Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The scale of supply chain disruptions has reached new heights in recent months.”[1] Identifying Potential Fraud : Grover notes, “Big Data can be put to use to detect frauds which could take hours of manpower and numerous interviews to zero-in on the likely source.” Footnotes. [1] Footnotes. [1]

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Resilinc

JUNE 21, 2023

The last time we compiled a list of supply chain book recommendations was in 2016 in our blog, 6 Books Every Supply Chain Professional Must Read. Back then, the world of supply chain in a pre-covid world looked quite different. Donohue, CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. #3

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Supply chain disruptions are inevitable, whether resulting from natural disasters, technical failures, worker strikes, or other unforeseen incidents. What can supply chain managers do to ensure that action is taken quickly and efficiently when disruption strikes? Potential Sources of Disruption.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Resilinc data shows that, as of September, Labor Disruptions are up 97% year over year. Labor disruptions, including strikes, are one of the top 5 disruptions impacting the automotive industry this year—and on the list of megatrends for 2024.

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Resilinc

JUNE 7, 2022

How this season will compare to 2017—the costliest Atlantic hurricane season on record—is impossible to predict. But strategies to increase supply chain resilience to extreme weather can be quantified with greater confidence.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 20, 2022

As developments regarding industry supply chain disruptions continue unabated, businesses now increasingly face the sting of higher supply chain and transportation driven costs impacting the bottom line. One of the high-flying start-ups that is addressing the needs of smaller regional fleets is Uber Freight.

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Elementum

MAY 1, 2018

Supply chain disruptions are inevitable, whether resulting from natural disasters, technical failures, worker strikes, or other unforeseen incidents. What can supply chain managers do to ensure that action is taken quickly and efficiently when disruption strikes? Potential Sources of Disruption.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. Image via StarAir.dk). Behind the Maersk shift. The difference… and the looming carrier threat.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 24, 2022

. “Resilient supply chains,” he explains, “were able to cope and recover from sudden shocks and disruptions during the pandemic.” ” Probably the greatest unknown factor that will affect supply chain operations is consumer behavior. … Supply chains will have to adapt.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 21, 2021

4] Robinson adds, “Disparate data sources and divergent systems are frequently identified as causes of siloed behavior in the supply chain. Robinson, “ Five Ways to Collaborate More Effectively in the Supply Chain ,” Raconteur, 12 March 2019. [3]

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Savi

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Intermodal Transportation Landscape In a 2017 American Shipper Report on global sourcing, 58% of shippers indicated that their biggest concern today is rising intermodal transportation costs. In the last few months, shipment volumes and expenditures have increased significantly year over year—an 11.9

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Here we will discuss the four main components of supply chain traceability: raw material tracking, production tracking, distribution tracking, and consumer tracking. This involves collecting data on the source of each material, including the country of origin, the supplier, and the conditions under which it was produced.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The last few years have seen shippers experience supply chain disruptions, with the COVID-19 crises compounding those issues even further. Data from the 2017 Gartner Digitalizing Supply Chain With Advanced Analytics Survey shows areas of savings with analytics types of technologies.

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Taulia

JULY 11, 2018

saw three hikes in 2017 and the Bank of England increased rates to 0.5% in November 2017 – the first increase in a decade – rates dropped to all-time lows again at the advent of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. It’s also worth considering that non-traditional sources of capital may become more important in a higher rate environment.

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Resilinc

MARCH 28, 2023

Per the contract, Eni will deliver one LNG cargo per month between 2017 and 2032. Going forward, Pakistan plans to increase LNG supplies from Egypt to soften the impact of the shortages. Alternative energy sources such as wind and solar energy will take precedence. Consider this: in January 2022, globally Qatar exported 7.2M

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 13, 2019

To counterbalance such potential negative effects, companies should pay just as much attention to a less appreciated source of competitive advantage: resilience.”[1] He explains, “If you have data that represent the sources of disruption, it is possible to model and simulate the frequency and impact of these events.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 31, 2019

Examples here include the use of new data sources such as weather or social sentiment and their impacts on demand. This type of planning decision tends to prevail when the decision maker has no visibility of the cause and/or effect and is just responding to a supply chain disruption of some kind and ‘hoping for the best.’

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6 River Systems

JULY 9, 2019

Higher efficiency rate Having real-time data on the availability of raw materials and manufacturing delays allows companies to implement backup plans, such as sourcing materials from a backup supplier, preventing further delays. Due to rising costs, shipping optimization is a priority for supply chain leaders.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Supply chain disruptions continue to grow at an alarming rate, according to a new study, 2018 EventWatch Supply Chain Disruption Report, by Resilinc. Of those events, more than 300 of them directly impacted the continuity of supply.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 30, 2018

Seventy percent of executives expect digital innovation to have a significant impact on their supply chains during the next five years, according to a recent Bain survey, up from just 63% in 2016.” ” Below are some of the trends and technologies creating supply chain disruption. Trade Operations.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 22, 2018

She writes, “Improve your supply chain visibility and risk insight by using AI to track and predict possible supply chain disruptions based on inputs and correlations across multiple data sources, including weather forecasts, news and even social media.”

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 3, 2021

In 2017, Target acquired Shipt, an on-demand grocery delivery company, establishing it as a grocery and FMCG home delivery partner. Launched in 2017, the facility to return Amazon purchases at Kohl’s stores has gone from strength to strength in line with massive ecommerce-sales hikes brought about by the crisis.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 26, 2018

Most of these devices can be connected to the Internet and can become an incredible source of information that would otherwise not available.” Most people probably don’t think about social media when they think about supply chains — that’s a mistake. ” Social media. Blockchain. Footnotes. [1]

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The brand has taken a hit, and now the company is relying on its prodigious Supply Chain to innovate and turn things around. That’s why McDonald’s is trying to make a play for quality, upending a decades-old Supply Chain in the process of trying to build a better tasting burger.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Should supply chain delays occur, companies can more easily identify the source of bottlenecks and take action to improve processes. That’s an increase from 17% in 2017. Nine out of 10 respondents say they believe predictive analytics will impact the supply chain in the next decade.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The increase in extreme weather events is becoming commonplace for the supply chain community and the challenge of managing around these supply chain disruptions is the new norm. Natural disasters and supply chain disruption. Let’s just look at some events: 2017 – Hurricane Irma (plus others).

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Luxottica recently strengthened its position in the industry by vertically integrating with the world’s largest lenses manufacturer, Essilor, in January 2017 [2]. With expected sales of $250 million in 2017, Warby Parker sales are projected to be split 50/50 between online and brick-and-mortar [5]. Source: [2] and Alibaba.com.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 9, 2020

percent of the country’s total bilateral trade, in the fiscal year 2017-2018 (the latest stats available). These figures indicate the extent of Australia’s exposure to the severe supply chain disruption being experienced in China, following the outbreak of the Coronavirus epidemic in December. billion (AUD), or 24.4

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 1, 2023

In the years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic, most people paid little attention to supply chain operations. Supply chain disruptions dominated the headlines. People suddenly understood what had always been true: supply chains shape our lives. Following the outbreak, that all changed.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

A new report from the industry association E-commerce Europe found that there was a 15% growth in 2016 and the industry is predicted to be worth €602 billion by the end of 2017. That would represent a further 14% year-over-year growth.” ( Whistl, 2017). Whistl (7/1/2017). Purchasing Power. Accessed 10/31/2022 From [link].

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Luxottica recently strengthened its position in the industry by vertically integrating with the world’s largest lenses manufacturer, Essilor, in January 2017 [2]. With expected sales of $250 million in 2017, Warby Parker sales are projected to be split 50/50 between online and brick-and-mortar [5]. Source: [2] and Alibaba.com.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 19, 2019

Between 2015 and 2016, earthquakes in Japan and explosions at a container storage station in China affected parts of the company’s supply chain. Then in 2017, the Tubbs wildfire burned down two structures at the company’s headquarters and damaged others. Despite this, the wildfires were a supply chain manager’s nightmare.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As such I knew that they had enormous purchasing power with the suppliers as well as being recognized sources of supply by millions of customers. I could see how any supply disruptions may shortchange smaller, lesser know stores, but not the big guys. In most cases that section of the store shelves was empty.

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ShipBob

JULY 2, 2023

Supply chain disruptions The supply chain landscape can be unpredictable. Source new ones. We launched our first product, the Mighty Patch Original, on Amazon in September 2017. Hero Cosmetics Hero Cosmetics is yet another brand that started with just one SKU in 2017. Make it more intuitive.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 28, 2017

A common theme in the tier 1 and 2 landscape of supply chain execution management is the desire to “orchestrate and synchronize end-to-end business processes,” and that “warehousing and transportation are notable points of convergence” (source: Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems ).

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Should supply chain delays occur, companies can more easily identify the source of bottlenecks and take action to improve processes. That’s an increase from 17% in 2017. Nine out of 10 respondents say they believe predictive analytics will impact the supply chain in the next decade.

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