ToolsGroup

JANUARY 15, 2024

BOSTON – January 15, 2023 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is proud to be recognized as a Leader in five separate G2 Winter 2024 reports. The software company earns Leadership recognition in supply chain planning and demand planning across regions.

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American Global Logistics

JULY 19, 2023

Economics and Logistics Quarterly Update—June 2023 Uncertainty in economics is a given. Understanding the underlying data and their trends can influence how you run your business and your supply chain. Key Economic Indicator #1: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) As of June 2023, the U.S. Uncertainty in logistics is also a given.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2023

Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that again dropped to an all-time low for June 2023. According to the June report summary , the primary driver of the latest decline was the inventory metric, which reportedly contracted 6.5 Consequently, the warehousing capacity metric increased a reported 6.8 percentage points in June.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

So far in 2023, Resilinc’s supply chain disruption monitoring platform EventWatch AI sent 7,422 disruption alerts for the high-tech industry—up just 1% from the same time period in 2022. In this blog, we dive into Resilinc’s exclusive supply chain data to uncover the top five disruptions to high-tech and semiconductors in 2023.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

The report was scheduled to publish in the summer of 2023, but life got in the way. Working on it over the holiday break, allowed me to spend more time to think about the trends that I am seeing in the data. Data latency increases with outsourcing by 1-2 days. This weekend, I edited the Supply Chains to Admire report.

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

The global manufacturing sector has seen an upswing, a technological renaissance of sorts. Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. The manufacturing sector has been severely impacted by this trend because production jobs are highly technical.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Investments in Data-Driven Capabilities May Not Yield Better Decisions. I also heard Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, speak on using data to improve the odds of player selection in Baseball. I also heard Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, speak on using data to improve the odds of player selection in Baseball. The reason?

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This enables the company to manufacture and distribute its product in a way that, ideally, efficiently meets consumer demand. Beyond these ‘soft skills’, demand planning requires the ability to analyse data including internal records, manufacturer predictions, consumer trends and behaviours, and market shifts.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Electric vehicle start-ups Rivian Automotive and Lucid Group having reported Q4 and 2023 full year financial and operational performance, continue to show signs of supply chain and production challenges. The ability to ramp up and sustain manufacturing output is a further challenge in order to generate needed cash to sustain operations.

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Unleashed

APRIL 10, 2023

The internal processes of a manufacturer are critical to the success of the overall business. This article breaks down 11 of the most effective process improvement techniques in manufacturing that you can implement in your workplace today. Deep dive: Check out the 2023 Manufacturing Productivity Guide.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2024

Understanding the underlying data and their trends can influence how you run your business, shaping your success in these volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) times. Key Economic Indicator #1: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the annual US GDP rate increased in December 2023.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

A large multinational is undergoing an impressive supply chain transformation that will run through 2023. It started in manufacturing and spread, step by step, to improvements in the way the company runs its supply chain. This manufacturer already has business continuity plans in place. A Complex Supply Chain. It takes time.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 6, 2023

Within the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, digital twins have potential uses for optimization, simulation, decision support, root cause diagnosis, reporting, alerting, and serving as a data repository for training machine learning (ML) models with a much broader data scope. 3] Michael C. 6] Weisinger, op cit.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2024

That functionality is necessary for bakeries, dairies, and beverage manufacturers, but perhaps less important for other F&B subverticals. The software architecture allows the value to be measured and those metrics are visible to the customer and the Infor success team. By 2023, attrition among these customers had fallen to 3.2%.

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Precoro

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

However, only 30% of CPOs claim they have achieved their cost-saving targets in 2023. One of the ways that procurement teams improve this figure is by tracking and improving the purchase price variance (PPV) metric. This metric can be used for evaluating current performance as well as for financial forecasting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

But I believe that more efficient packaging is the area with the greatest potential to improve sustainability metrics within the warehouse. Xeneta’s data analysis shows that containerized imports from the far east to the US increased substantially from 2017 to 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 28, 2023

This second in this series provides a specific focus for the now growing importance for increased operational excellence and efficiencies for companies whose products are anchored in process and batch manufacturing process environments.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Harness the power of technology, including AI and big data, to identify new water growth opportunities. Generate guidance to improve NbS impact metrics for water security to demonstrate the multiple values of water. Stimulate private investment through blended financial solutions.” Measure, disclose, and report on impacts.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0 Our conclusion from this latest data was that global supply chains have now transitioned away from supply driven contraction to that of product demand driven. This is a significant milestone for ongoing planning and execution strategies.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As multi-industry supply chain management teams plan for what to anticipate in 2023 , China will remain a top of mind concern for obvious reasons. A published report from Reuters this week cites modeling data that forecasts over one million deaths across China through 2023, according to projections from the U.S.

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BlueYonder

MAY 18, 2023

Lessons From ICON 2023 This blog was written by Judah Reynolds, with Panasonic Connect’s Marketing Planning & Capabilities Group. He attended ICON 2023 and shares his key takeaways. We rarely think about it, but there are extremely complex supply chain networks working behind the scenes to ensure our expectations are met.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 12, 2023

This update addresses the equally growing importance for securing and retaining needed talent for companies who are considering or have invested in more responsive Cloud based software technology supporting tactical and operational planning supporting process and batch manufacturing process environments.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 1, 2023

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), adopted on June 29, 2023 , will prevent companies from placing commodities linked with deforestation and forest degradation onto the EU market. Every year, the EUDR will aim to reduce carbon emissions by at least 32 million metric tons. Start preparing now.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

On a daily basis, these changes facilitate agility that quick, data-based decisions enable to avoid or mitigate unforeseen disruptions. We had a hangover from the pandemic: Which led to continued inventory shortages, closures of manufacturing plants in China, congested ports, and underemployment.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

2022 Realities vs 2023 Predictions. It’s about being prepared to weather the storms through resilience, agility, adaptability, efficiency, security, data proficiency, insightfulness, and environmental sustainability – all essential to driving growth and success in the future. Extreme weather and natural disasters will continue.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Commerce is global and regional at the same time, the world is getting smaller and more interconnected, and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturers operate in this build-anywhere and sell-anywhere market. Here we have compiled a list of the top six challenges that CPG companies face in the post-pandemic market.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 25, 2023

Tomorrow, 26 April 2023, is international Stop Food Waste Day. ”[3] He continues, “No matter the data source (e.g., This live data is also fed into a digital twin of the real-world supply chain to simulate different environmental conditions that can affect the lifespan of food. ” Why all the fuss? .”[2]

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 7, 2022

AI-driven demand forecasting creates numerous benefits by consuming real-time data and continuously identifying new patterns. Traditional forecasting would need constant manual updating of data and adjustments to forecast accurate outputs. Reshaping the manufacturing world to meet new demands.

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ThroughPut

JULY 6, 2021

Modern businesses have access to huge amounts of data so demand planning and forecasting should be easier. For example, a Deloitte e-commerce study has predicted that the global online retail volume is expected to grow at a rate of 15% till 2023. Reshaping the manufacturing world to meet new demands.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In supply chain management, total lead time is a crucial metric encompassing the period from customer order to delivery, be it in B2B or B2C scenarios. Production Lead Time: Encompassing manufacturing, quality control, assembly, and related processes. However, it’s essential to consider potential drawbacks.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

My main interest however, is to give planners a more interesting and engaging job and career, free up 40% of their time to work on interesting stuff, rather than tinkering for 50% of their time with data, replan, replan, replan and make IBP decks. Master data maintenance can be highly automated. I was a planner once.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

These consumers can spot greenwashing from a mile away and are demanding complete transparency and data from brands to back up their ESG claims. . As investors and shareholders demand more accountability, we are beginning to see ESG metrics more tightly integrated into corporate reporting metrics. Corporate ESG Reporting Today

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Unleashed

JULY 25, 2023

It’s a vital inventory accounting metric for monitoring sales and managing perishable goods – without it, your business will struggle to operate efficiently and could start losing money fast. It helps you to make better purchasing, manufacturing , pricing, and marketing decisions based on the data revealed.

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Synovos

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In one case, a long-time packaging manufacturer changed its reporting structure, putting in place a new manager responsible for the MRO supply chain. Inventory Reduction This metric is defined as a reduction in the total value of inventory listed in a single storage location. There are 14 other sites that receive procurement support.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

PFAS are also used in the photo-resistance process in semiconductor manufacturing. For example, if a company’s shipment gets stopped by customs at the border, they may be required to show where it was manufactured through proof of purchase orders and invoices.

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Every company generates reams of data. But your competitive advantage lies not in just visualizing that data, but rather your ability to drill down into the actionability hidden in every corner of your supply chain. Such AI-powered predictions lead to real business results for a healthy bottom-line.” Key Financial Capabilities.

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