Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond. Infor is able to use its visibility application to dynamically update ETAs and look at the impact on inventory.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Here we break down the inventory management strategies of seven successful manufacturers and retailers around the globe. These examples show there isn’t a benchmark inventory management strategy that trumps all others.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Just-In-Time inventory management approach revolutionized manufacturing forever. What is Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory Management? Its central mission is to curtail inventory expenses and amplify operational efficiency by timing the receipt of goods to coincide with their actual need in the manufacturing cycle.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

At the event, James Rice, MIT, spoke on innovation, and his reflections on Clayton Christensen’s 1997 classic business book, the Innovators Dilemma. This is disruptive innovation. The spark from Invention to Innovation is slow. Technology invention is happening, but the translation to innovation is slow.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2021

Starting from pre-implementation we align on target key performance indicator (KPI) levels and benchmark progress to accelerate time to value. Because our customers around the globe can meet or exceed their service level requirements while minimizing inventory, they’re ready for whatever tomorrow brings.” About ToolsGroup.

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 28, 2019

Through the targeted use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and other technologies, leading global innovators are constantly trying to enhance the effectiveness of their inventory management. What one can’t ignore, however, is all the external factors that also directly, and indirectly, affect inventory processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

The analysis is designed to provide Industry benchmarks by peer group and to celebrate the success of 23 companies out of 28 peer groups. As can be seen in the analysis, 80% of the industries studied for the report went backward on key performance measurements like cost and inventory management over the last decade. The reason?

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Logility

JANUARY 10, 2023

Consider a global hospitality supplier that wanted to secure a consistently available inventory of personal care products at a lower cost. Align inventories to free up cash Out-of-date spreadsheets, process workarounds, and orders placed outside of supported channels have always been more commonplace in the supply chain than they should be.

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Silvon Software

APRIL 18, 2024

Here’s a quick glimpse at how: Automated Data Integration : AI can automate the integration of data from multiple sources, recognizing and aligning similar data fields automatically. This helps executives in planning inventory, staffing, and budget allocations.

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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. Our relentless passion to deliver the highest level of customer service and to ensure our customers around the world can rely on the supply chain innovations we bring to the market is paramount.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

” The industry is in a groupthink, largely missing the opportunities for breakthrough innovation. We find that the companies with the most marked improvement in a balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) are smaller and less well-known. My bet is on the emerging tech.

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crisp

JUNE 29, 2022

NotCo is no stranger to data: the innovative brand’s AI-based software has carved out a new space in the plant-based world by mimicking the tastes and textures of animal products using plant-derived ingredients. We have one source of truth, and that stems from Crisp.”. We have one source of truth, and that stems from Crisp.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 6, 2020

Tom, the colorful warehouse manager, constantly heckled Frank for the increasing inventory levels while Ed, the quiet material/logistics manager, constantly questioned if there was a better way. My job, as the plant engineering manager, was to drive innovation and implement technology improvement. Frank had little patience for Ed.

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Unleashed

MARCH 6, 2024

Three reasons why it’s important to improve supply chain agility: Remain adaptable to market changes: Responding quickly and effectively to changes in customer preferences, demand patterns, and product innovations helps you to capture new opportunities and gain a competitive edge.

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Unleashed

JULY 25, 2021

Improving food inventory control. The simplest approach to reducing food waste is to optimise inventory control. Effective inventory control can prevent food waste by helping limit the volume of surplus food generated, reduce overstocking, and improve overall food waste management. On-selling food waste as animal feed.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 28, 2022

Supply Chain Matters has often highlighted Inditex’s ongoing business performance not only in supply chain innovation but also in overcoming industry challenges in good times and not so good. That was counter to Inditex’s prior stance to operate a very lean inventory levels. Latest Accomplishments. Business Outlook.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

Benchmarking. The first step to building a guiding a coalition is benchmarking. We are offering three types of benchmarking: planning, financial and organizational. Understand inventory write-offs, impact of forecast processes and technology satisfaction in the planning benchmarking. Here we share some insights.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 29, 2024

Stock-keeping-unit (SKU) rationalisation is an inventory management method for improving the performance and profitability of your business. As a business strategy, SKU rationalisation helps you to reduce business costs, improve inventory management, increase operational efficiency, and enhance your brand image.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Shipments without origin documents are being turned away from ports, creating expensive disruptions and inventory that doesn’t reach its destination, affecting the overall supply chain and your business health. A social audit is an assessment of how well the company is achieving its goals or benchmarks for social responsibility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

” Or alternatively, “Is there data that could be sourced to help?” In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. inventory turns. Ask the group what is possible?

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

At the heart of Pfizer’s mission lies a delicate balance of science, strategy, and innovation. Meanwhile, science-based solutions allow Pfizer to leverage its scientific expertise to find innovative solutions for maintaining supply during times of crisis. Innovations developed during this period set new industry benchmarks.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Cloud has evolved to provide the ideal infrastructure and platform for hosting multiple supply chain partners to collaboratively offer optimized services including planning, logistics, sourcing, procurement and service parts management. Multi-enterprise supply chain means multi-vendors of supply chain applications. . Who can provide them?

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Logility

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Maturity curves have become a popular way to visually benchmark your company’s state of development in a particular business capability. SOI – System of Innovation. IRI – Syndicated Data Source. Source: Logility, Inc. This post discusses the Demand Optimization Maturity Curve. SCP – Supply Chain Planning.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

With Advanced Supply Chain Analytics : Advanced analytics can foresee such supply shortages by analyzing patterns, trends, and external factors, allowing the company to source alternative suppliers or adjust production schedules in advance.

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Unleashed

MARCH 9, 2021

In simple terms business procurement is the process of locating and acquiring goods and services from external sources for the business to use. Procurement activities include planning, sourcing, and negotiation, along with risk management, legal and value analysis. Undamaged shipment rate.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Some of the materials were sourced and managed by the customers. Still the sourcing and supplier management of other materials was delegated to our facilities. And a cursory look at benchmark comparisons to competitors showed the company lagging behind in virtually every metric. Another 5 countries were on the itinerary.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Businesses can access historical data, market trends, and other external factors and, by plugging in predictive analytics, gain invaluable insights that streamline inventory management, demand forecasting, transportation planning, risk mitigation, and overall decision-making processes. So, how does predictive analytics help with that?

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Oracle SCM

JULY 12, 2017

Supply chain executives were under pressure to develop more efficient, customer-centric supply chains while finding innovative ways to reduce costs and enable growth. They prioritized projects that reduced inventory and logistics expenses. Innovation is crucial for being one step ahead of the competition. FREE EBOOK.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 25, 2016

Inventory measurement is critical and it is money after all in that it took a capital expense to procure. The goal is to keep inventory levels at a minimum to meet customer needs. Review Inventory turns and Return on Assets. It is the main measurement benchmark in measuring supply chain performance, isn’t it?

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QAD

JULY 6, 2021

We bring them into our ecosystem, so to speak, to offer our customers the innovative solutions they need to upgrade their business processes and maintain their competitive advantage. Quality assurance benchmarks and milestones. ANCA needed a process for a single source of information that the company and their suppliers could rely on.

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Arkieva

APRIL 21, 2016

We have looked at the EBIT per inventory $ or per working capital $ to define a best-practice frontier. That frontier can then be used for setting balanced targets on EBIT% versus Inventory Turns or EBIT% versus CCC. or a more focused improvement on EBIT% for the current Inventory Turns (or CCC). Product Leader.

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20Cube Logistics

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Inventory got depleted in warehouses with no shipper coming to take it away. The redundancies that have been exposed, coupled with the setback that the industry had to suffer, called for a remodeling of the operational design and left rooms for innovation thrust open.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

CPG companies massively reduced assortments to simplify sourcing, production and distribution. Similarly, companies had not invested in supply chain benchmarking and true end -to-end assessment to be able to understand the Performance Impact and Time to Recover (TTR), i.e., what time it takes to get back to normal operations.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 29, 2015

Can innovative technology, new business models and eCommerce re-boot the business of logistics? Europe’s only C-level logistics event will enable you to: Benchmark your strategic plan against the industry and discover if you have a USP customers want to pay for. Datum: 14-16 October 2015. Locatie: De Maaspoort Theatre, Venlo (NL).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Inventory Turns 3. (10%). Source: Gartner. Return on Assets (ROA) and Inventory turns are also a part of the scoring process. There is no question that the Supply Chain of any business usually has a significant impact on ROA and certainly on Inventory turns. Further an Inventory turn of 1.0 Peer Opinion 1.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

As global supply chains start the long process of recovery, supply chain management is in the spotlight, and new best practices and innovative strategies are emerging as supply chain leaders aim to reduce risk in an uncertain future. “Think beyond your four walls to how you can better collaborate and innovate with your suppliers.

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BlueYonder

MAY 16, 2018

During the Executive Exchange, JDA and KPMG released an exclusive preview of the findings from the new survey, Digital Supply Chain in Retail & Manufacturing: A State of the Industry Benchmark , conducted by Incisiv. When it comes to technology deployment, cloud is the de-facto option for retailers.

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