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Funding Your Way to a Decarbonized Supply Chain

AIMMS

See how a manufacturing giant revamped their demand planning with AIMMS. Re-evaluate supplier contracts and relationships Consolidated Procurement: Bulk purchasing often leads to better rates. See how TNT, one of the world’s largest express delivery companies, achieved $260 million in cost savings with AIMMS.

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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

The company started working with AIMMS and our implementation partner Districon in October 2015 to develop a Demand Aggregation tool. Today, they are looking to expand their use of AIMMS for other planning capabilities. How did you hear about AIMMS? These are the key questions we wanted to answer by using AIMMS.

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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

The company started working with AIMMS and our implementation partner Districon in October 2015 to develop a Demand Aggregation tool. Today, they are looking to expand their use of AIMMS for other planning capabilities. How did you hear about AIMMS? These are the key questions we wanted to answer by using AIMMS.

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The Fallacy of the Self-driving Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

The perspective of a manufacturing leader is quite different than that of a business leader in logistics. Measure schedule adherence in manufacturing, time for purchase order acceptance in procurement, on-time delivery for inbound materials, and first-ass tender in logistics. “ Reflection. Are the plans executed?

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Strong Supply Chains Required For an Economic Rebound: Six Steps To Take

Supply Chain Shaman

News coverage showcases the differences between logistics and supply chain management. This cross-functional group (sales, procurement, manufacturing, and distribution) is an operational team to manage the day-to-day issues and exceptions in the supply chain. Expect border friction and logistics to be an issue.

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Five Trends That Excite Me!

Supply Chain Shaman

Traditional procurement functionality in SRM focused on improving transactional efficiency. In addition, the use of telematics, i.e. GPS and RFID, in logistics enables the building of accurate Estimated Time for Arrival (ETA) and the continued automation of logistics. Here are several promising trends to consider.