GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

We trudge on with our top posts from our main blog categories by page view for all of 2014 from the Cerasis blog by featuring another area Cerasis is an expert in: Transportation. These tips include how you yourself can better manage your transportation department and maximize resources. Read the Full Blog Post.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 14, 2016

For manufacturers, virtual reality represents a major breakthrough in how products are created. Let’s take an in-depth look into the world of virtual reality, what’s holding it back, and why manufacturers are looking to virtual reality in manufacturing. What Are the Hindrances to Use of Virtual Reality in Manufacturing?

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Logility

JANUARY 12, 2021

There are many ways to view data, but those that are particularly useful in supply chain analytics are reporting, score carding, dashboarding and benchmarking. For instance, a modern report for a manufacturer might display all the data about transportation providers as usable information, in a scorecard format. Benchmarking.

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Unleashed

MAY 24, 2021

Sustainable manufacturing is at the forefront of good manufacturers’ plans. This article will take a look at what is sustainable manufacturing, some examples across various industries, and how SMEs can plan for sustainable manufacturing. What is sustainable manufacturing?

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 17, 2023

Many of Earth’s scarce resources are consumed by industrial processes and transport – which are the building blocks of today’s supply chains. According to the IPCC, about one-third of the global CO2 emissions are linked to industry, and 15% to transport – together this is almost half of the total CO2 emissions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer. The transportation team supports 13 production facilities.

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Shipchain

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Determining the total cost of transportation is essential to understanding your company’s profitability. Understanding the total cost of transportation means understanding the costs and factors affecting spend in each leg of the supply chain. When it comes down to it, accounting for the total cost of transportation is pretty complex.

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Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Demand-based manufacturing In some supply chains, manufacturing facilities operate independently. The optimal approach to manufacturing planning is leveraging demand, inventory, and replenishment plans to synchronize how much product should be produced to minimize cost while meeting customer service goals.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Lora Cecere, founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, is taking a deeper look at the role of transportation process maturity in supply chain excellence. As part of this research project, she has developed a brief survey to better understand today’s transportation planning priorities. Share your opinions at [link].

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2022

A growing number of consumers are asking the brands they buy from to invest in sustainability throughout the supply chain, from the materials they use to make products, to the transportation options they use to deliver products. Some phone manufacturers, among others Samsung and Apple, also offer customers to trade in their old phones.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5 The vehicle will make its inaugural trip from Indiana to California, where it will be featured at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. CMA CGM is offering 5 billion euros ($5.48

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

How do we create systems that allow everyone in the ecosystem, from suppliers to transportation partners to retailers, to be not only more agile and responsive in the face of rapidly changing market conditions, but to be able to predict issues in advance and prevent them? What’s in manufacturing? Complete visibility into inventory.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

If not, you might be surprised at the many ways supply chain benchmarking can be used to understand performance, identify areas for improvement and actually turn those improvements into reality. You don’t have to wait any longer to learn why supply chain benchmarking is increasingly winning advocates in the commercial arena.

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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. However, as the use of e-commerce increases, so does this percentage.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2015

In the first episode of this educational series focused on the link between transportation management and supply chain excellence, Chris Timmer of LeanLogistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor) outlined the attributes of a strong transportation management foundation and how to build it. What’s the first step in that process?

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 17, 2023

In the meantime, one of the best ways for manufacturers to find fuel efficiency improvements and emission-curbing opportunities is through route optimization. Besides reducing fuel costs and emissions, consolidation also helps brands hit key retailer benchmarks like OTIF and MABDs, improving customer relationships. .

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2015

Building a strong transportation management foundation is a critical prerequisite for companies to execute their supply chain strategies and achieve their growth and financial objectives. When it comes to transportation management, what are the attributes or components of a solid foundation? Then look at how to deploy the strategy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

This morning, unexpectedly, I found myself in the middle of a debate between my two panelists on the Planning Benchmarking Panel for the Summit. Recently through my analysis of the planning benchmarking work, I have become fascinated on the role of inventory in the market-driven value network. This is a series of preparation calls.

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E2open

JANUARY 19, 2023

This implies planners are still booking earlier to avoid potential delays at the port of arrival or overland transport. While it is the most cost-effective transportation mode, ocean shipping has been in a constant sea of change. This is down three days since last quarter and similarly, down three days from the fourth quarter of 2021.

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Silvon Software

JUNE 1, 2023

This includes procurement, production, transportation, warehousing, and distribution. Transportation costs: Monitor and control the costs associated with transporting materials across the supply chain. Identify the key stages, processes, and touchpoints involved in the movement of materials from suppliers to customers.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 16, 2024

Hydrogen doesn’t produce carbon emissions when burned, and companies are looking at it for use in cars, power generation and steel manufacturing. This has sparked a global rush to manufacture them, with around 600 proposed projects, about half of them in Europe.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

One of my insights from doing the industry analysis for the Supply Chains to Admire each year is that smaller and less well-known companies outperform larger and better-known manufacturers. The analysis is biased toward large process-based manufacturers in the Gartner network. Is this success? I don’t think so. Learning Stalled.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Proudly, I had led my division to have the lowest manufacturing costs with the highest Return on Assets. When we started benchmarking companies, Deborah and I had a friendly wager. Deborah and I benchmarked 97 supply chains; and, we found the inverse to be true. I was proud of my record, and shared it with Deborah. I was wrong.

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Stord

AUGUST 5, 2020

Freight transportation is the culprit that makes up a vast majority of air pollutants and emissions in the US. 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.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This goes back to a very simple manufacturing principle, that work in process inventory is far from ideal. By increasing open-to-buy frequency you might increase inbound transportation costs or sacrifice order quantity discounts, but in the end, having inventory flexibility will be worth it. Building Retailer Success with Open-to-Buy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions for the construction, mobility, healthcare and other industrial application markets. CDP is a global non-profit organization whose benchmarks on environmental performance by industry are widely recognized. The company has a continuous innovation process.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Use External Benchmarking Tools. Many suppliers and manufacturers may have existing, internal analytics tools, but using these tools for benchmarking processes may be ill-fated. This is comparable to the Holy Trinity of Manufacturing and Shipping discussed earlier this year in previous blog posts.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 18, 2017

Should the “Humpty Dumpty” market indeed fall off the wall the resulting impact on economic activity could make things very interesting for all shippers, but particularly so for those like retailers and manufacturers whose businesses are sensitive to wide swings in consumer sentiment. appeared first on UltraShipTMS.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2023

IL’s educational mission is to guide businesses to efficiently manage logistics, reduce and speed inventory, and neutralize transportation cost increases by aligning supply to demand and adjusting enterprise functions to support that paradigm shift. Inbound Logistics is the pioneering magazine empowering demand-driven enterprises.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 20, 2022

“This bipartisan bill is a benchmark in American infrastructure policy. A healthy and efficient transportation system is vital to the success of thousands of retail businesses. For manufacturers, this is a victory years in the making. ”[3]. Chris Conner, AAPA President and CEO. ”[4]. ”[6]. ”[7].

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Logility

AUGUST 4, 2023

Whether your definition of value includes on-time, in-full (OTIF), inventory reduction or optimization, transportation spend, speed of decision making, supply chain costs, net working capital, or a myriad of other value measures, you know your business better than anyone.

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Tompkins Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

RALEIGH, NC — Shippers and carriers this year can expect to see many new trends related to transportation, as well as a continuation of several critical challenges from 2013. Trends in the Transportation Industry , a report by Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium, pulls back the curtain on today’s hottest transportation issues.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 29, 2023

Picking completeness Quality of items picked On-time shipment Orders shipped damage-free Number of returns As benchmarks, the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), has noted that the average is 3-4 percent for miss-picks, and 98 percent for on-time shipments.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Hapag-Lloyd: Shipping and container transportation company. Shipping and container transportation company. Will stop transporting cargo to and from Israel (Dec 17). Nippon Yusen : Transportation and logistics. Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation: Container transportation. Will reroute shipments.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

As it takes time for shipping to reset back to ordinary capacity levels and flows, this change impacts rates, and can also influence other supply chain decisions where transportation rates and on-time performance play a major role. The issues of labour and transportation costs, along with capacity, will beleaguer everyone.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

To ensure its place at the forefront of pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chain management, Pfizer: Operates 58 Manufacturing Sites Worldwide Spanning continents, these sites are equipped with cutting-edge technology to ensure the production of high-quality medicines. billion in revenue in 2023 alone.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton.

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