Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2021

AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. Companies entered the pandemic with twenty more days of inventory than at the beginning of the great recession. The methodology to understand supply chain peer group performance and improvement is named the Supply Chains to Admire. Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.)

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

I watched a TED Talk video by Philip Evans, from Boston Consulting Group and shuddered to think that all our traditional fulfillment and inventory models can be drastically transformed by the “consumer”. 3PL’s, Contract Manufacturing, Suppliers, Logistics providers…. It’s the consumer. Where is the supply chain nodes?

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ToolsGroup

JULY 30, 2019

BOSTON (July 30, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in service-driven supply chain planning software, has promoted Mauro Adorno to managing director of Europe. Adorno brings more than 15 years of experience in consumer-focused businesses, internet retailing, automotive manufacturing, telecommunications and finance.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

MUNICH & BOSTON — 23. Emma will replace its old error-prone, manual spreadsheet-based planning with ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) for inventory optimization, fulfillment, demand modeling, and replenishment. GmbH group, a German family-owned investment holding company with focus on sustainability, acquired 50.1%

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. My thought was to combine my experience working on visibility solutions with Descartes Systems Group and Manugistics with recent research data. Today, there are no authoritative identifiers to track and trace for containers, warehouse locations, trucks or manufacturing plants.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

BOSTON, Mass. A North American-based survey of nearly 200 supply chain professionals from top CPG, distribution/wholesale, food and beverage, manufacturing, and retail companies found that 58% of respondents are still in the exploring or evaluating phases of digital transformation. PRESS RELEASE. and HOUSTON, Tex.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 21, 2021

Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) explain the first three revolutions were driven by steam, electricity, and automation. Joe Lichtenberg ( @joelichtenberg ), Head of Product and Industry Marketing at InterSystems, explains many manufacturers are still struggling to join the Industry 4.0 revolution. revolution.

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Logility

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The groups on my most listened to playlists include Boston, REO, Rush, Kansas, Styx, Van Halen, Eagles, Foreigner and The Police, just to name a few. Recently, I was listening to Journey, another of my favorite groups, while reading about the current state of the Wholesale Distribution Industry.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., And, according to a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study, 54% of companies with above one billion in revenues are now considering reshoring. manufacturers hurried to produce off-shore, believing significant cost reductions and huge profits would follow.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 27, 2021

The varied goods in the containers illustrate the far-flung nature of modern supply chains and show how transportation problems on one side of the world can affect the production of goods and store inventories thousands of miles away.”[5] Such a lurch towards autarky would not be justified.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 26, 2016

Boston Consulting Group talks about how the “endless aisles” of the internet and omni-channel sales increase product assortment. They don’t know how to segregate, forecast or inventory these “extreme error” items. Leverage Inventory More Effectively. Here are three approaches that have gained traction.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 27, 2017

Depending on the industry and size of the company, a business can spend more than 40% of its annual freight budget on inbound shipping, according to the Aberdeen Group, a research firm in Boston. A more efficient inbound freight program can minimize delays, save money and even reduce confusion.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2022

Last week, Boston based home goods and furniture online platform provider Wayfair announced it will shed nearly 5 percent of its global workforce and upwards of 10 percent of this provider’s corporate level staffing, amounting to upwards of 900 people. This has resulted in increased initiatives to now scale-back operations and trim staffing.

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IQMS

JUNE 25, 2019

By 2020, Discrete Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics and Utilities industries are projected to spend $40B each on IoT platforms, systems, and services. The senior management team at the manufacturer says the pilots are worth it if they can find a way to increase inventory turns just 10% using blockchain and IoT.

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Kinaxis

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

One involves a continuing trend toward specialization: companies focusing their efforts on research and development, while outsourcing manufacturing. Green says the company has had “a lot of success,” delivering its best-ever run times and inventory turns. Manufacturing is 100-percent outsourced.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

As an analyst in the market for the past ten years (first with Gartner, then with AMR Research, followed by my work at Altimeter Group and now with my own firm Supply Chain Insights), I have stood in front of clients doing strategy days advocating “best practices” and I wanted to set the record straight. It was an awakening.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2020

For example, manufacturing may be tasked to fill all orders which requires having inventory on-hand in distribution centers. However, distribution centers may be given the conflicting task of minimizing excess inventory space and cost. Cognitive technologies can improve manufacturing. ” Footnotes. [1]

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EMERGE App

JANUARY 1, 2020

World exports of manufactured goods increased from US$ 8 trillion in 2006 to US$ 11 trillion in 2016. Developing countries make up the bulk of suppliers and manufacturers today. They have a comparative economic advantage: lower wage costs, specialized design and manufacturing skills, and a finely-tuned supply chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Lockdown of cities and manufacturing plants have significantly impacted many industries’ supply chains. This boosts revenues and optimises inventory. This can be applied to inventory management, fleet and order tracking, ID badging. Amazon’s supply chain heavily depends on the outsourcing of its inventory management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2014

They came to Boston to tell us the story of Llamasoft. With the purchase of i2 by JDA, and Logictools by IBM, manufacturing companies serious about network design started looking for a company, with a well-established community, that was more serious about network design. It could no longer be just about inventory levels.

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USC Consulting Group

JULY 21, 2020

Yet for business leaders – especially manufacturers and shippers – the words “unpredictability” and “uncertainty” will likely epitomize 2020, as they’re something organizations continue to experience as the country and consumers emerge from the nationwide lockdown amid supply chain disruption.

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Locus Robotics

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

According to a study by Deloitte , human-robot partnership can increase the speed and precision of routine operations and productivity, especially in warehouses and manufacturing. According to a study by the Boston Consulting Group , robots can increase warehouse picking productivity by up to 55%.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 5, 2015

Boston Consulting Group research shows 1.2 million robots are expected to be deployed across manufacturing facilities in the U.S. Not only can robotic automation help manufacturers achieve greater warehouse productivity, but it can also drive significant cost savings as compared to employing workers. by the year 2025.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

Lee Partners , an investor in automation and supply chain; and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 , which is part of the SoftBank Group. Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) announced that the company has acquired Tampa, Florida -based Syft® , a provider of AI -enhanced inventory control and end-to-end supply chain management software and services.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Although the fundamentals have been around for a while now, Digital Manufacturing has matured through this life cycle at a pace I have never seen before. If this describes your scenario, then I would suggest you consider applying a Lean approach to your Digital Manufacturing strategy – you might be surprised at the results you can achieve!

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Talking Logistics

MAY 20, 2016

I’m at Heathrow airport waiting to board my flight back to Boston, which is delayed by over an hour so far. UPS To Launch On-Demand 3D Printing Manufacturing Network. Manhattan Associates: New Inventory and Fulfillment Capabilities Give Store Associates More Time to Deliver a Fulfilling Experience.

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Savi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Agile supply chain operations, especially in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, are using IoT and end-to-end shipment visibility software to outperform competitors with better service while keeping lower inventory levels. This shift is hard to handle because the CPG industry spends at least 5% of revenue on transportation.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

“Although the world of industry and manufacturing is in the midst of a digital revolution,” they write, “the supply chain sphere is lagging behind. 3D Printing and On Demand, Additive Manufacturing. Manufacturing & Logistics IT analysts, like many others, believe making a business case isn’t difficult.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

” Today, I know of less than twenty-five companies that actively sense demand, and while we talk about the use of channel data and the building of demand sensing processes to use channel data, it is still an elite group of supply chain leaders that are perfecting the techniques. It was a cold, crisp winter in Boston.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

A new report from the Food Marketing Institute and Boston Consulting Group highlights the effects increased demand had on organizations in the CPG marketplace. The study analyzed supply chain performance at manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers throughout 2020.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 30, 2019

BOSTON (July 30, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in service-driven supply chain planning software, has promoted Mauro Adorno to managing director of Europe. Adorno brings more than 15 years of experience in consumer-focused businesses, internet retailing, automotive manufacturing, telecommunications and finance.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 17, 2015

In May, 2014 Raytheon gathered a group of its largest suppliers in Boston, MA to discuss the launch of the company’s Supplier Advisory Council. Because of this, businesses are finding it challenging to forecast demand and therefore they risk escalating inventory costs or stock outs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Most companies have made their own organizations more efficient (ROA), but they have not reduced inventories and they have pushed costs back in the supply chain on suppliers that are less able to bear them. Look at the gyrations of Boston Scientific and Eli Lilly for the same period of time. And, these are the best of their peer group.)

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Tax breaks and incentives made Puerto Rico the Caribbean’s economic powerhouse two decades ago, helping attract dozens of drug and device makers that built state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. an economic-development group for the island. Boston Scientific Inc., approved pharmaceutical plants, according to Smart Corp.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Commerce is global and regional at the same time, the world is getting smaller and more interconnected, and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturers operate in this build-anywhere and sell-anywhere market. Here we have compiled a list of the top six challenges that CPG companies face in the post-pandemic market.

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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. Stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, only 10% of companies are making progress. Short cycles require buffer inventories and short lead times.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Sarah Boisvert @fablabhub Sarah Boisvert is the author of The New Collar Workforce and founder of Fab Lab Hub that offers Digital Badges for skills such as 3D printing, robotics, CAD design and AI in manufacturing. Those inventory systems require more attention because of this (a human gig), as do programming and maintenance.

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