Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain. To date, most of our content has covered topics related either to logistics or manufacturing outsourcing.

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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$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The current market offers no solution.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Supply Chain Operating Networks: The building of supply chain applications using many-to-many architectures to connect multiple parties to multiple trading partners to improve multi-tier supply chain visibility, planning and execution to improve relationships in extended value chains. .

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crisp

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reporting for organizations emitting over 25,000 metric tons of GHGs per year, and those in specific industries like vehicle manufacturing and industrial gas. Example: The tea company purchases a new truck and factory.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 2, 2019

What are the main factors that make obtaining end-to-end supply chain visibility a challenge at your company? What skills and attributes will be the most important for supply chain young professionals to succeed moving forward? There’s a way to do it better.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Sustainability initiatives and environmental concerns : Concerns around environmental degradation and achieving long term sustainability have brought forth the added expectation of dealing with sourcing and management of products in a manner that does not harm the environment. Increased supply chain visibility for optimum output.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2024

similarly, over 95% of manufacturers invested and implemented supply chain planning, but their primary tool today is Excel. The research supports that we have not improved supply chain visibility, and we are going backwards in delivering results through supply chain planning.”

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 27, 2022

Here’s the usual flow of materials throughout the supply chain as it relates to vertical integration. At the back of your supply chain, you’ve got your raw materials being procured. In the middle, you’ve got your manufacturers that take those raw materials and turn them into finished goods.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

But supply chain and logistics experts know they need to prepare for another holiday first. One that will create a “black hole” in supply chains for at least 10 days – Chinese New Year (CNY). For global manufacturers, the impact of CNY is not a new discussion. So be sure to book early.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Rob Handfield and Tom Linton, motivate this notion in ‘Flow: How The Best Supply Chains Thrive’ by drawing on the unique work implemented by Resilinc, which has also featured in the book. Supply chain resiliency There is a pressing need to reimagine the “what if scenario.”

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). JDA Unleashes New Levels of Supply Chain Visibility Across its Portfolio with TransVoyant. Source: Amazon patent.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

I am a manufacturing gal by training. Supply chains respond, but they do not sense. I strongly believe that leaders must build their supply chains with new building blocks. This requires bi-directional communication between trading partners in the value chain. Figure 1: Current Levels of Visibility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 20, 2016

There is a great need for improved supply chain analytics. The pace of solution evolution is moving quickly, and it is hard for supply chain leaders to keep up. As shown in Figure 2, these analytical architectures span structured and unstructured data sources and drive new insights. New names abound.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

In this article, we will show you tips from worldwide experts that you can use to streamline your global supply chain operations. 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.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Retail supply chains in particular face a horde of supply chain challenges such as: . Integration of multiple distribution channels Customer satisfaction Inventory and storage management End-to-end supply chain visibility. Amongst these challenges, inventory management impacts all others.

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JDA software

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In my latest blog, I shared five jaw-dropping stats about counterfeit retail and how these fakers are creating some real trust issues between retailers and their consumers, and , retailers and manufacturers. Get more visibility into your supply chain. Blockchain will literally save lives.

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Logility

JUNE 8, 2021

Record Quarterly Bookings Accelerated Growth in Cloud Services Annual Contract Value. powers the digital supply chain to enable apparel brand owners and retailers to maximize revenue and profit by accelerating lead times, streamlining product development, and optimizing sourcing and distribution.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We've already listed the top 10 manufacturing articles, the top 10 supply chain articles, and yesterday, the top 10 logistics articles. In order to implement this visibility, it is crucial that companies take into consideration many elements. We call this the transportation supply chain.

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Claritum

JULY 5, 2018

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. If you can measure it then you can manage it” This statement is so true in the procurement field. The supply chain may contain components of raw materials, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, resellers, agents, logistics, retailers and many other entities. Introduction.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 11, 2018

” At the very least, DTC activity, as part of a larger omnichannel strategy, sets the stage for retailers and manufacturers to become frenemies. ”[2] He points to the example of Amazon and Apple offering books that can be read either on a Kindle or an iPad. Learning to work with your frenemy. There was an underlying fear.

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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. Customer-Centric Supply Chain Processes. Supply Chain Visibility and Supplier Connectivity.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In my latest blog, I shared five jaw-dropping stats about counterfeit retail and how these fakers are creating some real trust issues between retailers and their consumers, and , retailers and manufacturers. Get more visibility into your supply chain. Blockchain will literally save lives.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 10, 2023

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In 2014, a Supply Chain Council survey found that managing global supply chain complexity was among the top 5 major issues. Complexity in the global supply chain has increased dramatically since that time. Global TMS – a key element in managing global supply chain complexity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

There is no good system for visibility. Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. Prior to 2018, when an ocean carrier booked a shipment they had to provide a chassis. The average purchase order changes 3-4X before shipment.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In 2014, a Supply Chain Council survey found that managing global supply chain complexity was among the top 5 major issues. Complexity in the global supply chain has increased dramatically since that time. Global TMS – a key element in managing global supply chain complexity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free). Variability increased during the pandemic and there is no good system for visibility. Prior to 2018, when an ocean carrier booked a shipment they had to provide a chassis. The reason?

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Gravity Supply Chain

JANUARY 22, 2024

Gravity, a global leader in Purchase Order Management and BuyCo, the container shipping platform, announced their partnership to offer shippers with a comprehensive solution that allows procurement and transport teams to collaborate seamlessly for international trade operations.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

He created a list of 8 questions that every new Chief Supply Chain Officer should ask his or her CEO before they take on the new assignment, as the answers to these questions will form the foundation for how you need to operate the company’s supply chain. And yet, most supply chains are far from simply organized.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

In countless surveys over the past decade, manufacturers and retailers rank “improving supply chain visibility” as one of their top priorities. Supply chain networks are reconfiguring at a rapid pace, so the challenge of connecting to new trading partners is ongoing. Take BMW as the latest example.

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Environmental Concerns: Concerns around environmental degradation have brought forth the added expectation of dealing with sourcing and management of products in a manner that does not harm the environment. Automating a standalone process only benefits the enterprise if larger chunks of the supply chain are also automated.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

And this global trip isn’t just for sightseeing – leading companies find that a diversified sourcing base and far-flung manufacturing can help cut production costs, increasing the bottom line. However, the biggest pain point for these global supply chains is the one that seems inescapable – transportation costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

At the event, James Rice, MIT, spoke on innovation, and his reflections on Clayton Christensen’s 1997 classic business book, the Innovators Dilemma. I, like many of you, read this book when it was published. He discussed the adoption of the steam engine and the electric motor in the manufacturing sector. Why so long?

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Intra-company and intercompany, across the supply chain and across the globe, from the operator level to the management suite, information on all aspects of production, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution is increasingly visible and accessible at all levels, so that appropriate decisions can be made and applied.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

RFID tags and robotic warehouse systems generate and transmit data that, when combined with other data sources, allow companies to optimize the supply chain and make better predictions and forecasts to improve efficiency and boost the bottom line. But they have potential beyond this. Dr Julian Stephens. ScienceSoft.

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E2open

DECEMBER 12, 2016

In 1961, Jay Forrester formalized the recognition of the bullwhip effect in his book titled, Industrial Dynamics. Increased outsourcing has further contributed to this problem resulting in a lack of visibility from shelves to suppliers and everything in between. A supply chain operating network allows leaders to do just that.

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