Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility. When it comes to driving supply chain agility there are several solutions that are important, but the key solution is a Multi-enterprise Supply Chain Network (MSCN). But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 22, 2017

Source: Andrew Downard, Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, May 2017. Business is moving fast and there is so much new data now speeding through the pipes that Gartner says it’s not possible to plan a supply chain without some level of automation.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

but supply chain planning priorities are changing. For several years there has been a commonly held belief that focusing on improving demand forecast accuracy should be a top priority for Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs). Analysts like Gartner and Supply Chain Insights have published the same conclusion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2023

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , nearly three years after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, supply chains are back to normal. Actually, when looking a bit closer at the numbers, supply pressures actually fell below normal. In October of 2019, I wrote about the food supply chain being at risk.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Gartner has identified five stages of supply chain planning maturity and they say that 70-80% of companies plan to increase their supply chain planning (SCP) technology spend over the next two years to climb to the next level. Build more resilient supply chain plans (e.g.,

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Enterra Insights

JULY 27, 2023

How will financial planning adapt to longer periods of retirement? Supply chains will have to turn more automation and organizations will have to pivot to meet the needs of older people. … Over the next few years, China will be losing 70 million (of its) workforce … so this is a big shock to the global supply chain.”[7]

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

Glaxo SmithKline introduced Shingrix in 2017, but shortages prevailed. However, supply chain leaders well understand that drug discovery, manufacturing, and distribution are all necessary to deliver the vaccine to a willing arm. Development and distribution, as any supply chain leader knows, are two different topics.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 10, 2017

Planning productivity can be increased by segmenting tasks according to the tools best suited for the activity. For years, planning productivity has not been a particularly hot topic at most companies. But this looks like the year attitudes are changing, particularly in forward-thinking supply chain organizations.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 20, 2020

We are really excited to get multiple mentions in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Planning Technologies , which was released in October 2019. We feel like we’ve come a long way with our supply chain focus in recent years and Supply Chain Planning seems like ‘home sweet home,’ with all of our capabilities covered.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Gartner says we are entering what they call the ‘Experience Economy”, where personalization, speed, agility and the ability to predict consumer trends before they happen will separate the winners from losers ( Aspire, Challenge and Transform in a Disruptive World , 27 September 2017). See diagram above).

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

As I shopped at Best Buy for office supplies, I struggled to not think about the massive disruption of electronics supply chain. The Sam’s Club and Costco shortages of water, toilet paper and laundry products signals one thing for me: the spread of the virus will disrupt every supply chain. The problem?

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Logility

OCTOBER 25, 2018

All totaled we are looking at a Halloween budget of $9B, about the same amount spent on Halloween in 2017. per each 175 million Americans that plan to partake in Halloween festivities this year. This can create a scary supply chain planning problem for those that are ill-prepared or equipped. “The

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The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The post Supply Chain Predictions for 2017 appeared first on The Network Effect. By Gene Tyndall, Executive Vice President, Tompkins International Editor: There are a lot of predictions floating around at this time.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Is the latest technology enabling some mid-market companies to leapfrog supply chain planning (SCP) stages of maturity? Not just analytics, but in planning overall.”. Outsourcing is one way companies are achieving more autonomous light touch planning and skipping a level.”. The evidence suggests that it is.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

Supply chain planning in emerging markets is different. Now supply chain professionals have another different set of challenges on how to get product to the entire country where consumer-oriented outlets (i.e. Here’s what we found: 1. fast food or retail) are rapidly expanding.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 29, 2016

This thing called research in the supply chain market has many arms and legs. I struggle to find a good supply chain academic journal, and often speak to my academic network about the need for one. I believe it is critical for the tactical planning horizon. Bimodal Supply Chains Are a Viable Strategy.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.; Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 12, 2019

Many supply chain pundits shake their heads in wonder as companies continue to operate with data locked up in silos. Siloed data and silo thinking are also found within the supply chain. This is much broader vision than the more limited supply chain planning solutions we have today.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 26, 2017

by Dr. Madhav Durbha As supply chain professionals, we can grow insular in our thinking, as on a day-to-day basis we risk confining ourselves narrowly to our domain of responsibility or solving challenges specific to our regions. The 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo was one such opportunity.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 31, 2019

Few people would argue that lack of planning is a good thing. ” Do things always work out according to plan? Eisenhower once observed about planning. He said, “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” Planning and decision making.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2024

This eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse to be visible in the provinces of Canada since February 26, 1979, the first in Mexico since July 11, 1991, and the first in the United States since August 21, 2017. This is a significant acquisition that will change the supply chain software landscape. and Canada.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 18, 2017

A recap of the most popular articles on in 2017 so far. By far the most read article on Supply Chain Movement is Carlos Cordon’s blog: Supply Chain 4.0: In an amazing twist, technology is rendering the old fundamentals of supply chain management obsolete. Mindmap Digital Supply Chains 4.0.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 21, 2017

As 2017 comes to an end, a quick thank you to all of our readers, followers, and sponsors for another great year of learning and conversation on Talking Logistics. And we continue to receive great feedback from supply chain and logistics professionals like you, so thank you for your comments. Unlearning Supply Chain Management.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 28, 2017

So, while I do that, you can check out the top posts and new episodes from Q2 2017 (if you missed the top posts and the new episodes from Q1, you can link to them here ). The Trends Shaping Supply Chain and Logistics: Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2017. Where Does Supply Chain Design End and Planning Begin?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Drones and its future in supply chain and logistics processes. Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. pic.twitter.com/rDXqt2Q7rV.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 17, 2018

There is an increased focus on being prepared for supply chain risks such as digital threats, product traceability issues, and now the potential impact of a trade war. Coping with these risks necessitates matching supply chain resiliency to both the bottom and top layers of the Gartner “CORE” supply chain planning model.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 15, 2018

There is a shortage of supply chain talent. Supply Chain Insights reports that more than half of all companies are seeing an increase in employee turnover and experiencing unfilled job openings. One senior manager at Boeing said he saw demand for supply chain professionals exceed existing talent by a factor of six to one.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Supply chains are a mess, inflation is on the rise, the pandemic lingers, natural disasters are intensifying, fraud is growing more prevalent, and global tensions are increasing. James Johnston ( @JamesA_Johnston ), Regional Vice President at Cloudera, notes, “Supply chains can be considered the lifeblood of the global economy.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

When it comes to supply chain design, we’re at another inflection point in the industry. The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 15, 2018

by Teresa Chiykowski As we bid farewell to 2017 and usher in a new year, what can we expect to see in 2018? When it comes to big events in 2018, let’s not forget about the world of supply chain planning. 3 rd BME Global Pharma Supply Chain Congress: Feb. 3 rd BME Global Pharma Supply Chain Congress: Feb.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 10, 2017

Thanks to all of you — our readers, social media followers, and sponsors — we’re having a great year so far here at Talking Logistics (over 153K followers on LinkedIn) and we have many more great episodes, posts, and other content planned for the weeks and months ahead. Global Shipping Trends: What to Expect in 2017.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. I also learned that there are a lot of similarities between the Heavy Building Materials supply chain and the Domino’s Pizza supply chain.

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AFFLINK

DECEMBER 6, 2017

As 2017 reaches its final weeks, we reflect back on this year's blunders in supply chain planning. Indeed, 2017 was plagued by problems within international supply chains, ranging from logistical to unethical. Here we’ll explore three of the biggest failures in supply chain planning.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 4, 2022

As a result, they argue that industrial age organizations need to transform into digital enterprises supported by digital supply chains. You must throw out how things have been done in the past and reinvent your business, supply chain and logistics processes.”[3] Business consultant Bryce Boothby, Jr.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

Time For A Supply Chain Check-Up? When a company contacts me to help them with their supply chain, the pain is usually a gap in customer service. To complete a supply chain diagnostic, I take these four steps: Step One. Here I share insights on how to get started using a four-step process.

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Demand Solutions

MARCH 27, 2020

But what if I told you that establishing supply chain planning and procurement processes also helps your company's culture, would you believe me? This past March, Tim Carroll, Product Availability Team Captain at AutomationDirect, was presented the 2020 World-Class Culture Award at the Atlanta Supply Chain Awards (ASCA).

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