Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

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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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s announcement from athletic footwear designer and manufacturer New Balance of the grand opening of this company’s fifth production facility in North America. In a published Supply Chain Matters at the time , we pointed out that despite knowledge that manufacturing shoes in the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2021

Dr. Alexandros Skandalakis – the Director Global Manufacturing Capacity, Strategic Assets and Capital Expenditures at Philip Morris Products S.A. This was done at a stock keeping unit level and for the entire manufacturing supply chain. Once the analysis was done for Year One set up, Year Two was pretty much the same.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2021

I am working on my latest Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems study, which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, customer size, and mode. These changes can add significant time to the ETA.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

I recently completed my latest study on the transportation execution and visibility solutions market. Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network. This enables improved estimated arrival times of goods. Capacity Fluctuations. Return on Investment.

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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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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Its manufacturing capacity is at the highest level in the company’s history, and just two years ago Carhartt began opening its own retails stores across the country (with stores in 17 states as of the end of September 2016). Capacity Management. Carhartt is a great example. Location Management. Rate Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

The second principle is that the supply chain needs to be managed cross-functionally, end-to-end, from the customers customer to the suppliers supplier; and as such, it cannot be viewed as just another function. In this blog, we share an interview with Dave Biegger, SVP of Campbell Soup. Background on the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The output was just not helpful. We have too hard-wired solutions bolted into IT architectures to enable the flexibility needed by business leaders during times of high variability. I am currently working on a couple of case studies for this blog on how business leaders used digital twin modeling during the pandemic. The reason?

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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. Better demand sensing, shifts in customer behaviours, predictive/prescriptive case studies, shift in inventory stocking strategy and customer service. Manufacturing Planning. Changes in Customer profiles—expectations and trust.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

I recently completed my latest study on the transportation execution and visibility solutions market. Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network. This enables improved estimated arrival times of goods. Capacity Fluctuations. Return on Investment.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

The fact that supply chain appears chaotic, inefficient and slow to market is just the tip of the iceberg. For example, you want to cut costs with a faster courier, or invest in reducing the lead time of your manufacturing. Regardless of the industry, increasing complexity undeniably increases opacity.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Carriers responded by canceling capacity, but demand was back by July, and importers found themselves scrambling for equipment. . When capacity was cut, so too was the empty supply of containers back to Asia. A closer look at higher container costs alone reveal just how much container prices have changed. .

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

The Circular Economy aims to change the way products are manufactured and used. Presently, raw materials are mined or farmed and subsequently manufactured into products. This linear approach requires substantial amounts of new raw materials and capacity in landfills to store waste.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., And, according to a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study, 54% of companies with above one billion in revenues are now considering reshoring. manufacturers hurried to produce off-shore, believing significant cost reductions and huge profits would follow.

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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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QAD

JULY 21, 2022

Common results of the bullwhip effect are excess inventory and associated cost increases, lost revenue, unnecessary capacity and a less-than-optimal customer experience. Decades of just-in-time manufacturing have sought to eliminate as much supply chain inefficiency as possible, by tightly matching replenishment to demand.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

One study indicates that 38% of companies hesitate to adopt sustainability initiatives because of the cost. But at the same time, 34% of respondents said they believed a more sustainable supply chain would help them cut costs. times higher than operational emissions. The business case for sustainability initiatives is strong.

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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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SCMDOJO

JULY 7, 2023

is an American electric vehicle manufacturer and automotive technology company which has emerged as a prominent player in the highly competitive automotive industry. With its manufacturing operations situated in Normal, Illinois, Rivian’s presence has had a profound impact on the local economy. billion in financing.

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Locus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

A legacy enriched by global outreach in sourcing, manufacturing, refining, logistics, and more, one of the reasons for FKS Group’s diverse business growth is its strong commitment to logistics and infrastructure and a profound understanding of regional market dynamics. The result? Delays and tangible customer dissatisfaction.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Time to Sense Market Shifts in the 2007 Recession. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods. While good news travels quickly in an organization, bad news travels slowly. The problem?

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

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MIT Supply Chain

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Optimizing drivers’ time can address both problems. The truck driver shortage problem that has dogged supply chains for many years is contributing to transportation bottlenecks that are constraining businesses as diverse as construction companies and furniture manufacturers. Adding just 12 minutes to these drivers’ working days?

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synchrono

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Lean Manufacturing relies heavily on trusted relationships with suppliers and pre-negotiated terms of engagement. Items such as negotiated lead times, packaged quantities, order receipt confirmations, and advanced shipment notices must all be specifically spelled out. Ensuring supplier performance. Eliminating inventory waste.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

A clear opportunity ripe to be addressed is the shifting of the prior focus of just-in-time driven, end-to-end efficiency flow of materials and resources, to an outside-in flow of physical and digital based information focused on customer or channel focused fulfillment material, resource and support needs. Background.

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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. For example, an advanced S2P platform can recommend certain suppliers for certain products, based on past bids and product or interaction data, eliminating time spent on researching suppliers for new orders.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In a world where the future could go in so many different directions, how are auto manufacturers to survive, let alone thrive? And just as OEM auto manufacturers are partnering to get ahead, automotive suppliers are doing the same. The good news is that there are things companies can do to adapt. Partner Up to Share the Risk.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

The other side, call it Team Soft Landing, argued that the situation was very different this time.”[1] Correspondent Melissa Repko reports that it might take some time for retailers to figure out how consumers are going to behave over the coming months. ”[1] He asks, “So where does that leave us?”

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Locus

MAY 15, 2023

The direct-to-consumer (D2C) model has been gaining popularity among customers for some time now as manufacturers get a lot more room to provide customized brand experiences that bring a lot more delight to consumers, which in turn strengthen brand loyalty. These sentiments reflect in the consistent growth of theIndian D2C market.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2018

To meet rising demand, supply chain executives must begin considering new ways to increase the capacity of their existing facilities. Robotics provides a boost to distribution centers and warehouse managers seeking ways to increase capacity and improve efficiency in critical areas. Download white paper.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 29, 2022

Building a semiconductor plant takes more than 2 years on average, and often involves painstaking equipment installation, clean room validation, and lots of “copy exactly” procedures, (an Intel “mantra to do things exactly the same as you did it last time, because it works). We will need to be patient. billion in 2020, down from $90.9

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

The Financial Times reporters observe, “[Supply chain woes] are likely to intensify if China digs its heels in and continues to pursue a zero-Covid policy that has left millions of workers across the country confined to their homes. ”[2]. ”[2]. Hospitals from the U.S. ” Consequences of Chinese Lockdowns. ”[4].

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 11, 2018

As a result, they’re saving 30% on FedEx costs, reducing delivery times by 51%, and reaching 88% of their marketing with two-day delivery. They had previously been relying on dropshipping from their manufacturers, but that left them with little flexibility to improve their delivery promise. Here’s how. They turned to FLEXE.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It was designed with linearity in mind: a singular focus on minimizing transport costs through building high-capacity, point-to-point distribution infrastructure. And as global trade has accelerated in recent decades, greater levels of investment and manpower have been dedicated to expanding capacity to achieve cost efficiencies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

We have not been able to build the planning architectures that effectively let manufacturers plan from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier. In this blog, let me share some insights based on work with clients and augmented with data from two recent studies that we have just completed at Supply Chain Insights.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 22, 2020

While lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts when they were introduced, in 2020 and heading into 2021 they must be taken to an entirely new level. giving an entirely new urgency to the phrase “just in time.”. The Detection and Response Challenge.

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