SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Just as manufacturers and distributors were starting to climb out of the ‘COVID hole’, they’ve been knocked back in. Even companies without a direct supplier connection in Russia or Ukraine will experience debilitating disruption across industries from energy to agriculture.

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LevaData

APRIL 26, 2022

Also, would it be more effective to buy from a distributor rather than the manufacturer; if so, which distributor? But what has been lacking is sufficiently granular data with which to do it—and do it dynamically, in as close to real-time as possible, augmented by AI and smart analytics as much as possible. In […].

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Our lives became more interesting with the onset pandemic, followed by labor shortages, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, rising oil prices, and the oncoming recession. The post Making Supply Chain Planning Agile With Modular Planning Technologies appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

With the crisis in Ukraine and sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation, fuel and energy prices are now soaring. And this was before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. The Role of Digitisation and Analytics in Supply Chain Resilience. In fact, global freight rates have increased tenfold since the start of the pandemic.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 14, 2022

Staff burnout in logistics can be especially problematic as much of the modern supply chain and infrastructure society relies upon reacts significantly to disruptions and errors caused by burnout. A lack of insight, actionable analytics , clear directions, and industry guidance often paves the way to employee burnout.

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

Manufacturers and shipping companies assumed that because of layoffs, demand would drop. It’s been a whirlwind, as manufacturers have been left scratching their heads about what’s going to happen next. And the world has now been rocked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, altering global supply chains forever.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2023

Launched in 2020, CommodityWatch AI uses real-time news and event monitoring and predictive analytics to forecast supply, demand, and pricing trends out to three months for commodities including but not limited: gold, silver, aluminum, copper, caustic soda, cobalt, helium, paper, and tin.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 24, 2022

This analysis concludes that supply driven factors such as manufacturing or logistics disruptions are contributing 2.5 Specifically indicated: “ That in part reflects supply constraints from continued labor shortages and global supply disruptions related to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. That would be spot on, as well.

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2022

The big events – COVID, weather and climate events, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – dominate the news cycle. With the right platform, you’ll get robust analytics that provide visibility into inbound inventory shipments and customer order status. Start With the Customer Experience. But how do you get there?

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2022

Covid, Brexit and the war in Ukraine have all sent supply chain shocks around the globe, forcing firms to rethink their business-as-usual supply chain management strategies, and concentrate instead on building supply chain resilience. Risk management is central to all manufacturing production strategies.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Puneet Saxena, Corporate Vice President of Manufacturing Industry Strategy at Blue Yonder, kicked off proceedings by welcoming attendees and setting the stage for the speakers and the panel discussion that were to follow. China, Ukraine, Middle East), high interest rates, concerns about recession, etc.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 15, 2022

Hot risk factors today include data security, logistics disruptions and trade policy uncertainty. How Does the Russia/Ukraine Conflict End? The war in Ukraine is not primarily about land; it’s primarily about status. Ukraine Divided. Oddly, however, concerns about war remain largely off the radar. ”[4].

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

It involves all the activities related to the sourcing and transportation of raw materials needed in the manufacturing process. Meanwhile, the downstream supply chain involves activities post the manufacturing process, which would mean getting the finished goods to the end consumer.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

In this Part 2 blog post, we will continue to explore how automotive manufacturers are carrying out effective supply chain initiatives and their innovative solutions. Level-two is starting to leverage predictive analytics: Can I predict where a challenge or disruption is going to occur?

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

Journalist Eamon Barrett ( @Eamonbarrett88 ) reports, “According to shipping analytics firm Windward, 20% of the world’s roughly 9,000 active container ships are currently sitting in traffic jams outside congested ports. The latest China lockdowns combined with the Russia-Ukraine war is too heavy a burden. ”[4].

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

percent of global economic growth for the coming year which began with the statement : “ Global economic growth prospects are confronting a unique mix of headwinds, including from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, interest rate increases to contain inflation, and lingering pandemic effects such as China’s lockdowns and disruptions in supply chains.”.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Spire provides real-time information and analytics based on global maritime automatic identification system (AIS) technology—Spire’s constellation of small satellites captures the courses and current status of container ships across the globe. billion metric tons as of 2017. And things haven’t normalized since then.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2023

Online retail has become essential as has online customer fulfillment logistics. Multiple pre-pandemic vulnerabilities and added risk areas were exposed, including the disruption of global wide transportation and logistics processes impacting broader industry supply chains. At this same time, geo-political risks have clearly escalated.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth. They stocked up again after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed up the price of raw materials such as energy and wheat.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

With the mounting devastation in Ukraine, my heavy heart is a roadblock to writing. The disruption in Ukraine adds a new layer of variability and complexity to an already complicated world with many levels of disruption. COVID, inflation, climate change, and the Ukraine war are a layer of complexity with compounding effects.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 18, 2022

Already in crisis, the world’s supply chains are facing additional obstacles in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While the safety of human life and humanitarian needs certainly should be our primary focus, supply chain professionals also need to recognize that this war will bring long-term economic and logistics impacts.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

of companies that participated in a recent survey by the National Association of Manufacturers. Recent events such as the ongoing shutdowns in China and the Russia-Ukraine conflict have harshly revealed the fragile nature of the world’s supply chains, more than two full years after the onset of the pandemic.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Examples include the advance of digitalization and its components including artificial intelligence and machine learning, floods of data that have to be managed and interpreted, and the rise of predictive and prescriptive analytics. World-scale crises like the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine are also playing a part.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

China trade tensions, Covid-19 measures and the Russia-Ukraine crisis. For instance, Maersk and CMA CGM are building end-to-end logistics capability chains, while over USD 6bn was invested by VC investors in freight marketplaces alone through 2019. But Asia will continue to grow as a manufacturing base and consumer market.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 18, 2022

Already in crisis, the world’s supply chains are facing additional obstacles in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While the safety of human life and humanitarian needs certainly should be our primary focus, supply chain professionals also need to recognize that this war will bring long-term economic and logistics impacts.

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Logility

APRIL 19, 2022

Product shortages have plagued the supply chain since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, affecting goods from garage doors to computer chips to lumber, and businesses from car manufacturers to home improvement centers. With a lack of neon, the manufacturing backup will just increase. Key Takeaways. Should you be concerned?

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Better long-term planning, supply planning, and just-in-time logistics are essential to address beverage industry supply chain challenges. Data is the foundation of a successful supply chain now and will become even more valuable over time as companies lean on their decision support platforms with predictive and prescriptive analytics.

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Logility

APRIL 29, 2022

It’s far from an uncommon situation, but the pandemic served as a wake-up call as manufacturers realized they didn’t have the visibility into their supply chain to identify risks and get the commodity intelligence they needed. It’s a balancing act. Too much inventory means demand constraints, too little causes supply constraints.

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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. The report recommends shifting toward a new approach of piloting automation tools over mere visibility and analytics, which will be powered by AI.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Transportation and Logistics Disruptions. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen the important role that logistics plays in the supply chain. Despite the frequent disruptions, from major cross-continent ones to other sudden events, they work long hours and spend holidays to keep the supply chain and logistics network flowing.

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QAD

APRIL 27, 2023

But in the last few years since COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, we have seen an unprecedented multi-crisis unfold that has put the availability of products and the mitigation of supply chain risks in order to ensure supply continuity at the top of the list. But they also experience a staggering 9.5% savings through e-sourcing solutions.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

COVID shutdowns, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and increasing tension over Taiwan show that it is past time to evaluate reshoring and nearshoring as insurance against catastrophic disruptions.”[3] manufacturing exports but will reduce purchasing power for imported materials, components, and equipment.”[6]

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Turvo

MARCH 15, 2022

Due to the rapid growth of e-commerce, the global demand for 3PL (third-party logistics) services is expanding. Challenges like COVID, the Russia-Ukraine war, global inflation, and the ‘great resignation’ wave lead to significant supply chain issues that keep 3PL managers in constant worry. trillion by 2026. .

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The automotive sector has switched lanes into a new digital world, where the pace of change is also hurtling manufacturers into oncoming traffic in the form of geopolitical, economic and natural crises. These signify volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity brought about by outside influences.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. Primarily focused on Supply Chain, Warehousing, Logistics, S&OP and Inventory Management.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2022

I helped to set the stage by providing an overview of the disruptions occuring in manufacturing, ports, transportation, carriers, and the resulting increases in material, labor, and transportation costs. ” He also provided some fascinating views on the Russia-Ukraine war. What if instead we focused on FLOW?”

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 28, 2022

While those in logistics wonder if the new scientific bracelets to convert stress into energy, such as those reported by Interesting Engineering , are legitimate, there are still very real supply chain risks to contend with today. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war continues to impact global supply chains, and it’s much more than many realize.

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