GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a two part series featuring Chuck Intrieri, who along with providing excellent insights over at his industry leading The Lean Supply Chain blog, is also a consultant who works with companies for Cost Reduction, Supply Chain Optimization, Logistics, Manufacturing, and 3PL Selection. It was called, “ The Short List ”.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Especially since many retailers have already purchased and shipped their goods ahead of the looming tariff changes. For example, if the brand defines target production capacity for each style in the collection, material suppliers can anticipate their production orders for each month or quarter.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

At a grocery store, for example, the worker doesn’t have to know the codes for popular items to be productive.” Employees can always find the most current information when reviewing inventory positions or trends in demand, which facilitates better decisions around purchasing and discounting. ” Concluding Thoughts.

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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. This allows shared services of procurement and transportation to function smoothly to achieve the economies of scale. 2) Build a Planning Career Path.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. An example of a global demand network is IBM iBAT. In 2012 I built on these concepts to define the market-driven value network.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2023

For example, if there is a port congestion or weather event affecting a truck on the road or a ship in the ocean, or a delay in the customs clearance or a COVID-19 shutdown in Shanghai, China, then supply chain operations can look at alternative, proactive risk mitigation strategies.

Automotive 73

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Today it operates in 67 countries with 143,000 employees and has 76 business units on six platforms that cover animal feed, food production, energy and transportation, financial services and pharmaceuticals. Our buyers are purchasing micro ingredients, such as vitamins, additives, minerals, etc. All three should be in balance.”.

S&OP 107

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. Let’s take an example. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

While traditional supply chain processes evolved from functional excellence definitions for source, make and deliver from the inside-out; to make the digital pivot and become more market-driven, companies need to define new supply chain processes outside-in. For example, should customer sentiment data feed into quality systems?

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Procurement Academy

AUGUST 31, 2021

It is an approach concentrating on your customer’s buying trends, searches, and demographic features and places the product nearer to them by predicting their requirements before they do, as Amazon is currently doing, putting the product required more closely to the consumer in advance. Predictive Logistics is there to support you.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

Online freight booking. This customer segment is incredibly important and if younger shippers can’t book a container and track its whereabouts on their smartphone (while they’re taking a group selfie!) Today, you buy a seat on a plane and the seat is there waiting for you. Four Core Themes Shaping Logistics.

Freight 150

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 18, 2022

We aren’t really leveraging the power of this data, especially when we’re trapped in world of manually reviewing requisitions, PO’s, and Excel spread sheets. A good example of how AI can improve procurement productivity is the Merlin AI Studio by Zycus.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

So, for example, outsourcing sales activity is not typically a good idea if yours is a retail sales company. For example, US-based companies may be quite fortunate if they have access to manufacturers right on their doorstep in Mexico, a country with far lower labour costs than the rest of North America.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Therefore, a firm would be well served to develop a supply chain strategy as described in my book: Supply Chain Transformation. These are three examples: Rule 3.1: Work with your broker to see if you can get priority on unloading the ship and inland transport. Aggregate forecasts are more accurate than individual forecasts.

Waste Reduction 274

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

Purpose of Supply Chain Analytics What are some examples of Supply Chain Analytics? This means tracking everything from customer relations to inventory management, financial investments, transportation and delivery processes, and workflow processes. What are some examples of Supply Chain Analytics?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013. GT Nexus is one of the strongest providers of transportation visibility for the global ecosystem. It is clear.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Suppose you wanted to be the fastest runner in the world, for example. For example, are you sure that you don’t have one or two business units that excel in a performance element which, otherwise, is proving to be a weakness for your supply chain operations? Those levels are “benchmarks”.

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Locus

JUNE 23, 2023

If customers do not receive their orders on time, they won’t buy from that company again. Today, consumers are comfortable and happy buying products online like never before. Shipping the order The packaged orders are transported from the warehouse to the final customer destination during this stage.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Since most companies invested in the automation of the enterprise, not the value network, visibility within the company and the transportation network is a strength. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders). In 2004 Compuware purchased Covisint. There are many reasons.

Supply Chain Software 150

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Parade

JUNE 24, 2019

In a recent article, Peter Rentschler, CEO at CarrierDirect, discussed why freight brokerages should focus on better utilizing their existing Transport Management System (TMS) to increase operational efficiency, rather than investing in upgrading their systems or purchasing something new. There's nothing to buy.

Eliminating Excel in Purchasing 60

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Parade

JUNE 24, 2019

In a recent article, Peter Rentschler, CEO at CarrierDirect, discussed why freight brokerages should focus on better utilizing their existing Transport Management System (TMS) to increase operational efficiency, rather than investing in upgrading their systems or purchasing something new. There's nothing to buy.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 9, 2016

An excerpt from our book “The Procurement Value Proposition” got a nice section of CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly edition this week. Much of the book was written based on my own recognition that the field needs to change. The Vietnam War, for example, resulted in upward price and material availability pressures.

Optimal Sourcing 40

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2020

If unable to find a product in store, consumers are quick to turn their attention online and purchase goods there. For an example, we can look to Walmart’s penalty structure for non-compliant deliveries. Align Production and Transportation Schedules. This helps to further incentivize proper delivery.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Let me give you an example: Last week, I gave a presentation at a global supply chain team meeting of 175 professionals. This team is not buying the message. So much so, that three years ago, I founded a research company to focus on understanding supply chain excellence. The publication of a book takes a couple of years.

Manufacturing Procurement 285

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Parade

JUNE 24, 2019

If you are a business owner or member of the leadership team, you’ve probably already asked yourself this question: Should I build these tech solutions in-house or should I buy them? There's nothing to buy. Just because tech presents excellent opportunities for your brokerage, doesn't mean you have to become a tech company.

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Supply Chain Trend

APRIL 5, 2021

This article is my commentary on an article published in Foresight , written by the authors of the book Humachine: Humankind, Machines, and the Future of Enterprise (Sanders & Wood, 2020). We now have automated production facilities, warehouses, and transport in our physical supply chain. INTRODUCTION: A NEW ERA.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Figure 1 shows a sample proposed SPM project structure for a transportation services company. Others will have a purchasing or supplier management board at the senior management level. We are talking about a key business process that impacts multiple functions beyond just organizing purchasing or quality.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 6, 2017

For example, perhaps you have… Large customers that need weekly deliveries but within 1 hour delivery windows. Scenario 2 – Buy more at once. You jump in the car, drive to the store, park the car, go into the store, spend a bit longer in the store this time, as you buy sugar, flour, rice, milk, and a dozen other things.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. When I worked at Polaroid, for example, some of us were concerned about the emergence of digital cameras and what it would do to instant photography. Big Data and Analytics for Oil and Gas Transportation.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 1, 2018

Are production, warehousing and transport ready to become lights-out operations, where no human being is needed? The following are examples. Transport network unpredictability. A key example is the expert system. Image processing is an example. One example is supplier performance evaluation.

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Arkieva

APRIL 21, 2016

The Discipline of Market Leaders, Basic Books, 1995) argues that in any sector, a company can be a market leader by excelling in 1 of 3 dimensions only. Either the company is a product leader, is a leader by operational excellence, or is a leader in customer intimacy. Apple would probably serve as an example.

Inventory Reduction 60

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Background on Ocean Transport. The need for data synchronization increases with the growth of nodes, the increase of the number of parties handling the freight, and the use of multiple modes of transport. Prior to 2018, when an ocean carrier booked a shipment they had to provide a chassis. We are awash in a sea of self-interest.

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

On top of this we can see examples of marketing driven service providers that very doubtfully brand their product S&OP, or make up new names for existing S&OP processes. These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines. What was special in that instance?

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

So in order to perhaps spawn some ideas for your supply chain excellence efforts, I thought I’d offer a brief overview of how four leading organisations are achieving their successes and cementing their mastery of the 21 st century supply chain. 4 Leading Operators with the Supply Chain X-Factor. The Sustainability Drive. Innovation.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 40

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Foundational to supply chain excellence is the reliability of delivery, quality, and service. The Sleep Number Story of Supply Chain Excellence. Historic processes are inside-out tightly integrated to orders and purchase orders. Defining the Customer Experience Through Supply Chain Excellence. Flipping Book link: [link].

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Port Community Systems, Government Single Windows, Trader Community platforms are all examples of this sort of development. All parties along the transport chain need to be well joined up. This collaboration is usually sub-optimal, local information sharing communities have emerged to obtain higher performance.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy and sell-side markets) bi-directionally with near-real time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. Thoma Bravo purchased Elemica in June 2016. For example, the consortia players are conservative and struggle with board alignment.

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