The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

CEVA Logistics actively reaches out to support social innovations and engage local communities. In order to achieve this target, CEVA Logistics is incorporating environmental considerations in a variety of areas of operations, from warehousing to transportation and procurement. Photo Credit: L’Oréal. Photo Credit: United Airlines.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

How do we harness the power of data with new forms of analytics? Today, technology providers are selling analytics. This week, I received this email from a financial institution questioning why business leaders are not harnessing more insights and redesigning processes based on analytics. S&OP Challenges. Reflection.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2022

Unfortunately, notes Shawn Muma ( @smmuma ), Director of Supply Chain Innovation and Emerging Technologies at Digital Supply Chain Institute (DSCI), too many businesses have turned their focus inward instead of outward. The winning companies are those that correctly identify the problem to solve — the performance metric to improve.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 4, 2022

.”[1] An infographic prepared by the staff at Concentric reports, “[Nearly 80% of] CPG executives say the COVID-19 crisis will have a lasting impact on their customers’ needs”; however, “[less than a third of them] say their companies are well-equipped to address such changes.”[2] Joining the Data Revolution.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2021

Bits and bytes are pouring in from sources ranging from satellites and MRI scans to massive computer simulations and seismic-sensor networks, from security cameras to smartphones, from genome sequencing of SARS-Cov-2 to COVID-19 test results, from social networks to texts zipping from phone to phone.”[1] Descriptive analytics.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out Procurement Report Card: Most Executives Think Procurement Isn’t Strategic Enough! Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

Today Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical industry. In 2015 Insight acquired E2open, and Infor acquired GT Nexus. The Promise of Innovation. It is seldom positive for the line-of-business user.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2016 First Quarter Financial Results. March 2015 North American Freight Numbers. Last November, JDA Software and IBM announced a “new integrated offering [that] will provide retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers with intelligent sourcing, fulfillment and order management capabilities.”

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CormSquare

JANUARY 24, 2017

But the question is, what are the other main challenges in procurement being faced today? This survey was done on 324 senior procurement lea ders fr om 33 countries offering a deep insight into current procurement preoccupations. Cost Reduction. Unsurprisingly, number one on the list is Cost Reduction.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

… With an ever-complex consumer purchasing path, it can be difficult for a brand to know where exactly to adjust their efforts. Data and advanced analytics. Data analytics and cognitive risk sensing are becoming increasingly important tools for organizations.” ”[2]. CPG industry and cognitive technologies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Based on a heritage of quality and innovation, the designs earned the trust in generations of families. 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. Performance on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.

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Unleashed

MARCH 22, 2022

Higher-quality, innovative and more authentic flavours are now available – and sustainable, low-sugar and low-calorie products are now available for consumers who are health-conscious and environmentally aware. It was established by Ben Branson in 2015 and produces botanicals-based, alcohol-free spirits.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 6, 2015

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2015 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. Amber Road broadened its solution footprint this week by acquiring Hong Kong-based ecVision, “a cloud-based provider of global sourcing and collaborative supply chain solutions for brand-focused companies.” FMCSA Should Heed Calls to Fix CSA (ATA).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Derailed CSX train in West Virginia hauled newer-model tank cars ( Reuters ). Menlo Logistics Unveils Innovation Speaks. The road less traveled remains untraveled: acquisitions and other actions focused on getting more small and midsize customers, which was one of my predictions for 2015. What’s driving their adoption?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2015

This is a very different, customer-centric approach to retail that drives revenue and profitability by capturing sales, fulfilling from multiple inventory sources and delivering a unified cross-channel brand experience to consumers.” Finally, UPS and comScore, Inc. released the fourth UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper™ U.S.

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Within an organization, sustainability data is found in environmental, procurement, financial, product lifecycle, regulatory compliance, human resource management, ERP, and logistics systems (e.g., For example, supplier sustainability performance is an important criterion in sustainable sourcing decisions. WMS and TMS). Data sharing.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

O’Marah adds, “Champions of supply chain (myself most certainly included) have worked to lionize the profession by showing how it works to drive profits, deliver innovation and improve lives.” In 2015, they accounted for over 53 million jobs, 43 percent of US employment.'” The supply chain economy.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Now… Is there something to be learned from this quote in Finding Nemo, that we can apply to procurement and sourcing? A gang of procurement and sourcing professionals with our backs up against the wall, and the fight is at our front door. So here we are. The common enemy: the complexity of the global supply chain.

Food 54

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

The inner workings of logistics at Amazon are a marvel of efficiency, precision, and constant innovation. Pharmacy: Amazon Pharmacy – Online service for purchasing prescription medications with home delivery. Ever wonder how Amazon gets your package to your door so quickly?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 11, 2016

The source of the content is research. I manage a team at Supply Chain Insights and actively publish using an Open Content research model. This Tuesday we will publish our 87th report, and our 167th podcast, in our 36th newsletter. Annually we invest 22% of revenues in building content. We take content seriously.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

How do you respond to innovation threats? Different Types of Innovation. First, what kind of innovation are we talking about? Gary Pisano offered a matrix which is now a very accepted set of innovation definitions in his HBR article , “You Need an Innovation Strategy”. Source: Corning; Gary P.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

In his 2017 annual shareholder letter , Bezos lauded “divinely discontent” customers as innovation drivers. According to their 2017 annual report, over a quarter of Amazon’s third-party sales (which represent half of Amazon’s sales) are cross-border. Source: Amazon.com. billion between 2015 and 2017. billion to $21.7

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. They saw a steady drop in inventory and reduced working capital by about 50% over the period of 2011-2015. Shell operates as a single-instance of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The reason? Talking numbers worked.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. It is a story of supply chain innovation. Traditionally E2open sold to the procurement organization. There is greater dependency on third parties for manufacturing and sourcing.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. A recent report by Frost & Sullivan, “The Future of Parts and Service Retailing in the Automotive Aftermarket” , predicts that by 2025, 10 to 15 percent of all global parts sales will be made online. E-Commerce for Manufacturing.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 7, 2018

Back in 2015, Nestlé committed itself to “be an industry leader in determining where the seafood [in its supply chain] is coming from and demanding it is Sourced Responsibly.” The 134-page report by Human Rights Watch shows horrific conditions continue. ” The fishing industry case study. “[5].

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2023

According to the SAP announcement , at a purchase price of $18.15 Mr. Renjen served as global consulting firm Deloitte’s Global CEO from 2015 to December 2022 upon his retirement from the role. in cash per share, the transaction corresponds to a Qualtrics equity value of approximately $12.5 Dr. Plattner’s term expires in May 2024.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

In this first part, I will focus on 6 places that you can apply to your organization to reduce costs and increase profit. According to the CSCMP's "State of Logistics" Report from 2015, logistics costs now make up over 8% of the GDP.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

This creates a “double whammy” effect, in that digitization is driving up the need for analytics but to truly find collaborative solutions that rely on new technology solutions, companies will need to find ways to partner. Prediction 1 – Supply Chain Analytics Will Become More Predictive (Not Backward Looking).

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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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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

And on the subject of sustainability, SCDigest.com covered Walmart’s 2015 Sustainability report : Walmart, the world’s largest corporation, is fresh out with its 2015 sustainability report, the eighth such document it has produced. Low prices benefit customers, but low true costs benefit everyone.”

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Med Yones, an international expert specializing in global strategy, organization development, and innovation management, has remarked: “The larger the organization, the more susceptible it is to the breakdown of communication, the emergence of management silos and misalignment.”[2]. ”[2]. .”[3]

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. And business relationships did not become more Vested this year — if anything, they reverted back to being “win-lose” arrangements (see Walmart’s Message to Suppliers: Talk to the Hand and The High Cost of Poor Supplier Relationships ). and L Brands Inc.’s

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

He shared with me his insights on sourcing from a diverse supply base, and how this has become truly engrained into P&G’s corporate culture. Rick will be presenting at our upcoming SCRC meeting on December 7-8, 2015. I had an opportunity to interview Andy Butler, head of Supplier Diversity at Procter and Gamble last week.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

Armed with industry knowledge, technology savvy, and purchasing power, customers control the sales cycle. They’re also industry disruptors, toppling traditional business models in the blink of an eye. Now new markets are flexing their purchasing muscle. However, it does little to fuel innovation.

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TMC

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The 2015 peak holiday season highlighted changes that are transforming the retail industry. Total eCommerce sales in November and December 2015 are expected to be around $69 billion, a 13% increase on the previous year, reports the Wall Street Journal [1]. decrease in traffic in November and December [2].

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2020

It ensures consistent repeat purchases over time, regardless of price, convenience or even a global pandemic. Corona’s ‘do nothing’ strategy appears to have paid off — Brand Finance Annual Report in August 2020 named Corona as the world’s most popular beer brand. Brand loyalty is a key factor in customer retention.

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