IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Reducing freight costs, improving supplier delivery performance, and minimizing supplier risk are three of the many benefits machine learning is providing in collaborative supply chain networks. Source: DHL, Artificial Intelligence in Logistics, 2018 (PDF, 45 pp., Source: DHL, Artificial Intelligence in Logistics, 2018 (PDF, 45 pp.,

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

So, what must manufacturers and policymakers do to ensure that we have secure and resilient supply chains? The brands that emerged unscathed from 2018 supply chain conditions, the pandemic, and recent natural disasters all had one thing in common: control and visibility into their supply chains. Perform a network analysis.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2019

Providers of real-time freight visibility solutions. Here’s an excerpt from the post I wrote: “The reason real-time freight visibility is a hot topic now is that with today’s technology it’s no longer accepted as a black hole,” said Adelson. “The Walmart ‘Tightens the Vice’ on On-Time In-Full (OTIF) Requirements.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

From optimizing freight movements and controlling freight costs, to supply chain SKU transparency and optimal inventory management, the value proposition for global transportation management is substantial and significant. Complexity in the global supply chain has increased dramatically since that time. A very recent survey of U.S.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

From optimizing freight movements and controlling freight costs, to supply chain SKU transparency and optimal inventory management, the value proposition for global transportation management is substantial and significant. Complexity in the global supply chain has increased dramatically since that time. A very recent survey of U.S.

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The past three quarters have been anything but typical for the freight market and the domestic economy at-large. The arrival of COVID-19 sent freight volumes skyrocketing to keep up with panic buying at retailers nationwide. Following the short downturn , the freight market began a rapid recovery that has yet to cool off fully.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The nodes in the Supply Chain are those facilities that are involved in the end-to-end manufacture, processing, distribution, and consumption of goods. The links between these nodes are the freight, transportation and logistics players who move the goods throughout the Supply Chain. Millions of phones need to repaired every year.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

You know the people, the processes and the metrics. While they did a lot of analyses however they were primarily focused on internal cycle times and manufacturing efficiencies. Poor metric performance (eg. Too many metrics, no targets, and no focus. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2018. Poor leadership.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

This was not a trivial transition because the software industry, until relatively recently, was long fixated on measuring its health and success by new license revenue (sales of products) instead of customer-centric metrics, such as realization of ROI and payback objectives. Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends).

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

US homes 8 retailers keeping Earth Day alive through a commitment to sustainability Ground parcel delivery costs reached a record high in Q1, although pricing discounts from carriers softened the blow, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index. percent above its January 2018 baseline, up from 25.2 percent for Q4.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 25, 2021

First-mile delivery refers to the process of transporting finished goods from a manufacturer or supplier’s facility to an online retailer’s warehouse or multiple distribution centers — the last destination before products are delivered to the end user. What is first-mile delivery?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The responsibilities, metrics, skills, strategies and mandates for each function can cause people to put their functional focus ahead of the greater company objectives. Manufacturing/Operations. © Copyright Mortson Enterprises Inc, 2018. How many functions in your company conduct themselves like they are islands?

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Enterra Insights

MAY 10, 2022

Taiwan manufacturers 60% of global semiconductors. Semiconductor manufacturing consumes 10% of the island’s water supply. Cecere concludes, “Companies need to be aligned to a common set of metrics in a balanced scorecard to mitigate risk. Functional metrics introduce risk and throw the supply chain out of balance.”

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GlobalTranz

JULY 7, 2016

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). Our last post covered the Top 5 Manufacturing blogs of 2016. We have already covered the top 6 trends for 2016 in manufacturing. Read More About the Metrics for Supply Chain Here.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A manufacturing production planning and scheduling solution, Orchestrate is designed for day-to-day scheduling, capacity planning and ‘what if’ analysis – a feature that lets users investigate how best to increase production efficiencies, while still improving delivery. Manufacturing complexity. Orchestrate.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

These advancements are accelerating thanks to better tools that were created in 2018. Mobile apps can generate reports and monitor performance metrics. “Data science can bring great gains for…” Logistics efforts of retailers and manufacturers. Marc Tuinier. marctuinier. ScienceSoft.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

What will happen in 2018? Mexico and Canada are heading into 2018 with no clear plan for saving the North American Free Trade Agreement,” states a Bloomberg article published on December 15. Will prices continue to increase in 2018? Maersk and IBM Unveil First Industry-Wide Cross-Border Supply Chain Solution on Blockchain.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Kuehne + Nagel Inc.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

A 2018 Update. Therefore, we thought it might be a good idea to revisit each of the trends listed below, with a brief update as to how the situations have developed, and a look at the state of play in 2018. State of Play in 2018. What Happened to These Trends? This article was first published in June of 2015.

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