Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The high activity levels in the transportation and Retail/Ecommerce sectors mirror consumers’ movement into new channels. 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 conference is in Franklin, TN on September 7th-10th, 2021.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

Futuristic road transportation technology with digital data transfer graphic showing concept of traffic big data analytic and internet of things. The transport and logistics industry, has seen several changes in business models in the last few years. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – August 2021. Closing Thoughts.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

The basis of our 2022 predictions were our belief that the 2021 predictions theme of Renewal was shifting toward one of Reexamination of business process practices and decision-making needs. Our stated belief was that the multi-industry supply chain challenges of 2021 would not abate and would linger in some cases into 2023.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

No matter how good it all looked on paper, the pandemic made weak links obvious: supplier shortages and backed-up transportation networks, among other things. It can help optimize transportation routes, warehousing, and stock management and handle other specialized but mundane tasks. Things can’t go on as they did pre-pandemic.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 19, 2021

If you’ve never done a benchmarking exercise before, read on. If, for example, you are concerned about the pick rates in your warehouse, or your transport costs, or your inventory accuracy, benchmarking can help you because it can show you exactly where your performance is compared to others in your industry. Informal Benchmarking.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

This collaboration helps carriers plan capacity needs, temporary seasonal labor requirements, third-party transportation purchases, and more down to the zip code level. Two such carriers, OnTrac and LaserShip, merged in 2021 to take on FedEx and UPS in hopes of becoming a leading third-party nationwide last-mile carrier.

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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. West Coast were in excess of 200 days.

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Intelligent Audit

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Enter Peloton, an exercise equipment and media company. The company further noted a considerable backlog of orders and shared that it did not expect to return to normalized order-to-delivery windows in the US prior to Q2 FY 2021 (ending December 31, 2020). So, what happened?

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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. 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.

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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. Prediction Implications.

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Proxima

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Fueled by Covid, war, and supply shortages, inflation rates across key global markets including the UK and US have remained over the 2% target rate since April 2021, peaking at 11% and 9% respectively, in 2022. But what goes up, must eventually come down. The pendulum is also starting to swing elsewhere.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2022

When combined with a $202 million equity raise in May of 2021, this start-up had set a funding record for logistics technology focused enterprise SaaS companies. million of newly booked annual recurring revenue came in the final quarter of 2021, along with year-over-year bookings increase of 170 percent. Further, $12.7

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s report of quarterly financial performance by global parcel transportation and logistics services provider United Parcel Service (UPS) along with implications to industry supply chain teams. percent in 2021. Consolidated Operating Profit increased 7.2 percent to $3.1 billion, adjusted to $2.99

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

But, even before the chaos of 2020 and 2021, the great majority of supply chain plans proved wrong to some extent. At that point, managers likely engage in narrowly focused manual replanning exercises that only consider the outcomes for their own function, instead of the entire supply chain. Transportation management.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Digitizing S&OE and IBP Decisions IBP decisions can be differentiated between machine centric S&OE decisions in the short-term horizon, and human-centric IBP decisions in the longer-term horizon ( Regeer, van Hove, 2021 ). It’s over a decade old, but still relevant.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Suppliers exercised timely product innovation, business, and respective supply network pivots to accommodate these unanticipated market needs, overcoming their own respective challenges. In many cases, two-way collaboration in resources and supply chain influence helped to secure needed new components or transport needs. Bob Ferrari.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 24, 2022

The State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2021 report tells us that the work for increased supply chain sustainability has not slowed down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but is continuing in full force. And at the same time, the pandemic has focused on the need for more resilient supply chains too.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In these instances, tradeoffs have been made, such as impeding carbon emissions reduction progress through the use of less sustainable products or carbon intensive transportation options. Too often, the process is distilled down to a “check the box” exercise on individual suppliers. Has a supplier provided relevant certifications (.i.e.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2021

Science writer John Schwartz ( @jswatz ) reports, “Federal scientists forecast that 2021 could see in the range of 13 to 20 named storms, six to 10 hurricanes, and three to five major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher in the Atlantic.”[1] Well-run disaster exercises also help prepare everyone involved to deal with the unexpected.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 16, 2021

This includes inventory management of raw materials and prerequisites for smooth transportation to meet demands on time and efficiently. The project discussions, group activities, and presentations are noteworthy exercises aimed at strengthening the knowledge so that students break into healthy classroom discussions.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2022

6 Ocean transport: Adapting to stay ahead of changing times. It is unlikely that ocean transport will give way to other modes of transportation. With over 90% of goods moved via ocean carrier, ocean transport will remain the dominant mode of transporting goods. Costs were high and climbing higher. per gallon.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 2, 2021

Demand for physical goods rose – everything from office furniture to groceries to fireworks to exercise bikes – as people tried to make the most of staying home. Shipping container shortage article originally published on Supply Chain Game Changer on July 2, 2021. The post Understanding the Shipping Container Shortage!

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 13, 2022

There was a time in late 2020 and all of 2021 when we could literally not keep-up with the numbers of funding rounds being announced in our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech column, along with the extraordinary large valuations being affixed to unprofitable or early-stage tech companies.

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USC Consulting Group

MAY 24, 2021

Natural disasters can cause transportation slowdowns or stoppages, making it difficult to get goods from one place to another. Look no further than the lines at the gas pump all up and down the east coast in May 2021 after the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline to see supply chain disruption taken to the extreme. Cyberattacks.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As noted in our ongoing Supply Chain Matters updates, there are now shifts from primarily supply constrained product demand that occurred in 2021 and early 2022, to predominately demand constrained conditions which places a top priority on preserving sales revenues, cash preservation or profitability among businesses.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

According to UPS , customers billed for more than 20,000 packages after October 2021 can expect to see a “Peak/Demand Surcharge” tacked onto certain Ground, SurePost, and UPS Air Residential deliveries. of the 3,165 survey respondents believed that railroaders should be allowed to exercise their right to strike on or after Sept.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 2, 2021

As I recall, Buckley recommended that the company expand into the maritime transportation industry. ” Journalist Gretchen Reynolds ( @GretchenReynold ) reports research supports your taking a walk or performing other exercise. 6] Gretchen Reynolds, “ Can Exercise Make You More Creative? Footnotes. [1] Footnotes. [1]

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 23, 2023

It covers major supply chain processes such as managing supply and demand, warehousing, inventory control, transportation, and route optimization. 6) Supply Chain Analytics A Complete Guide (2021 Edition) Uncover the Supply Chain Analytics challenges you’re facing and generate better solutions with this innovative guidebook.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Three professors from the University of Tennessee, Ted Stank, Tom Goldsby ( @ThomasGoldsby ), and Lance Saunders, warned back in June 2021 that the bullwhip effect was already in play. 1] Ted Stank, Tom Goldsby, and Lance Saunders, “ Commentary: Caution—Bullwhip Effect Ahead ,” The Wall Street Journal, 14 June 2021. [2]

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The focus on visibility has generated an onslaught of transportation data — often from numerous sources. Shipping data” refers to any underlying, quantifiable data related to any aspect of a company’s transportation structure. Download our Ebook: Shedding Light on Transportation Data. Higher Transportation Costs.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

These moves represent efforts by branded companies to exercise a ‘ China-plus one ’ supply risk mitigation strategy, especially as geo-political tensions have increased relative to China. Business, supply chain and transportation media have all reported this week that the cost of shipping a container of goods from China to the U.S.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The risks of this dependence became apparent in late 2020 and early 2021. consumers began buying electronics, vehicles, exercise gear, and other products on a scale that exceeded historic demand forecasts, backlogs and delays manifested in our Asia-dependent supply chains. Half of the global manufacturing is based in Asia.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

There’s more to overseas order fulfilments than knowing about shipping container transport. And while freight forwarders and couriers play an important role, you as the sender will also have to exercise care to provide complete and appropriate information to facilitate the smooth exit and entry of your goods while shipping products overseas.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 26, 2022

The company recently warned that upwards of $8 billion in lost sales may be at stake in the current quarter given the ongoing production, logistics and global transportation disruptions occurring across China right now. In the company’s fiscal year 2021, Apple reportedly paid out $85.5 billion on dividends.

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Elementum

JUNE 28, 2022

Both use blockchain as their supporting authentication and accounting technology, and both saw meteoric rises that peaked in 2021. With a distributed ledger, it ’ d be possible to track food (for one example) all the way back to the farm, to make sure it is being produced and transported safely. Improved safety. Ethical sourcing.

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