Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

In the research conducted by Supply Chain Insights , only 35% of the respondents rated their S&OP process as effective or extremely effective in 2019 compared to 65% for the same in 2016. Strategic placement of inventory buffers to ensure sufficient ability to absorb shocks. S&OP can serve as a vehicle towards that.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

2017 will not be a bed of roses for third party logistics service providers, nor will the coming year be filled with thorns in the sides of major supply chain entities. The Trump administration could be a redeeming feature for the logistics industry, but some of his recent promises could come at a great price.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

He is an industrial engineer with a diploma in transportation and logistics from the University of Applied Sciences in Bremerhaven. Our goal in writing these case studies is to share insights from the Supply Chains to Admire winners from 2016. Inventory Turns. Here we share the interview with Ralf. Operating Margin.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In supply chain management, it is widely accepted that holding enough finished goods inventory to fulfill every order is just too costly. The thinking goes that at some point, improving service levels means you are not adding inventory in a linear manner but rather exponentially. The company has visibility to demand and inventory.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

General warehouse industry statistics Warehousing costs & revenue statistics Warehouse efficiency statistics Labor statistics in the warehousing industry Automation adoption in the warehousing industry Warehouse performance metrics Warehouse automation stats: General warehouse industry statistics 1. feet in 2016.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A new study finds that in 2016 public companies had more than $1 trillion unnecessarily tied up in working capital. Working Capital Survey, which examined the performance of 1,000 of the largest public companies in the US in 2016, found that typical companies now have more than $1 trillion unnecessarily tied up in working capital. .

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DELMIA Quintiq

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Though operating in different industries, these big names in e-commerce logistics, oil & gas and humanitarian efforts rely on the same optimization technology provided by Quintiq. could place inventory and fulfill from Sydney for Australasian customers, ready to be delivered locally or to neighboring New Zealand.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 20, 2017

Are you using lean in your logistics and transportation management? The need to transport parts also drives inventory up, creates a need for space to store those parts, and uses energy for more forklift time and warehouse heating. Transportation strategy and tactics must support Lean inventory strategies.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. The Benefits of Evolved Vendor Managed Inventory Model Led by Web-Based VMI. There was a signed contract with agreed upon inventory levels.

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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. Impact of Demand Sensing on Inventory Levels. The reason? The implementation was very successful.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

There are several elements in an effective logistics strategy, with the ultimate goal of identifying the most cost-effective service levels and developing plans and processes that enable the company to operate as close to those optimal service levels as possible.

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

To keep a business afloat, an online brand needs to track inventory , manage the fulfillment and shipping process, and oversee products getting to their end destination. Managing inventory. For example, an Ecommerce Operations Manager might collaborate with the Warehouse Manager to perform regular ecommerce inventory audits.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But to make their strongest case, SCRM advocates need to focus on one key metric: return on investment. It’s important to frame the program in strategic terms and to ensure that decision-makers understand the linkages between the tactical objectives of the SCRM and key metrics such as revenue, earnings, brand, and shareholder value.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp.,

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 23, 2016

Industry Week, March, 2016). These metrics would, of course, be aligned and are updated every hour. The metrics are also manual as automatic metric systems cannot retrieve the information at an hourly frequency as these metrics are process inputs and not outputs. Flex is eight (8) years into its Lean journey.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 27, 2018

In fact, here at Logistics Bureau, we’ve been using the Beer Game (a supply chain simulation) for years now, as a way to help companies educate their management teams in supply chain dynamics. But is gamification really a responsible approach to improving logistics performance ? Where to Use Gamification in Logistics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

I knew nothing about the world of logistics, inventory management and order optimization. From the research, we know that when organizations have source, make and deliver reporting to the same leader, that supply chain performance improves (intersection of operating margin and inventory turns). The year was 1985.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Table 1: Contract of Growth, Operating Margin, Inventory Turns and Cash-To-Cash for Consumer-Facing Industries. In parallel, take a closer look at inventory turns where only pharmaceutical companies made slight progress. In parallel, take a closer look at inventory turns where only pharmaceutical companies made slight progress.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 7, 2016

As explained by Bruce Tompkins , improving the supply chain includes improving service levels through better inventory management, reducing operating costs, reducing order-cycle time, achieving 100-percent accuracy, improving supply chain security and control, and improving flexibility.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Inventory Turns 3. (10%). Return on Assets (ROA) and Inventory turns are also a part of the scoring process. There is no question that the Supply Chain of any business usually has a significant impact on ROA and certainly on Inventory turns. Further an Inventory turn of 1.0 combined with an Inventory turn of 1.2

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

Included in this post is Cummins’ digital award for the 2016 Supply Chains to Admire. I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. It is a condition of too little sleep due to fabulous late night coverage of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. Media Type.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Author’s Note: Below is an excerpt from Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve: The Process Industry Executive Agenda for 2016 and Beyond , a white paper published earlier this year by Elemica with research conducted by Adelante SCM. How do you reduce supply chain complexity, or at least slow its growth?

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FLEXE

JULY 8, 2016

Dynamic warehousing is a relatively new business model that’s been gradually taking hold in the supply chain and logistics industries over the last. Establish baseline metrics that will enable deeper historical trend analyses as the market matures over future quarters. Ramping up inventory for new product launches and promotions.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Fulfillment by Amazon or Amazon FBA lets sellers in the Amazon marketplace take advantage of Amazon’s giant logistics operation to ship their orders. Q4 of 2016, in particular, created less than ideal press for the company when a British jury found Amazon UK guilty of shipping hazardous materials by air without proper labeling or packaging.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

million in 2016. The staff at Logistics Management notes, “E-commerce has changed the way the logistics and supply chain game is played. The staff at Logistics Management notes, “E-commerce has changed the way the logistics and supply chain game is played. It’s estimated to reach 230.5 ”[2]. .

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Requis

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Logistics are often the initial adopters for digital technologies because the benefits of automation are easier to understand. For example, RFID inventory tracking provides instant access to information about what you have, how much of it you have, and where it’s located. Allow complete record keeping of every asset in your inventory.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Logistics are often the initial adopters for digital technologies because the benefits of automation are easier to understand. For example, RFID inventory tracking provides instant access to information about what you have, how much of it you have, and where it’s located. Allow complete record keeping of every asset in your inventory.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 29, 2016

Transportation managers must keep up with the ship dates of inventory, where inventory is currently located in the transportation process, what insurance information is being used and appropriated for each shipment, and many more factors. How Will the Unified Registration System Impact Existing Transportation and Logistics Providers?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 29, 2020

2016, International Maritime Organization (IMO) took a landmark decision which will enforce a new regulation from 1st of Jan. m/m in 2020 was taken way back in 2008 and it got ratified in 2016 in the 17th session of MEPC meeting. million metric tons annually. The decision to make it 0.5% So, this is not sudden. Final thoughts.

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RFgen

JULY 11, 2017

This conclusion is backed, to a degree, by eMarketer research that found total sales in retail reached approximately $22-trillion in 2016, a 6% increase. All of this must be done without sacrificing key performance metrics, such as inventory shrinkage and customer satisfaction rates.

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RFgen

JULY 11, 2017

This conclusion is backed, to a degree, by eMarketer research that found total sales in retail reached approximately $22-trillion in 2016, a 6% increase. All of this must be done without sacrificing key performance metrics, such as inventory shrinkage and customer satisfaction rates.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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RFgen

MAY 5, 2016

When products spoil quickly or contaminants infect merchandise, it’s essential to implement a new inventory management and supply chain logistics solution. CNN reported that CRF Frozen Foods expanded their voluntary recall of products in May 2016. Salmonella and listeria are primary concerns for modern grocery shoppers.

Food 52

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RFgen

MAY 5, 2016

When products spoil quickly or contaminants infect merchandise, it’s essential to implement a new inventory management and supply chain logistics solution. CNN reported that CRF Frozen Foods expanded their voluntary recall of products in May 2016. Salmonella and listeria are primary concerns for modern grocery shoppers.

Food 52

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FLEXE

JUNE 15, 2016

Dynamic warehousing is a relatively new business model that’s been gradually taking hold in the supply chain and logistics industries over the last 18 to 24 months. Establish baseline metrics that will enable deeper historical trend analyses as the market matures over future quarters. Long-term storage of materials or static inventory.

Warehousing 28

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 24, 2018

However, their ability to collect from customers and manage inventory actually both deteriorated, masked by a significant increase in the time companies take to pay suppliers, according to the latest Working Capital Survey results from The Hackett Group. days and Days Inventory On hand (DIO) rose by just 0.6% to 51 days. days vs 45.4)

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