GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Capacity Constraints Continue to Arise. Capacity constraints continue to come under microscope as shippers look for a better understanding to the state of the market. Capacity constraints continue to come under microscope as shippers look for a better understanding to the state of the market. That’s an astonishing $933.30

Prescriptive Analytics Software 308

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Calls are increasing for a return to just-in-case (JIC) policies, with some citing this trend as a risk. As MIT professor Yossi Sheffi has argued , less inventory in the system makes a company more flexible, actually building resilience.

Inventory Reduction 290

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The capacity crunch is starting to take hold of the shipping industry. However, this capacity crunch is likely to exceed even the worst capacity crunches in history, says Karen Sage of Talking Logistics With Adrian Gonzalez. Know the Causes Is the Starting Point to Thriving in a Capacity Crunch. Click Here.

Capacity 186

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QAD

JULY 1, 2021

Your total manufacturing costs are essentially an expense analysis that calculates how each of your company’s departments contributed to producing a finalized product. Total manufacturing costs showcase how much your company spent to produce its inventory in a given period of time. What are Direct Materials?

Manufacturing Procurement 89

Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Cost Reduction Strategies Purchasing Skills 89

ivalua

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The pandemic wreaked havoc on businesses and their supply chains, but even in these trying times, there’s a silver lining. It also requires a focus on procurement-supplier relationships, and striving to be the customer of choice for your suppliers. Balancing New Priorities Makes Procurement More Valuable.

Procurement Solutions 130

Procurement Solutions Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Optimization Software 130

Supply Chain Collaborator

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Freight transportation capacity, (particularly truckload capacity) is tight as it has ever been. The bellwether metric – spot rates – are pegging the meter. This trend shows few signs of abating due to the additional pressures and costs incurred by the ELD mandate which has been forcing many small carriers out of the market.

Just-in-Time 60

Just-in-Time Negotiating Skills Transportation Purchasing Skills 60

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

Trade-offs are inherent in supply chains, so companies that address them better gain significant competitive advantage. Analytical techniques like linear programming can create the mathematically “optimal” plan, but these methods must be implemented well to avoid creating other challenges. The myth of the “perfect plan”.

Optimal Sourcing 228

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network. This enables improved estimated arrival times of goods. Based on ARC Advisory Group’s new global market report, the five largest providers of TES, listed alphabetically, are Descartes, E2open, FourKites, Infor Nexus, and project44.

Rail Software 188

Rail Software Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Network Software Supply Chain Planning Software 188

BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

Salim: Our automotive customers are increasingly looking at how to counter inflation but at the same time how to enable supply chain resiliency. The visibility will include not just the short-term purchase order or ASN-level visibility, but also the tactical kind of forecast collaboration with the suppliers.

Automotive 85

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I write for this blog, craft reports from research for our newsletters, create blogs for Linkedin, and build articles for Forbes. .” This type of response is just not helpful. Each company ranks in the 4% of companies beating their peer groups. No technology company is attacking supply chain planning at the center.

Supply Chain Design Software 283

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

With Christmas goods in stores before Halloween this year, I thought there was no reason that we shouldn’t also get a jump on 2022 predictions. This is clearly an opportunity and challenge for retailers and last mile logistics companies. We anticipate that more companies will reevaluate their “free” delivery strategies.

Predictive Analytics Software 312

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting.

Supply Chain Design Software 202

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe. With more than a third of global smelters losing money, there is a risk of 1 million tons of capacity being curtailed in the near future. Continued scarcity and overbuying have led to a perennial shortage.

Packaging 226

Packaging Food Manufacturing Procurement GEP 226

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Most companies rely on on-time delivery, price reduction, and quality service from suppliers to make more profit. Supplier Approval – Places the company on the approved supplier list following the supplier evaluation process. The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use? How is it possible?

Vendor Strategies 55

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ThroughPut

MARCH 24, 2024

Companies that leveraged the data they collected to enable more accurate demand planning, distinguished themselves from their competitors. Food & Beverage giants like Kellog’s reported on the state of breakdown in supply chain management. The unavailability of raw materials and changing consumer patterns heavily impacted demand.

Supply and Demand 52

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

For example, the One Network platform for supply chain planning and execution is used by the Ministries of Health in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda, providing comprehensive inventory visibility across all health facilities for real time supply demand matching and collaborative decision making. End-to-End and Real-Time Logistics.

Supply Chain Planning Software 245

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

My youngest daughter just yells for them to throw the ball to Travis Kelce on every play so she can see Taylor Swift celebrate. We have all seen the math, and even with her concert in Tokyo on February 10, she still has time to get to Las Vegas for kickoff thanks to the magic of the international date line. and Canada. and Canada.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 214

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A report by McKinsey shows that early adopters of AI in the supply chain have improved their inventory levels by 35%, reduced logistics costs by 15%, and enhanced service levels by 65%, vis-a-vis competitors who were slow to embrace AI. With rapid fluctuations and uncertainty, predicting customer demand is like shooting in the dark.

Predictive Analytics Software 59

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

Chakri Gottemukkala, CEO at Supply Chain Planning Vendor o9 Solutions There are several young supply chain software companies that are unicorns. Based on their growth, the company may be worth even more now. This January the company reported that its annual recurring revenue grew at over 84% year-over-year.

Supply Chain Planning Software 209

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In short, each new user does not just make the network more valuable; they make the network much, much, much more valuable. Yes, these supply chain networks advantages do improve as more companies and users join. Then the site also does the kind of purchase order and invoicing collaboration that EDI solutions do.

Supply Chain Design Software 157

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the resiliency test. In 2020 companies across virtually every industry faced supply chain disruption due to COVID-19. What do we mean by that? Let’s start here: what is supply chain resilience?

Supply Chain Planning Software 189

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Arkieva

JUNE 28, 2016

Our focus today is to discuss the relevance of buzz words such as Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Data Science, and Machine Learning, for S&OP. What is analytics? We might use “availability in Excel directly or with Add-ons” as an “age metric’.). The term analytics emerged over the last 10 years (Rose, R.

S&OP 63

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Global Trade Authority Rob Garrison, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercado Labs, shares insights from over 30 years of supply chain experience working with a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Every major publication and news outlet is reporting on the supply chain crisis. How We Got Here: Understanding Today’s Global Supply Chain Disruption.

Supply Chain Disruption 194

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Have you noticed how the clock speed of just about everything has sped up considerably in just a few years? Surveys have shown that consumers are 71% more likely to make a purchase based on social media referrals, and 47% of millennials’ purchases are influenced by social media1. retail stores. retail stores.

Supply and Demand 156

Supply and Demand Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 156

ThroughPut

MARCH 27, 2024

The Evolution of Retail Supply Chain & Logistics: A Pre-AI Overview In the pre-AI era, the retail sector was markedly different, especially since the traditional supply chain and logistics models were largely driven by manual labor. Every decision was based on data generated and analyzed by humans. This has made deliveries faster.

Case Study 52

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

Although the economy has proved remarkably resilient, there are so many unknowns at play that no one can predict what future economic conditions might be. Having said that, few if any economists are predicting a bright, short-term future. The other side, call it Team Soft Landing, argued that the situation was very different this time.”[1]

Retail 130

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

ThroughPut’s AI-based demand sensing and capacity planning capabilities and project44 to empower companies with disruption-free supply chain operations. PALO ALTO, CA, November 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ThroughPut Inc. , PR Contact. pr@throughput.ai. About project44. project44 is on a mission to make supply chains work.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 23, 2023

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 34th Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. Background As our readership is likely aware, this report provides a snapshot of the U.S.

Procurement Analytics 40

Procurement Analytics Report Negotiating Skills Purchasing Skills 40

Unleashed

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Raw material inventory management oversees the procurement, handling, and storage of raw materials. It aims to ensure you always have enough raw materials available to meet demand and maintain production levels while avoiding operational lost time. Let’s dive in. In this guide: What is raw material inventory management?

Inventory Management Software 52

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Unleashed

AUGUST 20, 2023

Long lead times can hurt sales and customer retention. Here we break down what lead time is, the types of lead times in supply chain management , the factors that affect lead time, and how to shorten lead times to provide a better customer experience. In this lead time guide: What is lead time?

Manufacturing Procurement 52

Manufacturing Procurement Inventory Reduction Sourcing Strategies Procurement Analytics 52

Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list. This complexity is occurring in many forms.

Predictive Analytics 117

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

But more blatantly than ever, container liners – and especially Maersk – are on a collision course with the tech companies that provide digital infrastructure for selling goods. More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. Accelerating the shift. Image via StarAir.dk).

Price Reduction 177

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Logility

APRIL 9, 2020

Just look back over the last couple of years. ERP systems do a great job managing transactional data but do not have the capabilities to provide an early warning to a disruption or analyze the situation through advanced analytics like simulations and what-if scenarios. That is the amount of new data being created every day in 2020.

Supply Chain Planning Software 190

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ThroughPut

APRIL 13, 2021

Why do businesses need Capacity Planning in food supply chain management? Overworking your limited resources or late deliveries can never be long-term solutions and that’s why every business needs capacity planning. Now you might think, capacity planning isn’t too complicated. Capacity planning is so much more than that.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Capacity Food 52

ThroughPut

APRIL 13, 2021

Why do businesses need Capacity Planning in food supply chain management? Overworking your limited resources or late deliveries can never be long-term solutions and that’s why every business needs capacity planning. Now you might think, capacity planning isn’t too complicated. Capacity planning is so much more than that.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Capacity Food 52

Logility

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Process manufacturing companies — such as those in the packaging, specialty chemicals, and rolled and woven goods sectors — are dealing with overcapacity as well as price pressures and continuing supply chain uncertainties. They are coming to the realization that they must innovate and build resilience for whatever might come next.

Manufacturing Procurement 130

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 33rd Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. This Year’s Report Themes and Key Messages.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

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