BlueYonder

JULY 14, 2021

It’s because we’ve been panicked over the past 18 months that our progress may have taken a back seat during the COVID-19 outbreak when manufacturers, distributers and retailers were so focused on simply getting the basics — like toilet paper — to consumers. Sourcing Lanes. Why the sigh, you ask? Waste Reduction.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2016

The Boston Consulting Group said at the 2015 Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Marketing Institute (GMA/FMI) supply chain conference that 22% of polled respondents said less accurate forecasts were one of their top hurdles to improving service. Steutermann calls this “ shifting from sell-in to sell-through ”.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Not so surprisingly, the 2021 MHI Annual Industry Report found that 31% of the respondents were already using predictive analytics in some capacity, and 48% were planning to invest in it in the next 5 years. Capacity Planning Capacity planning is a critical aspect of supply chain management.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

“Eight of the 15 markets that we monitor as a broad, representative benchmark were positive on a week-over-week basis,” states Seth Holm of Freightwaves. Truck manufacturers also find it challenging to keep up with demand, and waitlists for driver courses continue to increase. ” Here is a look at why. .

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Freight Plus

APRIL 1, 2020

Week 2: Capacity Crunch. As more and more warehouses and manufacturing plants are implementing rules around receiving freight, we are increasingly seeing trucks denied entry into facilities. In the intermodal mode, capacity remains loose and rates/volume are low. Themes of the Weeks of COVID-19. Week 1: Shock.

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Freight Plus

APRIL 1, 2020

Week 2: Capacity Crunch. As more and more warehouses and manufacturing plants are implementing rules around receiving freight, we are increasingly seeing trucks denied entry into facilities. In the intermodal mode, capacity remains loose and rates/volume are low. Themes of the Weeks of COVID-19. Week 1: Shock.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

companies started adopting lean manufacturing and just-in-time principles in the 1980s, most business people have been trained to understand that excess inventory ties up capital and erodes profitability. Inventory metrics are less intuitive, but ever since U.S. The link between forecast accuracy and corporate goals is less clear.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 29, 2024

An electronics manufacturer chooses to discontinue older or less fashionable design models, based on market trends and customer preferences. Discontinuing lines will help the manufacturer free up production capacity, and redirect research and development spending to focus on the development and marketing of newer or more innovative products.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

They are your sole source and you have no alternative but to buy from that Supplier. If the materials or commodities that your Supplier provides are on allocation due to some constraint in raw materials, capacity, or some other reason, then your Supplier has the upper hand. How are they doing relative to any competitors or benchmarks?

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Tompkins Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

Tightening capacity. Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium is the premier source for supply chain benchmarking and best practices knowledge. “Shippers and carriers both need to understand the larger consequences of transportation trends and act decisively to survive in today’s evolving climate.”. Trucking industry consolidation.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JULY 15, 2022

companies started adopting lean manufacturing and just-in-time principles in the 1980s, most business people have been trained to understand that excess inventory ties up capital and erodes profitability. Inventory metrics are less intuitive, but ever since U.S. The link between forecast accuracy and corporate goals is less clear. Contact Us.

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Shipsy

MAY 28, 2021

The outbreak has also made it clear that digitization of the last-mile processes and the overall logistics and transportation system will be the key to shape the future of e-commerce, manufacturing, food & grocery, courier & express delivery, and other industries. Let’s check out the other last mile delivery trends for 2021.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For instance, the bankruptcy of South Korea’s 7th largest shipping company (Hanjin Shipping) led to a dramatic reduction in global supply chain shipping capacity. Capacity fell by 3 percent, and up to $14 billion in cargo was unable to dock. Source raw materials from reclamation centers where possible. What to Do About It.

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AFFLINK

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Benchmark oil prices have been experiencing a downward trajectory in the last couple of years, thanks to the shale gas revolution in the United States as well as the OPEC-initiated strategy to maintain a certain production level in order to force out high-cost supplies.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. The design of buffer strategies–capacity, inventory, and supplier relationships–to absorb demand and supply variability.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. Consultancy UK).

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Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The key to creating an effective market-driven demand plan is access to rich forecasts based on inputs from multiple sources. Demand-based manufacturing In some supply chains, manufacturing facilities operate independently.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2023

Most recently, the APQC has conducted best practice and benchmarking research on environmental sustainability. One area of concern for the long-term health of the world is the use of packaging in both the manufacturing and shipping of products.

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Unleashed

JULY 23, 2023

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) help manufacturers determine operational strengths and flaws. By tracking the right manufacturing KPIs in your production operations you can accurately monitor performance to ensure the consistent and timely delivery of quality products. In this manufacturing KPIs guide What are KPIs in manufacturing?

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

2019 is going to perform above benchmark,” said Donald Ratajczak as reported by the JOC. In addition, the Taiwanese manufacturer pledged $10 billion to the plant and promised it would create 13,000 jobs. Since trucking capacity has been less of an issue, insiders aren’t optimistic about intermodal growth in 2019.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 9, 2016

As a young assistant professor at Michigan State University, I was part of a group called the Global Procurement Benchmarking Initiative, led by Professor Robert Monczka. I had the opportunity to also witness the evolution of the field now known as “supply chain management” over the past 25 years.

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2019

A manufacturer of health-conscious snack foods was shipping product to its retail customer in Chino, CA. A food manufacturer was shipping a 26-pallet order into Costco. This cost the vendor: $60 in detention to diagnose the source of the rejection. $75 Simple Truck Issue Equals Retail Shipping Headache for Snack Company.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

It consolidated Cargill’s global animal feed production and strengthened its internal supply chain capacity for food production and processing. I split this off from global sourcing because we had plenty of buyers but not enough planning and logistics so service and documentation was failing. With a price tag of $2.1

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Arkieva

APRIL 21, 2016

The flexibility will come from multi-sourcing, ample capacity, fast transportation modes, … this flexibility will come at a cost. Figure 5 is showing the same, but again maps it in 3D, as we did in our blog “ Benchmarking and the Best Practice Frontier in the Supply Chain Triangle ”. the first i-pad) comes with a high error.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

In this post, Bram Desmet outlines the three main categories of supply chain complexity — Planning/Sourcing/Making/Delivering, Processes/People/Tools/Analytics, the impact of fast changing technology, increasing market speed and turbulence, attracting and developing talent. Supply Chain Complexity 1 – Plan/Source/Make/Deliver/….

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

The most interesting thing that Blue Yonder is doing from an OMS standpoint is driving promising and pre-sourcing to retailers. Joule can analyze the sustainability practices of suppliers and manufacturers that a retailer partners with. And if they are not, the retailer can look at alternative sources that aligns to their goals.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Truck capacity shortages occur as carriers shift resources to provide recovery support to affected areas. The tight capacity and shipping downtime can increase rates and severely disrupt freight flow for months. The issues of labour and transportation costs, along with capacity, will beleaguer everyone. Following the U.S.-China

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 6, 2020

Frank, the line manager for manufacturing, dominated the meetings. We had a choice to either install newer high-capacity machines for the Jell-O lines (CM Bartelts) running at over 1500 packages/minute or slower, more flexible equipment (IM Bartelts) at a rate of 650 pouches/minute. I remember one project quite well.

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IQMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Bottom Line: Manufacturers are achieving only 40% of their potential because they’re spending too much valuable time manually updating inventory control , production reporting , and pricing reports when their competitors using real-time data to get the data they need to win deals and plan next-generation real-time factories.

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Logility

JANUARY 10, 2023

For instance, a plastic packaging products manufacturer can optimize its capital investments by using forecasting data and increasing its visibility across current business gaps and future requirements. Sources 1. “ Logility customer benchmarking data. Let’s get started.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Having an agent detect how long it takes to ship from a supplier site to a manufacturing facility, and then doing a running calculation on how the average lead time is changing, is trivial math. But very few vendors are taking those alerts and automatically feeding them into their manufacturing planning solutions.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

”[5] Hayes suggests SCM involves five different areas: The plan or strategy; the source (of raw materials or services); manufacturing (focused on productivity and efficiency); delivery and logistics; and, the return system (for defective or unwanted products). I would a sixth area: Sales and marketing. Data-as-a-service (DaaS).

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

We saw this right at the start of the pandemic, when parts being manufactured in Wuhan province disrupted car manufacturers’ production lines around the world. These disconnections can seriously hurt manufacturers and retailers in today’s online, service-driven economy where consumer expectations are defined by the Amazon experience.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 24, 2022

AI in supply chains is helping to deliver the powerful optimization capabilities required for more accurate capacity planning , improved productivity, high quality, lower costs, and greater output, all while fostering safer working conditions. AI can also analyze workplace safety data and inform manufacturers about any possible risks.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2015

I speak at many industry conferences throughout the year, where the majority of the audience are shippers — that is, supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing and retail companies. provide them with timely, accurate, and complete data/info).

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

As spring morphed to summer, sporting events made a comeback and local sporting venues and stadiums were returning to increased capacity. CPG companies massively reduced assortments to simplify sourcing, production and distribution. There was also a renewed optimism in travel, tourism and hospitality.

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