Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

To help, we analyze business results each year to understand which companies outperform on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) over the past ten years. Registrations are pouring in for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 6th-8th in Washington, DC.

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 14, 2022

The pandemic-related rise of eCommerce, combined with companies holding onto more inventory to guard against supply chain disruptions, has led to a tight real estate market where companies are battling for available space. For example, you can: Build a combined factory/distribution center, with Kanban operating the DC. and falling.

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Kanban Logistics

MARCH 11, 2021

and Long Beach, are experiencing severe congestion due to record volumes as US businesses replenish inventories that were depleted after COVID-related manufacturing shutdowns. Two more cranes are expected to be delivered to NIT in 2022. Major seaports, most notably the Ports of L.A. The Port of Virginia is a notable exception.

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QAD

MAY 30, 2023

These were just a couple of the questions we had the opportunity to delve into on the sidelines of the 2022 Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) Annual Automotive Supplier Conference in Novi, Michigan, and the answers may surprise you. It’s a challenge to figure out who’s best to talk to.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Introduction: Why Inventory Balancing? Inventory balancing (also called inventory rebalancing), the periodic transfer of inventory from supply chain locations with too much inventory to locations with too little, is an underutilized supply chain tactic. In such cases, inventory balancing is often the best option.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

A growing number of logistics operators and industry observers see the snarls bottling up supply chains this year extending deep into 2022. retailers’ inventory-to-sales ratio in August, down from 1.11 DC Velocity). A truck navigates container stacks at the Port of Los Angeles last Friday. Photo: MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES.

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crisp

APRIL 19, 2023

To make their distribution business a success, Illy’s sales team knew they needed visibility to track inventory, orders, and sales across their distribution. Taelor Conley-Marselle joined Illy in early 2022 as Director of Sales to expand the company’s U.S. footprint, and was happy to see that the team was already onboarding with Crisp.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

One of my career highlights I’ll share with you: a couple of years ago I had a chance to run the Government affairs organization, and that allowed me to participate in a lot of important meetings back in Washington, Dc. The post Supply Chain Market Report – September 2022 appeared first on Elementum. You can understand why.

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

One of my career highlights I’ll share with you: a couple of years ago I had a chance to run the Government affairs organization, and that allowed me to participate in a lot of important meetings back in Washington, Dc. The post Supply Chain Market Report – September 2022 appeared first on Elementum. You can understand why.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

Once completed, the facility will house 40 dual-port DC fast-charging stations, 40 electric vehicles and 40 electric refrigerated trailers. Long Beach saw a 30 percent decline from 2022 as the port processed 603,878 containers compared with 863,156. In 2022, Publix recycled over 100 million pounds of materials.

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JULY 21, 2022

For example, if you have 110 cases in the DC today, that doesn’t mean they will all be sellable before expiring. Lot Analysis helps you know that ahead of time so you can manage today’s orders more effectively and reduce both lost sales and excess inventory. Then we have 3 lots with an expiration of June 5, 2022.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Finished lenses are shipped to Distribution Centers (DC), we have 14 major DCs worldwide. The goal with production restart was not to produce too much of the wrong inventory. Today we are working on the mid term plan for budget preparation for the 2022 to 2025 period. What about Essilor?

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In February 2022, I wrote the first of a five blog series using the name Intelligent IBP. The launch of a Decision Intelligence (DI) definition by Gartner later in 2022 further cemented my believe that this new discipline will become mainstream. Things like forecast accuracy, DIFOT, inventory holdings, schedule adherence.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A WMS is a software platform that collects real-time information on all the moving parts of a distribution center (DC) regardless of size — whether it’s manned, fully automated or even a dark DC, equipped to handle inventory based on systems commands. billion in 2022 to $7.30 WMS revenues will increase from $2.75

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 12, 2022

So let’s take a look at how firms are tackling DC design. To start with, the average floor space of modern DCs is shrinking. And while the average amount of DC floor space is shrinking, that does not mean facilities are getting smaller. Today, the average height of a DC is around 34 feet.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 2, 2022

They engaged consulting and engineering firms who were experienced in this arena, and ended up hiring a firm and awarding a project of $25 million to install automation, a new warehouse management system, equipment and processes in their DC. No one needed to open it in the DC. Originally published on June 14, 2022.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Instead of million-dollar investments, start with digital automation basics: data collection, inventory control and WMS lite. Maturing trends in omnichannel retailing, consignment inventory, and complex global supply chains put more pressure on the warehouse to increase throughput, cut costs, and reduce inventory cycles.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Instead of million-dollar investments, start with digital automation basics: data collection, inventory control and WMS lite. Maturing trends in omnichannel retailing, consignment inventory, and complex global supply chains put more pressure on the warehouse to increase throughput, cut costs, and reduce inventory cycles.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Warehousing has been the fastest growing sector of the economy for employment; January 2022 showed employment was up 59.3% Inventory is piling up in warehouses. Retail ex auto inventories are an interesting situation. Executives I’ve spoken with emphasized how their warehouses are completely full of inventory.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Drop shipping would reduce freight costs, reduce time, reduce inventory and reduce DC costs as well. Originally published on July 26, 2022. In fact the need for product to go to a central distribution centre could also be reduced if drop shipping could be enabled resulting in direct shipment from the supplier to each store.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

You might be tracking their forklift at their DC or on a truck. If you had something inside that product that said, “It was on a forklift, truck and final mile delivery for this long,” you can start to say, “I can manage my inventory better.” You can reduce your inventory costs. You can reduce your inventory costs.

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