GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The fourth quarter of 2020 gives us a glimpse into the freight market forecast for 2021. Shippers should expect the price increases from Q4 2020 to continue into Q1 2021. You may not see service levels equal to the first quarter of 2020. E-commerce sales boomed in categories such as groceries and retail.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2021

They have now moved from largely being a reporting exercise, to being a business strategy. This piece was a Harvard Business Review article in August 2020 that resonated with me and helped to reframe supplier diversity in terms of supply chain resilience. businesses proudly maintain robust supplier diversity programs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

The Journey Begins Mars Wrigley began working with Aera in 2020 in the US. This exercise was previously a cumbersome manual exercise done on a weekly basis for the top 45 stock keeping units (SKUs). Beery found the technology intriguing, but he was not sure how to leverage their solution. The analysis was not all that accurate.

Supply Chain Planning Software 207

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

Let’s look at some of its real-world uses in 2020 across the public and private sectors to see which prominent players have embraced blockchain, to what end, and what kind of inroads it’s making into the supply chain environment. So how well is blockchain living up to commercial and organizational expectations?

Supply Chain Planning Software 69

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Logility

DECEMBER 17, 2020

We can all agree that 2020 has been challenging for everyone, to say the least. Diversifying its footprint will help the chain better recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to same-store sales declines of nearly 23% at company-owned locations during Q2 2020. We’ll never know, but it’s plausible! Apparently, that was the fire.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2022

… Traditionally, inventory counts [have been] a complex exercise done manually about once a year but RFID technology enables retailers to monitor stock monthly bringing accuracy from 60% to over 90%.” 1] Ajay Rane, “ Why IoT Is Key to a Seamless Supply Chain ,” SupplyChainBrain, 13 April 2020. [2]

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 11, 2022

The 2020 one brought a record 30 named storms to the North Atlantic, including 12 that hit the United States, causing some $40 billion in damage. Make and exercise contingency plans. Even the best plans won’t anticipate all contingencies, which is why they should be exercised for insights and shortfalls.

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Intelligent Audit

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

COVID-19 hit in 2020; gyms temporarily closed, leaving consumers looking for alternative workout solutions. Enter Peloton, an exercise equipment and media company. What happened to Peloton could easily happen to many retailers and will likely serve as a case study for logisticians for years to come. So, what happened?

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Artificial Intelligence will soon play a greater role during this exercise. Learn more about CenterLine at the the CenterLine Factory Showcase March 4, 2020. By offering the ability to predict future actions or engagement, we will be able to avoid future issues before they happen. Visit the Center Ltd.,

Supply Chain Design Software 235

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ModusLink Corporation

MARCH 9, 2022

The technology is optimal to track products that are in transit (Fedex, 2020). Traditionally, inventory counts were a complex exercise done manually about once a year but RFDI technology enables retailers such as Macy’s to monitor stock monthly bringing accuracy from 60% to over 90%. 2020, April 8). & (2020).

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Enterra Insights

JULY 3, 2020

For the most part, the document was a finger-pointing exercise explaining why the American colonies wanted to be independent from Great Britain. ” Independence Day 2020 reminds us that hindsight is not always perfect. For that reason, he made sure the Declaration of Independence was not just a finger-pointing exercise.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

million for the six months ended October 31, 2020. million when compared to October 31, 2020, and no debt as of October 31, 2021. Consolidated Statements of Operations Information (In thousands, except per share data, unaudited) Second Quarter Ended Six Months Ended October 31, October 31, 2021 2020 Pct Chg. 2021 2020 Pct Chg.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

million when compared to July 31, 2020, and no debt as of July 31, 2021. Consolidated Statements of Operations Information (In thousands, except per share data, unaudited) First Quarter Ended July 31, 2021 2020 Pct Chg. 22% First Quarter Ended July 31, 2021 2020 Pct Chg. 22% First Quarter Ended July 31, 2021 2020 Pct Chg.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

This article was originally written and published for DHL in January 2020 and focused on the trade wars and how to leverage opportunities for tariff reductions. Relocation, coupled with the exploration of plausible options such as reshoring and nearshoring, must be considered in any supply chain network optimization exercise.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Citing sources familiar with plans, The Wall Street Journal report ( Paid subscription or metered view ) indicates that the semiconductor producer plans to announce in the coming months the building of a second cutting-edge plant north of Phoenix, Arizona , a presence that the chip maker originally committed to in 2020.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 30, 2022

Fuller ( @_SLFuller ) report that in 2020 there was a record “22 weather and climate disaster events, each costing at least $1 billion, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. The costs of 22 events of 2020 combined exceeded $96 billion in damages.”[6] ” • Transfer risk with insurance.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A consolidation wave continued with 299 Mergers and Acquisitions in 2020. An exercise that I love to do in my training is to ask business leaders to draw data flow in their current decision processes. The majority of the transactions are in Enterprise Resource Planning (91) versus supply chain planning (31).

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Resilinc

MARCH 16, 2021

Stay-at-home consumers have been snapping up Chinese-made furniture and appliances, toys, exercise equipment, bicycles and other items,” writes Tom Ryan, managing editor of RetailWire. Manufacturers have endured a year of unprecedented demand volatility since the pandemic was declared March 11, 2020.

Industrial 62

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Artificial Intelligence will soon play a greater role during this exercise. Learn more about CenterLine at the the CenterLine Factory Showcase March 4, 2020. By offering the ability to predict future actions or engagement, we will be able to avoid future issues before they happen. Visit the Center Ltd.,

Supply Chain Design Software 149

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 21, 2021

”[6] He also notes, “Digital transformation is never a one-time exercise, but a continuous improvement program.” ” IndustryWeek, 13 January 2020. [5] Challenges for Digital Transformation ,” Dataversity, 18 March 2020. [7] Challenges for Digital Transformation ,” Dataversity, 18 March 2020. [7]

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 18, 2021

In 2020,” Katsov explains, “managers of supply chains and inventories had to work through numerous shocks related to lockdowns, reopenings, shifts in consumer behavior and economic downturns. Katsov identifies five technology trends he believes will play a significant role in supply chain transformation. They are: New data and methods. “In

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Journey to Improve Service When Mr. Masters joined the company in August of 2020, the company had three business units each using its own carriers. An RFP is a data intensive exercise. The company moves 46,000 shipments per year using dry van, temperature-controlled trucks, hoppers, live haul, and other trucks as well.

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Logility

JANUARY 20, 2021

We felt an obligation to share our observations, so in March 2020 we built a task force charged with creating an operational model and program management methodology that would take CEO-driven enterprise-wide objectives and bring them to life in a persistent, systematic roadmap. We must never let the platform interfere with your success.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Enterra Insights

MAY 6, 2020

projected that the global economy would contract by 3 percent in 2020, an extraordinary reversal from early this year, when the fund forecast that the world economy would outpace 2019 and grow by 3.3 1] Peter Dizikes, “ Supply chain outlook: The timing of the slowdown ,” MIT News , 25 March 2020. [2] ” Footnotes. [1]

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. Procurement Teams Step-up. When Covid-19 hit, supply chains across the globe nearly came to a halt.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. For Peloton , the market timing was impeccable during the heights of Covid-19 population lockdowns that occurred in 2020 and in the notions of more workers confined to work from home offices.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 19, 2023

.” Predicting is often a fool’s errand; however, cognitive technologies, like the Enterra Global Insights and Decision Superiority System ( EGIDS ), can help companies perform important “what-if” exercises to help them anticipate and plan for the future. ” Investopedia, 19 October 2020. [4]

Resource Reduction 130

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

2] Renée Gokey, “ Five Ideas to Change Teaching about Thanksgiving, in Classrooms and at Home ,” Smithsonian Magazine, 14 November 2020. [3] ” The Washington Post, 4 November 2021. [2] 3] To learn more about Tisquantum, see Stephen DeAngelis, “ Happy Thanksgiving 2016 ,” Enterra Insights, 24 November 2016. [4]

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

Consumers couldn’t get enough of buying goods since the pandemic occurred in 2020, and shippers struggled to keep enough inventory on hand once pre-pandemic inventories were depleted. However, since the 2020 holiday season, retailers have diversified their last-mile carrier mix beyond FedEx and UPS to ensure capacity availability.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

Bicycle demand levels reportedly soared 46 percent in 2020, and 4 percent during the same period of 2021. Fitness and exercise is not the only category of products that reflected explosive product demand during the pandemic, without the ability to fulfill that demand to customer expectations. Reader Takeaways.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A study by Bank of America Global Research, cited by Reuters , found that mentions of “supply chain” increased by 412% in third-quarter earnings calls hosted by Fortune 500 companies this year, compared to 2020. But, even before the chaos of 2020 and 2021, the great majority of supply chain plans proved wrong to some extent.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 5, 2022

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic required many of us who worked from an office to suddenly transition to a work-from-home environment. Following is a note that I shared with our CEO Girish Rishi on March 27, 2020, following our first meeting: “Thought I’d share that I had the best team meeting ever this week. My solution?

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The chart shows the load to truck ratios for flatbed equipment from 2018 through 2020. Conduct procurement exercises regularly and often. Beyond offering up to date rates for shippers, carriers often benefit from annual procurement exercises. Best practice: At a minimum, conduct your flatbed procurement exercise annually.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

Consumers couldn’t get enough of buying goods since the pandemic occurred in 2020, and shippers struggled to keep enough inventory on hand once pre-pandemic inventories were depleted. Yet, at the same time, retail sales were higher than they were in 2020, up 17% in November and December 2021.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A consolidation wave continued with 299 Mergers and Acquisitions in 2020. An exercise that I love to do in my training is to ask business leaders to draw data flow in their current decision processes. The majority of the transactions are in Enterprise Resource Planning (91) versus supply chain planning (31).

Supply Chain Planning Software 217

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Analytics Software 217

Resilinc

JANUARY 16, 2023

But with China rapidly building its military capabilities, conducting live-fire exercises around Taiwan, and affirming that it would use force if necessary to reclaim Taiwan, the prospects of war seem closer than ever. “No one thought this was realistic until the last few years,” retired Air Force Brig.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 29, 2021

Early Portuguese navigators called this region ‘the cape of storms’ ” The list of goods being held up or diverted as a result of the grounding include: oil, natural gas, automobiles, heavy machinery, exercise equipment, beer, computers, furniture, appliances, home improvement supplies, and livestock.

Supply Chain Design Software 130

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