GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

trillion to $14 trillion by 2022. Simply using common calendar tools, such as Google, means you are using the IoT, but the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) leads to the use of connected, smart devices to reduce inefficiencies, delays, and inaccuracies throughout the product lifecycle, including procurement as well.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2020

For medical device manufacturers connected to the Covid-19 pandemic response, 2020 has been a year of growth. However more broadly the industry has faced the same challenges as other manufacturing sectors, with a -4.4% But also on how medical device manufacturers navigate other challenges specific to their sector.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. WRITTEN BY STEFANY MARTIN / POSTED ON JUNE 9, 2022. Original Article: What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

”[1] Here’s the rub: “All those excess retail inventories are starting to weigh on warehousing markets. Retail journalist David Moin writes, “With steeper promotions and smaller gains anticipated, the 2022 holiday season will be a far cry from last year’s.”[3] Power agrees.

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ModusLink Corporation

MARCH 8, 2023

warehouse order picker packing and sealing cardboard box with tape for dispatch As shippers and importers, there are many factors to consider when packaging and shipping products. That includes packaging and distribution resources. Bulk packaging is typically sourced from packaging distributors that partner with various manufacturers.

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 10, 2022

Should you change your supply chain procurement strategy in light of continuing supply chain disruptions? The 2021 holiday shopping season was characterized by high freight rates, elevated lead times , and over-crowded warehouses. Supply chain procurement strategies had long been favoring Just in Time procurement.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 3, 2021

Here we provide an overview of the latest pet food industry trends, and answer the question: how can pet food manufacturers respond to changes in consumer demands to take advantage of these new trends? manufacturing had seen five years of consistent growth. manufactured?pet purchase in bulk, hoarding quantities?of

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2024

Michael Jacobs, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at Ferguson PLC In 2022, I wrote an article called The Best Supply Chain Company You Have Never Heard Of. The company sources goods from 36,000 suppliers out of 30 nations. million square feet in 10 distribution centers and 35 million square feet across its branch network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

Well, according to Czinger, a Los Angeles-based boutique hypercar manufacturer, that is about to be a possibility. Warehouse vacancy rates sink to 27-year low. UPS plans to implement its smart package initiative at 100 facilities in 2022, which will involve using RFID tags on packages to speed up throughput.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The Anatomy of a Highly Optimized eCommerce Distribution Centre! Distribution channels are vital for companies because they enable smooth item delivery to their customers. According to PrecisionWarehouseDesign.com , effective warehousing enables products to arrive to the consumers in the best possible state.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. They are more likely to shop for discounts and sales and may delay purchases of some items. In 2022 overall, U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2023

Or, alternatively, a company carries too much inventory, storage for excess inventory must be purchased, and cash flows become tight. The Franklin Sports Supply Chain 75% of Franklin Sports goods products, by revenue, are produced by third party contract manufacturers. 25% of the products are purchased and then kitted by the company.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 16, 2022

BOSTON – August 17, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has been selected by Entertainment Retail Enterprises (ERE) , a leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of customized retail products including apparel, accessories, and home goods.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

Whether in a retail store or a warehouse, associates simply swipe the barcode across the scanner. Employees can always find the most current information when reviewing inventory positions or trends in demand, which facilitates better decisions around purchasing and discounting. Errors in barcodes themselves are extremely rare.”

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Resilinc

APRIL 30, 2024

From 2022 to 2023, extreme weather events grew 4.5%—a a sharp decline in growth compared to 36% from 2021 to 2022. Learn more about the most significant extreme weather and climate-related risks procurement professionals should pay attention to in 2024: How Will Climate Change Impact Supply Chains in 2024?

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Source: Statista.com. Planning : Processes are designed to reduce emissions and meet demand with ethical sourcing. Manufacturing : An essential aspect of sustainable supply chain manufacturing is monitoring energy consumption as a function of production volume.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Raw materials, parts and services are currently all running through supply chains and manufacturing processes and emitting GHGs. Arcstone sells digital systems to optimize manufacturing. The different stages of manufacturing are broken down into the steps taken in the factory in what they call their “workflow builder” module.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. That prospect became more conceivable, they said, after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine prompted companies to sever ties with Russia, sometimes taking huge write-downs. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

With so much disruption fresh in mind, looking toward 2023 feels a bit more stable for every warehouse and distribution channel. The cost control issue isn’t isolated to those in a warehouse or distribution company. Cybersecurity Risk Management Will Grow More Important in Omnichannel E-Commerce.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 3, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight the latest quantitative data related to global manufacturing PMI activity levels for April. Global Manufacturing Output Levels Declined. The Global Manufacturing Output sub-index reportedly dropped to a contraction value of 48.5 According to the J.P. value, up from 53.1

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EazyStock

MARCH 14, 2023

The right purchasing and logistics strategies give companies an edge during these unique, uncertain times and, during the return “to normal,” a greater competitive advantage and continued growth. With the right strategies in purchasing, logistics and supply chain, you can navigate through a recession and come out as a winner.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 5, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. Names included in this edition include: RightHand Robotics.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

“In 2022,” she explains, “I frequently ask companies to draw their river of demand. The stark truth is that planning and optimizations are done in many departments within a business, such as supply, manufacturing, distribution, warehouse, transportation, budget, labor, and so on. Why is this important?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network. The need to know where products are, whether they are on the way to the warehouse, store, or customer, when there are delays, and alerts for these delays, is critical to ensure a positive experience.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Source: Bloomberg.com. Leaked internal research reveals Amazon is at risk to run out of workers for its US warehouses by 2024. in 2022, with Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire calling the shortage the country’s “second biggest emergency.”. When customers arrive curbside to collect their purchase, they have no intention of waiting.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Roughly 25% of workers plan to change jobs in 2022. resigned from their jobs in durable goods manufacturing. These include transportation and material moving, warehouse and fulfillment center workers , truck drivers, call center agents, delivery services, and manufacturing workers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Note in Figure 1 the gaps from recent research between supply chain planning and manufacturing, logistics, and sales. The gap between logistics and procurement; and logistics and customer service increases process latency. Alignment in Organizations in the Summer of 2022. Impetus to Re-Write the Rules.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In February 2022 I ordered a lovely midcentury modern table. Multiple calls only muddied the waters, but a few things became clear: inventory was in the warehouse, but my order for it was stuck. The table needs to be able to be manufactured and delivered to meet demand on time in full (OTIF), to achieve customer satisfaction.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In today’s Wall Street Journal , I was interviewed regarding a case that was just filed against Amazon by a large robotics , claiming that the e-commerce giant backed away from promises made early in the Covid-19 pandemic to support the supplier with millions of dollars in new purchases.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Years ago, I was the CEO of a key supplier to a leading hardware appliance OEM (original equipment manufacturer). The manufacturer was a significant customer, so we capitulated, but the initiative was inadvertently cut short by market events. The Same Underlying Issues Have Been Holding Companies Back for Years. Siloed decision making.

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Logility

JUNE 28, 2022

ATLANTA (June 28, 2022) – Logility, Inc., Applying Starboard’s rich set of reference costs with Logility’s lane rates and time data structures, users have the ability to quickly analyze options in regions for which they have no prior data and locate the absolute best location for future plants, warehouses or 3PL locations.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

Logility customers can now access warehouse and Accelerated Growth in Cloud Services Annual Contract Value and Subscription Revenue. NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. Key first quarter of fiscal year 2022 highlights: Customers & Channels.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 17, 2022

Supply chain execution refers to the process of driving the flow of goods within the supply chain – starting from procurement all the way through final-mile delivery. Activities included in supply chain execution are manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, fulfillment, and transportation. Procurement and manufacturing.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 11, 2022

The state of supply chain tech in 2022, or supply chain technology, will be one for the record books. That’s why it’s important to have an objective view of what’s happening to supply chain tech in 2022 and what it means for your organization’s future. The Foundation of Supply Chain Tech: The Supply Chain as a Service Will Get Bigger.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. Their distribution approach varies country-to-country. But in North America, distribution is predominately through their company-owned fleet. In most markets, however, third parties are used for distribution.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 10, 2022

Moeller Maersk report of Q1-2022 financial performance provides indications of what multi-industry supply chain management teams can expect for the remainder of 2022 in the area of ocean container transportation. A total distribution of cash to shareholders of $6.5 Outlook for Remainder of 2022. EBIT increased $7.5

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation. Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades.

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