Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This has been especially the case over the last two plus years with the onset of the global-wide Covid-19 pandemic and with consequent and unprecedented supply and transportation network disruptions. The supply chain supporting the delivery of equipment is the de-facto facilitator of this business model.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. Uberization: Exploring On-Demand Transportation, Labor and Warehousing. But the real financial value of advanced technology resides in its ability to sense real-time demand and monitor supply availability ?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 2, 2020

The Global Risk Report published in January 2020 highlights the issue. The risk management concern of business leaders in January 2020 was climate action failure. The design of the global supply chain at the start of the pandemic assumed frictionless borders, availability of transportation resources, and supply with few constraints.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 29, 2021

According to the 2020 Gartner Future of Supply Chain Survey of more than 1,300 supply chain professionals, “87% of respondents plan investments in supply chain resiliency within the next two years.”. Robinson , helps you see your global supply chain in one place.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In summarizing the challenges and performance of industry supply chains over the last three years, we start with the year 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic initially impacted global economies and businesses. Current Year 2022. seen as a likely alternative.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 10, 2020

“Supply chains were ill-prepared for the pandemic,” writes Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder of Supply Chain Insights.[1] 1] She goes on to note, “The Global Risk Report published in January 2020 highlights the issue. Post-pandemic supply chain strategy. Let’s face it. ”[5].

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 21, 2022

The same could be stated for certain global transport assets with COVID-19 restrictions continuing among China’s major manufacturing centers and logistics networks. Other data cited indicates that for roles such as Cloud architects , there have been 25 percent salary increases since 2020. employers posted 1.1

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ModusLink Corporation

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Supply Chains simply did not invest sufficiently in the resilience element to minimize these negative effects. Now, how can companies specifically improve their Supply Chain Resilience? According to BizClik Media (2020), the pandemic will not disappear anytime soon. 2020, May 17). Supply Chain Digital.

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ModusLink Corporation

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Supply Chains simply did not invest sufficiently in the resilience element to minimize these negative effects. Now, how can companies specifically improve their Supply Chain Resilience? According to BizClik Media (2020), the pandemic will not disappear anytime soon. 2020, May 17). Supply Chain Digital.

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Requis

JULY 24, 2020

Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold earlier in 2020, supply chain has become a household word. Investors, like the public, have woken up to the fact that supply chains are the engine driving economic prosperity. Almost perversely, supply chain is also the final frontier of tech-based efficiency optimization.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Concerning the horizon of next year, what remains on the minds of broader supply chain management teams are addressing and anticipating a host of added unknowns and what is likely to be another very challenging upcoming year. Taking Advantage of Transportation and Logistics Market Dynamics. averaged $2.37

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 11, 2023

Built-in support for real-time access to needed data related to facility, transportation, logistics, lead-time or other data that can reduce the overall effort required in building interactive supply chain models. Added Importance.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2024

The company’s founder, Donald Hicks, was the prior Co-Founder of supply chain analytics technology provider Llamasoft , which was later acquired by Coupa Software in 2020. © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Background In various Supply Chain Matters blog commentaries, this supply chain technology industry analyst has raised awareness, perspectives and added focus to the critical importance of establishing synchronous processes and more timely decision making across an end-to-end supply chain network.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 33rd Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. Last year’s annual report reflecting on 2020 business logistics costs indicated a level of 7.4

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech column has had a brisk start in our 2024 postings, and we have added this supplemental posting. In our initial 2024 posting last week, we highlighted two acquisitions related to supply chain technology providers.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology column reflects a number of significant recent announcements that depict an ongoing active cycle of tech developments. billion in October 2020. Trimble to Acquire Transporeon in the Logistics and Transportation Technology Segment.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the formal declared end to the Covid-19 pandemic along with commenting on the industry supply chain learning that has emerged. Teams were challenged with simultaneous component supply and product demand disruptions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog continues with our annual listing of our most read blog commentaries that were published and of keen interest to our readers during the year 2021. The years of 2020 and 2021 presented unprecedented pandemic and other related challenges to industry and global supply chains. Number Nine.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

2023 Prediction Three: More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Multi-tiered Direct Materials Sourcing will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. . In this Part Two posting, we provide highlights to Prediction Three outlined in our advisory.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

In our Part Two look back commentary , we observed efforts and activities by businesses directed at restoring more direct control of supply network materials sourcing. Mid-Year Global Transportation Assessment. The goal seems one of creating a fill-services door-to-door transportation and logistics services provider.

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RFgen

MARCH 22, 2023

With new technologies, global disruptions, and shifting customer demands, supply chain managers face numerous challenges. And although the world has made strides to recover from the tumultuous events of 2020, many companies still grapple with the long-lasting effects of that pivotal year.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2022

Clark went on to praise Ryan Peterson and the company’s teams throwing themselves at the problem- “ by brilliantly tacking the most complicated piece of supply chain: the global cross-border movement of goods.”. Our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology series has made frequent mention of Flexport.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

According to published reports from both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal , the company will now source its hardware customer fulfillment needs to third-party logistics providers in an effort to reduce product delivery costs by up to half. Further announced was an assessment of owned retail operations in the U.S. over the coming months.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Expands C-Suite Amid Increased Technology Demand. Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 Since its Series B investment in 2020, According to the announcement , Fairmarkit has doubled its workforce with more than 120 current employees globally.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

We have the potential to revolutionize goods transportation and are excited to be working with partners around the world to make this vision a reality. We have the potential to revolutionize goods transportation and are excited to be working with partners around the world to make this vision a reality.

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Intelligent Audit

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The last few years have seen shippers experience supply chain disruptions, with the COVID-19 crises compounding those issues even further. The shift to e-commerce has been rapid, but we’ve seen an incredible acceleration since the mandated lockdowns of 2020. from 2020 to 2027.”. from 2020 to 2027.”.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

Labor Tensions on Rise Across Global Transportation Networks. Supply Chain Driven Inflation Moderates in July. Labor Tensions on Rise Across Global Transportation Networks. Sources indicated to CNBC that while no strikes have been announced or expected, there are concerns future strikes could be announced.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Our salute to the best advancements in supply chain technology, processes and labor management from 2017. This is our annual salute to the best in people, processes and technology within the supply chain arena. We think you’ll enjoy this year-end recap of supply chain innovations and best practices.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Within the aerospace and commercial aircraft industry, involuntary job losses among highly skilled workers that occurred in 2020 and 2021 are still being felt as the industry attempts to again ramp-up monthly production levels for commercial aircraft or address large scale aircraft engine premature component replacement needs.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

Supply chain trends and practices today, are mainly driven by cost optimisation and lean strategy. This has proved to be a major source of risk. Poor business continuity planning, lack of risk management programs and single source suppliers, have magnified the impact of such risks.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 28, 2020

Improving supply chain processes can be a strategic way to free up time to focus on the most important aspect of the restaurant business—happy customers. While no one could have predicted the level of change 2020 has already brought, it is also creating new opportunities for the first time.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2022

Products such as home office furnishings and technology needs, in residence fitness equipment or pandemic related medical, cleaning or other household supplies were in constant high demand during 2020 and 2021. Other online platform providers large and small have now taken actions to reduce staffing and capacity.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 5, 2022

According to Antony Francis, a consultant at Endava, high on the list of things to which supply chain managers need to pay attention is supply chain visibility. ”[1] Improved visibility and connectivity are involved in many of the supply chain trends discussed below. billion by 2027.

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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. Prediction Background. Parcel Segment.

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Veridian Solutions

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

E-commerce will continue to grow significantly through 2020 and beyond. Transportation Management System. The transportation management system (TMS) handles the logistics of moving freight from suppliers to your facility and when freight leaves your site headed for the customer’s destination.

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