MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Distributing product in Brazil involves endless transportation choices. Pictured is the Port of Santos, Brazil. When shipping product into a country as large and complex as Brazil, the choice of transportation routes has a critical impact on supply chain costs. Spoilt for choice. It is a tough challenge.

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AIMMS

APRIL 11, 2018

The food supply chain is complex and challenging. Changing consumer preferences, rising competition and new technologies are compelling food companies to rethink their approach to supply chain management. What are the typical supply chain challenges these companies face?

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IT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

By Josh Brazil (pictured). VP of Supply Chain Data Insights, project44. The post Supply Chain Crisis Could Still Cancel Christmas appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Let’s take a look at the supply chain of the coffee bean. A Lengthy Supply Chain. The supply chain of coffee beans is a lengthy process that involves growing the beans, harvesting, hulling, drying, packing, bulking, blending and finally roasting. Growing and harvesting. Transporting.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 7, 2023

My grandma recently asked me to explain what is supply chain, and this is how our conversation went Granny: Tell me, my boy, explain to me again what you do at work? Me : I work in supply chain. Granny : What, chain? ??: Supply chain, Granny. Need guidance with your supply chain?

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IT Supply Chain

AUGUST 22, 2022

By Josh Brazil (pictured). VP Global Supply Chain Insights, project44. The post Felixstowe strikes & energy price rises – a perfect storm of inflation appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

This blog was written by Bryant Miller, Corporate Communications, with insights from Jim Hull, Senior Industries Strategy Director at Blue Yonder. Let’s start with the summer drought in Brazil , the worst the country has seen in nearly a century. The post Say It Ain’t So — Now There’s a Coffee Supply Chain Shortage?

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AIMMS

JULY 23, 2019

The agribusiness supply chain is highly complex. Insights from Tereos Sugar & Energy Brazil. In the past decades, Brazil has become a world leader in the agribusiness space. Tereos , the second biggest sugar producer worldwide, is an important stakeholder in this market, with 49 industry units in 4 continents.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

by Alexa Cheater If there’s one thing you can count on in supply chain, it’s that things will change. It could be as relatively small as a last minute order or engineering change, or as big as an industry-wide shift that sends your end-to-end supply chain spinning in an entirely new direction. The customer.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Welcome to a new monthly series where we give you the scoop on five things you may have missed in supply chain news. There’s a perfect storm in the supply chain, and it’s going to affect your holiday shopping. consumers is way up, but supply continues to bottleneck because of COVID-19 outbreaks at ports in China.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

This is what happened to PepsiCo Brazil when the Brazilian government introduced new rules that limit truck driver working hours. Legislation that took effect in September 2013 imposes a number of restrictions on the working hours of truck drivers in Brazil. Some structural changes are already taking place in the trucking industry.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 10, 2022

But growing conditions took “a dramatic turn” in December, with dryness attributed to La Niña setting in across southern Brazil and Argentina, according to Reuters market analyst Karen Braun. We’re seeing more and more the payoff from [investing in] resilient supply chains to be massive.”

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The Network Effect

AUGUST 26, 2014

Due to more complex supply chains, policy makers worldwide are enforcing stricter regulations for manufacturing and logistics. In the years to come, the FDA expects domestic GMP inspections to decrease and more inspections in the foreign arena (FDA 2013) reflecting the trend towards more globalized supply chains.

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IT Supply Chain

JANUARY 13, 2022

By Josh Brazil (pictured). VP Supply Chain Insights, project44. The post ASOS goes airborne in blow for sustainable credentials appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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IT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

By Josh Brazil (pictured). SVP Global Supply Chain Insights, project44. The post Get Brexit bottlenecks under control appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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IT Supply Chain

JANUARY 6, 2022

By Josh Brazil (pictured). SVP Global Supply Chain Insights, project44. The post BCC research reveals firms to raise prices as inflation fears grow appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2023

The regions invest heavily in agricultural practices as well as agricultural-based industries to process their produce. They are very important regions in the world because they greatly contribute to the global food supply.”[2] Even within these countries, food production is highly concentrated in a few regions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

With rising supply chain complexity, organizations are racing to improve the pace and quality of decision-making. Source: Gartner, Market Guide for Supply Chain Analytics Technology, May 28, 2019. New ways to digitally represent the supply chain . To do this, many are relying on prescriptive analytics.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 26, 2017

by Dr. Madhav Durbha As supply chain professionals, we can grow insular in our thinking, as on a day-to-day basis we risk confining ourselves narrowly to our domain of responsibility or solving challenges specific to our regions. The 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo was one such opportunity.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 2, 2017

With the recent Brexit and according to the recent news article , Australia’s meat industry is poised to boost exports as the UK looks elsewhere for to sign free trade deals across the globe to cater to the growing demand. billion with Brazil being the largest supplier at 32%. What are meat producers and processers doing to stay ahead?

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides readers a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported March 2024, and Q1-2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended March on an optimistic footing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Well, how often do you hear industry analysts say they underestimated a market’s growth rate? KION acquired Dematic and Egemin Automation in 2016, forming KION Supply Chain Solutions that operates under the Dematic brand. KION is a publicly-traded company and reports on the Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) segment.

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SupplyShift

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

This is especially true in the case of supply chain sustainability. Standardization in supply chain responsibility is critical for corporations embarking on the journey to reduce the social and environmental impacts of their goods and services.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

With rising supply chain complexity, organizations are racing to improve the pace and quality of decision-making. W ith the launch of SC Navigator – a suite of configurable Apps for supply chain teams – we started a movement for supply chain self-enablement. This will grow to 37% by 2022.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend Kevin Hill with Quality Scales Unlimited who shares his expertise regarding the key trends in supply chain and transportation management. . Supply chains, both international and domestic, are under constant pressure to reduce their costs and enhance performance at the same time.

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SupplyShift

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

This is especially true in the case of supply chain sustainability. Standardization in supply chain responsibility is critical for corporations embarking on the journey to reduce the social and environmental impacts of their goods and services.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 19, 2020

Sharing Supply Chain Secrets Globally My Goal for 2020. One of those is Supply Chain Secrets, an educational company in the Logistics Bureau group, which exists purely to share practical guidance with companies and individuals wishing to improve their supply chain knowledge and expertise.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 30, 2011

If the mantra of the real estate industry is “Location, Location, Location”, the new mantra of supply chain executives is fast becoming “Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration”. In fact, all of the BRIC countries are now in the top 10 economies, with Brazil at 9, Russia at 6, India at 4 and China 2nd.

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RFgen

AUGUST 1, 2016

Gap-Scan will revolutionize supply chain management in the U.S. Detroit, America’s automotive manufacturing headquarters, is working to revolutionize the industry once again. “We have witnessed a strategic transformation of the automotive supply chain over the past 25 years. .

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RFgen

AUGUST 1, 2016

Gap-Scan will revolutionize supply chain management in the U.S. Detroit, America’s automotive manufacturing headquarters, is working to revolutionize the industry once again. “We have witnessed a strategic transformation of the automotive supply chain over the past 25 years. .

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 6, 2015

As I wrote last October, all signs point to Mexico playing a greater role in supply chains , as companies across a variety of industries grow their presence in the country, either manufacturing in Mexico or growing their supplier base there.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 14, 2020

Since I last wrote about the subject of shortages of grocery items on WRAL and on our video blogs , there has been considerably more concern about what is happening to the food supply chains. The production and supply chain of hygiene tissue paper is very strong with very to low risk to be disrupted.

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ivalua

APRIL 2, 2019

Pacific Drilling, an offshore drilling company, provides global deep water drilling services to the oil and natural gas industry through the use of high-specification drillships. The company has corporate offices in Houston, Texas, with offices in Brazil, Luxembourg and Nigeria.

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2014

Master’s students from the MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network presented their thesis projects to supply chain professionals and the MIT community on January 22, 2014. But at every industry conference I have attended in the last year, the paucity of talent has been topic number one.

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QAD

JULY 15, 2021

Every industry faced major disruption and change due to the pandemic , but since the crisis was in healthcare, the life sciences industry may have been hit hardest. Manufacturing: To prevent potential supply chain issues going forward, reshoring is more likely to take place in life sciences than in any other industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Getting started with AI in supply chain might not start where you think. Instead start with the foundation of your AI strategy, which should be an understanding of your company’s supply chain and your data. Since this advice on getting started with AI in supply chain may seem counterintuitive, let me explain.

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