Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

He was hired as a purchasing agent and was directed to obtain some procurement training at a local certificate mill.[1] 1] “During the first few hours,” he writes, “we went over the pertinent areas of a purchase order. Two-day or same-day shipping is becoming the norm. ” Changing with the times. .”[4]

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported, “The food-at-home (grocery store or supermarket food purchases) CPI increased 1.1 ”[3] He notes, “Grocery prices stagnated from 2015 through 2019, but have increased during the pandemic. ”[1] His prediction proved accurate. In November, the U.S. from the year prior.”

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

A manufacturer in China doesn’t read the specs on an order. What makes Ethereum different is that it actively encourages software development teams to use its open-source protocol to design tokens that run on top of the Ethereum blockchain. Supply chains are messy. Blockchain in Supply Chain Can Help.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 18, 2015

Fortunately, selecting a 3PL for 2015 and beyond can be broken down into six specific questions. Companies based on assets have had years of experience in purchasing trucks and managing warehouse inventories. What Is the Company’s History? Less than two decades ago, the concept of 3rd Party Logistics Companies were relatively unknown.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. To help, in this post, we provide you with some insights for the period of 2006-2015. Each year at Supply Chain Insights , we study the progress of public companies in manufacturing, retail and distribution sectors. A Look at History.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Each survey that I do comes back with data as a major challenge. In 2015, I worked with a manufacturer of men’s underwear. (My The company sold on Amazon, operated its own website, managed outlet stores, and could purchase end-aisle displays in major retail chains. The manufacturer had an infestation problem.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this blog, Andy discusses the health of the manufacturing industry, manufacturing technology orders, and setting benchmarks for company performance. The State of the Health of The US Manufacturing Sector & Manufacturing Technology Orders. USMTO is managed by AMT, The Association For Manufacturing Technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2023

According to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, consumers plan to spend a collective $24 billion on Easter this year, up from $20.8 The survey indicates that 81 percent of Americans will celebrate the holiday and spend an average of $192.01, the highest figure on record.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

Offshoring is basically when a company moves manufacturing to a foreign country in an attempt to save money. For a time, this model of manufacturing seemed to be the paragon of effective business. This may include research and development, product manufacturing, product packaging, and shipping processes. The short answer is no.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. As I sit on the back row, I hear platitudes (A number of concepts positioned at a high level without clarity on how to execute). ” Currently working on a series of surveys to help clients answer these two questions, I struggle with the current state. My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 28, 2016

Picture of traditional job in manufacturing. Each setting is an accurate image of manufacturing from different time periods in history, the past and the present. Manufacturing has changed a great deal over the last 100 years, and manufacturing today is dramatically different than what was “normal” in 1990.

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Logility

APRIL 10, 2017

Survey after survey points to spreadsheets as one of the primary tools used along with ERP systems and homegrown solutions. In many cases you will discover that processes like demand, inventory, replenishment, and manufacturing planning are limited by a lack of software capability.

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Much like globalization restructured manufacturing, today’s distributed global supply chains are applying pressure to enterprise systems, which are cracking under the weight of demands they were never designed to handle. Hershey’s ERP failure induced 8% stock drop [Source: CIO.com ]. Source: CIO.com ]. Source: TechTarget.com ].

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Arkieva

AUGUST 22, 2016

and a new survey reveals outsourcing in supply chain is expected to grow. Source: Wall Street Journal. New Survey Reveals Levels of Outsourcing in Supply Chain Expected to Grow by Over 40%. Source: Arkieva Supply Chain Blog. Source: Supply Chain Shaman. Source: CBR. Is your supply chain a cyber threat?

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Arkieva

JULY 25, 2016

While demand seems to be on an uptick for manufacturers especially in the consumer goods industry, an increase in online shopping could also lead to a scarcity in the availability of distribution centers in the near future. in 2015, of which 50% to 75% comprised warehouses. Source: Multichannel Merchant. Read Full Article.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 14, 2021

A recent survey by GT Nexus and Capgemini found that 70% of retail and manufacturing companies have already started a digital transformation project in their supply chain operations. Mankins and Lori Sherer, “ Creating value through advanced analytics ,” Bain Brief, 11 February 2015. [9] Asset tracking is not new by any means.

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ivalua

APRIL 26, 2019

Industry-focused solutions are coming soon too – manufacturing in May, financial services and healthcare Q3. Duncan Jones from Forester then presented on “Executing a Successful Procurement Transformation”. It’s hard to do justice to such a content-packed session in a limited space and time, so do look out for more on that survey.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

After, I explained this, I granted Peter permission for the council to use the Index (the use of the Supply Chain Insights content follows the principles of open source), I then said to Peter, “I am glad that you called. The supply chain has two buffers: inventory and manufacturing excess capacity. Need for the design of buffers.

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Elementum

AUGUST 1, 2018

But as products grow more complex, manufacturers and suppliers must look to innovate in order to adapt to changing environments. For years, BMW had a reputation for manufacturing cars that combined sleek style with exceptional performance. One growing development? Mass customization. Customization is becoming increasingly necessary.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 23, 2017

The manufacturing firms that continue (successfully) into the future must possess the “talent” with the right competencies, and the “strategic thinking and problem solving” abilities to deal with the new and increasingly more complex supply chain. Technology, digitization and automation are dramatically changing the supply chain.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The top cybersecurity threats in 2017 for small and mid-sized industrial manufacturers were identified as phishing attacks, IP theft and third-party security breaches. The top cybersecurity threats in 2017 for small and mid-sized industrial manufacturers were identified as phishing attacks, IP theft and third-party security breaches.

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Oracle SCM

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

This blog post was co-authored by Lionel Albert, Oracle's Senior Director EMEA, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Planning. While they might assume it’s magic, manufacturers and retailers know that making holiday wishes a reality isn’t that simple. It starts with planning.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The report illustrates the CSR performance of more than 20,400 companies based on Scorecard Ratings that analyzed nearly 800,000 data points across the calendar years 2015 and 2016. The Large segment is led by Manufacturing Light industry (56%), followed by Finance, Legal, Consulting and Advertising industry (51%).

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Elementum

MAY 28, 2015

Source: FDA Voice. Earlier this month, major Indian drug manufacturers Cipla and Wockhardt were both pressed to recall large drug lots after receiving FDA warning letters. This month’s report from the OIG recommended that officials ramp up foreign drug manufacturing oversight. More Indian Drug Makers Get A Slap On the Wrist.

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Elementum

MAY 31, 2016

The $2 billion sales of wearable technology in 2015 is expected to grow 17-fold by 2020. A more recent consumer survey said 16 percent of owners found it “ugly.”. A 2016 survey of American consumers revealed that 63 percent of respondents found wearable devices too expensive. The global fashion industry is worth about US $1.2

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2018

For nearly a decade, pundits have been touting the transformative effects of additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing). ”[1] Most analysts include additive manufacturing in their list of technologies that collectively are fostering the next industrial revolution, which is often referred to as Industry 4.0.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox explain, “In the 2015 novel Ghost Fleet , the spark that starts World War III is not a nuclear bomb, but a supply chain hack. The story line begins back in 2015 when Amazon was considering the acquisition of Elemental, a video-compression company. ”[3].

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Enterra Insights

JULY 11, 2018

” At the very least, DTC activity, as part of a larger omnichannel strategy, sets the stage for retailers and manufacturers to become frenemies. If you’re a manufacturer and you rely on the wholesale model to get to market, you don’t want to p**s off your customer, the wholesaler.” Learning to work with your frenemy.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Author Michael Blanding ( @michaelblanding ) reports on the work of two researchers, Mercedes Delgado, professor at Copenhagen Business School, and Karen Mills, a Harvard Business School Senior Fellow, and how they unearthed a source of better jobs hidden in plain sight. He writes, “Call it the supply chain economy.”

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EcoVadis

MAY 30, 2018

The Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) recently released the results of its new, independent comparative tool for sustainable procurement ratings and EcoVadis is excited to share we’ve secured the highest ranking in the framework. Watch the webinar here: .

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

In most ‘benchmarking activities’, self-reported data is the most common source. It is for this reason, that I discount the reporting by APQC, Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF) and Grocery Manufacturing Association (GMA) benchmarking data. If you would like to participate in 2015, let us know.

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EcoVadis

DECEMBER 11, 2017

EcoVadis was recently chosen as an independent third-party solution provider for the new “ Responsible Beauty Initiative ,” which is a procurement initiative created by four European leaders in the cosmetics industry (Clarins, Coty, Groupe Rocher and L’Oréal) as well as all of their suppliers.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Big players in the food industry, like Nestlé, Unilever, Walmart, and Dole, use blockchain to trace their products downstream to the original source but also upstream through the distribution network. coli outbreak at Chipotle in 2015 or the E. coli outbreaks of romaine lettuce in 2017 and 2018. In the case of the second E.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

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JULY 30, 2018

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

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