Vanguard Software

JULY 20, 2021

Not too long ago, in 2014, Walgreens had a $1 billion forecasting error that led to the exit of two executives. These examples show how imperative a proper process for demand planning and supply planning is to an organization’s overall health and profitability.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 9, 2023

That profitability warning represented the lowest profit for the company since Q3-2014. Rival memory ship producer Micron Technology indicated in November that quarterly revenues dropped by nearly half and prompting plans to reduce supply in 2023. Total revenues are expected to decline by 8.6

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2022

The previous five-year labor contract was ratified in 2014 , after a total of nine months of contract negotiations and considerable urging from government officials for both sides to reach resolution. Both parties accused the other regarding the slowdowns as well as the economic impacts.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. percent in Q3 2015 compared to Q3 2014 in the United States).

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HICX Solutions

MARCH 12, 2019

As touched on above, the more expansive supply chains become, the more opportunities there are for these intricate and time-sensitive networks to become disrupted in some way. Transportation links between your suppliers (shipping, rail, roads, etc). Fire and explosion. Machinery breakdown. Strike / riot / vandalism.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 4, 2016

An increase in the number of devastating hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, floods and droughts should be worrying to everyone, not just those concerned for their supply chains. In 2014, three of the top five biggest supply chain disruptions were related to natural disasters.

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Elementum

AUGUST 10, 2015

Super Typhoon Soudelor is set to hit Taiwan and China tomorrow, with a huge potential for supply chain disruption. With winds over 240 km/h bringing threats of flash floods, mudslides, and serious property damage, major shipping lanes and production hubs risk huge delays and disruptions.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 3, 2015

A company that does business globally needs flexible supply chain logistics management solutions to avoid the consequences of geopolitical risks. Geopolitical Risks to the Supply Chain. The more companies involved in a supply chain, the greater chance one of those links will be broken by major local events.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 3, 2015

A company that does business globally needs flexible supply chain logistics management solutions to avoid the consequences of geopolitical risks. Geopolitical Risks to the Supply Chain. The more companies involved in a supply chain, the greater chance one of those links will be broken by major local events.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Finished lenses are shipped to Distribution Centers (DC), we have 14 major DCs worldwide. The semi finished lenses are shipped to one of our 490 Rx Labs (prescription labs) where they are finalized based on our consumer’s prescription and needs. We had to slow down the production pace. The first one is e-commerce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

For months, retailers have been stockpiling massive amounts of goods to meet surging consumer demand, and compensate for ongoing supply and logistics issues. Just last year many were chartering their own cargo ships to get all these goods to their destinations.) Inventory management is challenging enough in normal times.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Quintiq (@Quintiq) September 10, 2014. Later, the panel discussion on future technologies saw our very own VP of Supply Chain Solutions John Sookias debate the impact of wearables, 3D printing, and social media on supply chains. Quintiq (@Quintiq) September 10, 2014. Quintiq (@Quintiq) September 10, 2014.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2021

In 2014, the company’s revenues were $43 million. They have subsequently moved away from Excel sheets to a system built by their supply chain business intelligence team that leverages artificial intelligence/machine learning and is connected to their contract manufacturer’s ERP systems. The Pure Storage Supply Chain.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A year before, in 2014, a Harvard Business Review article pointed out that supply chains were becoming increasingly global and complex and consequently more at risk than before. It went on to add that the consequences for significant disruptions were enormous. Supply chain disruptions.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 29, 2011

In late November Supply Chain Matters penned a guest commentary on the Infosys Supply Chain Management blog that outlined our belief that retailers should anticipate different supply chain fulfillment capabilities for the upcoming 2011 holiday buying season. Supply Chain Planning & Forecasting (59).

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

This will be the team’s first World Cup game since 2014, as it failed to qualify in 2018. Retailers turning to specific-day delivery over speediest shipping. Shipping industry officials had hoped the talks, which began in May, would have concluded around now.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

With this increased sourcing agility comes the increased risk of delivery failure due to a supply chain disruption and, concurrently, the increased importance of visibility into each step of the supply chain. • Poor training for handlers throughout the supply chain. ► 2014. (13).

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

If they were not, we would have a 10-way tie for first place in terms of economic damage and disruption to supply chain operations. Historical events like Pompeii (2014) are omitted, assuming supply chains were relatively less connected way back then.

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AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

This practice worked well until the proliferation in outsourcing over the last 15 years, which has created supply chains with multiple layers throughout the world. Supply chains that rely on a single source are now more likely to experience disruptions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Oil prices jumped, with Brent rising above $105 a barrel for the first time since 2014, after Russia’s attack on Ukraine exacerbated concerns about disruptions to global energy supply. Those shipments need to go by Ocean or the more expensive Air mode if ship berths can’t be found. Brent Rises Above $100.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

An equally important test as we swing into the 2012 surge will be how online, brick and mortar retailers, along with their respective direct ship suppliers, exercise capabilities in multi-location stocking and fulfillment capability. Another wildcard is a year that featured more natural disasters and incidents of supply chain disruption.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Such monitoring could also help during supply chain disruptions. “If If you have a tsunami and part of your supply chain is knocked out, as happened a few years ago, you have better info about where parts are,” he said, referring to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan in 2011.

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