Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog announces the publishing of our latest recorded podcast episode: Assessing the Business Value of LLMs and Chat GPT- What Should Businesses and Supply Chains Anticipate in 2024 and Beyond.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 6, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives to U.S. retailer Target’s recent reporting of Q4 and Fiscal 2024 financial and operational performance. They should be indications of what retailers and their supply network fulfillment teams can anticipate in 2024. percent to $173.4 percent to $648.1

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog announces the publishing of our latest recorded podcast episode: What Should Supply Chain Leaders Expect in 2024. Our podcast conversation focuses on business C-Suite expectations of supply chain leaders in the coming year. All rights reserved.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 18, 2024

BOSTON, MA and MILAN, ITALY – April 18, 2024 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, is set to unveil its latest innovations in decision-centric planning at Hannover Messe.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 2, 2024

Lee Smith, global trade attorney at Baker Donelson, reviews the top economic, regulatory and geopolitical concerns of supply chain executives for the coming year.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2023

At the same time, teams are turning their attention to plans for the year 2024 and beyond. This timely podcast is titled: Assessing the Value of LLM’s and Chat GPT- What Should Businesses and Supply Chain Anticipate in 2024 and Beyond.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

This fact drives us to innovate when it comes to our Supply Chain Execution solutions. Blue Yonder recently was named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report 1 for the 13 th year 2 in a row.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Congratulations to all the winners, those who nominated others and the bravery of those who nominated themselves,” adds Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, founder of Let’s Talk Supply Chain podcast and Blended Pledge project, both exclusive sponsors of the Women in Supply Chain award. Go to [link] to view the full list of winners.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Further, Japan based shipping line Mitsui OSK Lines indicated a belief that this disruption could extend thru the balance of 2024. percent in 2024, but that appears to be rather high given a decline in global production volumes for the past 15 months. Maersk currently estimates container volumes will increase from 2.5 percent to 4.5

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 25, 2024

Courtney Muller and Joe Lynch discuss reflections on Manifest , the premiere conference that unites the entire eco-system of Fortune 500 global supply chain executives, logistics service providers, innovators and investors at the forefront of logistics tech and supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 3, 2024

In this special Supply Chain Matters supply network risk advisory, we highlight the initial implications of today’s major earthquake that has impacted the island of Taiwan. Today’s tragic event is yet another reminder of the importance for businesses fostering a cohesive supply network resiliency strategy for key materials.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2024

As in the past, Supply Chain Matters will be both posting updates and providing post event highlights and added commentary related to product strategy and specific technology announcements. Stay tuned to Supply Chain Matters for added perspectives and highlights. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 2, 2024

In our first posting of 2024 we highlight global EV automaker Tesla’s reported record Q4 and full year 2023 vehicle delivery performance this week. The post Tesla Reports Record Vehicle Deliveries for Q4 and 2023 first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management. million vehicles.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 30, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights added reports of headcount reductions occurring across various supply chain industry services sectors. UPS guidance for 2024 revenues of between $92 billion and $94.5 The company’s share price declined over 8 percent on the news of financial performance and 2024 guidance.

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QAD

MAY 21, 2024

In March 2024, QAD added QAD Process Intelligence out-of-the-box integration with QAD SRM to cover any type of supplier collaboration activity. Checklists, audits and more can all be easily monitored, and lapses in compliance quickly resolved.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

His background includes serving as President and CEO at IRI , a big data, predictive analytics and insights provider along with senior executive roles at Accretive Health , Aon , and McKinsey & Company. The company recently recruited sales executive Greg Randolph to be Chief Commercial Officer. percent year-over-year basis.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives to retailer Walmart’s report of Q4 and Fiscal 2024 financial and operational performance. Full Fiscal Year Performance headlines for the full 2024 fiscal year were highlighted with: Consolidated revenue growth of 5.5 percent to $173.4 percent to $648.1

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BlueYonder

JUNE 5, 2023

Here’s a recap of the conversation host Bryant Miller had with Shannon Wu-Lebron , Corporate Vice President, Global Retail Industry Strategy; Hong Mo Yang , Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing Industry Strategy; and Chirag Modi , Corporate Vice President, Supply Chain Execution Industry Strategy.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2024

The closing of this transaction is reportedly subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent in transactions of this type, including necessary regulatory approvals, and according to the parties, expected to occur in either Q2 or Q3 of 2024. Today’s announcement marks the third acquisition announced by Blue Yonder since Q4-2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Amazon ’s aim in 2024 is to expand same-day delivery services globally to service more geographies with the goal of continuing to reduce the cost-to-serve metric. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. after an order was placed. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Some of the core capabilities and skill sets that Spinnaker brings include supply chain management and process improvement, supply chain design and analytics, supply chain planning, omni-channel order management and supply chain execution. All rights reserved.

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BlueYonder

MAY 7, 2024

This is what motivates our product teams to innovate, especially in warehouse execution, yard management, composable solutions, artificial intelligence, and supply chain execution. Please stay tuned for this year’s annual survey results, to be announced at our 2024 ICON event in mid-May.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

According to this report, citing industry research firm B raemar , global ocean container fleet size is forecasted to grow 9 percent in 2023 and 2024 , while container volume growth will moderate in 2023 and rise slightly in 2024. This will be good news in stemming supply chain driven inflation trending.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky specifically noted to investors that that AWS customers are still cautious about their IT spending, but expects segment revenue growth to continue to accelerate in 2024. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2023

After this supply chain platform provider reported its Fiscal Q2 2024 financial performance in conjunction with the CEO change announcement, the stock of the tech provider plummeted by a reported 50 percent to an all-time low. Deliberations are at an early stage and Elliot could still decide against pursuing a buyout.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

The company was aiming for a 2023 rollout, but CEO and co-founder Chris Urmson said that “supply chain constraints” have hindered the company’s ability to scale production. The delays caused Aurora to revise its expectations for producing road-ready trucks until the first half of 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A third equity analyst for Globalt Investments is citied as observing: “ Amazon is basically a stock that is loved, not really based on today’s earnings, but more so what they’re gonna do in 2024 and 2025. Do not dismiss Amazon ’s threats and underlying capabilities in supply chain execution and fulfillment dimensions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 28, 2024

© Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. The post Amazon Enhances Customer Fulfillment Logistics Capabilities first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management. All rights reserved.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2014

Yesterday was the first day of Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Summit. The conference theme is “supply chain will lead in the next decade.” Because of supply chain’s far reaching effects, Gartner is challenging supply chain leaders to drive transformation throughout their organizations.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 5, 2023

Thus far, both parties have reportedly reached agreement on more than 55 non-economic issues including the installation of air conditioning systems within newly purchased UPS package delivery vans starting in 2024. The open question is whether both parties will come to an agreement on remaining contract terms by the July 31 deadline.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 19, 2021

Transportation management systems (TMS) have evolved over the years and as supply chains become more intricately woven, the need for such systems are needed more than ever. billion in 2024, a 60% growth from 2019. Research firm, Gartner forecast the global TMS , market to grow to $2.11

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

OpenText indicates that incremental revenues and cash flow are expected to occur in Fiscal 2024. The platform certainly lags behind in leveraging planning or supply chain execution application needs relying mostly on an API connections that trading grid customers need to initiate and support.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 6, 2024

In a previous blog post , I discussed some highlights from Blue Yonder’s 2024 Supply Chain Executive Survey. As a leading supply chain software provider, Blue Yonder has developed a set of three best practices that enable companies to maximize their returns on technology investments. Learn more details here.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

The reduction in component level dependency for Dell was, according to Nikkei reporting, expected to take until the end of 2024 to complete. HP Specific Moves This latest report goes on to indicate that a portion of production sourcing, estimated to be upwards of 5 million units, will shift toward Mexico to support U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Our Supply Chain Matters commentary in February 2020 highlighted the announcement from global based parcel transportation services provider UPS ’s order for 10,000 purpose-built electric delivery to accelerate the carrier’s fleet electrification efforts. billion market valuation based on 2024 revenue expectations.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 16, 2023

Executives indicated that production this year would again be impacted by supply chain issues but in a more controlled fashion. Plans established for 2024 were to increase production capacity to 85,000 vehicles.

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BlueYonder

MAY 13, 2024

Each year, Blue Yonder releases the findings of its annual Supply Chain Executives Survey* in conjunction with ICON, the premier conference for supply chain leaders in manufacturing, logistics and retail. And this is the focus of what Blue Yonder ICON 2024 attendees will learn about this week.

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