Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. The company bought a risk solution that provides real-time alerts to potential supply disruptions. During 2020, Cooper was paying up to a $1.50

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The long and unpredictable peak shipping season continues to challenge supply chains. A 2021 Peak Shipping Season survey conducted by Edelman Intelligence found hiring to be a strong concern among supply chain decision makers with 90% having a strong need to increase hiring to account for peak season and beyond.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

You’ve seen the Suez Canal memes, you know furniture is taking way longer than usual to get to your door, and you may have even heard about Pelotons shipped by air to reduce delivery times. While the cure for COVID is well on its way, there is no vaccine for what’s afflicting container shipping. But that’s changed. Logistics is global.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. in 2020 to 25.6 % in 2021, reaching a market size of $553 billion. This reset is not an evolution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Association for Supply Chain Management ( ASCM ) hosted its annual conference, ASCM CONNECT , on September 18 – 20 in Chicago. As such, I assumed that supply chain wasn’t a core competency. In 2020, UScellular took the major step of initiating the deployment of 5G technology across its network.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Since early 2020, global trade has been buffeted by waves of increased customer demand, supply chain challenges, and constant uncertainty and volatility. It also provides four key insights into how importers and exporters can modify their supply chain planning as a result. What Goes Up, Must Come Down.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2021

Seventy-one percent of the surface of our “blue planet” is covered by oceans which is also reflected in the fact that 80% of goods are moved via sea transportation within the global supply chain [1]. Ships also account for around 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions [2] , contributing to the acceleration of climate change.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Companies implementing supply chain planning (SCP) have traditionally been very big companies or companies with complex supply chains. Supply chain planning is not just for the big boys. In September of 2020, the company hired Jeff Baker to be their Vice President of Procurement and Integrated Supply Chain.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the resiliency test. Let’s start here: what is supply chain resilience? What is Supply Chain Resilience? 2020 Was A Year Of Supply Chain Disruption.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Supply chain is once again front-page news in the general business media. Meanwhile, supply shortages and price inflation are getting the front page in consumer-focused publications and plenty of airtime on televised news. I believe there are many reasons for the current supply shortages and supply chain disruptions.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 27, 2021

2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends for the US. Then 2020 was thrown into chaos by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Here we are, one year later, trying to determine the 2021 supply chain and inventory management trends to adopt. Resiliency is now the name of the game for supply chains.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A recent episode of CBS’s “60 Minutes” ran a segment on some of the issues involved in the current global supply chain crisis — focusing primarily on U.S. Much of the finger-pointing involved the movement of shipping containers into and out of port facilities. A Brief Shipping Container History.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Mars has been on a journey to transform their digital supply chain. In 2019, Will Beery was appointed the vice president and tasked with leading the company’s global digital supply chain transformation. Mars’s Digital Transformation Mr. Beery started by asking, “what does a digital supply chain mean for us?”

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 10, 2021

Managing cross-border, international supply chains with multiple, disconnected systems and manual processes indeed have many pitfalls. The Evergreen shipping incident in the Suez Canal proved that logistics remains vulnerable. As supply chains disruptions are unpredictable preparing for any kind eventuality is a major challenge.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2021

The SVP of Supply Chain at Walmart speaking at Blue Yonder’s virtual user conference. Following their fourth quarter results, top executives talked about their supply chain and omnichannel strategy at a high level. Mr. Guggina talked about how Walmart is approaching their supply chain transformation.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

After the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , I took the time to recharge and took a month off from writing. The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

Belcorp’s Maturity in Supply Chain Design. Belcorp Corporation has actively worked to be a leader in ensuring that their people can effectively use a complex type of software known as supply chain design. It requires a company to further leverage the supply chain design philosophy. That is changing.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Intro to 2020 Supply Chain Management Trends. The new year is upon us, and with the end of 2019 we reach the end of the decade – and the beginning of 2020. Supply chains have lengthened and extended across borders, bringing a whole new host of opportunities and challenges. Greening” the Supply Chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains. Feature Article by Dr. Raymon Krishnan – President at the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society. Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. Buying forward.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 28, 2024

.” Towards the Autonomous Intelligent Enterprise Supply chain expert Niels Van Hove observes, “Automation has been happening for hundreds of years. We now have automated production facilities, warehouses, and transport in our physical supply chain.”[2] These numbers account for 84% of the workforce.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 25, 2022

The Digital Age is all about connectivity and so is the emergence of the digital supply chain. And all of them expect to be connected to logistics providers transporting goods to and from various supply chain nodes. Supply chain IoT tools. Consumers expect to be connected to retailers. ”[2].

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Prior to 2020, every supply chain in the world was challenged by increasing levels of demand unpredictability and market volatility. The sudden onset of COVID-19 only reinforced a lesson that supply chain professionals had already realized: uncertainty is the only real certainty. Tariffs and trade regulations.

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Logility

MARCH 16, 2023

In times of economic uncertainty, there’s one thing for sure: supply chain leaders must be able to pivot quickly. Higher interest rates and materials prices are increasing the costs of carrying inventory. And rapid shifts in market demand always leave someone holding excess inventory. More micro-fulfillment locations?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“May you live in interesting times,” widely attributed as a Chinese curse, some claim this as a blessing; whichever side you take, this is exactly what’s happening in the supply chain world since 2020, and it looks like we will be living with this blessing/curse for a while longer. Emerging Themes for Supply Chain Planning.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2024

A day has passed after a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. Coast Guard authorities are assured that the bridge debris and/or underwater obstacles are sufficiently cleared for cargo ship navigation.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

.”[1] What is often overlooked in the pursuit of better customer experiences is how those experiences can be affected by supply chain operations. Customer Experience and Supply Chain Management. For some people, the relationship between supply chain management (SCM) and customer experience (CX) may not be evident.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Fireworks Supply Chain! Shipping container shortage article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. The latest major disruption that has the entire supply chain world buzzing? The massive global shipping squeeze.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The upcoming Chinese New Year is on January 25, 2020, but the holiday shutdown can affect production times at China’s manufacturing companies for as long as two months as many workers travel back to rural villages to celebrate with friends and family. Shipping delays. Chinese New Year shutdown 2020 timeline. Increase inventory.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Today’s supply chain is challenged by the impact of what would appear to be two disparate challenges: constant supply chain disruptions, and what’s been dubbed “The Great Resignation.” Food supply chains already heavily damaged by the effects of COVID-19 have received yet another blow from labor shortages.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 18, 2021

Many experts believe the Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to revolutionize supply chain operations. Steven Manifold, Chief Marketing Officer at Ubisense, believes the revolution has also been slowed by a lack of understanding on the part of supply chain professionals. Potential Supply Chain Benefits of IoT Solutions.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we highlight published September 2022 indices of global supply chain volatility ( GSPI ) and US Logistics Index ( LMI ) activity trends along with our view of the implications. The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0

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Enterra Insights

MAY 4, 2020

To do that companies must look deep into how they manage the most basic mechanisms of their supply chains and operations.” ” Post-pandemic supply chains. They write, “Beyond the immediate need for supplies, questions are being raised about the risk inherent in current supply chain structures.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2021

Logistics and Supply Chain – 1940 to 2040 with Jason Miller. Jason Miller and Joe Lynch discuss logistics and supply chain, 1940 – 2040. Jason is a professor of supply chain at Michigan State University, which is ranked as one of the top supply chain schools in the world.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 15, 2021

BOSTON (June 16, 2020) – Supply & Demand Chain Executive , the only publication covering the entire global supply chain, selected Polaris to receive a “Top Supply Chain Projects Award for 2021” for its project with ToolsGroup. Inventory was reduced by 15 percentage points. About Polaris.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 27, 2021

There has been plenty of bad supply chain news over the past year. At the beginning of the pandemic, some analysts believed the global supply chain was on the verge of breaking. For years, ‘faster, cheaper and more efficient’ has been the supply chain manager’s mantra.

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