Talking Logistics

JULY 2, 2018

How can technology, specifically transportation management systems and predictive analytics, help shippers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) excel in this area? Beyond that, there are challenges from stolen packages, weather issues, returns, and the need for white-glove services for some deliveries. Why is it important?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Business executives are always looking for a competitive edge and many have turned to advanced analytics to find that advantage. In the digital age, they often gamble their company’s future on the decisions they make, which is why advanced analytics have become table stakes in business. Descriptive analytics. ”[6].

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SupplyPike

JUNE 15, 2020

Learn about: The definition of consumer packaged goods The types of CPGs What the CPG marketplace looks like Top trends in the CPG industry. Consumer packaged goods (CPG) describe merchandise that has to be reloaded frequently, as opposed to items that can be replenished after longer durations. The CPG marketplace. Purpose-led brands.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

One Network’s NEO Platform handles supply chain forecasting, sourcing, planning and execution (with routing and logistics optimization) for what may be the largest supply chain control tower deployment in the world. 8 Essential Capabilities to Optimize the Cold Chain. Quickly Get to the Root Cause of Quality Issues.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. Shipping items back and forth creates needless greenhouse gas emissions, and only 54% of all packaging gets recycled.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Moving past waste, water, and C02 reduction, they have begun searching for renewable energy sources, different forms of packaging, and increased efficiency overall. More and more enterprises will be focusing on processes like ethical sourcing, reverse logistics, and using green materials in response to public demands.

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ModusLink Corporation

APRIL 22, 2024

Continuous improvement initiatives driven by data analytics and feedback mechanisms. Predictive analytics to anticipate supply chain disruptions and mitigate risks. Environmental Sustainability Initiatives: Commitment to sustainable practices and ethical sourcing throughout the supply chain.

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SupplyShift

MARCH 27, 2018

Paper and packaging is, in some ways, a unique commodity. Unlike other commodities, paper, pulp, and packaging are critical for every industry, from coffee to furniture. Coincidentally, paper and packaging as a commodity also has an outsized impact on natural resources and is one of the more visible areas of impact for many companies.

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Jaggaer

AUGUST 12, 2020

For the first three months after Covid-19 hit, virtually every sourcing project , in every sector , was put on hold while companies tried to assess the situation and how best to deal with the epidemic. Get the white paper on Sourcing Strategies: Why One Size Does Not Fit All , written by Michael Lamoureux of Spend Matters.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I visited the BVL Kongress in Berlin, and also attended the International Institute for Analytics ”Chief Analytics Officer” meeting last summer. We just finished hosting over 150 executives at our Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, with a theme on Supply Chain Analytics.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 11, 2024

They explain, “Transparency assures consumers, regulators and investors that products are on their way and that sourcing is sustainable, as well as helping avoid compliance fines and enhancing brand and corporate reputation. Sourcing decisions will be based more upon resilience, rather than merely minimizing costs. 5] Michael C.

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EC Sourcing Group

AUGUST 16, 2022

Unethical Sourcing Practices in Procurement and How to Avoid Them. Every company wants to save money, but the right sourcing software can help you manage spend and save money the right way. Illegal sourcing. These are just bribes in a prettier package—don’t do business with this supplier. Favoritism.

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Logility

AUGUST 11, 2023

The premier gathering of trailblazers and industry experts – including Logility customers PPC Flexible Packaging and DENSO Corporation – discussed three top trends driving key initiatives that are pushing the boundaries of the global supply chain. For PPC Flexible Packing , customer collaboration is the name of the game.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2021

Building optionality in the supply chain through collaborative sourcing: Supply chain teams can proactively identify choke points within the existing network by leveraging emerging technologies such as digital twins and advanced analytics, and modeling their end-to-end supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

They are seldom cross-functional to optimize source, make, and deliver together. Make sure that the products should be in the product line and focus on platform rationalization and package simplification. Package goods and services to drive a different experience. Supply Chains to Admire Analysis for the Pharmaceutical Industry.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 21, 2013

I had the opportunity to attend the CAO conference in Chicago this week where I sat on a panel discussing the topic “Creating an Analytics Culture.”. The session was kicked off by Tom Davenport, the recognized ‘guru’ of analytics who has written several books and many articles on the subject. Many versions of 1.0

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Logility

APRIL 21, 2023

Now that businesses have better access to predictive forecasting technologies that leverage data from the past and present, such a one-sided approach to forecasting, analytics, reporting, and planning is no longer justifiable. But that doesn’t mean disruptions and risks that follow are entirely unavoidable.

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SupplyShift

MARCH 27, 2018

Paper and packaging is, in some ways, a unique commodity. Unlike other commodities, paper, pulp, and packaging are critical for every industry, from coffee to furniture. Coincidentally, paper and packaging as a commodity also has an outsized impact on natural resources and is one of the more visible areas of impact for many companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Diversity of sources (carriers + vendors + customers). Supply chain data is of little value if it isn’t packaged for efficient access and consumption. I recently read a thought-provoking report with several predictions about the future of supply chain technology. trillion terabytes of new data every day.). Consumability.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 15, 2018

With the evolution of open source technologies with schema-on-read capabilities, new forms of decision support are evolving to drive insights in the enterprise, and Blockchain is becoming the system of record for B2B. The combination of wearables, IoT, and analytics is a powerful combination. Analytics Redefined.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Moving past waste, water, and C02 reduction, they have begun searching for renewable energy sources, different forms of packaging, and increased efficiency overall. More and more enterprises will be focusing on processes like ethical sourcing, reverse logistics, and using green materials in response to public demands.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course. Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

… This is the next wave of analytic innovation.” ” The Importance of Cognitive Analytics. And that is precisely what transpired when we saw the advent of cognitive analytics. … The beauty of cognitive analytics is that it takes into consideration all types of data with its full context.”[4]

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

While many companies attempt to improve the response by being reactive on traditional data sources, this is not the answer. One of Mary’s other competitors is implementing SAP HANA and a packaged order-based forecast technology and is struggling to read the market. In short, today’s supply chain world is a gloppy mess.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

And supply chain leaders need to know what that means for peak season shipping strategy and how business intelligence , including analytics, can have a meaningful impact. . Extended Peak Season Strategy Characteristics Use Analytics in Tendering. Data-driven carrier selection is also critical to ensure the timely delivery of packages.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

From demand planning to manufacturing to trade promotion optimization, data is essential for almost every aspect of consumer packaged goods (CPG) company operations. Data and advanced analytics. Data analytics and cognitive risk sensing are becoming increasingly important tools for organizations.” ”[2].

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DynaSys

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Consumers are demanding more environmentally friendly products, and this demand comes more strongly now after the lockdown and its effect Governments are legislating more environmentally friendly manufacturing practices and materials, and the risk to the brand image is driving manufacturers to use less polluting packaging materials. .

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Logility

JANUARY 25, 2022

a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, is committed to helping food and beverage, consumer packaged goods and durables, process manufacturing and fashion brands gain greater visibility, traceability and compliance within their supply chains. Logility, Inc.,

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 16, 2021

A member of my team is a member of global sourcing. The person looks at alternative sourcing over ten years. In the past, sourcing was a manual activity. Our work is important because a new packaging machine takes eighteen-twenty-five months to build, and costs 25-50 Million. We avoid big buzz words.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 1, 2021

Tamizhkumaran explains, “Cognitive analytics solutions entail self-learning systems and algorithms that mimic the human brain’s thought process in order to analyze large amounts of data quickly and accurately.” One source of tension is retailer chargebacks (or fines) for failing to comply with their compliance requirements.

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crisp

APRIL 25, 2024

They see consumers making smaller trips to stretch their budgets, downsizing to smaller package formats, and buying more when products are on promotion. Kraft Heinz called out tomatoes and sugar prices as problematic but sees labor and transportation costs as the source of most of its inflationary woes.

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

Competitive wages and attractive benefit packages go far, but take time to examine why workers are leaving your organization and implement fixes. Solving the labor crunch also means exploring new sources of supply. Transition programs for prisoners and veterans’ programs can be good sources of labor. Look beyond wages.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The script will be distributed to CFOs of apparel, consumer packaged goods, and food/beverage companies next week. The use of channel data into advanced analytics to sense demand. However, it requires the use of retail data and the redesign of analytics to sense, shape and translate demand. Bernstein & Co.,

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

If the response to COVID-19 taught consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies nothing else, it highlighted the need not only for flexibility but also for growth goals that are tailored to the consumers of the future. This makes accurate, relevant data and analytics even more critical for demand forecasting. Data is the key to growth.

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Logility

JULY 14, 2022

Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the only supply chain publication covering the entire global supply chain, focusing on trucking, warehousing, packaging, procurement, risk management, professional development and more. About Supply & Demand Chain Executive. and L.I.N.K.

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Logility

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Process manufacturing companies — such as those in the packaging, specialty chemicals, and rolled and woven goods sectors — are dealing with overcapacity as well as price pressures and continuing supply chain uncertainties. They are coming to the realization that they must innovate and build resilience for whatever might come next.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 15, 2024

Source Analyzing the financial implications of excess inventory As of October 2023, US retailers combined are holding over $795 billion worth of inventory. Source Although not all of this is considered inventory glut, it’s safe to assume that at least some of this inventory figure is related to overstocking.

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