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. We need planning platforms to keep up with all the changes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Infor’s CEO, Kevin Samuelson Infor’s strategy for differentiating their business from competitors like SAP and Oracle rests on a truly differentiated approach to ensuring that their customers get ongoing value from the business applications they purchase. In 2020, Infor SaaS customers had an attrition rate of 8.4%.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 2, 2024

Data Analytics and Automation The use of artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning within warehouses thanks to tools such as robotics could increase to optimize your supply chain and reduce operational costs. Machine Customers to Automate Purchases Machine customers are programs equipped with AI that buy or sell products.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Earlier this week, I read a sobering report from the national Retail Federation (NRF) regarding shrink. The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. Most reported in-store, e-commerce, and omni-channel fraud are all on the rise.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In Malaysia, CEVA Logistics worked closely with L’Oréal , a major producer of luxury and consumer products, to develop a social initiative of providing jobs for the hearing impaired at our warehouse since June 2020. He was also in charge of carbon management and accounting and CSR reporting. million gallons of SAF this year.

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Precoro

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Morgan Working Capital Index 2020 , there is significant capital trapped in the form of working capital that can become a vital source of additional liquidity for corporations. The cash conversion cycle (CCC), also called the net operating cycle, is a metric used to measure the efficiency of a company's cash management and liquidity.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

… With an ever-complex consumer purchasing path, it can be difficult for a brand to know where exactly to adjust their efforts. To avoid diving blindly into new endeavors and wasting resources by consequence, CPG brands need sales and media data to direct and inform their alterations.”[1] Data and advanced analytics.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In the case of reverse logistics, the resource goes at least one step back in the supply chain. Customers expect to return products in the same way they purchased them, so it is not always as simple as just returning to a store. Normally, logistics deal with events that bring the product towards the customer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The consulting team pitches a theme–vision of supply chain best practices, big data analytics, or demand-driven value networks– to the executive team, and a new project is initiated. The second generation of solutions were built and marketed by Enterprise Resource Planning technology companies like SAP and Oracle.

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USC Consulting Group

AUGUST 11, 2020

According to the piece published in North Carolina State University journal BioResources, the growth in demand for pulp and paperboard thus far in 2020 has been unprecedented, with production topping 419 million metric tons and consumption reaching over 423 million metric tons worldwide. ” Out of an abundance of caution.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 28, 2020

This added area of focus can leave many operators feeling strapped for time and resources. While no one could have predicted the level of change 2020 has already brought, it is also creating new opportunities for the first time. Purchase order technology: Put customers first. However, cutting costs cannot be ignored.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

I am speaking this morning at the Terra Technology conference and doing a book signing of my new book, Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. In parallel, I have been hard at work on a report on multi-tier inventory optimization for the last two weeks. It will delay my report. ILOG was then purchased by IBM for $340 million in 2008.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

By the end of the ‘90s, more companies focused on ERP (enterprise resource planning) upgrades, mainly driven by challenges from first generation code that did not support Y2K. Followed by focus on big data analytics where companies began leveraging BI (business intelligence) tools for data-driven decision making.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

We all know and regularly purchase Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG, often also referred to as Consumer Packaged Goods, or CPG). But how has the pandemic accelerated changes in the way that consumers find and purchase these products? In some regions the lockdown period caused a boom in the purchase of FMCG products.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

.” • Real-time data : “Each time an employee scans a barcode, it immediately updates inventory and sales numbers in the company’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) or business management system. This cuts down on both inventory carrying costs and obsolete inventory, which boosts long-term profitability.” Footnotes.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

That event was the global COVID-19 pandemic, which erupted during the first half of 2020. While this article is intended as an evergreen resource, to help you navigate in your search for a supply chain job, and is not a COVID-19-specific guide, the pandemic has galvanized attention on the industry and its criticality.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 7, 2022

With COVID-19 shattering most of the old ways of predicting demand and inventory management challenges and uncertainty persisting across several dimensions along with deep changes in consumer behavior, it has become crucial for businesses to understand these new patterns. Reshaping the manufacturing world to meet new demands.

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o9 Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2023

There is a big push from industry experts, regulators, consumers, and companies to move towards supply chain models based on circularity. These models aim to minimize resource use, waste, and carbon emissions and maximize reuse and recycling in the supply chain. What is the digital product passport (DPP)?

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ThroughPut

JULY 6, 2021

Do you remember the time when the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns were announced across the world, followed by the panic purchase of essentials to the point where supermarkets and grocery stores were left with empty shelves? Since 2020, consumer behavior has changed drastically and is still shifting as people get used to the ‘new normal.’

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Precoro

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Their dedicated teams are driven by four core values: Commitment to patients Scientific curiosity Integrity Teamwork Opna Bio SA’s team decided to implement purchasing software during the company formation to ensure smooth operations. Odallo also processes all purchase orders and sets up new suppliers in the system. She and Ms.

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Requis

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Today, as the founder and managing partner of USM Supply Chain Consultants she has put her expertise in supply chain, procurement, finance and project management to work to help her clients achieve greater profitability. In the end-to-end supply chain there’s procurement, logistics, operations, and warehousing.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Annually, container ships contribute approximately one billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. In 2020, it was the top one, contributing 27 percent of emissions in the country. Broken down, most of the 2020 transportation sector emissions in the U.S. You must report these. These need to be reported.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” We are systemically evaluating each industry in the Supply Chain Insights Metrics That Matter series of reports. Implement with Knowledgeable Resources.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

They no longer make a purchase decision based on price alone; instead, they look at the holistic experience a brand delivers, starting with marketing and ending with the product itself.” Treat people right, make their path to purchase easy and pleasurable, and they will become return customers. Move away from churn.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. higher than 2020. Material Handling & Logistics ). Chain Store Age ).

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 8, 2021

With more and more consumers taking the digital path to purchase, retailers are learning that it’s easy for customers to leave the path or abandon shopping carts. … It is essential to have the necessary resources so that the user experience with your brand is the best it can be. ”[1].

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Science writer Anjana Ahuja ( @anjahuja ) reports, “In an algorithm-driven world where data is king, one misstep can lead to a royal mess. And retailers are seeing the potential for new revenue streams derived from selling synthetic data on customers’ purchasing behavior without revealing personal information.”

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 24, 2021

Calculating customer lifetime value metrics. Gottsegen notes, “This metric estimates the net profit a business receives from a specific customer over time.” More and more consumers are making purchasing decisions based on a company’s efforts to be more sustainable. The second big category is about the conversation.

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IQMS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Manufacturers who excel at orchestrating analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), quality management and real-time monitoring to improve manufacturing strategies are growing 10% faster than their peers. In parallel, there will be more self-service analytics and BI apps specifically designed for manufacturers.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As legislation focuses ever more heavily on environmental protection though, and consumers increasingly consider sustainability in their purchasing decisions, all supply chain organisations will need to find the way forward. Meanwhile, Big Data analytics, AI, and machine learning can have a significant impact on supply chains.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 25, 2023

Journalist Erica Pandey reports, “America wastes more than 100 billion pounds — or 40% — of its food each year.”[1] and China, The Guardian reports. Alkhlaifat reports, “Around the world, food waste has been recognized as an urgent issue requiring immediate action. Around 10% — or 13.5 million — of U.S.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Accurate forecasts help minimize inventory, maximize production efficiency, streamline purchasing, optimize distribution, maximize customer service, ensure confidence in company financial projections. The Data Opportunity.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As legislation focuses ever more heavily on environmental protection though, and consumers increasingly consider sustainability in their purchasing decisions, all supply chain organisations will need to find the way forward. Meanwhile, Big Data analytics, AI, and machine learning can have a significant impact on supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Around the world, 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute. Solving the Problem Plastic is a low cost, durable product that has allowed packaged foods to be purchased at lower cost with less wastage. Both Coke and Pepsi produce sustainability reports. We have a plastic bottle problem. Damage to lungs?

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

When the COVID-19 pandemic began wreaking havoc in global supply chains early in 2020, many companies realised that they didn’t have the resources, personnel, or computing infrastructure to deal with the disruptions. It is predicted to reach $78,981.5 percent between 2020 and 2027. Why 4PL is on the Rise. 4PL Services.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The one thing they all have in common is that, under the right circumstances, they are more than merely valuable metrics. The inventory turns KPI is the metric that provides this information. Here’s an example of the total calculation of inventory turns: Company A has COGS of $315 million for the year 2020. 1: Inventory Turns.

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HICX Solutions

JANUARY 27, 2022

The turbulent events of 2020 and 2021 have brought the world to a virtual standstill and with it a realization of just how dependent organizations are on their supplier communities. But SRM can be less relevant in wider categories where qualitative metrics play a greater role. There’s an ROI for improving the business.

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