Talking Logistics

AUGUST 9, 2013

In technology-related news, Oracle announced the new release of Oracle Retail Allocation that helps retailers “to deliver the right product, in the best assortment, for each location using real-time inventory levels along with sales and planning information.” Oracle Retail Allocation 13.3 Robinson is a Talking Logistics sponsor.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Years from now, when we look back at 2013, we might say this was the year where logistics truly became a strategic weapon for companies. Earlier this week, for example, I commented on the partnership between Amazon and P&G , where Amazon has set up operations inside P&G warehouses to fulfill online orders. Have a happy weekend!

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Talking Logistics

MAY 17, 2013

Last May, for example, LeanLogistics announced that it had partnered with NetSuite to build the LeanTMS™ SuiteApp on the NetSuite SuiteCloud computing platform. Tweet The post This Week in Logistics News (May 13-17, 2013) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Song of the Week: “Stubborn Love” by The Lumineers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

For example, the Gartner Top 25 celebrates the accomplishments of Intel (active with Gartner), but in the analysis in Table 1, Nvidia Corporation and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) clearly outperform Intel in the Semiconductor Industry. For example, Monster Beverages beats Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, while Celanese outperforms Dow Chemical.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For example, Johnson & Johnson has many supply chains in many industries, but the majority of the revenue comes from pharmaceuticals. The companies were selected based on performance better than peer group for 2006-2013 and delivering better than average improvement within the peer group as determined by the Supply Chain Index.

Pharmaceutical 276

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A great example would be today’s prominence of climate change. When the product has a defect after its production, it is sent back to the inventory to reuse or recycle it. Vishal Gupta, 2013). 2013, January). Nowadays, a lot of different factors are increasing the urgency for emerging economies to become sustainable.

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MIT Supply Chain

MAY 16, 2013

Inventory mismanagement. Ingrained attitudes can block better inventory practices. Depending on which corporate silo you belong to, inventory can be a liability, an asset, or something in between. How do supply chain (SC) professionals overcome these biases and implement optimal inventory management solutions?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. Take General Mills and Kellogg an example.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For example, Johnson & Johnson has many supply chains in many industries, but the majority of the revenue comes from pharmaceuticals. The companies were selected based on performance better than peer group for 2006-2013 and delivering better than average improvement within the peer group as determined by the Supply Chain Index.

Pharmaceutical 179

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

Early 2012 marked the end of the third decade and 2013 finds us into the fourth. It comes in many flavors–increase in inventory, changes in sales policies, new product lines– all add to the complexity. The only industry that has made progress in inventory management is consumer electronics.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2015

According to reports on 3DPrint.com and the Wall Street Journal , Amazon filed for a patent in Novmeber 2013 titled, “Providing Services Related to Item Delivery via 3D Manufacturing On Demand.” An electronic marketplace may also face the challenge of time delays related to the process of finding the selected item among a large inventory.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

On the 2nd of April, I sat before a board discussing how a company could exceed expectations in the delivery of Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) and superior operating margins and fail at the delivery of customer service and inventory. Figures 2 and 3 are some examples. His demand signal was worse in global markets, especially Brazil.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Today, 90% of publicly-traded companies are stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. While most companies have been able to make progress in one of these two critical metrics in the period of 2006-2013, they have not been able to make progress on both together. It is needed. What is disruption?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Walmart would not have the ability to provide such low prices and have consistent inventory in the over 5,000 stores in the United States and over 1.3 These are all examples of the effects production may have on the environment, in local communities, or on the people who grow and make what we sell.” Decades in the Making.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2016

Whether we like it or not, every company on the planet with any significant supply chain operation has an inventory reconciliation problem. The fact is, if humans have to physically touch or scan inventory in the put away, inventory check or pick process, then errors will occur. Why not 100%? Why should we care?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 15, 2013

Last week at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference, I led a discussion session titled “At the Intersection of Social and Business Networks” with about fifty senior executives in supply chain and procurement. Ariba plans to expand into supply chain, logistics, and inventory management processes, with the first solutions coming out in 2014.

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Oracle SCM

AUGUST 1, 2018

ROI for collaboration and visibility projects can be defined in many areas of the supply chain, and by way of example (real projects) I can more easily share the value: A large grocery retailer had negotiated complex, long term, vendor managed inventory (VMI) agreements with several consumer goods suppliers.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

March 2013 was the coldest in decades for much of Europe and the eastern United States. Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), the Swedish apparel giant, reported lower like-for-like sales in the first quarter of 2013 and attributed the fall to the unusually cold weather. Businesses must manage speed. By IMD Professor Carlos Cordón.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Amazon, for example, uses most of the hundreds of thousands warehouse workers they employ to support their retail operations, not their contract logistics division. Nonsupervisory labor includes maintenance associates, inventory or shipping clerks, analysts, and other jobs that don’t involve working on the warehouse floor.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 2, 2017

According to data from Gartner’s 2013 S&OP Maturity Research Study, higher maturity businesses saw a 5.6% Some specific industry examples, as presented by Spooner, where advanced S&OP has created value include: Industrial. Inventory down 7%. Inventory down 9%. Inventory down 40%. Inventory down 12%.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2013

We used the period of 2006 to 2012 to build the model and we used the formula to attempt to predict 2013. We have found that nine out of ten organizations are stuck on their ability to make improvements on both operating margin and inventory turns in the same year. The result is outlined in figure 1. Here we share some insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. One example was the journey to improve forecast accuracy.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2016

In the automotive example, the quality check gave 100%. I often hear perceived inventory accuracy rates of up to 99%. He joined PINC Solutions as chief executive officer in March 2013 and is responsible for the overall strategic and operational management of the company. Matt Yearling is CEO of PINC Solutions.

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ModusLink Corporation

MARCH 9, 2022

Traditionally, inventory counts were a complex exercise done manually about once a year but RFDI technology enables retailers such as Macy’s to monitor stock monthly bringing accuracy from 60% to over 90%. 5 Examples of Innovative Uses for RFID Technology in Retail. & (2013). Bibliography. Aliakbarian. 2019, February 20).

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

Back in 2013, I wrote the following under the banner of “Siri Comes to Enterprise Apps”: Instead of manually executing tasks with a mouse or touch screen, why not speak them? Sticker Snafu Has Millions in Imports Stuck in Argentina’s Warehouses (Bloomberg). OOIDA Leading Fight Against House Bills to Allow Younger Truck Drivers (HDT).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2017

Let’s take an example. The industry made progress on revenue/employee, but struggled on growth, margin, inventory turns. We started the analysis to guide our own research and started sharing it with the industry in 2013. Supply chain excellence. It is easier to say than define. Getting it clear is important.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

For example, it has already taken hold in online B2C transactions – placing orders and tracking delivery among other things. Inventory management and replenishment as well as reverse logistics can now be managed by mobile as well as payments. The UPS Store (@TheUPSStore) July 31, 2013. What roles will this play in supply chain?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 28, 2017

For example, companies can now do in days what used to take weeks of programming and customization. . Utilize automated technologies to locate and track inventory. We’re already seeing practical examples of this in supply chain operations, with parcel sorting, product packaging, automated guided vehicles, and robotic lift trucks.

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Logility

JANUARY 22, 2014

Against this backdrop, it is interesting that many companies still depend on spreadsheets for demand planning and S&OP , as noted in the recent survey by APICS ( see Are Spreadsheets the Answer , SC Digest, September 2013 ). They had faster turns, lower inventory, and better customer service. I think so.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 2, 2023

Services that can be shared among the various business units of a company include finance, purchasing, inventory, payroll, hiring, and information technology. For example, a central headquarters might control all the hiring for an entire chain of retail stores. There is a tight scope of work and tight work rules.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

Could it develop the necessary technology to manage inventory and shipments across many disparate partners and get the warehouses to use it? FLEXE integrates with all major shopping carts, provides inventory control, and enables dynamic order management to ensure the most efficient path from order to delivery.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2013

The research tries to establish “ who did supply chain best ” by looking at a weighted formula of Year-over-Year Growth, Return on Assets (ROA), and Inventory Turns for the Fortune 500 companies. Inventory Turns values are based on an average of quarterly reporting for the past year. Inventory Turns is only part of the story.

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Unleashed

MAY 10, 2021

When coffee nerd Tom Baker joined forces with Philip Moore in 2013, they probably didn’t realise within five years they would have an award-winning product on their hands. There was a need to have an inventory system that integrated with Xero in the cloud that was easy to use and could handle manufacturing to grow as the company did.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2016

We see practical examples of this in the supply chain all the time – like parcel sorting, product packaging, automated guided vehicles, robotic lift trucks, etc. Our company, for example, utilizes drone technology to automate the identification and reconciliation of hard to reach inventory.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

I have to go to the grocery store again today to replenish our inventory (yeah, I don’t shop for groceries online; as the son of a bodegero, I’m old fashioned that way.). Back in 2013, in a post titled “Siri Comes to Enterprise Apps,” I wrote the following: Instead of manually executing tasks with a mouse or touch screen, why not speak them?

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 25, 2016

Inventory measurement is critical and it is money after all in that it took a capital expense to procure. The goal is to keep inventory levels at a minimum to meet customer needs. Review Inventory turns and Return on Assets. Other areas to consider measuring as it relates to transportation: Managing inventory.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

And yet, prior to replacing a legacy inventory management system and implementing a supply chain analytics solution from FusionOps , the share of merchandise the company delivered on-time and in-full was a dismal 28 percent! Columbia did that while expanding its inventories by only about 17% year-over-year.

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