BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Salim Shaikh , who leads Blue Yonder’s Automotive Industry Strategy, and James Peck , VP of Supply Chain Execution Presales, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and from webinars and automotive events that we prepared for. We mentioned disruptions and the added complexities.

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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.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

For example, if a company’s shipment gets stopped by customs at the border, they may be required to show where it was manufactured through proof of purchase orders and invoices. The industry has been working on alternatives for a long time, knowing that PFAS will become a problem—but no perfect solution exists.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Micro Supply Chain Management (Micro-SCM) could then be construed as the non-global activities concerned with planning and controlling the rates of purchasing, production, distribution and related capacity resources to achieve targeted customer service levels within a company. Nearly ten years on, what, if anything, has changed?

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Locus Robotics

MARCH 9, 2023

By Geoff Whiting, Senior Writer, Red Stag Fulfillment Applying automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to supply chain management is an excellent way for manufacturers to increase the accuracy, speed, and efficiency of operations. RPA is an excellent tool for automating laborious processes currently executed manually.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Just about everyone in the supply chain gets negatively impacted by wrong forecasts. Just about everyone in the supply chain gets negatively impacted by wrong forecasts. With so many changing variables, excel sheets or human intervention alone can’t gain the level of visibility needed to forecast the future. Inventory pile-ups.

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ThroughPut

JULY 28, 2020

When was the last time you went to your neighborhood Home Depot? As the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, Home Depot is an excellent example of a business powered by an evolving global supply chain. The pandemic has indeed changed everything about how we go about life and work. Sounds simple?

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Especially since many retailers have already purchased and shipped their goods ahead of the looming tariff changes. There’s no shortage of technology solutions out there to help companies manage their inventory, but that’s just a small part of becoming truly agile enough to respond to the swiftly-changing consumer demands and trends.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define. His reasoning? We want to help.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 3, 2021

There are many reasons for this lack of due consideration: Many Supply Chain operations, like manufacturing, purchasing, warehousing, and logistics are hands on, blue collar type jobs. Companies historically have excelled and differentiated themselves because of their R&D capabilities, their products, and their go to market strategy.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 30, 2017

There is omni-channel you can buy products anywhere, you can order stuff from your mobile phone and then get delivered to your home, and so on. If I want to order a shirt and it’s not just my size, it’s my name on the shirt, maybe. It’s fairly simple. How are supply chains becoming more complex? Geopolitical factors….

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 6, 2022

However, transportation capacity is rapidly approaching a breaking point, driving rates higher than they’ve ever been. However, transportation capacity is rapidly approaching a breaking point, driving rates higher than they’ve ever been. Provide Discounts on Worthy Purchases. According to TechCrunch , U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

You are not alone, especially as in the time since we first penned this article, one huge and unforeseen event has raised awareness of the global importance of this vital sector—and shown it to be an attractive career choice. That event was the global COVID-19 pandemic, which erupted during the first half of 2020.

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Zipline Logistics

JULY 13, 2021

Challenges brought on by COVID-related disruption are forcing shippers to adjust supply chain strategies to accommodate fervent demand, rising logistics costs, and scarcer trucking capacity. ” The announcement was made during NRF’s inaugural State of Retail and the Consumer event. Consumer Demand Still Going Strong.

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ThroughPut

JULY 28, 2020

When was the last time you went to your neighborhood Home Depot? As the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, Home Depot is an excellent example of a business powered by an evolving global supply chain. The pandemic has indeed changed everything about how we go about life and work. Sounds simple?

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ThroughPut

JULY 28, 2020

When was the last time you went to your neighborhood Home Depot? As the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, Home Depot is an excellent example of a business powered by an evolving global supply chain. The pandemic has indeed changed everything about how we go about life and work. Sounds simple?

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

Negotiation, a crucial skill in the realms of business and procurement, demands the ability to remain calm, collected, and confident even in the most challenging situations. However, mastering this art can be tough and perplexing. In this article, we delve into an unconventional yet remarkably effective training tool: movies.

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Cognira

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In stark contrast to the bygone era when supermarkets enjoyed earnings margins of around 7.5% , traditional grocers have seen a substantial decline in their earnings capacity. It’s not just about staying ahead of the competition, but also about meeting the evolving demands of their discerning clientele.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

As we enter a new year, it’s a great time to look back at how far we’ve come as an industry, set our next goalposts, and map out where we should be as an industry by 2020. Just look at how their assistance worked out for Toys “R” Us and Sears. But the road to true digitization is long and winding. They’re coming. Technology.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

In particular, the landscape is being challenged with a number of fundamental drivers: The changing consumer preferences with the move towards fresh, natural/organic/healthy, convenience foods and locally sourced products but at the same time looking for value. Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

In particular, the landscape is being challenged with a number of fundamental drivers: The changing consumer preferences with the move towards fresh, natural/organic/healthy, convenience foods and locally sourced products but at the same time looking for value. Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem.

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Arkieva

JUNE 21, 2016

I can easily see multiple layers of complexity that require time and hard work, to get you through and to bring you to the level of a supply chain professional. They create excess inventory which is consuming cash and sometimes scarce capacity. How to ensure their buy-in? Supply Chain Complexity 1 – Plan/Source/Make/Deliver/….

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The Supply Chainer Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

How external factors , such as: temperature (ºC), unwanted noise (dB) and unexpected events (relatives coming home); influenced in her cycles. How external factors , such as: temperature (ºC), unwanted noise (dB) and unexpected events (relatives coming home); influenced in her cycles. Just in time – Infant’s formula milk.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 9, 2016

The principles at the time were certainly appropriate. The idea was that procurement needed to establish a position not just as a “buyer, but as a centralized function that would allow it to understand spending across both direct and indirect categories of spending, leverage this spending, and achieve significant cost improvement.

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 23, 2019

This year’s Customer Excellence Award for Best Supply Chain Transformation goes to Ferrara Candy – for making incredible strides in its digital transformation journey amidst a string of M&A activity that continues to add extreme complexity to Ferrara’s global supply chain. And it’s a multifaceted, high-capacity global network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This is starting to mount cost pressures just at the time when additional investments are needed to build resilience. Order delivery lead time. These are just a small subset of a very wide range of attributes one may consider for sourcing. Digitalizing sourcing (i.e., Shelf life considerations.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 6, 2013

Just like the company creates new skin and hair care products to meet the consumer’s diverse and infinite needs is a company trademark, there’s opportunity for innovation in the supply chain. What is the strategy of the Company (or Division/Supply Chain): Operational Excellence, Product Leadership or Customer Intimacy?

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RELEX Solutions

DECEMBER 3, 2018

It also wanted to improve the life cycle management of products and cut the amount of time spent on ordering and restocking. The company chose RELEX because of its excellent track record with retailers’ online, offline and omnichannel operations. – Simon Svensson, Purchaser, Kolonial.no. Kolonial.no Kolonial.no

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Locus

MARCH 27, 2024

This situation demands not just managing costs but also turning the returns process into a positive touchpoint with customers. Meanwhile, dispatch management platforms smooth out the wrinkles in the returns process, automating the grunt work and keeping customers in the loop with real-time updates. of their total transactions.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It’s time to Marie Kondo your supply chain by eliminating excess inventory and learning how to avoid it in the first place. From weather to war to congested ports , it’s no secret that ongoing supply chain disruptions cause delays, shortages, and extended lead times. Let’s talk about: What Excess Inventory Is.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Just in case you missed some of our supply chain strategy posts , we’ve compiled a list of our popular supply chain posts from 2016 below (ranked based on shares and views). The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. If you’d like to avoid missing a post in the future. Please subscribe here.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

As I spent the time reflecting over the last three weeks, the number of articles streaming into my feed on supply chain implications was high, but most of them were wrong. In the United States, fire activity increased in February and March 2022—fire is not just a California issue. My brain struggles to communicate with my fingers.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Which is why email newsletters just work – delivered to your inbox each day (usually) bringing a limited selection of top stories in condensed form. This is the experts’ selection – but if we had to choose just one, our go-to read is the fast-rising WSJ Daily Logistics Report. Air Cargo World. ACWmagazine.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 21, 2023

Parents got notifications that school was cancelled, employees got notice to stay home, the world started buying most of their goods online, and the global supply chain did a collective * gulp. We’ve had many ups and downs since March of 2020, but one up that has continued its upward trend, is e-commerce purchase volume. .

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Inventory replenishment is reordering stock in the right quantities, at the right time. Too little, and you risk disappointing customers with slow fulfilment times. Inventory replenishment is the process of purchasing the goods, components, and raw materials needed to build and sell products. Preventing stock expiry.

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Logility

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Just like every aspect of our modern society, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested how food and beverage (F&B) networks navigate continuous and dramatic changes. And now it’s time to take all those lessons learned to create a more resilient network that can balance the delicate equilibrium between supply and demand in real time.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 26, 2021

Every single organization I have been a part of has been dependent on Excel spreadsheets for order tracking and expediting – and in some cases – even demand planning. Even the most robust ERP systems seem to lack the visibility that organizations are desperate to acquire, and in real-time. would demand its implementation.

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