Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2023

This article explores the disruptive nature of supply chain disruptions, the significance of collaboration in managing direct spend, the role of Purchase Order (PO) Collaboration in tracking materials throughout the order cycle, and real-world challenges faced in PO Collaboration. Nari Viswanathan is currently Sr.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

This article describes a streamlined supply chain department, ultimately leading to increased productivity and profitability. While Its primary purpose is to manage the entire process, from procurement to delivery, efficiently and cost-effectively, it also coordinates with production to automate processes and planning, etc.

Optimal Sourcing 74

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As a retailer, so much of your time and energy goes into managing your inventory , streamlining your logistics, building partnerships, and curating the customer experience. By monitoring particular metrics over time across your online sales, in-store sales, and operations, you’ll gain quantitative insights into your business performance.

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Precoro

JULY 16, 2023

At the heart of the whole process is the purchasing manager – a supply chain and logistics professional who works to secure the required materials, goods, and services necessary for running the business. We have selected 5 fundamental KPIs that purchasing managers should consider.

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Precoro

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

One of the ways that procurement teams improve this figure is by tracking and improving the purchase price variance (PPV) metric. In this article, we'll explain what PPV is, why it matters, and how tracking this metric can benefit your procurement processes.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Original Article: What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. Yes, all parties have metrics and KPIs that help them know when to switch carriers or where to throttle ordering, but that’s not acceptable to customers. Original Article: What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 6, 2023

Many professionals rely on MS Excel as the go-to software for supply chain and procurement tasks but creating detailed dashboards can be time-consuming and exhausting. In this article, we will explore six of such supply chain tools that will revolutionize your workflow, ultimately saving you up to 30 hours of valuable time!

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Breaking Boundaries: Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Supply Chains Supply chains encompass many interconnected activities, from procurement, production, and inventory management, to logistics and distribution. Figure 2: A technology adoption roadmap for transportation and logistics companies considering generative AI.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Procurement Management. Procurement is one of the most important parts of supply chain management because it determines which suppliers you work with and how much they charge for their products or services. As a result, you can eliminate paper-based processes and reduce errors due to manual data entry. Supplier Relationship Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics. Drawings from Two Very Different Businesses Portraying the River of Demand. Mistake #5.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As part of the CMA CGM Group, CEVA Logistics has a global reach, which means that we can make a global difference. The logistics business, is predominantly a network business driven by our employees. Keeping that in mind, CEVA Logistics aspires to ensure the protection and professional development of our employees.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 11, 2023

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the top 10 supply chain management courses that can take your career to the next level. It covers the basics of procurement, including procurement strategies, contract management, and supplier selection. The course is designed to be interactive, engaging, and easy to follow.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Who would have thought that measuring the performance of supply chain processes like warehousing, procurement, or logistics could be so troublesome? Well, we know a few supply chain managers who, having made some of the mistakes covered by this article, would attest to the potential for difficulty.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 4, 2022

At Logistics Bureau, we want to help you with that, so we’re publishing this brief guide to help you if you haven’t already included freight benchmarking in your management strategies or want to benchmark more effectively than you are now. Alternatively, you can procure access to a digital freight benchmarking platform.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Management teams should concentrate on the logistics system in addition to administrative chores and adopt methods to assist molding manufacturers in meeting their goals. A PMO may help a company’s procurement process by approving supplier names, documents, and histories and taking the necessary remedial steps.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 21, 2021

Supply Chain KPIs article and permission to publish here provided by Harkirat Ahluwalia. Supply chain key performance indicators and metrics are ways in which someone can quantify the performance of their company’s supply chain to gain a better understanding of its strengths and weaknesses. Procurement Cost.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Labor and management work out deal at Port of LA/Long Beach ( Logistics Management ). As I stated back in December , in response to a Reuters article highlighting how U.S.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 5, 2021

Resilience article and permission to publish here provided by Sam White at Argentus. Companies have leveraged digital tools, and evolving skills, to collect vast data about product or raw materials sourcing, transportation, logistics, and manufacturing. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 29, 2021

India’s second wave of Covid article and permission to publish here provided by Ajay Jha. Saudi Arabia shipped 80 Metric tonnes of liquid oxygen to India and Portugal assured 20,000 litres of oxygen per week to India along with 5503 vials of Remdesvir. DHL and FEDEX played a major role in inbound logistics and distribution.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

This article was originally published by David Leichner of Authority Magazine. . T he cascading logistical problems caused by the pandemic and the war in Eastern Europe have made securing a reliable supply chain a national imperative. I graduated from Miami University and fell completely backward into logistics.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 17, 2016

There’s a common refrain among Supply Chain – and Procurement – Professionals that the board “doesn’t understand” the value that they bring to the table. They need to provide quantified metrics that board members can understand. One interesting take is that companies actually tend to take Supply Chain’s cost-cutting for granted.

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American Global Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It involves coordinating and integrating various activities, from procurement to production to distribution, to ensure the seamless flow of goods and services. This article explores the importance of innovation in supply chain management and highlights key areas where innovation can revolutionize traditional practices.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

In this article, we’ll explain why that should be and how your company can avoid S&OP problems by investing correctly in the people and their interrelationships , without which it’s simply impossible to tie the moving parts of S&OP together. But what makes it so challenging to implement S&OP successfully?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Fittingly our very first article was set up to introduce The Supply Chain Detective and the concept of investigative analysis and problem resolution in this arena. The company had hired a new Chief Procurement Officer. I had just joined the company which declared itself one of the leading Distribution and Logistics companies globally.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

The company is also stopping production in Ecuador, Venezuela, Belarus and Pakistan by April 2014 (these countries scored low in a World Bank report that assessed countries on accountability, corruption, violence, and other metrics). And as I highlighted last week, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal , “Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

This is forcing organisations to change the way business and logistics management are being handled to improve forecast accuracy, ensure compliance, reduce costs of goods and to handle delays effectively. The risks, therefore, expand 10-fold for businesses reliant on limited, distant, and increasingly unreliable suppliers.

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SCM Research

JUNE 24, 2021

The following OSCM journals were given a grade of 3: Decision Sciences , International Journal of Production Economics , Journal of Business Logistics , Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management , Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal. I believe they deserve better.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 27, 2021

” In the first installment of this two-part article, I discussed why circular supply chains are a good idea — even if they are difficult to implement. In the concluding part of the article, I want to discuss some specific things experts suggest supply chain professionals can do to make their supply chains more circular.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In supply chain management, total lead time is a crucial metric encompassing the period from customer order to delivery, be it in B2B or B2C scenarios. According to the article “ Modeling the flexibility of order quantities and lead-times in supply chains ”, by Sanchoy K. Each type of lead time can impact the global process.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

You are not alone, especially as in the time since we first penned this article, one huge and unforeseen event has raised awareness of the global importance of this vital sector—and shown it to be an attractive career choice. And now let us examine the reasons why a career in logistics offers so much diversity to so many workers.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 11, 2013

In my previous article on the evolution of transportation management, Driving Value from a Transportation Management Center: Think Global, Act Local , I discussed how transportation best practices were evolving from more rigid, centralized control towers to more flexible and collaborative Transportation Management Centers (TMC).

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

Over the last 2 years, Supply Chain teams have been struggling to procure and manufacture enough inventory. Dr. Bruce Arntzen’s article Recession Proof your Supply Chain is relevant. Emerging technologies: drones taking flight Remember when drones were going to take over final-mile logistics? Today, the US debt is $30.5

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Procurement Academy

MARCH 12, 2024

This article is a deep dive into this course – which is specially designed to give the professionals in your team the knowledge and skills they need to excel in strategic cost management. Calculating the Cost Breakdown: This process involves working with cost, finance, logistics and manufacturing process experts.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Whether you’re just starting to build out your logistics or your business has been established for years, there are always places to simplify and streamline operations within your ecommerce supply chain. Here are just some of the benefits of a lean supply chain that have prompted ecommerce merchants to optimize their logistics systems.

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 6, 2022

Keep the conversation going and if I left out your comment, my apologies - Add your thoughts in the comment section at the end of the article. I’ve tried to group the responses into topic buckets. Brian Glick @bglick It’s not a series of static milestone updates but real-time alerts &adjustment updates.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In this article, learn how to track warehouse performance by monitoring the right KPIs. Warehouse key performance indicators (KPIs) are metrics associated with warehouse performance. Along with improving efficiencies, optimizing areas of your warehouse operations that needs improvement can help to optimize logistics costs. .

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

A confluence of factors is limiting the talent pool and making it more difficult for organizations to find the right professionals to fill the necessary roles to drive supply chain success, as was cited in a recent article, Companies See ‘Massive Shift’ in Search for Supply Chain Talent , (Wall Street Journal, May 22nd, 2015, Loretta Chao).

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