Supply Chain Insights

JULY 22, 2016

On May 7, 2016 we announced a partnership with CorpU for next-generation supply chain learning. Today our first course, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter, is ready for sale. Stop by on September 7, 2016 and test them out in the Digital Showcase.). Improve the metrics that matter on the balance sheet?

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

The concept of ethical sourcing has risen in popularity during the past four years.” . Two Foxconn Technology workers died in 2016 in work-related incidents at the company’s Zhengzhou, China plant, which produces Apple iPhones. However, earlier in the year Hershey was named in a lawsuit regarding child labor abuses in Cote D’Ivoire.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51° and Market6 Data How Automation and Advanced Metrics You Won’t Get in 84.51° can help you grow your sales at Kroger and avoid inventory headaches. Market6 was bought by 84.51° in 2016 to add improved product movement data capabilities to the platform.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2020

Many supply chain, sourcing & procurement teams have been asked to row upstream without a paddle during this time of crisis. Many trusted sources accredit global GDP growth during the last 15–20 years, widely to the spread of globalization. Localization: Localization is the act of adapting a product or service to local markets.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

On September 3, 2016 China and the US agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change. Supply chain network and transportation optimization can help make better sourcing and multi-stop route decisions that ultimately result in route design that balances low costs with higher service.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

Use our Metrics That Matter methodology to look at improvement and performance. At each round, employees gain an understanding of the value of supply chain decisions through the sharing on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The seven on-line classes are: Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. How does it help? Training.

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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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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This is expected to result in the reduction of over 26 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions — the equivalent of taking five million-plus cars off the road for a full year. 8] Richard Evans and Jim Gao, “ DeepMind AI Reduces Google Data Centre Cooling Bill by 40% ,” DeepMind Blog, 20 July 2016. Footnotes. [1]

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp., Source: Machine Learning & AI in Transport and Logistics, Frank Salliau & Sven Verstrepen Logistics Meets Innovation Vlerick Brussels – Nov. no opt-in). 15th, 2017 (PDF., no opt-in). no opt-in).

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Elementum

AUGUST 17, 2017

government began working on a proposition in June to impose tariffs and fines on foreign-sourced steel , suggesting that all pipelines operating on American soil use only American-sourced steel. actually imports the smallest amount of its cheap steel from China: in 2016, the U.S. by creating on-shore job openings.

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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. Check out their performance by plotting year-over-year metrics at the intersection of two ratios and look at the patterns. Five months of analysis.

Pharmaceutical 210

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Much to my chagrin, when I entered into the world of supply chain, the processes of source, make and deliver were usually not designed. Instead, I think that it needs to be holistic to balance the trade-offs of source, make and deliver together. (I know… I am showing my age.). Let me continue with my story.

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ivalua

JUNE 2, 2016

Niul Burton wrote a great article in Industry Week titled “Procurement 2025: 10 Challenges that Will Transform Global Sourcing”. Embracing sustainability as a goal and metric that you scorecard suppliers on is a good place to start to get ready for this trend that will become a staple in how successful companies do business.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

million metric tonnes (Mt) and predicted an increase to 50 million Mt of e-waste in 2018 ( United Nations University 2014 ). The first and classical approach for addressing product and equipment obsolescence is formalizing objectives for take-back and secondary sourcing of material , as done by Orange.

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E2open

MARCH 17, 2017

In late 2016, E2open acquired Orchestro, a leading provider of demand signal repository (DSR) technology and preemptive analytics for retail and omnichannel fulfillment. What to Look For in a DSR platform: Scales and supports cross-retailer and multi-data source visibility for the enterprise vs. siloed sales team point solutions.

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E2open

MARCH 17, 2017

In late 2016, E2open acquired Orchestro, a leading provider of demand signal repository (DSR) technology and preemptive analytics for retail and omnichannel fulfillment. What to Look For in a DSR platform: Scales and supports cross-retailer and multi-data source visibility for the enterprise vs. siloed sales team point solutions.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

Source: Commerce Dept. Source: SupplyChainDigest. Source: Supply Chain Shaman. Years later in 2016, General Motors has implemented measures to make the company more equipped to handle disasters. The end result was that when another earthquake struck Japan in April 2016, GM was much better prepared. Source: EBN.

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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. getting buy-in from drivers and other stakeholders) and implementing appropriate metrics to measure and drive performance.).

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IQMS

JULY 11, 2019

Source: Smartening up with Artificial Intelligence (AI) – What’s in it for Germany and its Industrial Sector? (52 Source: Technology and Innovation for the Future of Production: Accelerating Value Creation (38 pp., Source: Digital Factories 2020: Shaping the future of manufacturing (48 pp.,

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. The retail giant plans to take out 50 million metric tons (MMT) by 2030, which is equivalent to the emissions associated with the average annual electricity consumption of 40 million Chinese households. Media Type.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 22, 2018

In 2016, the world’s meat production was estimated at 317m metric tons, and that is expected to continue to grow. We are no longer in the 14th century, when as much as 76 percent of the population worked in agriculture — but farming still employs more than 26 percent of all workers globally.

Food 40

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Arkieva

JANUARY 20, 2017

Right Source. Using Metrics/Key Performance indicators that measure how well the shippers and transportation providers do promotes daily continuous improvement. Related: Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog. Recognizing All Your Wastes: Using The ‘8 Rights’. Right Quantity. Right time.

Optimal Sourcing 60

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Supplier bases are a great source of potential innovation. But, unlocking collaborative supplier innovation requires clearly defined strategies and operations by a sourcing, procurement and/or purchasing team to ensure that suppliers’ competencies are being leveraged to their fullest potential.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

In Figure 1, we share insights from a recent study on the overall focus of 2016 spending. Figure 1: Expected Changes in IT Spending in 2016. As a result, the architecture for the EACH and chain of custody of products for eCommerce requires HADOOP and non-relational open source technologies like Apache Spark.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

The manufacturers sourced the peanut butter primarily on cost. Safe and secure and the redesign of the supply chain to protect the consumer is a part of the 2016 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit focused on Imaging Supply Chain 2025. The 2016 event will be held on September 7th-9th, 2016 at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, AZ.

Pharmaceutical 150

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2016

As digitization continues to modify the global supply chain landscape, its unprecedented data sources and solutions will lead to not only the demise of disparate information systems, but to the rise of true, end-to-end, supply chain visibility. Improve lead times and performance. Identify shortage and quality problems along the supply chain.

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 17, 2017

million metric tons this year. In fact, according to our recent Global Risk and Performance Index , the environmental performance scores for large ICT suppliers actually decreased from 2015 to 2016. administration considers suspending this law , consumer demand for responsibly sourced materials is only growing.

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Aera Technology

AUGUST 9, 2016

seconds separated the gold medalist from last place in the 200m women’s individual medley in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Standardize service level metrics across the business Having inconsistent calculations across plants, DCs or regions makes it hard to know how well you are actually servicing customers. Less than 3.5

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 20, 2019

Using incoming data and performance metrics, you can determine whether you are meeting customer sentiment and quality perceptions. You can identify this early with analytics tools, and either adjust your processes to meet the changes or even source materials from elsewhere to make up for the losses.” Mass Personalization.

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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. Check out their performance by plotting year-over-year metrics at the intersection of two ratios and look at the patterns. Five months of analysis.

Pharmaceutical 110

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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. Source: Nulogy.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 101

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RFgen

MAY 5, 2016

CNN reported that CRF Frozen Foods expanded their voluntary recall of products in May 2016. Incidents like this seem increasingly prevalent as news sources rush to inform consumers about any products that may be contaminated. Salmonella and listeria are primary concerns for modern grocery shoppers.

Food 52

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RFgen

MAY 5, 2016

CNN reported that CRF Frozen Foods expanded their voluntary recall of products in May 2016. Incidents like this seem increasingly prevalent as news sources rush to inform consumers about any products that may be contaminated. Salmonella and listeria are primary concerns for modern grocery shoppers.

Food 52

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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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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. From product concept, sourcing, and ordering to delivery, Gravity helps its clients stay informed every step of the way. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86

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synchrono

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

These improvements in inventory efficiencies then translate into improved financial metrics, including 10% improvement in earnings per share; 5% increase in return on assets; and a 2.5% Gartner, Define the Five Stages of Supply Chain Visibility Maturity , 2016.) gain in profits. Reducing the Risk of Supply Chain Disruptions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

While traditional supply chain processes evolved from functional excellence definitions for source, make and deliver from the inside-out; to make the digital pivot and become more market-driven, companies need to define new supply chain processes outside-in. This outside-in orientation needs a definition to make it actionable.

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