Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Even if you don’t grow or ship produce, your transportation performance and spend can still be directly impacted. How Produce Season Transportation Affects Rates and Capacity – State by State.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Definition: “Someone’s efforts, resolve, or viability are tested; things are meaningfully challenging. Make, source, and deliver need to be managed together based on analytics that sense and respond at the speed of business. “ Wikipedia. COVID impacts also continue. Don’t Be Like Ford.

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Supply Chain Opz

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Book Review: Logistics Clusters-Delivering Value and Driving Growth. Recently, Ive found the new book called " Logistics Clusters: Delivering Value and Driving Growth ". Then, this post will explain how this book help to solve my question. Author of the Book. Another reason is because of a good transportation network.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

I consider her the best in the biz for transportation management consulting. Ellen’s was to design and execute the transportation planning logic. in to transportation management to drive routing information and booking optimization). How Do We Connect Supply Chain Planning Architectures to Transportation Planning?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

It serves as the compass guiding shippers toward efficient, economical, and dependable cargo transport. By crafting a well-defined strategy, businesses can mitigate transportation costs, mitigate supply chain disruptions, and uphold customer satisfaction. At the heart of it all, an effective procurement strategy remains paramount.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Green Corridor: Looking for the Green Lining by Timothy Foote, Director Transportation & Network APAC at Asendia and Founder of Susymbio 2023 is soon enough to end, and the transformation to a clean logistics future moves forward. Air transport emissions reduction goals sadly will be hampered by insufficient supplies of SAF.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. For more on this topic, read the book Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.

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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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3rdwave

MARCH 20, 2020

Without inbound international transportation, product level visibility organizations are flying blind – or, they are at a minimum, severely visually impaired. I just got off a call from the Director of Supply Chain with a retailer who is experiencing major angst because many of their products are directly or indirectly sourced overseas.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Every amendment, be it a booking change or a schedule change, is preserved in order. Acquire the source materials: add a block. Hand them to a carrier to transport to a plant: add another block. Re-book the carrier: add another block. And so on, from source to end-customer receipt.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2019

Specifically, I will focus on the lack of clear definition of control tower, cognitive computing, connected planning, and concurrent planning. It is a concept that sounds good, but due to lack of definition never goes anywhere.). “There is no industry standard definition for a control tower. Let me share some stories.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I am also developing a framework for my new book. Automating the current platform of a conventionally-held definition of planning is insufficient because the design of the planning platform– in the face of the pandemic –is quickly becoming outdated. Procurement and transportation operated as islands. Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Another client wants to push the customer-centric concept in his organization, but his definition is to do whatever the customer wants. A well-defined customer-centric supply chain starts with a clear definition of the organization’s strategy to serve a well-defined customer requirement. Flipping Book link: [link].

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2016

I find most companies are good at pockets of planning–demand planning, supply planning, transportation planning, material planning or plant scheduling, but the flows are not connected. Let’s start with a definition. I find five common definitions: Tight Integration of Transactional and Planning Data. Get Started.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2019

Specifically, I will focus on the lack of clear market definitions of the terms control tower, cognitive computing, connected planning, and concurrent planning. It is a concept that sounds good, but due to lack of definition never goes anywhere.). “There is no industry standard definition for a control tower.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

Futuristic road transportation technology with digital data transfer graphic showing concept of traffic big data analytic and internet of things. The transport and logistics industry, has seen several changes in business models in the last few years. Source: Schumacher et al.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Warehouse Management and Transportation Management were in their infancy. Much to my chagrin, when I entered into the world of supply chain, the processes of source, make and deliver were usually not designed. It should not be functional, with a narrow focus on a singular function like manufacturing or transportation.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Supply chain management might seem like a straight forward topic; but, Mike Mortson ( @mmortson ) notes there is no standard definition of supply chain management. To make that point, Mortson lists ten different definitions for the term from various sources. Consider where and when multiple sourcing options make sense.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

Starting With Definitions. To help, I wrote a few definitions on the board: Demand-Driven Processes. In 2012 I built on these concepts to define the market-driven value network. The definition: an adaptive network focused on a well-defined value-based outcomes. Definition of Outside-In Processes. The Building Blocks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The team was organized around the functional silos of source, make and deliver. Their career paths, their identities, and their comfort zones were steeped in the traditional definitions. Most companies think that they know what this means; but, to be actionable they need definition. It had been this way for over two decades.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. He graduated from the Cambridge Academy of Transport and the Chilean and German Commerce Institute with a degree in maritime transport, respectively.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

The chemical industry is the first to feel a recession, and the early travel freezes is a definite caution flag. As I sign into the front desk-after-front desk at manufacturers, and open the signature book, I notice a large number of system integrators diligently working on the implementation of traditional enterprise technologies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Most often the focus is on transportation or logistics, but does not take into consideration the trade-offs between make, source and deliver. Focus is on make, source and deliver together. Use of third-party data for transportation lane and drayage times by day/time of week.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 27, 2015

Supply chain management spans many functions and processes, including demand planning, sourcing, merchandising, supplier relationship management, inventory management, inbound and outbound transportation, distribution management, and store operations. Below is an excerpt from the section on Supply Chain Visibility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

Today Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical industry. Demand-driven lacks a consistent definition. In 2014 Thoma Bravo acquired GHX, a Supply Chain Operating Network for healthcare.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 17, 2023

But the past several years have made it seem nearly impossible, thanks to fast-changing consumer needs, increased competition, the growth of omni-channel, supply shortages, and transportation issues. Explore the benefits for your business by contacting us today – to schedule a discovery call and get a demo booked. Trillion in 2023.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

New sources of revenue. We see the supply chain in action every day, as we see transportation on our roads, rail, sea and in the air. Also, as more and more sales happen through digital channels, the supply chain is now a key player in the definition of the go-to-market model. More efficient operating processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2016

I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. In the traditional supply chain world, the processes of sell, deliver, make, source, and plan are separate and distinct. By definition, the silos struggle to align. Definition of Horizontal Processes. It enables growth.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

Industries that have formed cross-functional leadership teams combining source, make and deliver together have made the fastest progress. The shift in definitions can be a barrier to driving progress. These limiting definitions confine the potential. There is no substitute for leadership. We enjoy writing them!

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

The goal is deeper analytics to sense and respond across make, source and deliver. GT Nexus is one of the strongest providers of transportation visibility for the global ecosystem. By definition, ERP infrastructure is inside-out. Historically, our approaches have been too limited in scope and definition. It is clear.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

In this post my goal is to help companies build outside-in processes through a clearer definition. This outside-in orientation needs a definition to make it actionable. Use GPS, maps and weather signals to better predict arrival and route transportation assets. Reflection. Let’s start with the basics. Start with the channel.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

The third issue is the lack of understanding that global processes–to maximize the economies of scale in transportation and material buying–need strong governance. When it comes to governance, there is no one-size-fits-all, but in the absence of the definition of governance, nothing works very well. 4) Plan By Design.

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Supply Chain Opz

AUGUST 31, 2012

In global supply chain , most companies try to take an advantage of low-cost country sourcing to drive material costs down. Anyway, things can become very complicated if you have to deal with new suppliers, new commodities or new means of transportation. 10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time. A Case Study.

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20Cube Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With most of the industries taking advantage of ocean freight, it has become an extremely traditional model for transportation. If speedy delivery of goods is not met, solutions to problems are not dealt with in an agile manner, then a business can definitely suffer setbacks. Capacity Crunch of Ocean Freight. Exploring New Markets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. There is greater dependency on third parties for manufacturing and sourcing. Likewise, the Terra Technology team will need to learn sourcing. The Company has a checkered past.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

As shown in Figure 1, at a recent client engagement, there is a strong and clear process definition of the budget process and the lack of clarity and discipline in the demand flows for the supply chain. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. This creates many issues.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 7, 2013

Apple Inc purchases raw materials from various sources then get them shipped to an assembling plant in China. Some components are currently obtained from the single or limited sources. In the United States, transportation cost is the big portion of total logistics cost. 10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time.

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