Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

Last year’s annual report reflecting on 2020 business logistics costs indicated a level of 7.4 As noted in our summary of last year’s report , many business and supply chain management leaders will be taken back by percent of the GDP statistic. retail sales, but below a 14 percent growth rate reported for 2020.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Changing the way people buy apparel Matthew Wallace has worked in a number of apparel management roles over his career, including as a Senior Director of Sourcing for Merchandising at Walmart, a senior VP at apparel manufacturer PVH (which owns Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein), and currently the CEO of Project DXM (Digital Xpress Model).

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate, Supply Chain Matters blog unveils part two of a summarized overview of our annual prediction themes for industry and global supply chains for the year 2023 and beyond. percent, the steepest drop since February 2020, the height of the pandemic.

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Elementum

DECEMBER 1, 2021

lean manufacturing, Just-in-Time supply chain, etc.), left supply chains brittle. semiconductors) – Limited supply starts leading to higher prices – Hype starts exceeding reality ? At the same time, major economies have pushed chip manufacturing to just a few places around the world.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Retail supply chain management has always been a complicated and complex process. But in the timeframe between 2020 to 2022, a volatile supply chain market showed the weakness in outdated, legacy supply chain execution built on rigid technology or lacking any accurate data that can improve overall decision-making.

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Kinaxis

JULY 7, 2017

With the number of connected devices estimated to surpass six billion next year and more than 20 billion by 2020, the steady stream of data these devices are providing can easily crowd and clog your supply chain planning processes if you’re not prepared. Real-world examples.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

How the War in Ukraine is Impacting the Supply Chain and Raw Material Prices. Increased Prices Resulting from Shortages and Supply Chain Issues. Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. How Labor Shortages Have Hurt the Supply Chain.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Each route starts with one of our 32 manufacturing plants where we produce either finished or semi-finished lenses. The Finished lenses are shipped to Distribution Centers (DC), we have 14 major DCs worldwide. This supply chain team was playing a key interface role between Essilor Customers, base plants and partners.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Global Supply Chain Pressure Index. PMI reports for July.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 5, 2022

2] Steve Davenport, Global Technology Lead for Supply Chain & Operations at Accenture, insists the pace of digital transformation is accelerating. In fact, our research shows that 64% of supply chain executives report the pace of digital transformation for their organization is accelerating. billion by 2027.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Kristie Syndikus, VP Procurement at Maple Leaf Foods! Women Supply Chain Leaders article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at argentus.com. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2022

Online commerce platform provider Shopify , often compared to Amazon in the ability to support small and mid-sized businesses create and maintain an online shipping presence, announced thi9s week its intent to acquire end-to-end online logistics San Francisco based fulfillment provider Deliverr for a reported $2.1 wide fulfillment centers.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

In Part Two of this blog series , we provided highlights our third prediction, that supply chain management teams will continue to exercise more direct control of direct materials sourcing, and these efforts will be a prominent element of business strategy for CSCO ’s and CPO ’s this year. Parcel Segment.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 23, 2023

companies have been increasingly moving supply chain closer to home. American imports of Mexican manufactured goods grew a staggering 26 percent according to the Kearney Reshoring Index.” percent in 2020. Business Logistics Costs (BLC) were reported to be 9.1 BLC was reported as 8.3 percent in 2021 and 7.9

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Inspired by McKinsey’s 2020 consultancy report, which emphasizes transforming supply chains rather than temporary fixes, we believe a comprehensive approach to reskilling supply chain professionals is essential to meet future demands.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 21, 2021

This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “ Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.”. 2] Talking Logistics, ‘3 Stats That Prove the Need for a Digital Control Tower,’ by Martin Verwijmeren, August 13, 2020. [3]

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Having an agent detect how long it takes to ship from a supplier site to a manufacturing facility, and then doing a running calculation on how the average lead time is changing, is trivial math. But very few vendors are taking those alerts and automatically feeding them into their manufacturing planning solutions.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Say you’re a manufacturer , refining your production and capacity planning. If you’re a manufacturer , have you produced enough? With disruptions stoking fears of supply shortages and prolonged lead times, shoppers began factoring in extra time to get gifts. Spruce Up Your Omnichannel Strategy.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

After a couple of quick questions about the product that she had purchased, it was obvious to me that the product itself had the right features. If you use certain items frequently, keep them closer to the working or shipping area. Supply Chain Complexity 1 – Plan/Source/Make/Deliver/…. Read More ».

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

” The CSCO of a midsize food manufacturer put things bluntly when he told me “employee turnover is bleeding us dry.” ” I’ve been in supply chain for almost 20 years now, and I’ve never seen such stiff headwinds facing almost every single sector. formal wear, office supplies, alarm clocks, and more ).

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Veridian Solutions

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

With the holidays over and 2020 underway, one of the biggest challenges facing today’s supply chain is the current public health scare and its associated disruption in the supply chain. While on the surface, a medical health crisis doesn’t intuitively link with supply chain execution.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Planning synchronization involves both in-house planning and value-chain planning. As I noted in a recent article, “Planning and optimizations are done in many departments within a business, such as supply, manufacturing, distribution, warehouse, transportation, budget, labor, and so on. Footnotes. [1] 4] Gonzalez, op.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

The energy crisis in China and the European conflict are bringing additional chaos in the form of production shutdowns, raw material shortages and blocked shipping lanes. billion in 2020 to $15.79 He has a keen interest in digitalization and the value it generates throughout the supply chain. Warehouse Robotics.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 4, 2022

An infographic prepared by Retail Aware reports that a survey found, “70% of CG executives [taking the survey] selected the inability to integrate data from multiple sources as the top analytics challenge.”[3] There are new sources of information about things like shipping and weather, and troves of public data.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 17, 2019

That’s why we’ve created this list of the top logistics and supply chain journalists and thought leaders that we follow and suggest you check out in 2020. . Top Logistics & Supply Chain Journalists & Thought Leaders We Follow. As such, no topic is off-limits with this world-class supply chain author. .

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. Check out McDonald’s Supply Chain Challenge: Switching from Frozen to Fresh Burgers! Great companies need a Supply Chain guru. He’s championed a whole host of emerging technologies. The result?

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As the global environment is shifting based on political debates, EU/British negotiations, tariffs driven by the Trump administration, as well as the sudden shifts in country-level policies, supply chain executives and planners are working to plan for future uncertainties. However, some categories are capacity constrained.

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