Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2013

NAFTA Trade in September 2013 than in September 2012. They have engineered new strategies for jockeying inventory across the country to avoid overstocks and markdowns and to keep customers from defecting to Amazon, a big problem last year. . -Japan Impasse Dogs Pan-Pacific Trade Talks ( Wall Street Journal ).

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The spotlight is starting to shine on home delivery, as retailers and others look for ways to execute on their omni-channel fulfillment and same-day delivery strategies. 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. Have a happy weekend!

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 23, 2013

2013 Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Embracing Global Logistics Complexity to Drive Market Advantage. The key results of this study by BVL International on trends and strategies in logistics and supply chain management are summarized, as follows.

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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. These types of COE’s bring together SME’s in a different way – it is less of a transaction with rules, and more about execution of strategies and business processes and tools.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 17, 2015

A vigorous supplier relationship management (SRM) strategy can assist organizations in maximizing partnership value, minimize risk, and manage costs through the entire supplier relationship lifecycle. In 2013 B2C e-commerce sales accounted for more than 1.2 Foster partnerships based on trust. trillion US dollars.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 18, 2013

on August 12, 2013. However, as customers become ever more demanding and critical, traditional measures often fail when pursuing strategies to satisfy customers. In emerging nations strong competition from other fields like finance, strategy and IT contributes to the talent shortage in logistics. 1. Customer expectations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 Inventory Management in a High Inflation Environment ; Clint Reiser. Instead, they are likely to carry higher levels of inventory as a lower cost alternative to minimizing disruptions. Opinions of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 6, 2013

The success of the third-party logistics industry is evident in the generally high marks given to 3PLs by respondents to a survey as part of the 2013 17th Annual Third Party Logistics Study, which identifies trends and explores how both 3PLs and shippers are using these relationships to improve and enhance their businesses and supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

It permeates corporate strategy, but it lacks definition. Instead, what I observed when I looked at the data, was that most companies that I had worked with (in my role as an industry analyst, I had worked with over 300) were going backwards on margin and inventory turns. I am looking at the data for 2000-2013 for several reasons.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Now all retailers are re-assessing their sourcing strategies and looking for local alternatives to reduce risks, lead times and carbon footprint. Retailers will also have an inventory surplus because people will buy less overall, meaning they may need to lower prices to clear their excess stock–hurting their profits.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2018

Energizer and Unilever are driving the fastest rates of improvement and Clorox and P&G improvement rates are the slowest on the Metrics That Matter of Growth, Operating Margin, Inventory Turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)). Average Performance Metrics for Consumer Nondurable Industry for the Period of 2010-2017. What Is Risk?

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Demand Solutions

JUNE 1, 2020

Catastrophes like the fire in a Bangladeshi factory that killed over 100 workers, or the factory collapse in 2013 that killed over 1100 workers, are not only awful for the people involved, but can seriously impact the supply chain. Just like in textiles, many of the people making the clothes live in impoverished countries.

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RFgen

JULY 28, 2015

In 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5.2% Policies that enforce government regulations, warehouse design and the use of voice picking technology are all strategies that work toward a safer facility. Make sure your company has the right strategies in place. Implement and Enforce Appropriate Policies.

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RFgen

JULY 28, 2015

In 2013, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5.2% Policies that enforce government regulations, warehouse design and the use of voice picking technology are all strategies that work toward a safer facility. Make sure your company has the right strategies in place. Implement and Enforce Appropriate Policies.

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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

AUGUST 11, 2014

We believe that a supply chain leader is defined by both the level of performance on the Effective Frontier (balance of growth, Return on Invested Capital, Profitability and Inventory Turns) and driving supply chain improvement. Resiliency is the tightness of the pattern, or the reliability of operating margin and inventory turns results.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Due to climate change, firms are rethinking their strategies to guarantee environmental initiatives to start environmental actions. 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). Why go green? Cardwell, 2014). Jayanti, M.

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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. We then rated companies on their ability to manage and improve a portfolio of metrics: operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

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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. Can sharing redefine go-to-market strategies?

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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. BASF has a more consistent, and focused supply chain strategy.

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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 restaurant industry made in 2013. About 81% of Walmart merchandise passed through those centers in 2013, the website said. Decades in the Making.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2013

It is clear that this is a disrupted marketplace for hoteliers – the key question is “how does the hospitality industry adapt its go-to-market strategies to remain profitable?” Rethinking the OTA Strategy. The ability to analyze Big Data and making profitable decisions continuously is the new mantra. Investing in Mobility.

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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. He is co-author of the recently published book Strategy is Digital.

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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%. Tracking Technologies Are the Cornerstone for a Competitive Supply Chain Strategy. & (2013). Emprechtinger. FreightPOP.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 30, 2023

Brian Krzanich Brian Krzanich, a former CEO of Intel Corporation, served in this position from 2013 to 2018. Still, during his tenure at Ford, he is credited with implementing new logistics and supply chain management strategies, including consolidating suppliers, streamlining production processes, and improving inventory management.

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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% Inventory down 7%. Inventory down 9%. Inventory down 40%. Inventory down 12%. Strategy alignment. Inventory health. Align your corporate and supply chain strategies. Service up 8%.

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crisp

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With Crisp’s insights, retail strategies have been tempered to perfection. A bittersweet need for data Founded in 2013, Honey Mama’s bars sparked fanfare at the Portland State Farmers Market in Oregon. In 2022, the company launched its Chocolate Cake variety of truffle bars into 1,000 store locations, including Sprouts.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 24, 2015

During this time, JDA mirrored this vision of supply chain strategy that fosters competitive advantage and profitable growth based on the five tenets of high-performing supply chains. Today is the right time to take a fresh look at these strategic pillars and to explore their full potential as part of your supply chain strategy.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Supply Chain Strategy. In other words, the majority did not recognise the need for close alignment between supply chain and general business strategies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The company said it has invested more in inventory planning and partnerships with suppliers so it has enough goods on hand while making sure it can route items to where they’re urgently needed. With its new team of robots and the advanced facility, both operated by GXO Logistics, Saks is aiming to keep up with surging online sales.

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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. Reducing in store stock outs.

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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. Supply chain is integral to the business strategy.”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2013

This morning, I woke to receive this email in my inbox: Good morning Lora, I have read with pleasure the insightful report related to SC 2020 (race for Supply Chain – April 2013). Build the end-to-end supply chain based on a well-defined supply chain strategy with a clear definition for each of these horizontal processes.

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Logility

JANUARY 15, 2014

The two companies’ results on operating margin and inventory turns are shown in figure 1. Both companies were initiating a growth strategy. Owens Illinois is investing 3X more in R&D than Sonoco Products; yet Sonoco products had 5X greater growth with 1/2 the inventory. Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio.

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Logility

JANUARY 15, 2014

The two companies’ results on operating margin and inventory turns are shown in figure 1. Both companies were initiating a growth strategy. Owens Illinois is investing 3X more in R&D than Sonoco Products; yet Sonoco products had 5X greater growth with 1/2 the inventory. Alignment on a Metrics Portfolio.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Dealing with all that complexity requires sound supply chain management (SCM) strategies. Chouli observes, “Supply Chain Management concerns the strategy, planning, coordination, and execution of supply chain functions. ” Improving supply chain management strategies. The importance of supply chain management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 22, 2013

IT spending is tight, market growth is slowing, and most technology vendors are deploying very sales-driven, opportunistic strategies. I have a short list of retailers that I am watching that I think will fail in 2013 due to the lack of this understanding. There are fewer and fewer truly objective points of view in the market.

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