Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. The company bought a risk solution that provides real-time alerts to potential supply disruptions. But there was a cost to this.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A report by Nikkei Asia Technology indicates that Apple contract manufacturing services provider Foxconn is planning to incrementally expand iPhone production capacity within India. billion facility, which is massive and implies more than just smartphone assembly. This facility is further reported to be the equivalent of a $1.54

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We had just recovered from a recession, and my goal was to help supply chain leaders create a better supply chain by the end of the decade. At that time, Supply Chain 2020 seemed so far away. Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights recent manufacturing milestones achieved by electric auto and truck maker Tesla. Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk delivered the first vehicle produced at the EV maker’s new final assembly facility located just outside Austin, Texas. Manufacturing output amounted to 305,407 vehicles.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

A Supply Chain Design Solution from Coupa Imagine you’ve just received the job offer of your dreams. And what about those jiu-jitsu classes you’ve wanted to take for such a long time? Their time frame was short and resources limited. The groups themselves were non-homogeneous with people of different ages and interests.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

at the ZF Group, about their digital supply chain transformation journey. Among other things, ZF manufactures electrified powertrains, car chassis technology, active and passive safety systems, and advanced driver assistance systems. This manufacturer has 188 production locations across the world. at the ZF Group.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

This type of response is just not helpful. I find in my Supply Chains to Admire research that 96% of companies (when compared to their peer groups) are unable to drive improvement while delivering higher performance year-over-year on a balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. 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. Does this solve the problem?

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EC Sourcing Group

APRIL 27, 2021

5 Benefits of Global Sourcing in Supply Chain Management. When the topic of global sourcing comes up, procurement managers often balk at global sourcing in supply chain management because they worry they will have to sacrifice quality or delivery when using global suppliers. Manufacturing. it most certainly is.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

Well, according to Czinger, a Los Angeles-based boutique hypercar manufacturer, that is about to be a possibility. When a package gets mis-sorted and it goes into the wrong package car, that’s not a very good experience for our customer, and it’s actually just a drag on productivity.” The car’s numbers are impressive: 0-60 mph in 1.9

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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.

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USC Consulting Group

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Back in November and December when the economy was running full speed ahead, automotive manufacturers had high expectations for robust sales activity in 2020. In response, automotive manufacturers slowed down output, a consequence of declining demand, assembly worker absences caused by COVID-19, and other supply chain disruptions.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. Background. Prediction Background.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This is not a new problem; but it is exacerbated by volume increases, COVID labor issues, and port infrastructure capacity issues. Create a supply chain planning master database to track variability in lead times, conversion rates, and cycles. Manage Make, Source, and Deliver Together. Warehouses are full and shelves are empty.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This is not a new problem; but it is exacerbated by volume increases, COVID labor issues, and port infrastructure capacity issues. Create a supply chain planning master database to track variability in lead times, conversion rates, and cycles. Manage Make, Source, and Deliver Together. Warehouses are full and shelves are empty.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

China fully shutdown its manufacturing output during this phase affecting consumers globally. Manufacturing Planning. Agility and flexibility, capacity planning, shift from Just in Time to agile and resilient operations. Huge demand supply issues breaking the ever-so-fragile supply chain globally.

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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. Then the site also does the kind of purchase order and invoicing collaboration that EDI solutions do. Then the site also does the kind of purchase order and invoicing collaboration that EDI solutions do.

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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. The network supports a wide array of messaging types including real-time GPS, EDI, and API-based capacity requests, bookings, statuses, and customs messages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

Operational innovations like the invention of containers led to the huge growth in global value chains, and today 95% of manufactured goods move on ships. A plan is a point in time, so any solution must be paired with agility to adjust when the inevitable changes occur. The myth of the “perfect plan”.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the closing of the third quarter, the numbers once again signal added contraction in global manufacturing output as product demand levels weaken. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. This index has now remained below the 50.0 The reported September value was 43.4,

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ThroughPut

JANUARY 6, 2022

As a result, communication gaps have become almost the norm, putting a company’s ability for capacity planning into question. One false signal sent upstream can easily result in incorrect material or resource allocations throughout the entirety of manufacturing and distribution. But this quagmire isn’t the result of silos alone.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 10, 2020

This includes the final customers or groups of businesses. 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. Logistics has, however, come a long way. Logistics has, however, come a long way.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Special thanks to Lars Jensen, CEO at Sea Intelligence Consulting and Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos Group for their input and insights for this report. It’s hard to predict what demand will be like for products like these ahead of time. Just take a look at pricing fluctuations for Suntory’s Yamazaki 12 Year Old.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Special thanks to Lars Jensen, CEO at Sea Intelligence Consulting and Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos Group for their input and insights for this report. . It’s hard to predict what demand will be like for products like these ahead of time. Just take a look at pricing fluctuations for Suntory’s Yamazaki 12 Year Old.

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Locus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

For over four decades, FKS Group has carved out a robust presence in South-East Asia’s business landscape. Before working with Locus, the FKS team struggled with real-time fleet tracking. Coordinating such a vast fleet meant dispatchers manually calling up manufacturing plant heads and drivers on phone or instant messages.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. It’s rare for ocean liners like Maersk to live in the same category as tech giants like Amazon or Alibaba.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Background The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has just published its research advisory- 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains. Background The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has just published its research advisory- 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 28, 2021

”[1] After providing a brief overview of the economic devastation created by the pandemic, international banker Joseph Moss observes, “What has been perhaps less visible but just as impactful has been the damage the virus has inflicted on the world’s supply infrastructure and, in particular, global supply chains. .”[1]

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QAD

AUGUST 4, 2021

When was the last time you had a package or food delivered to your doorstep? The increased demand for last-mile delivery has created scarcity for an already diminishing supply of trucks and drivers, making it difficult for companies of all types, not just B2C, to send and receive the items they need to do business.

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Unleashed

APRIL 2, 2024

Over 1/3 of manufacturers struggling with data. A recent Hexagon report found that although manufacturers are increasingly data-focused, many are facing challenges with decision-making. Additionally, sustainability and ethical sourcing will become even more critical in the coming years.” The F&B industry added 1.4

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 31, 2022

A staggering 75% of organizations say they are dealing with more regional or global high-impact disruptions than they were just five years ago, and 68% are constantly responding to significant unplanned–and unprepared-for–disruptions. a venture within the Group. a venture within the Group.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

Redwood has indicated a commitment to solving the ability to source battery anode and cathode components in the United States and producing them from an increasing amount of recycled content. billion Battery Materials Campus to be located in the heart of the “ Battery Belt ,” just outside of Charleston, South Carolina.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Most importantly for ThroughPut, manufacturing and logistics operations in the industrial world are about to pick back up until Christmas. I have now spent just as much time being a startup founder as I had being an operations manager. For Europe, operations are now resuming from the extended production breaks.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2018

A slew of global purchasing managers indexes all point to deep supply constraints as this year's economy looks to be the strongest since 2011. A slew of purchasing managers indexes published on Jan. A slew of purchasing managers indexes published on Jan. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. gauge to be released later on January 2. .

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Jaggaer

AUGUST 12, 2020

For the first three months after Covid-19 hit, virtually every sourcing project , in every sector , was put on hold while companies tried to assess the situation and how best to deal with the epidemic. Get the white paper on Sourcing Strategies: Why One Size Does Not Fit All , written by Michael Lamoureux of Spend Matters.

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Unleashed

MARCH 8, 2023

This guide is designed to inform you which features are most important, the best time to invest in inventory software, and the costs you can expect to pay. Key considerations Manual management of inventory is time-consuming and prone to error. A warning of what can go wrong can be seen in Intuit’s purchase of TradeGecko.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 31, 2022

In a call with financial analysts, Ed Ryan, CEO of Descartes Systems Group, stated, “The current state of affairs is variously described as a crisis, chaos, a snarl, a mess, or a challenge. So, there was a supply disruption and an increase in demand hitting the market at the same time. ”[3].

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