Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2024

The bank said Friday that it is launching new “Supply Availability Indexes” via a blog posting on Monday that going forward will feature as part of its regular monthly surveys of regional business activity. The new gauges can be joined with the bank’s monthly Global Supply Chain Pressures Index “to compare trends in the U.S

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Regardless, one of the functions that plays a preeminent role in terms of influencing time to market is Supply Chain. Here we discuss the many ways that Supply Chain can help, or hurt, your time to market performance. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Gas and Diesel Prices Soaring, Rat Problem at Family Dollar DC. Thousands of Cars Destroyed in Ship Fire. Backups at Other Ports besides SoCal

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2021

On Monday, March 8th, a vice president of supply chain for a large retail chain – a chain with over 5,000 stores – spoke at Körber’s supply chain conference Elevate. Currently disabled workers are employed at 8 supply chain locations. Körber has been the “big unlock” for this.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Last week, Clint Reiser published an article highlighting our 2022 supply chain predictions. While we have published predictions about supply chain technology trends at the beginning of the year in past years. This year we have decided to lead with our predictions about the broader supply chain function.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Much of Supply Chain activity not only involves solving problems but also involves doing the investigative work to find out what caused those problems so as to prevent recurrence in the future. This is an intriguing and exciting part of any Supply Chain job.

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QAD

MAY 30, 2023

If you haven’t yet listened to or read about them, take a look at our wrap-up blogs covering past episodes of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast. Season 2 of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets is underway and I can’t even begin to tell you how good that feels. And that’s why we created the Auto Supply Chain Prophets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Similarly, after the conference, I started working with a chemical company to formulate a supply chain strategy. The Supply Chain Executives were not interested in the project, and as a result, did not see the value.” ” My take?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2022

” He replied, “You probably don’t know much about supply chain, but I am leading a supply chain team for a company that sells tools to Home Depot. ” I smiled, and responded, “I know a little about supply chain. How are things going for you? I know it is a tough environment.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 6, 2022

My colleague, Clint Reiser, wrote about Körber’s ongoing supply chain transformation, highlighting the company’s three main focus areas for 2022: 1) investments in assisting Körber customers’ journey to SaaS, 2) bringing a new product, named Universal Control System (UCS) to market, and 3) offering warehouse modeling for operations.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights communication made by retailer Walmart regarding a significant bet on warehouse robotics having attractive operating profitability promise. This large retailer has expanded its capital expenditure budget to upwards of $20 billion in 2022. The report indicates that the retailer’s 1.4

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Shopper Expectations Squeeze Supply Chains. Perez-Breva predicted that the retailers would find their best use of cognitive technologies in the area of supply chains. This means that they hold great potential for priming supply chains, potentially all the way to your physical store.” ”[5].

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Resilinc

JANUARY 16, 2023

One day in August 2022, a group of military and defense strategy experts gathered in Washington, DC, to play a game that simulated a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan in 2026. billion in military aid was promised—are bottlenecks in the semiconductor supply chains. What does this mean for supply chain managers?

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 8, 2022

With retailers bursting at the seams with school supplies, the average consumer has shifted their purchasing habits from pleasure to purpose. Supply Chain Dive reported that this new delivery service launched on July 28, 2022, “allows the LaserShip-OnTrac combination to reach 74% of the US populations across 30 states and Washington, DC.”

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Welcome to Elementum’s Supply Chain Market Report. This monthly newsletter observes one or two important macro trends through the lens of Supply Chain Management. We review how those trends are likely to impact Supply Chain and what leaders can do to adjust. in 2021 and is projected to grow another 7.4%

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Elementum

AUGUST 31, 2022

Welcome to Elementum’s Supply Chain Market Report. This monthly newsletter observes one or two important macro trends through the lens of Supply Chain Management. We review how those trends are likely to impact Supply Chain and what leaders can do to adjust. in 2021 and is projected to grow another 7.4%

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 5, 2022

parcel market underwent a shift in Q1 2022 as year-over-year average daily parcel volumes dropped for the two largest third-party parcel carriers. For example, AxleHire recently announced it had expanded into Washington DC and Baltimore, giving it a presence in three of the five most populous East Coast cities. FedEx reported a 0.1%

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 25, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. “Google falsely led consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect privacy and control what personal data the company could access,” said DC Attorney General Karl Racine. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights a series of recent Amazon focused developments that likely have interweaving themes relative to changing business strategies. . Reportedly, if the regional director upholds the original ruling, Amazon may seek an added NLRB review in Washington DC. Let’s focus on some of the highlights.

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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.

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Kanban Logistics

MARCH 11, 2021

Two more cranes are expected to be delivered to NIT in 2022. This expansion will further bolster the increasing use of rail and intermodal transportation within the regional supply chain. Located in Eastern North Carolina, less than two hours from the Port, Kanban has over 1 million square feet of prime DC space.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

We will decide and response faster in our supply chain and make higher quality operational and strategic decisions. I believe that soon enough it will become a must to provide new roles to young graduates for them to be interested in working in supply chain. These new operating models can create significant benefits.

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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. Airfreight operations aren’t providing shippers much relief from global supply-chain hardships. DC Velocity). Photo: MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES. Freight heavyweight J.B.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

GRIs for 2021 and Prospects for 2022. While understanding what a GRI stands for in shipping is great, it’s important to understand how these charges are shaping up for the remainder of 2021 and 2022. With the exception of FedEx, major carriers have yet to release data on expectations for annual GRI for shipping in 2022.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 20, 2021

According to DC Velocity , all parcel carriers reported record-setting throughput in Q1 of 2021, and even more concerning, the ability of the supply chain to stretch appears to be headed toward a breaking point. Both companies have announced intentions to hold off on integration of services until well into 2022.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In the previous article, we covered the Future of Digital Supply Chains, Agile, connected and sustainable and the QAD DynaSys senior product management team’s vision of Digital Supply Chain Planning. . Could you tell us a bit more about Essilor’s supply chain organization?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Detective and the Change Paradox! This was a case for the Supply Chain Detective. No one needed to open it in the DC. They could have reduced DC operating costs by millions of dollars per year. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

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. Introduction: Why Inventory Balancing? In such cases, inventory balancing is often the best option.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As supply chain professionals, we’re in an age of extreme innovation that’s thrilling, but not unprecedented. billion in 2022 to $7.30 By relying on robotics to pick products and move them around the DC, companies can eliminate labor- and time-intensive processes, freeing human resources for more strategic tasks.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 12, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 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. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 2, 2022

As highlighted by Transport Topics in a January 2022 article discussing freight shipping analytics, “ Data shows total truckload rates year-over-year are holding around 12% higher. Why Supply Chain Optimization Matters in the Current Market and Economy. Increase DC or Warehouse Pickup and Delivery Efficiency.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 31, 2021

I disagree 100% with the Fed Chairman’s assessment last week in Jackson Hole that supply chain problems are a short-term temporary issue. As a result, chips will likely not catch up with demand until late 2022, and this will continue to impact not just automobiles, but virtually every electronic product you can think of.

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Gravity Supply Chain

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As we move through the last three months of 2022 and start to prepare forecasts and budgets for 2023, it’s a good time to pause and reflect upon the past couple of years. Global supply chains have been and continue to be disrupted as we have never seen before. The supply chain is the backbone of any business.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

On top of the sanctions being announced by the Biden administration today on Russia, there are a lot of other crazy things going on in the logistics and supply chain sector, that are really driving the markets nuts… and people as well! Employment in supply chain related industries is soaring. In other cases (e.g.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Detective and the $25M Robbery! Costco has a wonderful Supply Chain business model. Drop shipping would reduce freight costs, reduce time, reduce inventory and reduce DC costs as well. Originally published on July 26, 2022. Email Address.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Supply chain professionals are facing more challenges than ever in the constantly changing world of warehouse management. 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

Supply chain professionals are facing more challenges than ever in the constantly changing world of warehouse management. 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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