The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. These core assumptions are no longer true.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. We can no longer assume that government policy is rational, variability is low or logistics are available. These core assumptions are no longer true. This reset is not an evolution.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 26, 2014

VIBA Aerospace Products and Services in the Netherlands and Peerless Aerospace Fastener Corporation, a distributor of aerospace fasteners based in Farmingdale (NY), went live with their Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) of special fasteners at Fokker Aerostructures covering several programs.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2023

In prior Supply Chain Matters commentary , we have highlighted that commercial aircraft fuselage, structural component, and engine pylon supplier Spirit AeroSystems was involved in tense labor contract renewal talks with upwards of 6,000 workers represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

The Experts’ Choice of the Top Online Logistics Resources. So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. Experts’ Choice: Supply Chain and Logistics Email Newsletters. Ti Logistics Briefing.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Business success depends on decisions – decisions that range from target market selection to vendor engagement, production and sales targets, logistics routes, and even talent hiring. Let’s take the example of an Aerospace sensor company. However, making these decisions is far from straightforward, as every executive will vouch for.

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Kanban Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

To save a good chunk of this time – and money – many manufacturers utilize the custom kitting services of third-party logistics (3PL) companies. This expertise comes not only from knowledge and experience, but also the logistics technology investments made to ensure 100% accuracy in inventory and order pulling.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Industry and local business media reports indicate that commercial aircraft fuselage, structural component, and engine pylon supplier SpiritAerosystems has reached a tentative agreement in labor contract renewal talks with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). In September of last year, a U.S.

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The Network Effect

AUGUST 25, 2014

The problem has been compounded in recent years as many of the world’s high tech, automotive, aerospace and consumer products leaders have outsourced design, assembly, logistics and sourcing activities to Tier 1 suppliers. This is in contrast to the to the one-off relational database integrations in a traditional ERP deployment.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlighted reported candid remarks from the CEO of aerospace manufacturer Airbus regarding the challenges of revised production and aircraft delivery plans on the company’s global supply network partners. 2021 Prediction: Escalating Global Transportation And Logistics Costs Require New Thinking.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Tim Cummins, CEO of the International Association of Commercial and Contract Management (IACCM), notes in his blog Commitment Matters that Dreamliner’s battery problems are perhaps due to the lack of procurement competencies that exist in the organization.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Within the aerospace and commercial aircraft industry, involuntary job losses among highly skilled workers that occurred in 2020 and 2021 are still being felt as the industry attempts to again ramp-up monthly production levels for commercial aircraft or address large scale aircraft engine premature component replacement needs.

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Exiger Perspectives

JULY 14, 2023

[Read the full client alert: China announces export restrictions on two essential metals ] Aside from the making of semiconductors, gallium and germanium are key for various military applications, from night vision goggles to highly advanced communications and sensor equipment in aerospace and space platforms. This includes the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

This comprehensive 38-page report includes the full listing of predictions along with a lot of information, perspectives and added insights.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Thoma Bravo has other noted investments in supply chain tech providers, including end-to-end transportation and logistics provider project 44 and aerospace industry Cloud platform provider Exostar. Trimble to Acquire Transporeon in the Logistics and Transportation Technology Segment.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 27, 2022

High raw material and logistics costs impacted both the Health Care and Consumer business units. A PowerPoint slide in the earnings briefing indicates that raw materials and logistics cost inflation is estimated at $350 million to $450 million on a year-over-year basis. The Consumer business segments reported a 1.8

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 19, 2022

The Farnborough International Airshow , an important trade exhibition event for the commercial aerospace and military defense industries is being held this week. This is an event where new aircraft are demonstrated to potential customers and industry press and where aircraft manufacturers traditionally announce new customer deals.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

For complex systems (for example in the Aerospace industry), companies value executives who can interface with the engineering function to make sure that suppliers deliver intricate products on spec and on time. As our interviewee and Procurement guru Wael Safwat put it a few months ago , “it’s no longer the organizations that are competing.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

On May 4, we featured for readers the industry breaking news that Flexport will acquire the logistics the logistics fulfillment operations of online retail platform provider Shopify. In this edition, we include six added news capsule events that has occurred across the supply chain technology spectrum: Livent Corp. based Livent Corp.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2023

The new international air carrier is to be named Riyadh Air, which is reportedly procuring 39 Boeing 787-9 aircraft, with an option for 33 more. This procurement further includes the aircraft being powered by General Electric engines, which is another boost to GE’s order backlog.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp.,

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 23, 2020

Walk into the manufacturing sites of many large companies and you’ll observe a finely tuned inbound logistics operation, with parts and raw materials arriving at the factory for that day’s production requirements. Here are some of the ways that 3PLs can help smaller plants take advantage of logistics services in the manufacturing industry.

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Elementum

APRIL 4, 2018

Called “the first of many” trade actions against China, the taxes will target technology used in aerospace, computing, and communications, among other industries. While they may not all be cheap, there are options for companies that want to weave domestic procurement into their supply chains. How will supply chains be impacted?

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

I have a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology but I’ve spend most of my career in operations. I first heard about AIMMS at the Supply Chain Logistics Summit in Barcelona in 2015. Visibility into the Network side of the business was limited to the company’s engineering and procurement department.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 16, 2016

A good friend, Craig Reed, presented this morning at the ISM Global Procurement Tech Summit. He has a long history in procurement, working Eaton, MWV, Delta, Deere, BMW and Honda, and he is also an ISM Board member. At my last company – he understood the opportunity for sourcing and logistics. From a technology standpoint.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 16, 2022

The Logistics Managers Index for May indicated that inventory costs are now one-third higher than they were last year. On the transportation and logistics front, indications that supply vs. global demand shortfalls relative to fossil-fuels are likely to extend for some time, leading to continued high global wide fuel costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

That is the role of marketing or sales or procurement. Yes, I believe that supply chain overlays on top of the sales and marketing organizations and the procurement function. The transactional nature of procurement and sales is a barrier to redesigning for higher value. “ I scratch my head. Own the entire supply chain.

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Elementum

APRIL 4, 2018

Called “the first of many” trade actions against China, the taxes will target technology used in aerospace, computing, and communications, among other industries. While they may not all be cheap, there are options for companies that want to weave domestic procurement into their supply chains. How will supply chains be impacted?

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

I have a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology but I’ve spend most of my career in operations. I first heard about AIMMS at the Supply Chain Logistics Summit in Barcelona in 2015. Visibility into the Network side of the business was limited to the company’s engineering and procurement department.

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SupplyOn

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The majority of the participants was handling invoice creation or processing in the accounting, procurement and logistics departments. On an international scale, we see that the country of origin or region of a company surely influences its financial processes and all related metrics.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 27, 2014

Students will learn core processes around initial exploration and assessment of supply chain relationships, establishing metrics/expectations for the relationship, crafting and managing contracts, and sustaining continuous performance improvement in sourcing, logistics and operations.

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RFgen

MARCH 13, 2023

They can be found on virtually any product on the market, most commonly in the form of a UPC in retail and the Code 39 used in logistics and inventory management. Examples of 2-D barcodes include the Data Matrix and PDF417 used in manufacturing and logistics, and the QR code (“Quick Response”) for smartphone cameras.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 30, 2023

freight and logistics recession , we called attention to reports that the Logistics Manager Index (LMI) for April reached an all-time low of 50.9, The logistics industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022.

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Requis

JUNE 12, 2020

They will have profound implications for manufacturing, energy, aerospace, health care, and even urban planning. There are already plenty of digital twins at work today: Logistics providers use them to track deliveries via location sensors on trucks. Digital twin examples. temperature spikes can indicate a failure about to happen).

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 6, 2013

A group of 30 MBA students this semester decided to “stress-test” the supply chain code of conduct behaviors of major companies in the retail, aerospace, chemical, and other industries. Procurement Sustainability Retail Logistics Strategic Sourcing Supplier Relationship Management Supply Chain Management Sustainability'

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ThroughPut

MARCH 23, 2020

The stores know that pattern and adopt procurement strategies to satisfy that need with some safety stock in mind due to occasional new customers popping-in or other predictable variability of the consumption process. For example, once my supply of things that I need (i.e. More information about ThroughPut.AI

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ThroughPut

MARCH 23, 2020

The stores know that pattern and adopt procurement strategies to satisfy that need with some safety stock in mind due to occasional new customers popping-in or other predictable variability of the consumption process. For example, once my supply of things that I need (i.e. More information about ThroughPut.AI

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