Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility. He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them. And what is sitting in the warehouse. And at the cross-dock.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Robert’s experience and expertise in transportation, logistics, technology, and executive leadership make him uniquely qualified to run one of America’s fastest-growing companies. Since 2014, Lean has worked with over 100 satisfied U.S. Vendor Managed Inventory. Inventory Management. Site Location.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Robert’s experience and expertise in transportation, logistics, technology, and executive leadership make him uniquely qualified to run one of America’s fastest-growing companies. Since 2014, Lean has worked with over 290 satisfied U.S. Vendor Managed Inventory. Inventory Management. Site Location.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I also worked with a team of leading thinkers in developing the Future of Procurement Report (published by KPMG) , as well as publish the BVL International Global Logistics Trends and Strategies report with a team of leading academics and executives in Europe, China, North and South America, Russia, and India.

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RFgen

APRIL 5, 2016

Cosmetic damage to products is a common problem in inventory management, but holds special challenges for food manufacturers. Starbucks recently announced its plan to partner with Food Donation Connection and Feeding America to donate all of its unsold food to people in need, according to Fortune. Obstacles Involved With Donating Food.

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RFgen

APRIL 5, 2016

Cosmetic damage to products is a common problem in inventory management, but holds special challenges for food manufacturers. Starbucks recently announced its plan to partner with Food Donation Connection and Feeding America to donate all of its unsold food to people in need, according to Fortune. Obstacles Involved With Donating Food.

Food 52

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

Proper temperature prevents certain inventory from becoming unusable and keeps consumables safe for customers. Packaging Digest reported the global health care cold chain logistics market is projected to increase by $3-billion between 2014 and 2018. As markets emerge in India, China and South America, U.S.

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

Proper temperature prevents certain inventory from becoming unusable and keeps consumables safe for customers. Packaging Digest reported the global health care cold chain logistics market is projected to increase by $3-billion between 2014 and 2018. As markets emerge in India, China and South America, U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

Inventory Turns (15%) (based on 2014 results). Growth 10% (Year-over-Year comparison of 2013 versus 2014). The foundation to drive meaningful improvement is reliability in driving results at the intersection of costs, inventory and customer service. Analyst rating 25% (Gartner analysts rank the companies on the list.).

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Kinaxis is pleased to be a Premier Sponsor and participate in panel discussion of the 2014 EMEA Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference. Kinaxis is pleased to be a sponsor and participate in panel discussion of North America’s #1 End to End Supply Chain Conference for Pharmaceutical and BioPharmaceutical Companies. London, UK.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2015

29, 2014): By year’s end, chief executives at all of America’s Fortune 500 companies should get a letter signed by the president of the American Bar Association. 23, 2014, sub. In recent weeks, I’ve come across several articles underscoring how much more difficult, risky, and complex supplier relationship management is becoming.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 22, 2014

April 2014. March 2014. February 2014. January 2014. For Julines, UCLA is a Family Affair » 01/22/2014. If you had “start a new company” on your resolution list for 2014, it’s time to get into gear. Posted by UCLA Anderson on 01/22/2014 at 01:47 PM | Permalink. December 2013. November 2013.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

The manuscript is due to Wiley on March 1st for an August 2014 publish date. I need it for my conference on September 10th-11th, 2014. Prior to joining Starbucks, he worked at the executive leadership level in Europe, Latin America and North America at ICI, a global chemical company. I am behind. The heat is on.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

While consumers may see some short-term benefit in the form of discounted goods, many retailers have had to reset investor expectations , reflecting the expected hit on margins from carrying so much inventory. Inventory management is challenging enough in normal times. So, what is it going to take to enable better inventory management?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If retailers didn’t have enough to worry about with the pandemic, inventory issues, and labor shortages, a new type of organized crime has been added to their plate. … For example, Proposition 47, a California ballot initiative passed in 2014, sought to alleviate prison overcrowding by reducing the penalties for some crimes.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JULY 30, 2015

Sortation centers were introduced in 2014 and function primarily as hubs to aggregate outbound shipments, minimize third party transportation costs, and enable shipment on Sundays using the US Postal Service. As of late 2014, Amazon had 69 fulfillment centers and 16 sortation centers to satisfy US demand.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 28, 2024

This funding is reportedly contingent on preconditions which include a delayed filing of its 2023 annual report with regulators and continued negotiations with an established auto maker on a joint manufacturing agreement related to North America based production. According to reporting by Axios , factories across the U.S.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

This was announced by OM Partners on 28 August 2014. This phase included Crop Protection sites in Europe and the USA and delivered a view of global demand, plan and inventory. The solution is now also being rolled out to Monsanto Crop Protection sites in South America and Asia.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

In fact, according to eMarketer, there were estimated 1.75bn smartphone users worldwide in 2014. In particular, emerging markets such as Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America, the adoption of mobile devices is rapid as consumers and businesses bypass traditional laptops and desktops in favor of smartphones and tablets.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2016

And further, what we must continue to focus on are the fundamentals and the basic understandings of what is manufacturing and how we can create excellence in operations in order to create a prosperous economy here in America. Question number three : Inventory on hand, both finished goods and individual parts, and Inventory Records Accuracy.

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MIT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

On September 30, 2014, supply chain education will take a major step into the digital age with the start of SCx, an on-line educational program developed by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) for thousands of professionals across the globe. SC1x – Supply Chain and Logistics Fundamentals (fall 2014).

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Inventory management. The logistics sector is rapidly growing and there is no shortage of groundbreaking technology and premiere partners in North America, Europe, and beyond. With Cin7 , business owners are able tailor inventory and order management to suit their respective needs. Inventory Planner. Freight forwarding.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 8, 2015

We examine the benefits and obstacles to e-commerce in Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa. Smartphone users in India doubled from 2013-2014, from 51 million to 104 million. In 2011, Nigerian startup Mall for Africa, which ships American brands to Nigerian consumers, took in $17 million in 2014. More like tapping ‘buy’.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 6, 2022

Dhruv came to America (from India) in 2007 to pursue an undergraduate engineering degree. Founded in 2014 out of Chicago, ShipBob was launched through Y Combinator by co-founders Dhruv Saxena and Divey Gulati, two entrepreneurs who saw a need for more efficient shipping for ecommerce businesses. Learn More About The ShipBob Story.

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IQMS

JULY 11, 2019

Asset Management, Supply Chain Management, and Inventory Management are the hottest areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning and IoT adoption in manufacturing today. Due to machine learning, overall inventory reductions of 20 to 50% are possible. PDF, no opt-in) McKinsey & Company. The World Economic Forum (WEF) and A.T.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2013

We’re quickly approaching the midpoint of the year, which means it’s time to start planning for 2014 — at least that’s what I heard at my sister’s surprise birthday party last weekend, where some of her co-workers in finance were talking about getting started with 2014 budgets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2024

So, the parking spots are getting more and more occupied with drop trailers, meaning lot capacity shrinks while finding the trailer with the highest-priority inventory becomes even harder. He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2015

The costs of logistics and inventory are decreasing, contract renewal rate for logistics outsourcing remains good, and the emergence of cutting-edge technologies like 3D printing, drone delivery and augmented reality is opening up a wide vista of opportunities. After a lackluster 2014, optimism is back in the market.

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RFgen

AUGUST 26, 2015

between 2014 and 2020. North America and Europe are currently the largest markets for mobile supply chain solutions but growth in Indian, Chinese and Japanese manufacturing and retail should drive demand for better supply chain solutions in those countries. Incoming materials are verified against purchase order requirements.

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RFgen

AUGUST 26, 2015

between 2014 and 2020. North America and Europe are currently the largest markets for mobile supply chain solutions but growth in Indian, Chinese and Japanese manufacturing and retail should drive demand for better supply chain solutions in those countries. Incoming materials are verified against purchase order requirements.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 24, 2014

The graduates from the Spanish program tend to stay in Spain, while students from the English program are widely dispersed with about 60% gaining employment in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 25% in North America and Central America, and the rest in Asia. Europe’s economic woes have also helped to raise awareness levels.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I was attending the Zycus Horizons 2014 conference at Amelia Island today, listening to speakers. The first response, from Anders Lillevik, Global Head of Procurement Support Services, QBE North America, provided a very interesting perspective: “I’ve been doing procurement for a long time, in many different companies.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 14, 2014

To do this you need to ensure that at ALL locations where stock is held or displayed for retail sale, that ACCURATE and TIMELY inventory information is available. Over the last twenty plus years, logistics professionals in North America have been consolidating and centralizing their distribution and logistics networks.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

It was cheaper than producing products in the US, manufacturers could produce large inventories with little capital up front, and consumers did not really have a public voice. These recall counts point to sizeable growth over the past decade in the recall notices of Chinese-made consumer goods from 58 in 2002 to 153 in 2014.

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Supply Chain Network

APRIL 12, 2014

To do this you need to ensure that at ALL locations where stock is held or displayed for retail sale, that ACCURATE and TIMELY inventory information is available. Over the last twenty plus years, logistics professionals in North America have been consolidating and centralizing their distribution and logistics networks.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2015

Many may even think that supply chain management in manufacturing is just a nice term for outsourcing, however those same people often forget that America still does a lot of producing for people everywhere in the world. On December 16, 2014, the President signed the Revitalize American Manufacturing Act, into law.

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