Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Ronan Stephens, the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Management and External Manufacturing, explained how the company set out on a journey to improve customer service while also reducing costs. Further complicating their supply chain is the fact that they operate in a heavily regulated industry.

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Logility

JANUARY 14, 2021

Benchmark Based on Global Survey Highlights Logility’s Leadership in Ease of Use and Driving Rapid Benefits. Logility scored significantly higher than its peers’ average in areas such as low total cost of ownership (TCO), user experience, high availability, industry specialization, out-of-the-box availability, and availability of training.

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Precoro

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Morgan Working Capital Index 2020 , there is significant capital trapped in the form of working capital that can become a vital source of additional liquidity for corporations. Higher chance of heavy reliance on external financing sources, such as loans or credit lines. According to The J.P. But how can companies unlock this capital?

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2022

While SCOR is a reference model rather than a mandatory technical standard, it has a major impact because it provides the de facto standard framework for how organizations think about, measure, benchmark, and improve their supply chains. The new interactive model is available on their site here.

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Stord

AUGUST 5, 2020

While many companies actively report on direct emissions from and around manufacturing operations, indirect emissions consist of a much broader range of activities and are a significant contributor to the overall carbon footprint. As a shipper, this data is necessary to develop industry benchmarks for carbon footprint.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

Despite numerous acquisitions and product development efforts, SAP and Oracle are much larger industry giants. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 24, 2015

John Deere (2) – Life Cycle Cost Benchmarking – The team will benchmark industry leaders to document and define best practices for measuring direct material cost over the lifecycle of a product. These preferences and skills must then be matched with a partner company project.

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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. We believe many practices in global supply chain management can be applied in every industry. However, you may wonder what kind of practices really work.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 22, 2016

Source: Wall Street Journal. A new report by SupplyChainDigest: “Supplier Integration in an Outsourced Supply Chain World: A Benchmark Report,” showed a growing trend in supply chain outsourcing among manufacturing companies. Source: Arkieva Supply Chain Blog. Source: Supply Chain Shaman. Source: CBR.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 11, 2015

The first post in this series broke down what is supplier quality management and the steps to evaluate suppliers and the second post gave you insight into the metrics to look out for by 6 major industries. Unlike domestic suppliers, they will respond to quality benchmarks by throwing labor-end-state inspection and rework-at the problem.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

In 2011 Cargill, the multi billion-dollar agri-industrial conglomerate acquired animal nutrition specialist, Provimi. Thirdly I have set up global raw material supply (GMS), a supply entity that consolidates CAN’s global purchase orders and global vendors to plan and deliver raw materials for our manufacturing sites.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

Foster future economic growth within the freight and goods movement industry. Changes have also been made throughout the document to clarify and emphasize the collaboration between the responsible agencies and other regional planning efforts, including funding.”. Source: Commerce Dept. Source: SupplyChainDigest.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

On the technology front, LLamasoft announced the release of Data Services, “a new offering that provides reference and benchmark data to LLamasoft customers and others in the supply chain design community…[this data] enables significant reduction in model building time and validates model outputs against realistic standards.”

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

To reuse the Kraft Heinz example, something like: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Decrease waste by 20 percent across all Kraft Heinz manufacturing operations by 2025. E.g., procurement has great lines of communication with suppliers and can get their attention.

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SupplyShift

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

To reuse the Kraft Heinz example, something like: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Decrease waste by 20 percent across all Kraft Heinz manufacturing operations by 2025. E.g., procurement has great lines of communication with suppliers and can get their attention.

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Zipline Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Logistics data refers to the metrics used to track, measure, and benchmark parts of your supply chain’s performance. With an effective data program, you can measure your past execution and use predictive analytics in the logistics industry to make the best decisions about your freight. What is Logistics Data?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 1, 2015

Step 2 – Develop Metrics and Data Sources. Be the low-cost producer within our industry. This may require further defining the manufacturing specification that constitutes whether it is in tolerance or not, or it could mean whether the product is tested at the end of the line and operates as it was designed to. Inventory Goal.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 23, 2019

Rupy Sawhney is the Heath Fellow in Business and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, combining both fields through his knowledge of lean manufacturing, the optimization of production without a drop off in quality or worker health. responsible for Esphesoft’s portfolio of intelligent document and data capture solutions.

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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. Uber Freight sourcing truckers to rate shippers. I’m not saying shut it down, hunker down for the future. Now hiring!

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

After all, a clear picture of the company's procurement process is necessary to develop a sustainable future strategy and to avoid pitfalls that hold your business back. Spend analysis involves spend visibility , spending review , and procurement process improvement. The answer is simple: spend analysis.

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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. Kinaxis is focusing on the QSR industry first, looking at replenishment for both food and the necessary durable goods. For the end consumer, it creates a snapshot of traceability from procurement to delivery.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Supply Chain Sustainability: Industrial and commercial enterprises all have a responsibility to reduce carbon emissions and the depletion of natural resources. Supply chain documentation. We also cover production and manufacturing to some extent, and touch on other functional areas such as human resources and procurement.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 12, 2021

Each purported use case — from payments to legal documents, from escrow to voting systems — amounts to a set of contortions to add a distributed, encrypted, anonymous ledger where none was needed. On-time delivery of raw materials and/or components can make or break a small manufacturer’s production schedule and profitability. .

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Logility

AUGUST 5, 2021

This means routinely bringing together the C-suite, finance, supply chain, manufacturing, sales and marketing teams so everyone is seeing, working from and agreeing to an aligned plan that achieves optimal business outcomes. Inventory-based KPIs probably make sense for you, but how will you benchmark results?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

Author’s Note: Below is an excerpt from Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve: The Process Industry Executive Agenda for 2016 and Beyond , a white paper recently published by Elemica with research conducted by Adelante SCM. Step 2 – Develop Metrics and Data Sources. Which metrics are the right ones?

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

The disruption caused by COVID-19 is unique in that it impacted supply chains across all industries. “The pandemic, however, is affecting supply chains in the aircraft, automobile, electronic products, hospitality, medical, pharmaceutical, retail, technology, travel, and personal service/support industries.”

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Source Sensibly and Sustainably. Or follow your savvy suppliers and manufacturers as they open production lines in another country. Just like looking for suppliers and manufacturers in China, you may have to apply the same principles and common sense in evaluating business partners. Benchmark Your Business.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2016

The caller had prior experience with a major household products company and recently transitioned to a smaller, but global discrete manufacturer. I urged him to take his corporate strategy document and set up a meeting with each profit center manager. The company had a strong manufacturing culture, and the focus was on the urgent.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 30, 2020

Every industry has its own set of terms that are exclusive to the space. There are hundreds of logistics terms that make up the industry’s language. Benchmark — In logistics, benchmarks refer to KPI thresholds set by an organization to measure supply chain performance. Logistics is no exception.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

Deere & Company (brand name John Deere) is famed for the manufacture and supply of machinery used in agriculture, construction, and forestry, as well as diesel engines and lawn care equipment. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer chips, Intel needs little introduction. Deere & Company.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 25, 2019

” — 8 Tips to Reduce Warehouse Costs , Industry Today; Twitter: @Ind_today 10. For example, many manufacturers see an increased demand in Q4 with the approach of the holiday season. “All repetitive activities should be standardized and documented. Maintain a flexible workforce. Standardize processes.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

A commonly overlooked source of ROI is in the cost savings for the day-to-day activities of your line-level employees. Your workers are the muscle that drives daily operations in the warehouse, on the manufacturing floor, the yard, and every area where supply chain processes can be found. Finding ROI in Your Line-level Workforce.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

A commonly overlooked source of ROI is in the cost savings for the day-to-day activities of your line-level employees. Your workers are the muscle that drives daily operations in the warehouse, on the manufacturing floor, the yard, and every area where supply chain processes can be found. Finding ROI in Your Line-level Workforce.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 31, 2016

On the other hand, if you’re a business leader who must try to juggle supply chain effectiveness with that of marketing, sales, or manufacture, the following sections highlight the supply chain basics that your company must get right in order to maximise revenue and profit. “What?” ” I hear you cry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

According to the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the trucking industry is currently short 80,000 drivers. The ATA has a National Private Truck Council that allows for benchmarking on driver turnover. In the last benchmark, truckload carriers with more than $30 million in annual revenue averaged 90% driver turnover.

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EMERGE App

MAY 10, 2020

You should be storing documents in the cloud for easy access and effortless sharing from one place. Better still, you should banish the idea of documents and files altogether. Drill down on individual sales orders for more details or quickly generate PDF documents from them. And share these with the rest of your sales team!

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Arena Solutions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Jair: I’ve been working in the manufacturing industry for over 10 years. I was promoted to a document control clerk where I became a PLM administrator. I was able to advance my career by working in regulated industries such as medical devices, oil and gas, and food and beverage. Companies need to review their processes.

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