Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2015

Two major shifts are changing the face of global transportation management as we know it: Supply chains are becoming increasingly complex, relying on partners and data beyond the four walls of the enterprise; The very definition of global transportation management is broadening and expanding well beyond the traditional TMS scope.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. Historically, the traditional supply chain focused on improving costs. Today, more mature supply chain teams focus on delivering value. We term this report The Su pply Chains to Admire. A Look at History.

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Demand Solutions

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Over my next few articles, I’ll share some tips on the kinds of resolutions you can put in place to get your supply chain performance back on track in 2015. Of course, if your supply chain is already humming, then these tips can help you achieve even greater levels of performance.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 7, 2016

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). Our last post covered the Top 5 Manufacturing blogs of 2016. Today's post will cover the top 5 supply chain blogs from 2016 so far. What are your top Supply Chain blogs to read?

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 14, 2024

The approach is one of flexible manufacturing, practiced by other global manufacturers including Toyota Motor. Specifically observed: “ BMW’s approach could show a path to other automakers that have been manufacturing automobiles for decades but have made little headway in the transition to battery powered vehicles.”

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 11, 2020

The goal of the award is to identify the innovative, unconventional and high-impact initiatives leaders are working on and investing in to drive the transformation of their supply chains.”1 SKF challenged by legacy supply chain planning processes. Digital transformation enables automated supply chain planning.

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Logility

AUGUST 7, 2017

Wait, it’s not spring; but does that mean you have to wait another eight months to review your supply chain? Often, it becomes necessary to reevaluate how supply chain performance is measured to ensure healthy operations. Ask yourself, “Are your supply chain metrics bogging you down?”

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Our goal in writing these case studies is to share insights from the Supply Chains to Admire winners from 2016. About the Supply Chains to Admire Research. Over the period of 2009-2015 only 88% of companies made improvement on the “Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.” (The Performance.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 17, 2015

When I was asked to organize the Innovation and Thought Leadership track at FOCUS 2015 , I recognized that I would need to assemble some high-impact speakers who would get attendees thinking about the radical changes they need to make in their supply chains. Featured FOCUS'

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

The level of performance in 2015 is the same as 2006. Performance of BMS and Merck at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin. Orbit Chart for Novo Nordisk at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the period of 2006-2015. Understanding What Drives Supply Chain Excellence.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Organizations in both public and private sectors are adopting systems such as the Electronic Data Interchange tool (EDI), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and of course the internet to benefit them when sourcing their goods (Adebayo, Dec 2015). The supply chain performance is dependent on each of the stated independent e-procurement steps.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015. For many companies starting a demand-driven journey, adopting SanDisk’s customer-centric strategies would be a great starting point to improve supply chain performance. SanDisk’s Journey to Build a Supply Chain Customer Segmentation Strategy.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Combining the strengths of unsupervised learning, supervised learning and reinforcement learning, machine learning is proving to be a very effective technology that continually seeks to find key factors most affecting supply chain performance. How the Use of Big Data Analytics Affects Value Creation in Supply Chain Management.

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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. Bowman, “ How AI Is Tackling Waste in Factories and the Supply Chain ,” SupplyChainBrain, 7 June 2021. [6] 8] Michael C.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

It was initially believed that the engine recall will affect upwards of 1,200 engines produced between 2015 and 2021. Noted is that aircraft manufacturer will be “ able to undertake complex planning requirements while having faster, more responsive production planning and more efficient utilization of manufacturing resources.”

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Logility

JANUARY 26, 2017

When it comes to supply chain metrics, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” ” Each functional area of the supply chain (purchasing, planning, distribution, manufacturing, customer service, etc.) Often the performance of one function has a direct impact on the performance of another.

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Elementum

APRIL 28, 2017

In 2016, HPE created an EMEA supply-chain Industry 4.0 initiative that implemented different proof of concepts for manufacturing and logistics processes using a range of technologies including 3D printing, cloud computing, data visualization, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Implications on Manufacturing and the Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

At Supply Chain Insights, we published a report card yesterday. The report analyzes supply chain performance and improvement by the Consumer Products Leaders in the period of 2006-2014. With a strong manufacturing culture, much of the focus was on lean production systems. A Look Back. ” The race is on.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In this Forbes article, I write about my insights from the Supply Chains to Admire Work , an annual assessment of balance sheet performance, and a hard look at supply chain performance. A focus on supplier development is a team that genuinely works with the supply base to be a better trading partner.

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KEPLER Consulting

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

And daily execution of processes becomes a fire fighter job not allowing to conceive performant and relevant answers for business challenges. That conception impacts process efficiency and lowers Supply Chain performance. Supply Chain Managers fully rely on newly developed tools to support Supply Chain performance.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 30, 2016

With its new improvement programme, Unilever intends to achieve profitable growth by being innovative and delivering even better supply chain performance. The programme is built on various pillars, according to Van Tongeren, who has been Vice President Supply Chain Benelux at Unilever since August 2015.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

Orbit Chart for Kimberly-Clark and P&G for the Period of 2006-2015. 19 average) and 3 times better ROIC for the period (33% versus P&G’s 11%), note that none of these three household products companies made progress on supply chain excellence in the period of 2013-2015. A similar pattern exists for Colgate.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

” CNN Money Watch, August 12, 2015. I recently listened to a DuPont present on their redesign of the supply chain. While the macroeconomic signals trigger market downturns, to meet Wall Street expectations, manufacturers usually push products into the market. Life is busy at Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

One of our goals is to capture and share the stories of supply chain leaders. In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. 2015 Supply Chains to Admire.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

When leaders focus on functional metrics without alignment to an over-arching operating strategy and a well-defined metrics hierarchy, they will throw the supply chain out of balance reducing total supply chain performance. The supply chain has two buffers: inventory and manufacturing excess capacity.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

percent in 2015. Modern manufacturers offer pumpkin spice alternatives to the traditional fair to capitalize on current trends. This means company supply chains have to account for items with high demand in a limited timeframe. Manufacturers must know why customers like certain products at specific times.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

percent in 2015. Modern manufacturers offer pumpkin spice alternatives to the traditional fair to capitalize on current trends. This means company supply chains have to account for items with high demand in a limited timeframe. Manufacturers must know why customers like certain products at specific times.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

There are many ways to measure supply chain performance in terms of resilience, but there is one that’s easily overlooked even though it is gaining in importance: Detection time. When Cisco saw news of wildfires in Colorado in 2012, it wasn’t concerned, because it had no manufacturing or suppliers in the area.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The common thread weaving those technologies together is data; hence, the imperative to implement a digital supply chain. A key way to do this, many have found, is to reduce the ‘human touch’ from supply chain operations. Footnotes. [1]

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AFFLINK

MAY 17, 2017

These days many hotel companies are beginning to understand the role information technology plays in the coordination between different parts of the supply chain and the impact on supply chain performance.”. Green Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

Dave will be speaking on his journey along with other supply chain leaders at the Supply Chain Insight sGlobal Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona on September 10th and 11th. These interviews of supply chain leaders will be collated into our fourth book on supply chain excellencewhich will publish at ourconference in September 2015.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

As I discussed recently with Doug Kimball from JDA Software, omni-channel is also having a significant impact on manufacturers and their supply chain and logistics processes. Descartes reported record revenues of $185.0 million for FY16, which ended on January 31, 2016 — up 8 percent from FY15.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

However, they accepted the challenge and defined customer strategies for each supply chain type. 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

This is in preparation for the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire Report. And, when they do, the focus on network design is still on bricks and mortar–where to put manufacturing and distribution locations–not on form and function of inventory, and the design of inventory flows. Seven Misconceptions.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

That figure highlights like no other how critical the interrelations are between an enterprise and its supply chain. In other words, the majority did not recognise the need for close alignment between supply chain and general business strategies. What’s wrong with this picture? Long delivery lead times.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

He is currently the vice president of global supply chain. At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing. From a manufacturing perspective, products vary significantly in complexity. Solutions, for example, can take from 12 to 16 weeks to manufacture. He is a humble and quiet leader.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Leveraging data such as weather, news, local events, social media and natural disaster information, TransVoyant improves demand-supply balancing, and helps organizations to avoid supply chain disruptions. Kenco Group (a Talking Logistics sponsor) is a great example.

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