Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2024

During the 1980s, I was on a management team for a large manufacturer. The Company was attempting to gain economies of scale by grouping manufacturing technologies within a common infrastructure to reap the benefits of a co-generation facility, a centralized warehouse, and a talented administrative team. Lack of aligned metrics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

The Canadian subsidiary of Walmart is introducing material handling robotics and automation technologies into its distribution network, kicking things off by piloting an automated receiving solution at its regional distribution center (RDC) in Calgary, Alberta. Walmart Canada is piloting an automated receiving solution.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2024

For the past 175 years, Carlsberg has continuously reinvented itself from a marketing, innovation and product perspective, while remaining true to its core values of enriching communities while manufacturing quality drinks. Dealing with each area — planning, manufacturing, distribution, fulfilment, etc. —

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Where and how manufacturers make products for Americans will change in 2017. Manufacturers must adapt to changing demands, or they will become nothing more than a statistic in history books. The "First Five" Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017. The "First Five" Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Cardinal Health, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical, surgical and laboratory products, is focused on continuous improvement of service. The Cardinal Health Supply Chain Cardinal Health’s medical segment manufactures, sources and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical and laboratory products.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. Supply chain visibility often means “where’s my stuff,” or the ability to trace parts in transit from the manufacturer to the final destination. What is supply chain visibility?

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Unleashed

JANUARY 14, 2024

Manufacturing inventory management is crucial to the success and profitability of your manufacturing operations. This guide for manufacturers explains how it works and explores the most effective ways to manage inventory in manufacturing.

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Silvon Software

MARCH 3, 2023

Having a strong Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) strategy ensures that your forecasts, raw materials availability and production capacity all match up and that the factory floor can meet its defined deadlines. Delivery metrics can vary in terminologies, measurement methods, and variables from one company to the next.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

There can be surprises that potentially offer a better upside: demand is higher than expected, it is possible to raise prices without affecting demand based on what is happening with competitor products, technology has allowed manufacturing capacity to ramp up faster than expected, etc. billion transactions annually.

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ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2021

Introducing ThroughPut Capacity Planning Module: Optimize Your Capacity Plans With The Power Of AI. Covid-19 has distressed the global supply chain and manufacturing networks in every country. The pandemic sent shock waves across the manufacturing world in an unexpected and unprecedented way.

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ThroughPut

MAY 20, 2021

Introducing ThroughPut Capacity Planning Module: Optimize Your Capacity Plans With The Power Of AI. Covid-19 has distressed the global supply chain and manufacturing networks in every country. The pandemic sent shock waves across the manufacturing world in an unexpected and unprecedented way.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

A pound of apples costs about the same as a pound of steel, yet steel is a complex product produced using high-tech metallurgical and manufacturing processes. The company sells directly and through channels; they have an extensive distribution network to provide postproduction processing, service, distribution, and sales support.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 14, 2021

According to the UN Environment Program’s Food Waste Index, 923 million metric tons of food is wasted globally every year. The capacity to recycle or reprocess food waste worldwide is still limited and insignificant compared to the amount of food waste being generated. The Right Approach to Food Waste Reduction.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 18, 2019

It bought its main rivals to become North America’s largest fine paper manufacturer. [1] They also cut inventory levels, grew sales and resolved capacity issues. The second phase involved Mohawk extending their new supply chain improvements out to its distribution network. Their S&OP program, however, was only the beginning.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 4, 2015

In the first post our long tme guest blogger, Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chai n, gave us 5 core metrics to evaluate supplier performance using supplier quality management and a 4 step process to execute. Review of SQM Metrics and Issues Across 5 Core Industries. #1: Trend Metrics Collected per Site. Medical Devices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

For example, Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) has very little to do with Transportation Planning (TMS). Trade-offs include options like an alternate bill of materials, a shift in sourcing, or the move to outsourced manufacturing. Transportation and manufacturing reliability compounds supplier issues. The problem?

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Logility

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

What lies ahead in 2023 (and beyond) requires an intelligent supply chain strategy to help you automate and accelerate your allocation processes to ensure the right product assortments arrive in stores and back stock that’s held in distribution centers is right sized. Transportation and shipping issues aren’t the only problem, of course.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

A planner could ask the SCP engine to achieve 95% service, with CO2 emissions under of under a million metric tons at a given factory in the coming month. The IBP plans are sent to the plants with what needs to be manufactured and to distribution on what needs to be shipped to customers. This would be a three-way tradeoff.

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Veridian Solutions

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Unfortunately, warehouse capacity around the country is tight, but available capacity is only being used at rates shy of 70 percent. How can warehouse capacity be both tight and utilized less than 100 percent? Warehouse Capacity Is Tight Warehouse managers have made great strides in implementing systems that utilize automation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network. The network supports a wide array of messaging types including real-time GPS, EDI, and API-based capacity requests, bookings, statuses, and customs messages. The supply ecosystem connects over 630,000 manufacturers and suppliers.

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

Instead, geopolitical, inflationary and environmental forces have created new challenges for manufacturers and their supply chain partners. Supply chain planning is more important today than ever before and there’s good news: Manufacturers have options for mitigating global supply chain risk and keeping costs in check.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

Port congestion, capacity constraints, large increases in rates across all modes, labour shortages and long delays in shipments—these are just some of the operating realities supply chain and logistics professionals face today. Do you know where the manufacturing facilities of your suppliers (and their suppliers) are physically located?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

The Port of Shenzhen –a central manufacturing and export hub including the Yantian terminal that handles 25% of all U.S.-bound Still, the manufacturing plants and distribution centers are closed. Taiwan manufacturers 60% of global semiconductors. Semiconductor manufacturing consumes 10% of the island’s water supply.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

This can result in a messy supply chain network and flows that adversely impact cost-to-serve as can be seen in figure 1 in case of a distribution intense company we worked with. Key capacity constraints will need to be effectively and optimally managed before pursuing expansion opportunities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Ronan Stephens, the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Management and External Manufacturing, explained how the company set out on a journey to improve customer service while also reducing costs. Manufacturing would not have been able to respond to that kind of event for two months. “We

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Logility

MARCH 12, 2021

Some years ago, a 40-year-old Midwest process manufacturer with 40,000 SKUs finally completed implementing a new ERP system and quickly worked to combine all the new data with an array of other operational software, producing tons of new data daily. Descriptive analytics are the summary measures and metrics that provide insight.

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OptiProERP

APRIL 17, 2022

The shop floor is the cornerstone of the manufacturing process. When well managed, the shop floor works at optimal capacity and with operational efficiency. When they implemented an MES integrated with a manufacturing ERP , real-time information about what was happening on the plant floor was available across the enterprise.

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Silvon Software

APRIL 19, 2022

Procurement is one core process area being focused to better manage today’s fluctuating change, with key performance metrics leading the way to assessing and managing procurement performance. This KPI can also help you assess the number of suppliers in a specific commodity area for capacity-related sourcing decisions.

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Silvon Software

APRIL 1, 2024

Systems like ERP are at the heart of this data deluge, tracking everything from sales and financials to manufacturing and supply chain operations. The analytics help to improve a business process by analyzing a predetermined set of metrics relevant to the process and providing historical context of the data.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 20, 2023

If a manufacturer has to wait an extra day for raw materials to arrive, they might lose a customer. In manufacturing, for example, lead time refers to the amount of time it takes for a product to move through the entire production process , from when the initial order or request was made to the final delivery. Let’s dive in.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

While there has been some easing of capacity constraints, many of these issues are likely to continue well into the second half of the year. From driver shortages to the e-commerce boom and pandemic-related lockdowns fueling unprecedented congestion, getting goods to retailers and consumers in a timely manner has never been more challenging.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 16, 2020

The relevance of digital transformation in manufacturing. PWC predicts that out of every 2,000 manufacturers, 86% will benefit from cost reductions and revenue gains from their digitization efforts over the next five years. As more and more manufacturers adopt digital technologies, industry 4.0 is gaining higher traction.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 16, 2020

The relevance of digital transformation in manufacturing. PWC predicts that out of every 2,000 manufacturers, 86% will benefit from cost reductions and revenue gains from their digitization efforts over the next five years. As more and more manufacturers adopt digital technologies, industry 4.0 is gaining higher traction.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

With Russia exporting many critical commodities, Deloitte explained, there are insufficient raw materials for supply and manufacturing use. Yes, all parties have metrics and KPIs that help them know when to switch carriers or where to throttle ordering, but that’s not acceptable to customers. But back to the overarching point.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Today, is day two of our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation Management , Freight. This year, most were interesting in supply chain optimization - from distribution to inventory management - and Key Performance Indicators.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

From a manufacturing perspective, logistics management software facilitates effective planning of the supply chain itself and implementation of the final delivery to the end consumers. After World War II, the focus of logistics moved from warfare to business and the physical distribution of products began with a focus on outbound activity.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

From a manufacturing perspective, logistics management software facilitates effective planning of the supply chain itself and implementation of the final delivery to the end consumers. After World War II, the focus of logistics moved from warfare to business and the physical distribution of products began with a focus on outbound activity.

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