Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2018

This means that there are fewer people available to transport goods over-the-road. With fewer people unemployed, more money is circulating around the economy and consumers can purchase more goods. This means that there is an increased need for transportation as shoppers buy more and more items.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Now more so than ever, corporations understand the tremendous impact logistics and transportation can have on their overall business performance and are taking meaningful strides to optimize their supply chain operations. In the United States alone, 3PL gross revenue increased 3.2% (a rate greater than our GDP) from 2012 to 2013 to $146.4

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Initially companies believe regional planning systems easily adapt to become global, but they quickly learn otherwise and hit roadblocks. The returns from planning systems are three to five months; but to maximize value, companies need to validate the outputs. (IT Instead, it requires some rethinking of processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. As a result, the entire organization gamed the system to improve personal gain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The two most significant factors were a rise in time between the booking to gate in at the port, up 43%, and the ocean transit time, up 36%. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. As a result, the entire organization gamed the system to improve personal gain.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

On that day, the barcode system invented by George Lauer, an IBM engineer, began to change the world.”[1] Barcode systems help businesses and organizations track products, prices, and stock levels for centralized management in a computer software system allowing for incredible increases in productivity and efficiency.

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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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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Common interests My 2014 post noted how the profession has evolved beyond its transportation/ warehousing roots to become a strategic resource. At the time, I started a research project on supply chain sustainability that culminated in my book “Balancing Green: When to Embrace Sustainability in Business (and When Not To)” (MIT Press, 2018).

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

There is no system of record for data over time, and the use of a portal gives the posting company a false sense of effectively communicating. Today, 7% of order and purchase order flows move through business networks. Lora thinks that we are never too old to learn or to push for excellence. There just isn’t an answer.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

Buying these solutions is far more complicated than is represented in a simple four-box quadrant. The data tells us that independent of the solution, the worst scenario is to have a large system integrator implement a supply chain planning solution. Lora thinks that we are never too old to learn or to push for excellence.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 18, 2022

AI applications will become increasingly important especially in buyer-seller transaction systems, to enable improved efficiency of transaction flows. 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.

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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. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. Most can only measure functional costs—transportation, manufacturing, and procurement.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

The most significant for the supply chain market are assets from Baan, Formation Systems, Fygir, Intentia, Lawson, MAPICS, Mercia, and SSA Global. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. It is clear. I am not surprised.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Customers are buying less. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. Success of New Business Models. Disintermediation.

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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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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

Importance of Supply Chain Analytics Five Types of Supply Chain Analytics Benefits of Supply Chain Analytics Challenges in Implementing Supply Chain Analytics Supply Chain Analytics System Architecture Role of Big Data What is Supply Chain Analytics?

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

However, if we ask them how many are satisfied with their systems or their approaches to doing so, very few, and often no one will tell us. 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2015

Since the last report, Kinaxis successfully launched an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange, E2open launched an IPO and then went private with a buy out by Insights, IBS and Steelwedge sought new rounds of capital, and WAM Systems and Acorn Systems have new owners. It happens with all systems. This is not unusual.

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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. One company had an empty automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS), calling it the “epitome of a monument to waste.” But, it can be overdone.

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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. This information is stored in an automated system to ensure the accuracy of the order-related information.

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EazyStock

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

To stay ahead, tech-smart operations, savvy professionals are using logistics and supply chain mobile applications as must-have tools for operational excellence. These apps help companies achieve every business process from tracking inventory and shipments to booking meetings with clients to tracking tasks and projects.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 16, 2022

All essential data points including product, suppliers, procurement, purchases and sales can be tracked from the inventory management system and the inventory goals can be further used to categorize inventory metrics. STANDARD INVENTORY REVIEWING SYSTEMS. Key Pillars of Supply Chain Inventory Optimization. DEMAND FORECASTING.

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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). There is no system of record with bidirectional agreements on supply.

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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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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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ThroughPut

APRIL 13, 2021

But to start with, businesses must evaluate their planning and scheduling system and the limitations of their ERP system. Obsolete systems can hinder productivity and fail to accommodate the changes in demand. Gain operational excellence in your food supply chain with ThroughPut’s AI-driven solutions.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 13, 2021

But to start with, businesses must evaluate their planning and scheduling system and the limitations of their ERP system. Obsolete systems can hinder productivity and fail to accommodate the changes in demand. Gain operational excellence in your food supply chain with ThroughPut’s AI-driven solutions.

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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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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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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 mid-1960s witnessed a dramatic growth of the materials management concept.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

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 goal is to manage the supply chain as a system, together. The publication of a book takes a couple of years. “Lucky me,” I thought, and smiled.

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Tompkins Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

Supply Chain IT Systems. Webcast – “Supply Chain Control Towers: Separating Fact from Fiction” With the overwhelming complications faced by today’s supply chain managers, companies are searching for the best solutions to combat complexity and create supply chain excellence with the consumer-driven approach. Distribution Operations.

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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. Suppliers with complete visibility into their operations and those that have optimized their transportation, are able to avoid these repercussions. Align Production and Transportation Schedules.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Background on Ocean Transport. Variability increased during the pandemic and there is no good system for visibility. Few planning systems update delivery based on actual dwell times; and despite the abundance of Internet of Things (IOT) data, there is no place to put streaming data signals into traditional planning systems.

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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? Transport network unpredictability. A key example is the expert system. A classic case was the project to create an expert system for the Campbell Soup Company. The following are examples.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

A further consolidation of logistics service providers is expected, as asset-based logistics service providers involved in advanced warehousing and transportation require high investments. He is the author of the book ‘Halal Business Management: A guide to achieving halal excellence’. From global to local and regional sourcing.

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