Kinaxis

DECEMBER 9, 2014

by Trevor Miles I’m on my way back from Tokyo where I attended our user conference, Kinexions Tokyo , in Japan, just 5 weeks after our Kinexions North America user conference in San Diego. Or, as Angel Mendez of Cisco likes to say, yesterday’s stretch goal is today’s benchmark. Change is hard, but change is necessary.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2021

Where local laws fall below par, suppliers should adhere to international benchmarks. Sustainable supply chain certification in North America. Green-E – A scheme for businesses looking for clean energy and carbon offset certification across North America. National Organic Program – A U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2024

Not only will this help optimize operations, but it will allow for performance to be benchmarked across sites, helping drive continuous improvement and the sharing of best practices. Companies must begin mandating standard processes across all the facilities, from driver check-ins and the gate to the docks. Digitize the periphery of the yard.

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 15, 2014

From a global view, survey participants from North America believe their supply chains are of greater value to their companies than do the rest of the world. While global companies’ rate higher for cost reduction, inventory, customer service, and profitability, the degree of alignment is higher at North American companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2022

The company’s efforts in these dimensions began in 2014 with the creation of Planning Services Centers (PSC) and eventually a North America Operations Supply Chain Analytics Center.

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SupplyShift

MARCH 15, 2022

When combined with passive assessments (such as ESG rating platforms), It becomes an effective system to see how suppliers are keeping up with goals and benchmarks. The Benefits of Collaboration With all of the supply chain disruptions and procurement challenges regarding sourcing in 2021, it’s impossible to reach sustainability goals alone.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2022

Enterprise Cloud software provider SAP SE conducted its 2022 North America Sapphire Now customer conference last week. In this Supply Chain Matters blog we provide highlights and insights regarding SAP SE’s 2022 Sapphire ASUG Now customer conference held last week in Orlando, Florida. .

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

In fact, nearly 70% of consumers in North America think it’s important for a brand to be sustainable. Who could forget the Barbie deforestation scandal of 2011 , when Greenpeace discovered that toy manufacturer Mattel was sourcing packaging material from a supplier clearing rainforests from critical wildlife areas. .

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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 Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Cargill Animal Nutrition (CAN) is clustered around five major regions: North America; Latin America; EMEAR, including Russia; South Asia and East Asia. 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.

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S&OP Supply and Demand Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 107

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

By integrating order data, load information across modes, yard shipments and the like, internal departments can turn to a single source of the truth and more accurately manage various aspects of the lifecycle.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

In fact, nearly 70% of consumers in North America think it’s important for a brand to be sustainable. Who could forget the Barbie deforestation scandal of 2011 , when Greenpeace discovered that toy manufacturer Mattel was sourcing packaging material from a supplier clearing rainforests from critical wildlife areas.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It also offers benefits regardless of whether you are already using energy-efficient light sources. It need only be sufficient to educate your workforce in basic energy-saving practices like turning off lights and equipment when not in use and reporting any issues that might be a source of excess energy consumption.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Source: Sea-Intelligence Source: Sea-Intelligence The number of blank sailings are at the lowest we have seen since the pandemic started. Although 2023 first half reliability has been improving to around 65%, the lead time variability is still high compared to other modes of transportation, and still below pre-pandemic levels.

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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). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton. Consultancy UK).

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Unleashed

JULY 11, 2021

A benchmark baseline will establish fair and standardised testing and comparisons. Making a product sustainable – ensuring the product is efficient – means choosing energy-efficient manufacturers and manufacturing methods, decreasing water usage and chemical inputs, and by using renewable, non-polluting energy sources.

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QAD

MARCH 5, 2020

Every key vendor needs to be vetted, and then sourcing decisions need to be made and supply chain changes enacted. Unfortunately, many companies involved in M&A simply hand down a benchmark driven task. ” If one is running around with benchmarks and has no pathway to achieve the benchmark, then failure is all but certain. .

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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. Each facility leader reported into a Regional Vice President of Operations, one for each of Asia, Europe and North America.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

The company was replenishing dealers’ inventory weekly, using direct shipment and cross-docking operations from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities. Retail activity is extremely seasonal, with the majority of sales occurring between March and July.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

18th, 2023, Source: Marinetraffic Since mid-November multiple ships have been attacked in the Red Sea by Houthi forces in Yemen. The Suez Canal is the shortest route for container traffic from Asia to the Mediterranean and Europe, and is also used for some volumes from the Far East or Southern Asia to North America.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2021

These examples show there isn’t a benchmark inventory management strategy that trumps all others. has more than 3,000 stores worldwide, with a majority of those located in North America. Gap is also responding to changing customer expectations by having agile inventory that can be sourced quickly and delivered fast.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 23, 2018

The system should cover criteria across environment, labor and human rights, ethics/anti-corruption, and the supplier’s own sustainable sourcing practices. Examples might include FSC for fiber-based products, REACH registration of chemicals in Europe, or EnergyStar for appliance makers in North America, and so on.

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