Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Business broadcasting network CNBC reported today that San Francisco based freight technology start-up Flexport has fired its CFO. The CNBC report, citing informed sources, indicates that CFO Kenny Wagers last day will be this Friday. In addition to the CFO , the company’s human resource executive reportedly resigned.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

History of Shipping Alliances: Since 1990 the shipping market has evolved significantly; container ships operated are larger and more specialised, massive infrastructure developments have been made in ports as well as modernization and automation in order to handle the increase of volume. The 2M alliance will be disbanded in 2025.

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USC Consulting Group

AUGUST 26, 2019

Sustained marketplace success and effective supply chain management go hand-in-hand. Organizations that cultivate and maintain reliable yet malleable logistics channels can source the material needed to produce impactful products with minimal overhead and deliver these items swiftly to anticipative consumers.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 24, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of B2B, and ERP Cloud based software provider SAP SE’s formal reporting of Q4 and fiscal full year 2023 financial performance. Total Cloud and software revenue growth of between 8 percent to 10 percent, or between €29 billion to €29.5 billion at constant currencies in 2023.

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

2020 has been a defining year for transparent supply chains. On the contrary, companies seem to be more focused than ever on driving sustainability in supply chains. And in order to do so, you need to drastically increase transparency in your supply chain.

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

2020 has been a defining year for transparent supply chains. On the contrary, companies seem to be more focused than ever on driving sustainability in supply chains. And in order to do so, you need to drastically increase transparency in your supply chain. 2021 Supply Chain Transparency Checklist.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 13, 2023

Background In early December of 2022, we called Supply Chain Matters reader attention to published reports acknowledging that consumer electronics giant Apple was accelerating actions to source some hardware production outside of China.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Key industry supply chain bellwether firm Samsung Electronics reported Q4 and full year 2023 financial performance, headlined as being the weakest profitability levels in a decade. Component demand and supply response constantly expand, and ebb driven by either anticipated market demand or supply needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 18, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights two significant developments related to consumer electronics and smartphone provider Apple that occurred last week. The move is characterized by Bloomberg as an effort to: “ reduce its reliance on technology partners like Samsung and LG and bring more components in-house.” All rights reserved.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Logistics industry was experiencing capacity constraints, driver shortages, sudden upticks in e-commerce demand, new technologies, different fulfillment models , delays, port congestions, canal blockage etc. But now we have entered a new era of logistics that requires technological adoption and strategic execution.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters Covid-19 News Capsule follow-up, we update readers on ongoing global product demand supply network developments that are of special interest to our readers. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved. .

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SupplyShift

JULY 6, 2021

But only a handful of businesses are looking at the supply chain as another opportunity to advance diversity. For both of these reasons, companies need to look beyond their four walls and into the supply chain to truly advance DEI within their business. Why Supplier Diversity?

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USC Consulting Group

JUNE 19, 2023

The material handling industry is the backbone of globalized supply chains. To overcome these challenges, companies are making significant investments in technology. According to the 2023 MHI Annual Industry Report , 74% of supply chain leaders are increasing technology spending.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides another update on ongoing strategic sourcing and operational developments occurring among electric vehicle focused supply and production networks. Included in this update are Tesla , Rivian Automotive and Mercedes Vans , along with recycling technology start-up efforts.

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Locus

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

percent of offline retail in 2025 before the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch our web session to understand more challenges e-retailers like Lulu Group face. Technology’s role in e-retail: Data and insights are crucial for retailers to boost sales and bring about customer satisfaction. percent after the pandemic. Schedule Demo.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections. Amazon has announced that it plans to develop new technology for its autonomous delivery vehicles in Helsinki, Finland.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Industry suppliers will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030 and will phase out coal-fired boilers in their own companies and direct suppliers from 2025. Hugo Boss, H&M Group, Inditex, Kering, Levi Strauss & Co., We are aware that more than 90% of PUMA’s Carbon Footprint is being generated in shared supply chains.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

Megatrends (Possibly) Shaping Supply Chain Trends: Technology. The necessity of having a technology scan every few months is becoming essential in today’s world. In doing so, use cases and new tech announcements are gathered and shared across the organization and used as inputs driving the technology roadmap.

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Vinculum

MARCH 18, 2021

Warehouse digitalization is the most critical change to not just warehouse operations but achieves the efficiency levels needed for an intelligent and automated warehouse. Warehousing is a key element of supply chain management that can push enterprises towards digital transformation.

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SupplyShift

JULY 6, 2021

But only a handful of businesses are looking at the supply chain as another opportunity to advance diversity. For both of these reasons, companies need to look beyond their four walls and into the supply chain to truly advance DEI within their business. Innovation: new talent, new technologies, and new insights.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we provide highlights of manufacturing and supply chain developments involving electric vehicle automotive producers at the 2022 mid-year point. Reportedly, new tooling that can produce vehicles with smaller battery packs has been delayed in China.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

Logistics providers have discovered that sustainability in the supply chain delivers a good ROI. For a long time now, corporations and their supply chains have been required to prove that they are acting in a sustainable, environmentally-friendly way. We are in the middle of everyone’s supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

Technology and Manufacturing: It is a Part of the Cerasis DNA & How we Empower our Manufacturing Shippers. At Cerasis, our backbone is business process improvement through technology. Our technology department in Tulsa is comprised of several developers who solve our customers’ transportation management needs.

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Vinculum

JULY 18, 2022

Such a platform gives an awful experience to mingle with other social media websites like Facebook, Instagram, and another relatable online source to attract a huge crowd. With the advancement of technology, customers do not struggle at the checkout point. It is estimated that digital wallets are supposed to rise by 53% by 2025.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 20, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights latest reports indicating that global parcel carrier FedEx is planning a major restructuring of ground and air last mile delivery networks. The established goal is to save $4 billion in costs fiscal 2025, and a cumulative $6 billion in costs by 2027. All rights reserved.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2020

Cognitive technologies and digital transformation. Louis Columbus ( @LouisColumbus ) suggest ten way cognitive technologies can help companies achieve successful digital transformations.[4] Cognitive technologies help companies know their customers. Cognitive technologies improve modeling and simulations. 4] They are: 1.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2019

As leaders gather at the of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos for a week of high-level discussions on the future of the global economy, the CDP group released its annual rankings of the top green businesses. CDP's rankings score the thousands of companies which disclose to the organization on their environmental action.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 3, 2021

.”[1] He describes the IoT this way: “It is the network of physical objects, whether in terms of devices, vehicles, buildings or even humans, which are embedded with electronics, sensors, and software and network connectivity. Tech writer Anupa (Iman) Ghosh believes three technologies support the IoT’s bright future.[3]

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. billion in 2025, the global oilfield services market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.6%. These services range widely and include finding energy sources, managing energy data, evaluating drilling and formations, and geological sciences. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2022

Oracle’s recent global survey, No Planet B: How Can Businesses and Technology Help Save the World? Complexities integrating data from across global supply chains. Start with your supply chain. These responses illustrate that supply chain sustainability is top of mind for many companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S. Supply chain pressures reportedly eased to the greatest extent in 14 years. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. That stated, there are some new signs of optimism.

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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. . We now are the group EssilorLuxottica. . Could you tell us a bit more about Essilor’s supply chain organization?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Most of those emissions are associated with corporate supply chains. Clearly, companies need to begin to more fully consider their supply chains, working to make them more resilient, sustainable and ethical.” He writes, “Promoting sustainability throughout a complex supply chain is incredibly challenging.”[2]

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

We are watching the redefinition of the principles of safe and secure supply chains and corporate liability. PCA was a small player in a complex supply chain of big brands. The manufacturers sourced the peanut butter primarily on cost. Traditional supply chain practices track cases and pallets: not the “each.”

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Claritum

JANUARY 8, 2017

We’ve compiled a list of some of the best must read procurement white papers and analyst reports (in no particular order of importance or preference) covering a variety of topics such as supply chain management, tail spend and the future and digitization of procurement.  The Digital Supply Network.  by.

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Provenance

JANUARY 27, 2021

Others shared plans to form internal groups to drive positive change, to bring reality in line with PR spin. Your Supply Chain Data Is Getting Smarter. Last year, Covid and Brexit threw supply chains into the spotlight for everyone. Supply chain data is getting smarter every day.

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