The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

The fact that supply chain appears chaotic, inefficient and slow to market is just the tip of the iceberg. For example, you want to cut costs with a faster courier, or invest in reducing the lead time of your manufacturing. Regardless of the industry, increasing complexity undeniably increases opacity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

Asset relocation takes time. The availability of capacity in industries like the semiconductor industry is tight. 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. What to do?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Asset relocation takes time. 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. Does this solve the problem?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Planners are empowered with more free time to focus on more value-adding strategic and tactical decisions by evaluating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) dashboards, and when their attention is required, the system will alert them automatically. This world isn’t a distant dream.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 11, 2018

As a result, they’re saving 30% on FedEx costs, reducing delivery times by 51%, and reaching 88% of their marketing with two-day delivery. By the Numbers: 51% reduction in delivery times—from 3.5 Get the PDF of Lull’s case study >> Challenges to Order Fulfillment. Here’s how. 6X increase in SKUs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The output was just not helpful. We have too hard-wired solutions bolted into IT architectures to enable the flexibility needed by business leaders during times of high variability. I am currently working on a couple of case studies for this blog on how business leaders used digital twin modeling during the pandemic.

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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. Huge demand supply issues breaking the ever-so-fragile supply chain globally.

Pharmaceutical 246

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). In 2018, Rockwell Automation won the Supply Chains to Admire Award. Meet Ernest.

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Locus

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

will not just cost you customer experience but also future business. On-demand delivery: Retailers used to get by just fine by using manual logistics management methods to cater to the delivery demands of their customers, which weren’t evolving or unpredictable. billion in 2024 and has the potential to reach $191 billion by 2027.

Retail 52

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ThroughPut

JULY 7, 2023

Choosing the “just right” product mix that maximizes your revenue would be ideal but unfortunately, it is not as easy as it sounds, especially with the wildly fluctuating customer demand and concurrent market disruptions. This further impacts inventory buffers and free cash flow.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Time to Sense Market Shifts in the 2007 Recession. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods. While good news travels quickly in an organization, bad news travels slowly. The problem?

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Locus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Before working with Locus, the FKS team struggled with real-time fleet tracking. With integrations with intelligent fleet tracking, FKS Group’s dispatchers are now able to monitor the status and estimated arrival time for each vehicle in real-time. The result? Delays and tangible customer dissatisfaction. The result?

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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. Introduction Founded in 2009, Rivian Automotive, Inc. billion in financing.

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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. Download white paper.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 15, 2024

It has the power to analyze vast datasets, predict future trends with remarkable accuracy, and adapt to changes in real time, offering businesses a competitive edge. Each plays a vital role in ensuring that the right products are available at the right time and place, optimizing the supply chain’s efficiency and responsiveness.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 31, 2024

In that same Supply Chain Matters commentary, we called reader attention to a published report from The Wall Street Journal that specifically concluded with the Akio Toyoda statement: “ Japanese industry strength in the EV era will come from practical car making “over a long period of time and from experiences of failure.” million vehicles.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

All these factors create significant pressure on retail CSCOs as they move from deciding not just whether change is necessary, but how to effectively improve the much needed resilience and agility without lowering margins. Demand- driven inventory & capacity planning strategies. Optimised operating costs.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Microsoft Dynamics AX is a powerful mid-market ERP platform with the capacity for medium-size companies to expand and transform their businesses. It eats up resources and time, and as the effort grows, drives up total cost of ownership (TCO). We completely recouped our investment within just one year.”.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

That’s a lot of wasted time and energy. All the work brokers put in to find and on-board that carrier is for just one load. Brokers use many sources to find capacity. Tom next mentioned that in working with Trucker Tools, they became aware of their solutions for handling capacity. Current challenges for freight brokers.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2019

I’ve been an industry analyst for over 20 years and achieving timely and accurate supply chain visibility has always been — and continues to be — a top priority for companies across all industries. You’re not just judging the product, you’re judging the experience and the cornerstone of that experience is visibility.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2023

Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Flexe brings deep logistics expertise and enterprise-grade technology to deliver innovative eCommerce fulfillment, retail distribution and network capacity programs to the Fortune 500. Prior to co-founding Flexe, Karl was CEO of AdReady, a Seattle-based advertising technology company.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Case Studies. 3) Operational Alliance (constant communication about capacity and demand/supply issues). 1) Dont form alliances based on actions of your competitors : alliance should be formed based on the mutual interests, benefits or common goals, not just because your competitors has formed the alliances with someone else.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

Just shy of three years ago, athletic and leisure footwear manufacturer New Balance announced plans to build the company’s sixth footwear factory within the United States. In a published Supply Chain Matters at the time , we pointed out that despite knowledge that manufacturing shoes in the U.S. Background. onshore presence.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 23, 2018

On the other end of the line, the exasperated head of transportation responds, “Listen, my team now spends eighty percent of each day scouring the spot market just to get all of our freight covered! The rest of the time we’re buried under a mountain of trivial billing exceptions! barks the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) into the phone.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2013

At the end of the chain, this can translate to a supply of goods to the customer 40% faster than your competitor, a 20% rise in sales capacity, and “out of stock” becoming a thing of the past. A long line of case study success. Today, RFID is building a new era for process automation and supply chain transparency.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 23, 2020

Across industries – and in the wider public – leaders are waking up to the fact that Supply Chains are about more than just moving stuff around. With the myriad challenges raised by COVID-19, we feel confident saying that it’s more important than ever before. In the Post Covid-19 Environment Issues are arising.

Pharmaceutical 104

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Logility

OCTOBER 23, 2017

This is the first time I have owned a pool and it has taken some time to understand how to sense, analyze, and respond to changing water chemistry to ensure the optimal pool experience at the lowest total short and long-term operating cost. I know, I sound like a supply chain person but I just can’t help myself!

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FLEXE

JULY 25, 2018

Having a part-time shipping team fulfilling orders from its office was no longer enough. View the full case study. Timing Is Everything: Peak season was just around the corner. Over time, our customer maintained an average fully burdened cost of $1.62 This is just one customer’s experience with FLEXE.

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FLEXE

JULY 25, 2018

Having a part-time shipping team fulfilling orders from its office was no longer enough. View the full case study. Timing Is Everything: Peak season was just around the corner. Over time, our customer maintained an average fully burdened cost of $1.62 This is just one customer’s experience with FLEXE.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 25, 2021

Likewise, the focus became on reducing transportation costs – which led to container ships getting bigger and bigger over time. Any asset that is not producing value is considered waste, and a fundamental of “lean thinking” is that inventory is waste, and time is money. China is sending out a lot more exports to the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

Tighter Trucking Capacity, Higher Rates Until 2019 (or Beyond). As many companies are experiencing already, stronger economic growth (coupled with other factors) is leading to tighter trucking capacity and higher rates. I gave a keynote presentation on emerging technologies (drones, driverless trucks, 3D printing, blockchain, etc.)

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

And then there are the fulfillment trends: free and fast delivery, buy online and pick-up at store, and the ability to schedule a specific delivery day and time. As Wal-Mart Stores President and CEO Doug McMillon recently commented , “There is a growing consensus that the future of retail is not just in-store and not just online.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Not so surprisingly, the 2021 MHI Annual Industry Report found that 31% of the respondents were already using predictive analytics in some capacity, and 48% were planning to invest in it in the next 5 years. Time series forecasting focuses on predicting future data points based on past sequences. Supply chains used to live in the past.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 2, 2022

When left with little lead time, it is easy for a company’s freight bill financing process to miss critical details resulting in a long-term headache with a carrier or during tax season. . As the supply chain evolves and expands into a globalized web of interconnected links, the associated paper trail becomes increasingly complicated.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It may also be useful to use KPIs for your most important suppliers – for example KPIs for goods and services are delivered, whether they are on time, and whether they meet quality expectations. At the same time the benefits remain, since the vendor still collects a profit from the product being sold through their online systems.

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synchrono

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Through the use of supplier quality certifications and blanket (long-term) purchase orders, a manufacturer can accurately and effectively calculate the optimal level of inventory needed to fulfill demand requirements through the duration of replenishment lead time. Ensuring supplier performance. Eliminating inventory waste.

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