ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

In 2021, The Hackett Group found in their Supplier Diversity Study that 69% of respondents had global supplier diversity programs with intentions to expand that program over the next several years. The following are just a few examples of some notable supplier diversity efforts across the globe. Building Business Cases and Momentum.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 26, 2022

Michelle Sodomka, a Senior Director at Open Sky Group. Shortages of drivers is just one of the contributors to the difficulties shippers are having in securing the truck capacity they need. Nevertheless, she believes the revolution in freight logistics is coming; it is just a matter of timing. It is a brutal job.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 15, 2023

Coupled with softening customer demand and the return of air-cargo belly capacity, the current airfreight market condition presents a perfect opportunity for shippers to regain, maintain and balance influence and control. Shippers have until quite recently been faced with a daunting challenge when it comes to negotiating with LSPs.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

o9 Solutions has grown from a small company to a significant player in the supply chain planning (SCP) market in a short period of time. o9 Solutions has grown from a small company to a significant player in the supply chain planning (SCP) market in a short period of time. One of the more interesting is o9 Solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

at the ZF Group, about their digital supply chain transformation journey. Sobeck, the SupplyOn solution means that when you need to “register a supplier or to update their information, you only need to do that once instead of several times.” at the ZF Group. Will the needed parts arrive at their plant on time?

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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. The solution is used to help digitize research & development, sourcing, regulatory compliance, and product quality. They provide predicted times of arrivals for those shipments.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This involves not only identifying the volume and frequency of shipments but also delving into specific requirements, such as: The advent of Digital Freight Procurement Tools , means users can now compile the above data in a fraction of the time spent previously.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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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.

Analytics Software 195

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

History of Alliances in Container Shipping Source: Port Economics, Management and Policy What are Global Shipping Alliances (GSAs) in the shipping industry? History of Alliances in Container Shipping Source: Port Economics, Management and Policy What are Global Shipping Alliances (GSAs) in the shipping industry?

Risk Management 130

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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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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.

Analytics Software 195

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

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.” Environmental and labor groups filed separate suits. At some point, it seems we all have the need for speed. That being said, would you go over 280 MPH in a car?

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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. This enhancement esures timely interventions in case of anticipated delays at the warehouse. The result? The result?

Optimal Sourcing 59

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The invention of the ocean container as a means for inter-modal sea and surface transportation movements have orchestrated the march toward lowest cost global based sourcing of components and materials. This BCG advisory further argued that carriers had yet to tap the potential of multi-carrier capacity agreements.

Cost Reduction Strategies 59

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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

MARCH 14, 2023

With constrained and somewhat erratic demand and supply – not just of products and materials but also capacity with carriers of all modes – rates have been extremely volatile. The following are some suggestions and insights from this assembled group of experts.

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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 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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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

For a forwarder, refraining from working with Maersk today is expensive because it removes 17% of global shipping capacity. It’s rare for ocean liners like Maersk to live in the same category as tech giants like Amazon or Alibaba. And both shifts will have major ramifications on customers – importers, exporters, and online sellers.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) methodology has six high-level business activities that define the supply chain – plan, source, make, deliver, return, and enable. This is usually accomplished by using statistical sampling of all incoming materials that can produce charts to show the quality trends over time.

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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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Unleashed

APRIL 2, 2024

Additionally, sustainability and ethical sourcing will become even more critical in the coming years.” The F&B industry added 1.4 million new jobs last year, while the use of AI in restaurants shot up by 31.61% according to data from the 2024 StartUs Food & Beverage Report. The F&B industry added 1.4

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Supplier Relationship Management has taken on new meaning in the unprecedented times in which we find ourselves living. Now is the time to rethink supplier relationships for 2021 and beyond. Supplier Relationship Management – time to rewrite the rule-book? Of course, Buyers’ time is limited.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 4, 2024

Coupled with the art of trying to balance unpredictable material demand with volatile prices and its effects on the business, with the need to keep raw material to a minimum to free up capital juxtaposed to the need to import raw material with long lead times. Uncertain lead times for acquiring specific materials for customised products.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 25, 2022

The opening paragraph observes that companies (especially retailers), that are now burdened with excess inventories and limited added warehousing capacity are increasingly turning to ad hoc means of utilizing once empty available trailers or shipping containers along with available parking lots as a means to store excess inventory.

Inventory Reduction 52

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Three commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains made available at the beginning of 2022, and specifically addressing supply chain cost inflation implications. Mid-Year Global Transportation Assessment.

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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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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2015

A strategic approach to sourcing what you need to keep your business moving can help avoid disruptions and stay competitive in today’s competitive market. So just how strategic are you when it comes to sourcing transportation capacity? Look at service levels, on time delivery rates, and other value adds for each.

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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.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

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Freightos

MARCH 17, 2019

Source: SGX, Freightos Baltic Index. Just like streaming replaced that iPod as a better way of listening to music, ocean freight procurement now has a better way. Time to go with the stream. Time to go with the stream. Just like the analog tape when CDs were introduced, and CDs when hard drives appeared.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The other part of my role is supporting the inventory management functions within BT Group, driving decision-making around what we buy, when we buy, and where from. This is mainly taking large populations of engineers, the post codes of their work area and drive times, and using AIMMS to optimize how we map engineers to different locations.

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USC Consulting Group

JUNE 30, 2020

While business owners by and large understood that this would be the case, they’re nonetheless doubling their efforts to get operations as close to normal as quickly and as safely as possible in a bid to make up for lost time. As early as February, roughly 60% of manufacturing firms in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

contraction threshold which is noted as the first time this has occurred since the depths of the global pandemic in 2020. contraction threshold which is noted as the first time this has occurred since the depths of the global pandemic in 2020. Report authors indicated that the September decline was quite broad-based.

Inventory Reduction 59

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The short answer is that planners are more important than ever, and not just because the hype may be ahead of the curve. Although human hands need to remain on the wheel, it is time for a shift change. Over time supply chain has been given more power and responsibility but also faces more challenges.

Supply Chain Software 130

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The COP28 Agreement calls for the “ transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just and orderly manner.” The deal is cited in global-wide media as being the first time that a U.N. The declared aim is net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050. Not all factions were pleased with the final wording.

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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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