Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

What do the Germany World Cup Team and the Boston Red Sox have in common? Several customers addressed those questions in excellent case study presentations: Dr. Bernhard Herzog, Oxea GmbH – “Business Impact of a Supply Chain Operating Network”. The answer: Both teams illustrate that past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 27, 2014

by CJ Wehlage If you read my prior blog, “ Storage Wars rescues supply chain ignominy ”, you would have seen my garage after I moved from Boston to San Diego. Every box we collected for 16 years, stuffed in the Boston attic. I asked the guys what the key success factors were: Know how to make a profit when buying and selling.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

At a recent Gartner conference, Kinaxis CEO John Sicard gathered leaders from Bose, Boston Scientific and ON Semiconductor to gather advice for digital transformation, drawn from their own experiences. One way to ensure successful change management is to set up a supply chain Center of Excellence (COE).

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

We have let buy- and sell-side transactional relationships erode value. Look at the gyrations of Boston Scientific and Eli Lilly for the same period of time. Lafley’s turnaround of P&G, through the focus on the two moments of truth (purchase and usage), is an example. I order 75% of my purchases online.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

Volatility in pricing trends are opportunities to lock in contractual rates, though shippers and logistics providers must also maintain flexibility to leverage spot buys as needed. Going forward, it is vital that shippers analyze their freight spend and if required renegotiate their rates regularly to remain competitive.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2013

They were born from well-intentioned, bright professors from great schools – Boston College, Carnegie Mellon, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT )– in operations research. SmartOps was purchased by SAP. At the beginning of the third decade of supply chain management, a new class of applications was born.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

BOSTON — Nov 17, 2021 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, has been selected by POOLCORP to support its goals of improved supply chain resilience and service to customers while increasing profitability. . That’s why global leaders like Absolut, BP and Harley-Davidson rely on us year after year.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Boston Consulting Group estimates that this year — and for the foreseeable future — a full 60% of stock will be sold via markdown. They train the consumer not to buy in-season because they can come back in three months and get a discount. Markdowns have now become a critical survival strategy for retailers. It’s a vicious cycle.”

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2022

BOSTON—June 7, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Onera, a provider of real-time inventory availability and fulfillment software solutions to retailers. Solutions enable real-time inventory availability and fulfillment optimization for retailers.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 31, 2022

They’ve inspired their teams with their persistent drive to deliver excellence and helped our customers keep service levels high despite demand and supply irregularities. In the midst of the pandemic and other events that remind us uncertainty is a constant, Rob and Mauro have shown their mettle,” said ToolsGroup CEO Joseph Shamir.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 27, 2017

BOSTON, MA, October, 27, 2017 – Research recently published by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute , and sponsored by Maine Pointe , identifies collaboration as one of six key elements of creating competitive advantages through supply chains. Maine Pointe calls this Total Value Optimization (TVO)™.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2020

According to Columbus, “AI is improving digital transformation’s success rate in the areas of marketing and selling effectiveness by being able to track purchase decisions back to campaigns by channel and understand why specific personas purchased while others didn’t.” ” 10. ” Footnotes. [1]

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Procurement planning functionality (essentially the planning of future purchase orders) is typically a subset of broader supply planning applications that plan manufacturing work orders, inventory levels, shipments, as well as purchase orders, to meet demand.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Multichannel selling allows customers to shop and purchase through whichever channel they prefer. Each channel offers a separate opportunity to interact with the brand and make purchases. When businesses are looking to buy from other businesses, the B2B model comes into play. What is multichannel selling? What is B2B eCommerce?

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

“Currently, the biggest challenge for supply chain managers is…” Keeping up with consumers and their buying behaviors. David Millington @nextlevelpurch David Millington, MSc.QSM, NPDP, SPSM3®, is Director of Education at Next Level Purchasing Association.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Popular Beliefs on Supply Chain Excellence Do Not Align With Results. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. This issue is that the orders have inherent order latency (The time for customer purchases to translate to manufacturing orders). There is also no Santa Claus.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 2, 2015

I see many supply chain leaders that have visibility, some in excel and some in automated tools. The traditional horizontal Plan-Buy-Make-Deliver model is gone. In every supply chain I’ve seen in my past 25 years, there’s one constant – they all use some form of Excel – mostly to search for exceptions.

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IQMS

JUNE 25, 2019

The multiplicative effects of combining IoT and blockchain to improve track-and-traceability are shown in the context of the following table from the Boston Consulting Group. Combining blockchain and IoT is enabling manufacturers to pursue and excel at digital twin initiatives across their value chains.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

In the longer term, and dependent on the eventual scale and impact that COVID-19 has on consumer markets, it may speed up a re-think on how shoppers evaluate purchases and the benefits that they see as the key factors to consider.” ” — Understanding Supply Chain Excellence , Michigan State University; Twitter: @michiganstateu 33.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 17, 2018

Among those predicting technology will make humans redundant are supply chain and retail expert Allan Lyall and his Boston Consulting Group colleagues Pierre Mercier and Stefan Gstettner. Invariably, automated processes will result cost savings, fewer errors, and an excellent return on investment. Supply chain technologies.

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HICX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

HICX, the leading Supplier Experience Management provider, is announcing a $30 million investment led by Boston, US-based growth equity firm Wavecrest Growth Partners and Toronto-based venture debt provider Espresso Capital. HICX’s customers speak very highly of the company’s domain expertise and its solutions”. “We

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). Two MIT professors, Vivek Farias and Devavrat Shah, founded Celect in 2013 based on research they had done around how to model the purchasing choices consumers make. Still managing your supply chain with Excel macros?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

At the end of the day, customers buy based on value not on the cool factor of the technology. Kearney, Boston Consulting Group, Cap Gemini, Deloitte, E&Y, IBM, and McKinsey, they get more of the same. For more on Supply Chain Excellence, and which compan ies are doing well, join our Supply Chains to Admire Webinar.

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Locus Robotics

JUNE 2, 2025

The work done by the Customer Success Management is excellent. Prior to Locus, Jasmine held senior leadership roles at Barracuda Networks, Intronis, Aspen Technology, Mzinga, Prospero Technologies, and PAREXEL International, where she built a strong foundation in delivering customer value and operational excellence.

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synchrono

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Successful projects start with buy-in from the top and an eKanban initiative is no exception. Let your leaders know project success is accelerated through gaining universal buy-in. (If Corporate leadership sponsored and evangelized the project, but we still needed buy-in at the local plant level.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 6, 2021

BOSTON, April 6, 2021 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software , is proud to support global humanitarian and environmental organizations including Unicef, the Ocean Cleanup, World Wildlife Fund, and Banco Farmaceutico Foundation.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Recently, the company decided to purchase AIMMS PRO to roll out enterprise-wide applications and improve production output across reliable operations. In addition, we continue to embrace a company-wide focus on lasting customer success and are pleased to report that over 90% of customers rated our service as good/excellent last year.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Recently, the company decided to purchase AIMMS PRO to roll out enterprise-wide applications and improve production output across reliable operations. In addition, we continue to embrace a company-wide focus on lasting customer success and are pleased to report that over 90% of customers rated our service as good/excellent last year.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Whereas [some companies] embrace ‘being digital’ — this is ‘digital transformation’ at its best — it’s a total paradigm shift in the culture and operations — it’s not just about buying the latest digital tool, but about creating a new system, new cadence, new mindset.”[1] 1] If that’s sounds like taking on a difficult challenge, it is.

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synchrono

DECEMBER 18, 2017

So, once you have universal buy-in on the project (see Guest Blog1: Real-world Advice for Getting Started on eKanban ), the first step toward execution is to develop a good process, or value-stream map. For an eKanban project, this would involve documenting the flow of the current, manual Kanban process.

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Vinculum

MARCH 9, 2022

With the oil and mining industry slowing down, this opportunity is excellent for Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is expected to see almost double 2020’s2020’s revenue by 2025, predict Boston Consulting Group and Meta Platforms. Delivers excellent customer service. 1 Delivers Quality Customer Support & Retention.

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synchrono

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Worse, because these suppliers were known to be late, purchasers (with the best intentions) would trick the system and override the Kanban quantity. He is Six Sigma Black Belt and Quality Manager/Operations Excellence-certified by the American Society for Quality (ASQ), as well as an ASQ-certified Quality Auditor and Mechanical Inspector.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2018

”[4] If I correctly understand what Staker is saying, disruptive education innovation will help level the playing field because wealth and expertise — things poorer children don’t have — are less important than they have been in the past. .” ” Instead, he found an array of approaches with proven benefits.

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Precoro

MARCH 28, 2025

A recent survey by Boston Consulting Group found that respondents were able to meet only 48% of their cost-saving goals in 2024. By comparing your expenses against your expected budget, you can identify cost-saving opportunities, negotiate better deals with suppliers, and remove unnecessary purchases. So, what’s the solution?

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