Unleashed

MARCH 9, 2021

The pandemic’s global scale exposed largely unprecedented, supply chain vulnerabilities. While it is difficult to account for every possible scenario, the Covid-19 pandemic has indeed provided an opportunity for businesses to rethink their procurement strategies after globally connected supply chains were repeatedly disrupted.

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Logility

JANUARY 12, 2021

You’re committed to rolling out an analytics platform across your supply chain and you have tons of data. There are many ways to view data, but those that are particularly useful in supply chain analytics are reporting, score carding, dashboarding and benchmarking. Benchmarking. Reporting and Score carding.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, having an efficient supply chain department is more important than ever. A streamlined supply chain can make a significant impact on the overall success of a business, improving operational efficiency, increasing customer satisfaction, and driving revenue growth.

Optimal Sourcing 74

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Negotiating Skills Material Savings 74

ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Unleashed

JULY 23, 2023

KPIs in manufacturing are quantifiable production metrics used by manufacturers to measure production performance over time. They provide clear insights and benchmarks around the operational efficiency of specific manufacturing processes. As a metric, it’s the time you budget to manufacture each part or component.

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Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Metrics Inventory Reduction 52

GlobalTranz

JULY 13, 2015

Throughout the supply chain, the use of metrics to track and understand processes provides an invaluable resource for ensuring increased production and customer satisfaction. What Distribution Center Metrics Need Tracking? However, the most important metrics can be categorized into the following eight areas.

Procurement Analytics 120

Procurement Analytics Metrics Distribution Inventory Reduction 120

SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Customers face significant frustrations that erode brand trust and sales without supply chain visibility.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 14, 2023

Logistics Procurement – Performance Management by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Shortly after the outset of COVID, in early 2020, supply chains have been disrupted across the globe. Freight procurement is the mainstay of any supply chain professional but price is not the be-all and end-all.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 2, 2021

Whether you’re planning to benchmark your supply chain or simply trying to improve how you measure its performance, it makes sense to know a little about the most commonly used KPIs for each supply chain component. You don’t necessarily need to use all the following metrics in your procurement department.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Container shipping procurement faces a multitude of challenges shaped by global events, industry shifts, environmental mandates, and technological advancements. Shipping Frequency, Service Routing, Delivery Time, Compensation Clause, etc.,)

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Optimal Sourcing Procurement Sourcing Strategies Freight 130

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. Here are ten things to keep in mind in terms of the role that forecasting can have on supply chains: While not a cure all, forecasting does matter.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While your company undoubtedly has sustainability on its supply chain agenda, creating momentum can be tricky in what is after all, a fairly new way to approach performance improvement. How to Develop a Sustainable Supply Chain. But how do you get started on sustainable supply chain development?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

Time For A Supply Chain Check-Up? When a company contacts me to help them with their supply chain, the pain is usually a gap in customer service. To complete a supply chain diagnostic, I take these four steps: Step One. Here I share insights on how to get started using a four-step process.

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Intelligent Audit

APRIL 27, 2021

Competition has always been fierce within the modern-day supply chain, but it is now more vital than ever to set your company apart from competitors. So how does a modern-day supply chain team effectively demonstrate value and performance? Late deliveries — customers want fast shipping that is reliable and affordable.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2023

Supply chain sustainability can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. As I have written about before, supply chain sustainability , or the notion of going green, is a hot topic as companies and countries look at their overall carbon footprint and look for ways to be more environmentally friendly.

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Unleashed

APRIL 9, 2024

To measure how effective a company is at delivering complete orders on time, you can use the aptly named On Time in Full (OTIF) metric. OTIF meaning On Time in Full (OTIF) is a supply chain management metric that tracks a supplier’s ability to meet delivery promises. What is On Time in Full?

Vendor Strategies 52

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 29, 2023

Key metrics that will indicate if marshalling is needed relate to picking and shipping. Key metrics that will indicate if marshalling is needed relate to picking and shipping. Marshalling can reduce returns caused by either the incorrect goods being shipped or the goods being faulty.

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SupplyPike

APRIL 17, 2020

Learn about: Less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping Advantages of LTL Factors determining shipping rates. Less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping is a system of transporting a smaller shipment than a typical truck filled with one order. Get better shipping rates. Access the newest shipping technology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. However, when Gartner bought AMR Research, and I left in the transition(because I don’t believe in the Gartner methodology), I launched a new methodology named the Supply Chains to Admire. The reason?

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While your company undoubtedly has sustainability on its supply chain agenda, creating momentum can be tricky in what is after all, a fairly new way to approach performance improvement. How to Develop a Sustainable Supply Chain. But how do you get started on sustainable supply chain development?

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

For Bollore a deal would mean cutting ties with its biggest business while offering cash-rich CMA CGM a chance to bolster its bid to offer end-to-end transportation services and supply chain management. Although CMA CGM is best known for being a large container shipping company, it is also the parent of CEVA Logistics.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Instability is among the singular constants affecting supply chain management. Finding ways to keep costs in check often comes down to understanding the various shipping surcharges and how shippers can best avoid them through stronger shipping audits. supply chains.”

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ShipBob

APRIL 15, 2024

That’s why you need to closely measure metrics such as gross margin return on investment (GMROI). This metric doesn’t just account for the cost of buying inventory. These two metrics can be calculated using their respective formulae. puts it far behind the competition, as the GMROI benchmark in this industry for 2021 is $3.90.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 14, 2021

Here at Benchmarking Success, we exist to help our customers improve supply chain performance. If, like many business leaders, you’re looking for ways to make your supply chain more resilient to major disruptions and black swan events, you might like to consider initiatives based on the following guiding principles.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In recent years, shipping GRIs among carriers tend to be around 3% to 5% each year. This average shipping rate increase index is a reflection of how carriers look to balance demand with capacity, but it’s not always the same. Fifteen actionable steps that mitigate higher shipping rates’ impact.

Expense Reduction 52

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 17, 2023

But did you know that you can make your supply chain greener, too? . Aligning Parts of the Supply Chain . Misaligned production, warehousing, and transportation functions are also a large source of supply chain inefficiencies, and they can cost brands big in wasted resources, time, and money. .

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 7, 2016

The digital business landscape for a shipper, such as the use of an ERP, TMS, and other digital aspects, such as The Internet of Things , provides unparalleled insight into how an organization in the supply chain can improve efficiency, visibility, and productivity. What Do Supply Chain Analytics Have to Do With This Ability?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In supply chain management, it is widely accepted that holding enough finished goods inventory to fulfill every order is just too costly. 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.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Detective – Our First 10 Cases! This was another case for The Supply Chain Detective ! And then they shipped those goods in accordance with customer orders received into those facilities. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Setting the Scene.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 22, 2017

If strategic supply chain transformation simply cannot occur without solid reporting in the TMS, why do so many shippers still fail to take advantage of reporting in their TMS? Tendering Metrics. Benchmarking. What’s worse, almost 40% say their visibility is derived from their carriers track and trace tools! EDI Errors.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Check out Brand Protection – The Definitive Role of the Supply Chain! The Supply Chain function within your company has many responsibilities. Yet often the Supply Chain is undervalued. Why is Supply Chain often undervalued? Pressures for Cost Reduction in Supply Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. But service is paramount in a vertically integrated supply chain with perishable products. A 95% on time delivery metric – very high performance – is just not good enough for Simmons.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Supply chains used to live in the past. Thanks to the more advanced forms of supply chain analytics like predictive analytics, supply chains are proactively looking into the future and prepping for “what is to come” rather than only ruminating over “what already happened.”

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

With significant supply chain challenges arising in the aftermath of such events more companies will be planning to mitigate supply chain risks in the wake of a storm. The tight capacity and shipping downtime can increase rates and severely disrupt freight flow for months. Weathering the Trade Policy Storm.

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Zipline Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Logistics data has taken a front seat at forward-thinking CPG brands due to its ability to drive impactful and profitability-focused decisions in all facets of the supply chain. The CPG supply chain generates volumes of data that—when leveraged correctly—can be a differentiator for brands. What is Logistics Data?

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 30, 2020

These are a la carte, or per service, and outside of standard shipping and receiving. Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) — Critical supply chain planning that also accounts for production schedules. Benchmark — In logistics, benchmarks refer to KPI thresholds set by an organization to measure supply chain performance.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Yet, there’s a gulf between shippers whose efforts at supply chain management excellence succeed, and those whose efforts fail. Research firm, Supply Chain Insights, produces the annual “ Supply Chains to Admire ” study which looks at the factors driving excellence in supply chain management.

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