BlueYonder

APRIL 13, 2023

ICON 2023 is Blue Yonder’s annual customer conference and premier supply chain event, where practitioners and decision-makers exchange insights about their transformation journeys If you are in the manufacturing field, why should you attend this year’s event? Terence: Why should manufacturing companies attend ICON?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

In March 2023, the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to the lowest level since November 2008. In March 2023, the level of disruption fell to a level seen in November 1998. For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. Unrest in Sudan. Tougher than most understand.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

These activities involve numerous stakeholders, such as suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Manufacturers, retailers, and logistics organizations can leverage generative AI-powered knowledge management systems to optimize operations and make informed decisions.

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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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American Global Logistics

JULY 19, 2023

Economics and Logistics Quarterly Update—June 2023 Uncertainty in economics is a given. Key Economic Indicator #1: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) As of June 2023, the U.S. However, despite consumer spending boosting economic growth, the economy is predicted to face a mild recession by the end of 2023. In conclusion, the U.S.

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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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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. No company in either the household non-durable (consumer goods) or the food manufacturing group beat their peer group on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for 2013-2022.

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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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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2023

MILAN and BOSTON – June 6, 2023 – ToolsGroup , a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is thrilled to announce it has been selected by D.I.MAR, an Italian leader in the frozen food industry, to heighten its supply chain performance, bolster supplier relationships, and drive enhanced business results. “We

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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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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

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 Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The larger the organization, the more tension with conflicting functional metrics making decisions more difficult. Note in Figure 1 the gaps from recent research between supply chain planning and manufacturing, logistics, and sales. Last week, Nike reported first quarter 2023 results. Impetus to Re-Write the Rules.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 6, 2023

” Planning and optimizations are done in many departments within a business, such as supply, manufacturing, distribution, warehouse, transportation, budget, labor, and so on. Footnotes [1] Chap Achen, “ Digital Twins: The Secret to Better Retail Planning ,” RT Insights, 13 March 2023. [2] 3] Michael C.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2024

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. Key Economic Indicator #3: Recession–Business Cycle Contraction As of December 2023, the Wall Street Journal reported that a soft landing was in the making. up from 51.4

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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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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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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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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Generate guidance to improve NbS impact metrics for water security to demonstrate the multiple values of water. 2] John Engen, “ Wall Street is paying more attention to the business risks posed by water ,” Quartz, 8 May 2023. [3] Identify locally led innovations.

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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. Meanwhile, Europe’s import of goods from China has remained fairly consistent when comparing the first couple months of 2023 to that same period in 2022.

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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 On the other hand, transportation metrics continue their slowed pace, reaching the second highest level of capacity growth, and the third fastest rate of price contraction in the history of the index. for September.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

YOY in 2022, a metric due partly to its robust sales of mid-size pickups, according to CNBC. What caused this rocky year for car manufacturers? What will the Automotive Industry look like in 2023? Going into 2023, it’s likely these factors will continue to play a major role in shaping the automotive industry.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that dropped to an all-time low for May 2023. not only described as a “ significant rate of contraction ,” but also the first time that this particular metric has reached such a low level. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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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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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 12, 2023

If you’re a product developer, manufacturer, or part of an engineering team, you know the excitement, challenge, and profitability that come from transforming an idea into an actual product. billion in 2023. Christine said, “I have used internal audits as the baseline to improve our overall business metrics. billion to $855.62

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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. Sobering Predictions.

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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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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.

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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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

2022 Realities vs 2023 Predictions. It drives up the cost of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, duties, and tariffs, and ultimately increases the prices paid by consumers. 2023 will be the year to shore-up innovative, intuitive, intelligent solutions. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – December-January 2023.

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American Global Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2022

We had a hangover from the pandemic: Which led to continued inventory shortages, closures of manufacturing plants in China, congested ports, and underemployment. The purpose, as stated on the NY Fed’s website, is to integrate “… transportation cost data and manufacturing indicators to provide a gauge of global supply chain condition.”.

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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. Set a science-based target by end of 2023. And finally, convert PepsiCo’s portion of the electrical load to renewable electricity by the end of 2023. PepsiCo’s Internal Supply Chain.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 25, 2023

Tomorrow, 26 April 2023, is international Stop Food Waste Day. billion metric tons of food is wasted on farms each year — that’s nearly twice as much as in previous estimates.”[6] 2] Leen Alkhlaifat, “ Why science is not enough to tackle food waste ,” The Boar, 3 January 2023. [3] ” Why all the fuss?

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

Supply chain due diligence is a critical topic for manufacturers and enterprises in all industries, especially given three major impacts of recent high-profile abuse cases, new due diligence laws and consumer buying trends. . The concept of ethical sourcing has risen in popularity during the past four years.” . Let’s break it down.

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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. The post Top Supply Chain Challenges for CPG companies in 2023 appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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