Talking Logistics

MAY 27, 2015

That’s how JDA Software’s CEO, Baljit Dail, summarized the feedback he was getting from customers and partners at FOCUS 2015 , the company’s user conference held last month in Orlando, FL, which had more than 2,000 attendees from 30 countries. “It feels like a new JDA.”. The value of IT is in how you use it.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 5, 2021

Like other economic sectors affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the manufacturing sector has had to reevaluate past business strategies to ensure they remain on track to survive and thrive in the post-pandemic environment. “Talk of Artificial Intelligence in manufacturing,” he writes, “has been around for years.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Following the transaction, the combined group would hold market shares from 7% to 19% on the routes on which it operates. According to a report in Re/code: The trailers won’t be used to deliver packages to customer doors. Paragon Software Systems Introduces Route Control.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

As shown in the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire report , over time, top performing supply chains plateau. As a result, companies like AstraZenca, BASF, Colgate, Reckitt Benckiser, Seagate, and Taiwan Semiconductor outperformed their peer group in the period of 2006-2014, but sustained improvement becomes more and more difficult.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

A global marketplace is emerging that represents a huge opportunity for manufacturing. But the market is segmented, demanding specialization that will be tough for traditional manufacturers to handle. Technology and Manufacturing: It is a Part of the Cerasis DNA & How we Empower our Manufacturing Shippers.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 12, 2015

I was at the GT Nexus Bridges 2015 conference earlier this week. April 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). There are many aspects to cloud computing that make it exciting, including the fact that it is providing companies with almost infinite computing power at a relatively low cost. Post your thoughts below.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which there is a desire for harmony within the group, but the result is an irrational or dysfunctional outcome. I feel that the industry is engaged in ‘Group Think’ No one in this meetings is going to ask tough questions.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal , a Texas site could begin pilot refining operations as early as the fourth quarter of this year., The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act in the U.S. can spur added interest in battery manufacturing circular networks.

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Elementum

MARCH 24, 2016

If recent findings are anything to go by, China is seeing a big shift: The country’s status as a manufacturing powerhouse is changing. According to the government statistics bureau, the recent figure of the manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) shows a 49－down from 49.4 last January 2016. Slowed Construction.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015. When I heard their story, I scratched my head.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. For the purpose of this article, I will use Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the proxy metric to discuss asset utilization.) Understanding this relationship requires modeling. (A A Case Study.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2018

In the decades that have followed, the emphasis on adopting eco-friendly practices, implementing sustainability measures, and protecting the environment has continued to grow, gaining traction across diverse industries , sectors, and settings — including the manufacturing world. Sustainable manufacturing can also be very cost-effective.

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Elementum

JANUARY 27, 2016

percent in 2015, according to MarketWatch , signaling the country is making the most of the extreme dip in prices, which are around 80 percent lower than they were in 2008. And next year, China’s oil analytics group predicted oil import growth will slow to just 4.6 percent from 2015’s 6.9 Manufacturing Impact.

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FLEXE

JANUARY 15, 2016

</p> <p>Before the holiday season began, a number of research firms predicted that holiday eCommerce would increase by about 14% over last year to exceed $70B in holiday sales. In their annual pre-season holiday report, comScore estimated that Amazon would rake in about 20% of the online holiday revenue.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 29, 2019

George Bailey, Managing Director of the Digital Supply Chain Institute, reports, “[2018 was] a banner time for supply chains and many companies have made substantial progress toward implementing a truly Digital Supply Chain that lowers cost and increases revenue.”[2]. ” Not all companies are laggards. ”[2]. .

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ivalua

JULY 15, 2015

Since its inception in the late 1980s, strategic sourcing has always been about getting the best value for the goods and services purchased from third party suppliers. Strategic sourcing requires an intense focus on the total cost of ownership, while incorporating customer needs, organizational goals, and market conditions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Note the balanced results of Rockwell Automation against their peer group.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

” CNN Money Watch, August 12, 2015. Many organizations will play the shell game of reporting forecast error so that the numbers look better: either calculating the forecast at a higher level in the forecast hierarchy (not at the item level) or reporting the data as a Weighted Mean Absolute Error.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Note the balanced results of Rockwell Automation against their peer group.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 2, 2020

Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) explain the first three revolutions were driven by steam, electricity, and automation. ” The IoT ecosystem involves sensors generating data, the IoT which transmits it, and advanced analytics (often involving cognitive technologies) that make of the sense of data.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Think about your most recent purchase. The logistics industry is made up of a highly interconnected supply chain network that manufactures raw materials into finished products and connects producers and consumers through various channels. Testimonials. Venture Funding: $25M U.S. Series B Funding: $75.5M Series B Funding: $48.5M

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 20, 2015

As we get settled into this new year, we thought we’d share observations from conversations we’ve had with manufacturers and distributors recently. We believe they are worthy of discussion in 2015 as they are more pressing than ever as competition continues to heat up with current incumbents and the growing competition from start ups.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 17, 2011

The IT and telecommunications sectors have long been at the forefront of sustainable procurement, yet the pressure to successfully actualize sustainable practices along each stage of the supply chain (raw materials, manufacturing and end-of-life recycling) is intensifying.

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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Contents Supply Chain Movement 19 – 2015 Q4. Publishing date: 27 November 2015. This is an end-to-end Supply Chain transformation and a shift in the way that Diageo gets its brands from its own and third party manufacturing facilities to bars, restaurants, hotels and retailers, both directly or through a network of distributors.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” We are systemically evaluating each industry in the Supply Chain Insights Metrics That Matter series of reports. Seven Misconceptions. Will we see you there?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Subramanian and Perumbidy report, “Robotic Process Automation, where a software or a ‘bot’ mimics human interactions, has become prevalent and is increasing in demand by organizations in their digital transformation journey. ”[2]. How RPA is changing the business landscape.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. When I called Mark to tell him that Clorox outperformed for the period of 2009-2015 in the Household Products sector and won the Supply Chains to Admire Award, he commented, “ Lora, I am happy to help. I am on a mission.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 14, 2019

Wagers, who was hired last April, may have initially been brought on board to help reaccelerate the company’s mergers & acquisitions which had been stagnant since 2015. XPO’s stock nosedived last December after a short seller’s negative report. Truck manufactures reap spoils of robust economy. 2018 — I mean — wow!

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Conversely, just 8% of businesses with less capable supply chains report above-average growth. 2) According to a 2012 report into corporate insolvencies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, 44% of businesses in Australia failed because of poor strategic management. Procurement costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Shipping approximately 400 million selling units consisting of 700 million manufactured units per year, Carter’s employs about 4,000 employees at its peak. The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Supply Chain Trend interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. How would you describe your personal passion for S&OP?

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 26, 2020

Frenson writes, “Machine learning can analyze past customer behavior and make sales predictions based on it. As a business owner, no money goes wasted purchasing unnecessary inventory. This reduces the chances of failure and increases productivity in manufacturing.” Accurate sales forecasts. Better sales offers.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 21, 2021

“The ripple effects of the pandemic will be felt for some time and serve as a powerful illustration of the need for consumer-facing companies to be agile, resilient, and responsive to change,” asserts Oliver Wright ( @owright001 ), senior managing director and head of Accenture’s global consumer goods industry group.[1]

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

One of my first clients back in 1999 was Descartes Systems Group. This was not a trivial transition because the software industry, until relatively recently, was long fixated on measuring its health and success by new license revenue (sales of products) instead of customer-centric metrics, such as realization of ROI and payback objectives.

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EcoVadis

JUNE 14, 2015

A retrospective on the five-year anniversary of one worker’s courageous act of protest in China that sparked a chain reaction… In May 2010, revolt was brewing in the Pearl River Delta, one of the most industrialized regions in the world and home to automobile parts manufacturers for Volkswagen and Toyota, among others.

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Unleashed

MARCH 22, 2022

Here we get inside the NoLo industry boom – from what’s behind it, to how brewers and beverage manufacturers are taking advantage of it, to what the future looks like. beer & wine) that traditionally include alcohol, but are manufactured so that alcohol is either eliminated or reduced significantly. What is NoLo alcohol?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

With the sirens going, the police car and motorcycle drove around the neighborhood, and then to the school, where a group of kids, parents, and teachers gathered outside the school watched as my kids emerged from the car, all smiles and proud, with their police badge sticker on their shirts. March 2015 North American Freight Numbers.

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