Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer. For their customers, “on time” is customer defined.

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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. Why Jump Now?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In some sort or another, Punxsutawney Phil has been predicting the weather since 1890, and let’s just say that his record is iffy at best. ” I assume that Phil tries to ignore the pomp and circumstance of how his shadow would determine the upcoming weather pattern, and just wants more sleep (like the rest of us on a cold winter’s day).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2021

Pinnacle Propane implemented demand management, replenishment, and order promising solutions from John Galt Solutions with the goal of improving service – reducing what they call “out of gases” – while reducing transportation costs. The goal of the project was to make timely deliveries while reducing out of gases.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

More than a year into a freight capacity crisis that shows little sign of weakening, it’s time for all parties involved in logistics and freight transportation to meet this issue head on. Freight Capacity Crisis: How Did We Get Here So Quickly? That all changed with the summer of 2017. There are No Crystal Balls.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

An Update from Sharm El-Sheikh on Decarbonisation of Transport. Transportation accounts for 17 percent of global greenhouse gases (GHG) and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Transportation accounts for 17 percent of global greenhouse gases (GHG) and 20 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

Traditionally, planning processes are designed to serve specific time horizons – sales & operations execution (S&OE) is used for short term horizon, sales & operations planning (S&OP) for the mid-term horizon, and integrated business planning (IBP) for long term strategic horizon. This is known as the “black box” problem.

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Locus

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In the pulsating heart of rapidly developing economies like India, the manufacturing sector isn’t just growing—it’s exploding. On-time delivery in manufacturing isn’t just a logistical necessity—it’s the gold standard for customer satisfaction.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed. But, more commonly there are downside surprises: customers lower the volume they want on an order, delay their order, there are manufacturing problems, logistics problems, staffing issues, to name the most obvious downside risks. Stuff happens.

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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. And, in recent times, this has made the critical notion of sustainability an equally vast challenge.

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. With surgery, I just never got to the report finished. The report was scheduled to publish in the summer of 2023, but life got in the way. The full report publishes this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 16, 2022

It is not just continually changing demand and material and equipment constraints across a company’s value chain that matters. It is these changing constraints, transportation capacity, and bottlenecks across an entire ecosystem that matters. That is how enterprise and supply chain software solutions work.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. And, more than ever, these decisions have to be made on the fly, in real-time. Every day, retailers and manufacturers are challenged to balance ambitious customer service promises with profit margin protection.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Canoo to build battery manufacturing facility in Oklahoma. In support of the new grocery delivery service, Save Mart and Amazon are offering first-time customers 15 percent off orders of more than $50 for a limited time. A running joke in the movie was the unfortunate name of one of the main characters: Michael Bolton.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 17, 2021

Part 2: Lessons from Comparing Disruptions In the previous post in this two-part series, The 7 Core Capacities of Supply Chain Resilience , we identified the core capacities that are the building blocks of supply chain resilience. Note that the seven core capacities are assessed as to whether there is a loss of capacity or not.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

It’s good to see these companies recognizing the impact of climate change, and changing their policies, sourcing, and manufacturing practices to reduce emissions. Energy, industry, transport, buildings, agriculture and land use are among the main sectors causing greenhouse gases.

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The use of AI not only allows businesses to sense demand variations in real time – and proactively respond to them by adjusting inventory levels to match anticipated sales – but also affords them the freedom to analyze several campaign scenarios at scale to identify the most profitable strategy, all in light of existing supply constraints.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Without this safety stock, planners need to scramble to try and figure out if there are alternative suppliers that might be able to provide the components they need in a timely well. That variability might be in the areas of manufacturing, distribution, or transportation capacity. All these things add costs to products.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. These are just a recent indication of the disruption from weather events and natural disasters that your supply chain may encounter. Capacity constraints and transportation delays.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The global transportation system in 2021 is experiencing a unique and unexpected crisis. Market participants state that the cost of transportation has increased from approximately $1,500 to $6,000 – $9,000 per container in February this year. And it wasn’t just about docks and warehouses. Fewer ships in operation .

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Among other things, ZF manufactures electrified powertrains, car chassis technology, active and passive safety systems, and advanced driver assistance systems. ZF offers product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. at the ZF Group.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 15, 2021

An ongoing shortage in semiconductor supply is making vehicle manufacturing much more difficult across the globe. Facing current capacity issues and addressing their impact on the supply chain is a critical first step for automotive shipping recovery and growth. This has resulted in industry-wide reductions in automobile production.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 15, 2021

An ongoing shortage in semiconductor supply is making vehicle manufacturing much more difficult across the globe. Facing current capacity issues and addressing their impact on the supply chain is a critical first step for automotive shipping recovery and growth. . Why Semiconductors Are Still in Short Supply.

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 10, 2021

Just incredible. On the domestic side, both dry vans and reefers continue to run tight in terms of capacity with rates remaining elevated. Volumes remain high and with import volumes remaining elevated and domestic manufacturing continuing it’s bull run, there’s no foreseeable light at the end of the tunnel in 2021.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Last year, truck capacity demand reached historic highs due to a combination of factors, including ongoing equipment and labor shortages. The ongoing driver shortage will continue to contribute to rate volatility as carriers seek to secure capacity. It’s not as easy as just building more trucks.

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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. Agility to act on transparency.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We continue our series on the most read articles from the Cerasis blog for 2015 today by featuring any of the blogs in the transportation management or transportation categories. . We've already listed the top 10 manufacturing articles, the top 10 supply chain articles, and yesterday, the top 10 logistics articles.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This configuration screen shows how Solvyouo maps transportation constraints. Here the savings are based on transportation and facility cost savings. But it is not just service level and costs that can be traded off. Supply chain planning takes place at various time horizon s. Supply chain management has been in the news.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The chances are good that your organization has tracking software in place, but can your software provide valuable insights or just generalizations? The TMS achieves better visibility by providing real-time, timely and high-quality shipment details. Additive Manufacturing Brings Manufacturing Close to Consumers.

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QAD

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Your supply chain can also “wear disguises” from time to time. Today, almost any business involved in manufacturing and distribution across all vertical segments are experiencing disruptions that are causing issues in their supply chain operations. The supply chain disguises that issue as a lack of production capacity.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

Especially with the ELD mandate, we need to inform our suppliers and distribution centers that their receiving hour window may no longer be conducive to transporting freight. If you're not flexible in making appointments that fit within the driver's hours of service, you're going to have trouble getting capacity.

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QAD

JULY 1, 2021

What are Total Manufacturing Costs? Your total manufacturing costs are essentially an expense analysis that calculates how each of your company’s departments contributed to producing a finalized product. This looks at all stages of the manufacturing process from raw materials to work-in-progress to final result.

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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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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

ThroughPut’s AI-based demand sensing and capacity planning capabilities and project44 to empower companies with disruption-free supply chain operations. PALO ALTO, CA, November 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ThroughPut Inc. , PR Contact. pr@throughput.ai. About project44. project44 is on a mission to make supply chains work.

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ThroughPut

APRIL 13, 2021

Why do businesses need Capacity Planning in food supply chain management? Overworking your limited resources or late deliveries can never be long-term solutions and that’s why every business needs capacity planning. Now you might think, capacity planning isn’t too complicated. Capacity planning is so much more than that.

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