WIP in the system. Today, we are at 5.5M

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 27, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. The implications profoundly point to the reality that consumers prefer online tools and have shifted their shopping and buying preferences. Wal-Mart has enabled its shoppers the option to pick-up purchases from a nearby physical store or FedEx shipping location. Communication Services. Healthcare.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 2, 2016

That should be sobering news for any business not yet focused on supply chain excellence as a lever for business success. The same applies to certain products in your range , some of which will inevitably incur more costs than others in the process of manufacturing or buying, storage, and delivery to customers. Click To Tweet.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 6, 2017

80% of the problems I see in Supply Chain and Logistics have quite an easy fix. Scenario 2 – Buy more at once. You jump in the car, drive to the store, park the car, go into the store, spend a bit longer in the store this time, as you buy sugar, flour, rice, milk, and a dozen other things. Getting the Service Policy Right.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Logistics and Distribution. « Factors Influencing Delivery Address Amendment | Main | Layaway and Buy Now Pay Later Payment Options! » Retailer Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities Get an Early Test in the 2011 Holiday Buying Season. Supply Excellence. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 20, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. A few months ago, I was looking to buy a laptop to replace my old desktop at home. I then walked into some of the stores near my house to compare prices in the stores for similar configuration, but more importantly, to "touch and feel" the product I was about to buy. Supply Excellence.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

A week in, the head of logistics procurement quit – and I became the new head of logistics procurement, managing over 300 truck movements. Think about it for a moment: Major companies spend a lot of money buying cans, logistics, marketing services, whatever, spending billion of dollars.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Logistics and Distribution. Cloud Simple meaning of Cloud in context of SMAC is using software applications as a service without buying them. The point here is that user need not buy and install hardware, software, network and infrastructure and start using the software without any capital expenditure, and pay as per use.

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