Kinaxis

APRIL 26, 2017

It has leased 20 Boeing 767 aircraft to shuttle goods around the US, and helped ship at least 150 cargo containers from China since October 2016. It’s great to offer same day shipping, but what happens if there’s a catastrophic level disruption at the origin source? Find a way to know sooner and act faster.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In India, the national Production Linked Incentive (PLI) is set to encourage domestic EV manufacturing—and this is just a glimpse of the latest policies worldwide. Challenges and Opportunities Recent developments in the lithium industry have presented a mix of challenges and opportunities. What is Cobalt?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Manufacturers of medical devices are the first ones to get the blame when a patient complains of suffering injury or harm from using a medical device. But today’s manufacturers outsource most of the inputs and parts of their final manufactured medical devices and products. The 2016 Rule was for class II medical devices.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Once a tainted food source is discovered, it’s important to know where it came from and where else it might be found. “It’s a dreaded word that no food manufacturer wants to hear,” writes the staff at Road Scholar Transport, “RECALL.”[3] Now blue-green meat, that’s bad for you!” ”[2].

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

Launched by the Saudi government in 2016, the Saudi Vision 2030 Program is a sweeping reform initiative with the aim of diversifying the country’s economy and reducing its reliance on oil production. However, implementing category strategies for successful sourcing and supplier management can be challenging without the right tools.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The original 2016 driver for this shift seems hard to believe in today’s freight environment: a focus on long-term business viability spurred by ocean freight rates so low that they precipitated the bankruptcy filing by ocean carrier Hanjin. Image via StarAir.dk). Behind the Maersk shift. The difference… and the looming carrier threat.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2018

It has been further spurred by the trend of nearshoring over the last decade, as American companies have relocated their manufacturing facilities to Mexico to take advantage of a skilled workforce, improving infrastructure, and proximity to the United States. It can be completed in Spanish or English. It will start with the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Manufacturing Employment Impacts Across Europe and the United Kingdom , a significant period of production contraction has led to added manufacturing job losses. With government trade policies favoring more domestic sourcing of deemed strategic supply networks such as semiconductor devices, there are already indications across the U.S.

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ivalua

MARCH 17, 2021

Typically they’re presented with three options; increase taxes, increase fees, or pursue federal resources. The Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act of 2016 – The goal of this law is to provide visibility into aged grants and enable efficient closeout of expired grants.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2016

And I remember attending many other conferences and presentations around that time, and the message from consultants, analysts, and academics were all the same: “Don’t view logistics as a cost center, view it as a competitive weapon.”. Your supply chain strategy in effect becomes your business plan.”. Where are we today, fourteen years later?

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Just in case you missed some of our supply chain strategy posts , we’ve compiled a list of our popular supply chain posts from 2016 below (ranked based on shares and views). Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. Supply Chain Complexity 1 – Plan/Source/Make/Deliver/…. Please subscribe here.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Much of that growth has been fueled by acquisitions, including four acquisitions in 2016, with more certainly to come this year. The R&D team delivered about 350 product releases in 2016. Ports, Airports and Global Infrastructure Group, also presented at the Executive Forum.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2023

Recycling rates did improve slightly from 63% to 64% but have been stagnant since 2016, underscoring the pressing need for more effective packaging waste management solutions. Collaborate with your suppliers to initiate necessary changes, such as minimizing packaging, sourcing alternative materials, or investing in recycling initiatives.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

I presented at Supply Chain Outlook 2015, an event hosted by the Supply Chain Management Review in Chicago on Monday morning. This was an excellent venue for discussion of emerging trends and what we can look forward to in 2016. But the trend is definitely going in the direction of manufacturing moving back locally to America.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The respite however, could be short-lived, as a new wave of disruptive technology emerges—one which many believe will spell the end of the warehouse as a significant source of employment and transform it into a centre of wholly automated activity. 2045 Here We Come. Robotic Opportunities for All?

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

From May 2016 through the end of August 2017, “17 CEOs of public Big Food manufacturers and retailers had departed, or announced their intention to,” according to an article published last September in Fortune. There are seismic shifts in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and outsourced manufacturing world.”.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

Viewers gain understanding of the art of negotiation and its function in resolving complicated problems while maintaining lives and relationships through the hard negotiations presented in the film. Learners will discover effective sourcing techniques and how to navigate challenging situations to achieve successful outcomes.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Source Amazon Product Range One of the key drivers of Amazon’s success in logistics is the sheer breadth of its product range. This extensive product range presents unique challenges for logistics, as each item has different storage and handling requirements. It proposes storing products in giant underwater storage facilities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

In 2008, the company manufactured 2.5% PCA’s customers were larger food manufacturers. The manufacturers sourced the peanut butter primarily on cost. The presentations, videos and pictures are now posted. The 2016 event will be held on September 7th-9th, 2016 at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, AZ.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 4, 2017

Over the last two decades, increased competition and a globalized economy has led firms to deploy outsourced manufacturing and captive offshore policies across multiple industries. One fact remains certain; the trend of outsourcing and offshoring manufacturing is not likely to abate anytime soon. This is starting to change…quickly!

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 29, 2022

Among the messages communicated from the latest Amazon financial results were: Online retail shipping volumes declining 3 percent on a year-over-year basis, noted as the largest drop since 2016. The company further announced that it will open its Buy with Prime logistics and delivery services to other retailers, similar to FedEx or UPS.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2016

This morning, we announced the Supply Chains to Admire Winners and Finalists for 2016. The source data for the analysis is public reporting of balance sheets and income statements. If you see one of my presentations, I am sure that you remember the gnarly patterns of the orbit charts.) Five months of analysis. It is now over.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 16, 2020

Such information streamlined transactions and improved decision-making, but the ERP data did not initially permit connecting and compiling cross-functional data sources. When the first mobile app marketplace launched in 2008, it only presented 500 offerings within the product categories. Mobile Apps Make Information Portable.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Market Drivers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. I am a manufacturing gal by training. Include the supplier’s warehouse and manufacturing locations. It is clear to me that an evolution is not sufficient.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Global Sourcing Director – Methods, Tools & Responsible Sourcing (Bel Group). She is the Global Sourcing Director – Methods, Tools & Responsible Sourcing, and she has 10 years of experience in Responsible Purchasing. through manufacturing conditions, complex supply chain, etc.).

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KEPLER Consulting

MARCH 25, 2018

Until now, they had never convinced the French manufacturers while they have been working to the satisfaction of everyone in Japan for more than 20 years. a “revolution” represents an inconsistency with the first three revolutions, as it is simply a natural evolution of computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM). Industry V.3.x

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

billion packages in the last months of 2016. Communication with suppliers, manufacturers, logistics, etc. data backups) taken in the present can payoff immensely in the long run. What alternative plants/factories/sources of supply do they have at their disposal? USPS, UPS, and FedEx hired 180,000 people.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

These two innovations opened up the possibility of a diversified global manufacturing system in which products, including the parts that would be assembled into more advanced products elsewhere, could be made in the most cost-effective regions. The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83

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Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Deglobalization will accelerate, and reshoring and localization of manufacturing will continue 2023 has seen a severe freight recession, especially in North America, with significant overcapacity and declining rates for ocean shipping as well. Circular economies will increasingly be sustainable, and local economies as well.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 26, 2016

This morning we announced the Supply Chains to Admire Winners and Finalists for 2016. The source data for the analysis is public reporting of balance sheets and income statements. If you see one of my presentations, I am sure that you remember the gnarly patterns of the orbit charts.) Five months of analysis. It is now over.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 15, 2016

May their memory continue to be a source of strength and comfort to their families and friends and us all. February 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Speaking of container ships, there continues to be a lot of confusion and uncertainty surrounding the new SOLAS requirements, which go into effect on July 1, 2016.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

Source: Google. Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). presented a great case study on the company’s journey and success with real-time freight visibility. Wes Burt, Production Control-SCM-Assistant Manager at Toyota Manufacturing Canada, also gave an informative case study presentation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

In manufacturing-based companies, 70-80% of costs are in the processes of source, make and deliver. While the practices of finance are over 200 years old, in contrast, supply chain as a cross-functional practice (the combination of make, source and deliver) was recently defined in 1982. Is talent a cost or an asset? Talent Gaps.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 5, 2017

The 2016 US presidential political contest was brutal. Sitting in a SAP presentation, using the term demand-driven at the recent SAP Insider conference, without grounding in the definition is painful for me. In the SAP presentation, I saw traditional supply-centric concepts rebranded as demand driven. I hated it.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

JDA Powers the Always-on Supply Chain with Latest JDA Manufacturing Planning Release. With adVANce, Mercedes-Benz Vans is evolving from a mere van manufacturer into a supplier of holistic system solutions.”. Source: https://www.oracle.com/us/assets/logfire-general-presentation-3211400.pdf.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Intelligent IBP in the making As early as 2016, I wrote about autonomous IBP , comparing IBP to an autonomous car. I see more strategic decisions (close a plant or DC, enter a new product category, change in strategic sources) more in this category as well (which is different than what I show in figure 4).

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