Resilinc

DECEMBER 10, 2015

In this post, we explore the chain of events that lead to Fuhu’s bankruptcy as a cautionary tale of how unmitigated supplier capacity risks , demand variability, and weak supplier relationship management brought a successful consumer electronics company to its knees.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

If you’ve ever paid $10 for an Uber ride to the cocktail lounge in the evening and then a “surge priced” $50 for the same distance Uber ride back to your home only a few hours later around closing time, you understand the dynamics troubling shippers in today’s capacity constrained transportation market.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 29, 2013

Caterpillar is the subject of one of three case studies that show how supply chain management can support both environmental and financial goals. Here are three case studies that offer clear, irrefutable evidence that sustainability and profitability can be compatible in the supply chain domain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2024

A massive underutilization of capacity that lead him to start Onward! Described as the OpenTable of the box truck industry, Onward leverages a series of final mile TMS integrations to understand the real-time driving direction, capacity and performance of the big and bulky providers in their network.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 166

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Network Software Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 166

DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 9, 2020

Planning & Optimization Specifics: Planning, scheduling and optimizing production considering ALL constraints: material, capacity, labor skills, tools and setup. Each solution has inherent value but are less effective when implemented in isolation. Manufacturers that execute without having a realistic plan are working blindly.

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Manufacturing Procurement Optimization Software Supply Chain Optimization Price Mitigation Strategies 272

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JULY 21, 2023

Case Study | Company Seeks Creative Solutions from Logistics Partner in BR Williams BR Williams is a 60-year-old company specializing in Trucking , Warehousing , and Logistics Services. The dilemma required the company to partner with year-round, temperature-controlled capacity to transport the product. Download Now »

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JULY 21, 2023

Case Study | Company Seeks Creative Solutions from Logistics Partner in BR Williams BR Williams is a 60-year-old company specializing in Trucking , Warehousing , and Logistics Services. The dilemma required the company to partner with year-round, temperature-controlled capacity to transport the product. Download Now »

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Get the PDF of Lull’s case study >> Challenges to Order Fulfillment. Inventory storage during peak season: Ace Hardware uses FLEXE for short-term warehouse capacity to manage excess inventory during busier seasons. By the Numbers: 51% reduction in delivery times—from 3.5 88% of orders met within two business days.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 21, 2022

With a real-time connected network of drivers, OneRail finds the right vehicle for suitable delivery, so shippers gain low prices and greater capacity to rapidly scale their businesses. Premier Pet Case Study. OneRail Ranks in the Top 50 of the 2022 Inc. 5000 Annual List. Recent interview with FreightWaves for ModernShipper.

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Trends Retail Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Network Software 179

MercuryGate

OCTOBER 6, 2022

For TMS providers like MercuryGate and large 3PLs, less tedium means more time to help their customers secure capacity. This case study explains how an effective LTL API solution can amplify value for customers.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Capacity — While the Northeastern winter disruptions may be “baked into” transportation plans, the closure of Atlanta, combined with Chicago and NY/NJ, resulted in widespread delays of shipments across the entire country for several days. Further, the extreme cold has taken a toll on equipment, sidelining even more capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Supply Planning crafts production plans that optimize available capacity and resources, not just optimal but synchronized with operational constraints, ensuring the right product mix at the right time and cost. The post How Technology Makes Continuous Innovation Possible: A Case Study with Unilever appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

The critical decisions to be made about inventory and capacity are where in the chain to position inventory and available production capacity in order to hedge against uncertain demand. How do you react if there is a sudden spike in demand for the new product? How do you reduce excess inventory if the innovative product is not popular?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 16, 2021

To help readers sort through the hype, we are writing articles on digital twin use cases to help companies gain a competitive advantage. Here we share the case study of Philip Morris using a digital twin deployment. This case study is written in a Q&A format. For which product platforms? And how fast?

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Manufacturing Procurement Modeling Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software 199

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As Rockwell Automation learned and understood their capacity and segmented their data, they saw significant improvement in on-time fulfillment rates, product lead time drops by 50%, and past due orders (ten-fold improvement). Rockwell Automation is a case study of a company working a long-term plan focused on improving flows for the customer.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

The list includes the best of our blog and news items, our latest webinars and most recent case studies. Case Studies: Leading Global Pharmaceutical Company plans new product introductions with AIMMS: Find out how an industry leader performs long-range capacity planning to produce a viable launch plan for new products.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

Working in partnership with Blue Yonder, I’m confident we’ll get there,” according to a Transportation Manager, Kimberly-Clark ( read the case study ). Constant Focus on Benefits Achieved Our TMS helps customers gain holistic benefits in customer service, sustainability, cost-to-serve, resource retention, and more.

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Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimization Software 88

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The availability of capacity in industries like the semiconductor industry is tight. The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. But, even then, the relocation of capacity is not a snap of the fingers. ” A chip is not a chip and a foundry is not a foundry.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Pricing Training 251

AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

The list includes our best supply chain analytics blogs and news items, our latest webinars and most recent case studies. Boon Edam takes MVP approach to kickstart its S&OP process: Read this inspiring case study to hear more about Boon Edam’s journey towards manufacturing efficiency.

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ivalua

APRIL 12, 2019

Anyway, there were also a couple of very good customer cases studies, but we’ll save those for a future discussion and focus on AI here. The strategy for the firm is to embed AI onto the core Ivalua platform for multiple use cases across the whole source to pay process. Fresh mint, maybe? Or aluminium, perhaps?)

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Analytics Software Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Planning Software Predictive Analytics Software 176

RFgen

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Organizations that operate at high capacity or around the clock can’t afford to wait for enterprise software systems to come back online. Real-World Applications and Case Studies While innovative, Continuous Availability is not an experimental technology. Let’s explore some of these case studies.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Network Software System 52

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The availability of capacity in industries like the semiconductor industry is tight. The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. But, even then, the relocation of capacity is not a snap of the fingers. A chip is not a chip and a foundry is not a foundry.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Software 130

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

From September to December 2020, China and a few South East Asian countries started to get back to a fair amount of manufacturing capacities and international logistics resumed for essential services, pharma, food, groceries, medical devices, PPE etc. Escalating freight rates and severe capacity crunch. Recovery Imperatives: Phase II.

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Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Software 246

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 18, 2022

This includes weather events, port strikes, capacity shortages, and unexpected demand spikes. drives costs out of the supply chain by using multiple analytical approaches to solve a wider variety of business problems and balance trade-offs incorporating cost, revenue, on-time delivery, capacity, and more. The releases of Planning.AI

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Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software San Diego Supply Chain Software 169

ThroughPut

JULY 7, 2023

Packaging, space allocation, and stock replenishment could be carefully planned to ensure consistent availability of “never-out-of-stock” products while freeing up the capacity to experiment with new products. Check out more case studies on how ThroughPut has been enabling large retail companies across the globe.

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Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software Supply Chain Optimization Expense Reduction 52

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

I am currently working on a couple of case studies for this blog on how business leaders used digital twin modeling during the pandemic. With the contraction of air capacity and the unprecedented level of imports to the United States from Asia, logistics constraints grew in importance in the pandemic. This has changed.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply and Demand Procurement Analytics 267

Talking Logistics

MAY 20, 2013

Many companies have collaborative planning and forecasting processes with suppliers and manufacturing partners, but very few companies translate demand and production forecasts into transportation capacity requirements. Case studies from Unilever and Canadian Tire. Has the time come to make this a standard leading practice?

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Forecasting Forecasting Software Transportation Manufacturing Procurement 155

SCMDOJO

JULY 7, 2023

This case study delves into Rivian’s journey, from its early struggles to its ambitious growth plans, highlighting the challenges faced, lessons learned, and the symbiotic relationship between Rivian and the town of Normal. Rivian aims to achieve a gross profit in 2024, a significant improvement from the $3.3

Supply Chain Design Software 101

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Synovos

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The challenges: then and now Initially, the client didn’t have the capacity or experience to manage MRO in-house. The challenges: then and now Initially, the client didn’t have the capacity or experience to manage MRO in-house.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

Manufacturing Procurement Food Purchasing Skills Supply Chain Software 52

Talking Logistics

JULY 30, 2018

Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future. BASF Video Case Study: The Value of Real-Time Freight Visibility. Delivery is the Product: Takeaways from Transplace’s Shipper Symposium 2018. 5 Things to Know Before Negotiating Ocean Shipping Contracts This Year. Realities and Misconceptions of 4PL Relationships.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2014

With the cost of producing these foods on the rise due to climate-related issues and transportation capacity issues, food shippers are hungry (no pun intended) for ways to reduce the time their products spend in transit. Reason #3 – Capacity issues weigh more heavily on food shippers. Reason #5 – Private Fleet usage is up.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 31, 2024

In an announced doubling of production capacity in a planned battery production facility being constructed in the state of North Carolina , a typical Toyota flexible production plan is now being planned. This remains the substance of industry business case study.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Capacity Planning Capacity planning is another instance of the effective use of prescriptive analytics in supply chain optimization. Using prescriptive analytics, companies can estimate the demand of their specific region and occupy or spare usable capacities at certain times as and when sales increase and decrease.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2018

To meet rising demand, supply chain executives must begin considering new ways to increase the capacity of their existing facilities. Robotics provides a boost to distribution centers and warehouse managers seeking ways to increase capacity and improve efficiency in critical areas.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

In the supply chain, there are potential buffers—excess capacity in manufacturing work centers and inventory. We are living in the middle of a risk management supply chain case study. With greater pressure on shorter cycles and less asset availability, getting good at inventory processes increased. Test but verify.

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Locus

MARCH 6, 2023

To satisfy customer demands while maintaining operational efficiency, companies need to leverage intelligent dispatch management systems with capacity-led bookings. Download the case study of how Locus optimized PT. Tirtakencana Tatawarna ace last-mile delivery and improve customer experience and ROI.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Case Studies. 3) Operational Alliance (constant communication about capacity and demand/supply issues). Supply Chain Case Study: Executives Guide. A Case Study. 7 Laws of Successful Supply Chain Alliances. 2) Basic Alliance (some level of trust and open communication). best of supplychainopz.

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