Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 26, 2017

When it comes to supply chain excellence, particularly in the retail sector, there is one behemoth dominating the landscape: Amazon. Amazon supply chain management is driving innovation and change at a pace that’s putting the pressure on other businesses to find a way to keep up, or fold.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“May you live in interesting times,” widely attributed as a Chinese curse, some claim this as a blessing; whichever side you take, this is exactly what’s happening in the supply chain world since 2020, and it looks like we will be living with this blessing/curse for a while longer. Emerging Themes for Supply Chain Planning.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s announcement from athletic footwear designer and manufacturer New Balance of the grand opening of this company’s fifth production facility in North America. was more expensive, New Balance Chairman , Jim Davis provided a strong commitment to localized manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

Supply Chain Matters features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology support. Our last full edition was published on February 14. billion in Generative AI start-up Anthropic.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

When I started my business in 2012, I frequently wrote about the future using the moniker of Supply Chain 2020. We had just recovered from a recession, and my goal was to help supply chain leaders create a better supply chain by the end of the decade. At that time, Supply Chain 2020 seemed so far away.

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Logility

JUNE 21, 2022

A transparent digital supply chain will give you the insights you need for faster fulfillment. Key Takeaways: Same-day delivery is preferred by most consumers today, and supply chains must speed up to match that fulfillment speed. Logility’s digital supply chain platform can help you capture your part of the predicted $9.2

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 2, 2023

manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. manufacturers re-evaluating their reliance on China. Executives are plotting alternate supply chains or devising products that can be made elsewhere should China’s hundreds of thousands of factories become inaccessible. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

McCormick Place North Entering the grand concourse and riding the escalator up one floor, we will take a left hand turn into the North Hall, home to the North Manufacturing and Assembly Solution Center and the Robotics and Automation Solution Center. Manhattan Associates was exhibiting its portfolio of digital supply chain solutions.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Mike Beckham, CEO of bottle and travel mug manufacturer Simple Modern, told the Wall Street Journal that a major Chinese supplier in Quzhou City had been forced to cut its workweek to four days and trim its electricity usage by a third. But China is the top concern for supply chain managers. year-on-year in August.

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 27, 2023

What’s on the road ahead for consumer goods manufacturing? Although the industry is multifaceted and varied, encompassing everything from household goods to food & beverage to apparel and more, most arms of the consumer goods industry are facing similar challenges. Supply chain woes. Geopolitical instability.

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20Cube Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Air travel is not only convenient for traveling a long distance in a short span of time, but it is also the one-stop solution in the supply chain industry for the swiftness in operations it offers. Certain manufacturing sectors like fashion and electronics are reliant on the airfreight because of the nature of their business.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

In that interview we mentioned that he would visit Made In USA Zipper manufacturer, UCan Zippers to film a video documenting the company's commitment to American Manufacturing for nearly 30 years. Why are we having an interview with an American Manufacturer on a logistics blog, you ask? It's simple. Think about it for a second.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). JDA Unleashes New Levels of Supply Chain Visibility Across its Portfolio with TransVoyant. Cyber Insurance Becomes a Must for More Manufacturers (WSJ – sub.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 8, 2023

If there’s any piece of technology or analytics that can help with the most advanced data-driven decision-making in the supply chain right now, that’s prescriptive analytics. What Is Prescriptive Analytics in Supply Chain? How Prescriptive Analytics Has Been Driving Value In Supply Chain Optimization?

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Resilinc

JUNE 29, 2021

Over the last several years, factory fires have ranked as one of the most common types of disruptive supply chain events: in 2020 1,000 factory fires were tracked by Resilinc’s EventWatch monitoring system. However, fires that occur far outside factory gates are becoming a greater concern for supply chain risk managers.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Under the auspices of UN Climate Change, leading fashion brands, retailers, supplier organizations, and others, including a major shipping company, have agreed to collectively address the climate impact of the fashion sector across its entire value chain. The fashion industry took a large step on Dec. Puma SE, PVH Corp.,Target;

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Retail supply chain management has always been a complicated and complex process. But in the timeframe between 2020 to 2022, a volatile supply chain market showed the weakness in outdated, legacy supply chain execution built on rigid technology or lacking any accurate data that can improve overall decision-making.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Supply chains used to live in the past. Thanks to the more advanced forms of supply chain analytics like predictive analytics, supply chains are proactively looking into the future and prepping for “what is to come” rather than only ruminating over “what already happened.”

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Services by Amazon Here are some of the key services offered by Amazon: General public: Amazon.com – an e-commerce platform offering a diverse selection of products such as books, electronics, apparel, and groceries. Amazon Prime has had a profound impact on delivery speed and customer expectations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

After the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , I took the time to recharge and took a month off from writing. The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

Over the years, I’ve come across many large, brand-name companies that have been successful by many measures, such as revenue growth and profitably, but when you peeled back the onion on their supply chain processes and capabilities, they were far from best-in-class. From the article: Columbia Sportswear added $415.6

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. Retail was slow to adopt supply chain processes to drive new business models; and as a result, traditional retail redefinition of supply chain processes got caught in the omni-channel hype while Amazon worked its magic to become a market leader. The difference?

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Resilinc

AUGUST 3, 2021

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG), corporate social responsibility (CSR), and sustainability are becoming increasingly significant issues for supply chain management. Similarly, there is a vast range in both the benefits and consequences that can arise from supply chains’ CSR and sustainability performance.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come as they visit the Xmas supply chain. With over 1,000 factories already producing hoverboards, Shenzhen is already the ‘hoverboard manufacturing capital of the world’. We have reached the era of the on-demand, responsive supply chain. importers brought in 1.86

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. During 2022, as consumers shifted their physical goods buying patterns away from products and into travel and services, global shipping volumes steadily declined and so did spot rates.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Singapore is one of the largest fuelling stations of the world (over 20% of ship fuelling happens here), so capacity for sustainable fuels is critical for global sustainability efforts. 2022 also saw the major ship lines come out with their decarbonisation strategies to get to zero emissions by 2050. Buses and Heavy Trucks.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 9, 2021

A typical ecommerce supply chain starts with sourcing raw materials to produce finished goods , which are then transported to a warehouse or fulfillment center before they end up with their end consumer. Packages are then shipped to their destination via ground, air, or sea. What is a sustainable supply chain?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Amazon says its prepared for supply chain snarls for holiday season. As the holiday season approaches there are many concerns about the global supply chain. Last week I highlighted that many toy manufacturers were looking to maximize holiday profits by selling more “ squishy ” toys. Apparently the past has arrived.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 14, 2023

The most recent valuation of the sports equipment & apparel market totaled to $340.6 This industry includes sports equipment, apparel, and shoes. Top manufacturers of sporting goods by revenue include Nike, lululemon, Anta Sports, and adidas.

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QAD

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Manufacturing in Turkey. Primary manufacturing industries include textiles, food, automobiles, electronics, mining, steel, petroleum, construction, lumber and paper. Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Regardless of the shipping mode required, it is easy to move goods to and from Turkey.

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 10, 2022

Should you change your supply chain procurement strategy in light of continuing supply chain disruptions? Supply chain procurement strategies had long been favoring Just in Time procurement. So, should merchants change their supply chain procurement strategies as they head into 2022?

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QAD

JULY 16, 2020

Manufacturing in India. India has a robust manufacturing sector, with typical products including textiles, chemicals, food, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petrochemicals, machinery, software and pharmaceuticals. . Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. In addition, it has 45 heliports.

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Requis

JULY 14, 2020

Venture capital (VC) investor, columnist and educator Brian Aoaeh is part of the new generation of investors who are unlocking the opportunities in supply chain. Steeped in the investment world since 2008, Brian decided very early on to focus on supply chain and operations investment.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 5, 2022

If supply chain snarls kept you from receiving items you wanted last Christmas, you’re in luck. … Companies are struggling to find space for the glut of apparel, kitchen appliances and other goods filling up their supply chains.” ” • Review holiday shipping surcharges and delivery windows.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 15, 2022

By now our Supply Chain Matters readers have already viewed headlines of yet another COVID-19 variant induced lockdown of certain manufacturing and port facilities in China. That former is the hub of high tech, consumer electronics and telecommunication product supply networks along with specialized apparel manufacturers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Here, I postulate that the supply chain dragon is data. Supply chain leaders are drowning in data and low in insights. Pirate ships would lower their flag when puff roared out his name oh. The focus is on growth, but supply chains are not fit for purpose. Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea.

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