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

JANUARY 10, 2024

Often times at Logistics Viewpoints, we like to look to the future and highlight the key trends that we see in a given market, or make predictions about what technologies will emerge as game changers in the new year. While we look ahead to the future, I think it is also important to look back on the year that was.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 28, 2018

Take your cue from the latest findings of MIT researchers. Robinson , the researchers examined the best practices that separate Leaders from Laggards in getting better truckload rates and performance. The researchers used TMC data for 40 shippers and looked at over a million loads. On time pickup (OTP).

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Calls are increasing for a return to just-in-case (JIC) policies, with some citing this trend as a risk. My great-aunt Ione, who lived to be 103, quit smoking at 97, which prompted the question “why now?”

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With this information, are you any closer to knowing what to do about it, or have you just enriched your ability to admire your problem and see it close up? In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. Agility to act on transparency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 25, 2022

Brook does more than just deliver furniture and housewares; they bring the furniture inside, set it up, and make sure everything is comfortably in its place. Brook does more than just deliver furniture and housewares; they bring the furniture inside, set it up, and make sure everything is comfortably in its place.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Asset relocation takes time. The availability of capacity in industries like the semiconductor industry is tight. The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. But, even then, the relocation of capacity is not a snap of the fingers. Does this solve the problem?

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AIMMS

AUGUST 3, 2020

However, one-third of SCP leaders cite “the lack of effective decision making in the S&OP meeting process as the most critical problem to solve for their function’s overall performance” (source: Gartner, Improve S&OP Decision Making Through Scenario Planning , Supply Chain Research Team, 4 May 2020). – Tweet this.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Consumers are pretty patient but, at some point in time, they just say “never again.” The research demonstrates why it is so important to treat home delivery with the same level of importance as getting the consumer to buy in the first place. Figure 1: Consumer Delivery Experiences in the Last 3 Months.

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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

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. Cyber threats and attacks.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 7, 2018

Whatever the cause, the end result is the same: trucking capacity is tight, really tight. Shippers are paying higher rates, and even with offering higher rates many shippers are seeing rejected loads from the same carriers they relied on for capacity in the past. Clearly detention time is more than an inconvenience.

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Logility

APRIL 27, 2015

But just as important is ensuring merchandise gets to the right channels and store locations in the appropriate quantities to gain happy customers and higher revenues. Past models often managed Allocation as a one-time process to assign product volumes to a particular channel or store locations during the first release or push of the product.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 16, 2022

ARC has done research and writing on supply chain collaboration networks. 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.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

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. The more likely explanation is that a combination of prudent capacity management and poor demand visibility led to these prices and the resulting profits.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In a report released earlier this year, ATRI (the American Transportation Research Institute) stated that premiums have rocketed up 47% per mile over the last decade. Trucking companies need to manage many layers of safety and compliance, and while insurance is just one of them, it’s also among the most important and expensive.

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Logility

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Now that just enough progress has been made to rebuild and strengthen these operations, a sense of “normalcy” has been restored consumer access of desirable products. However, we might not be out of the weeds just yet. Achieving these cost efficiencies improves profitability and elevates long-term competitiveness.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. It’s not enough to have a Plan B, just in case. These are just a recent indication of the disruption from weather events and natural disasters that your supply chain may encounter. Cyber threats and attacks.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

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. The ad is trying to create a new image for a “ case of the Mondays ” as the retailers is moving Black Friday to Mondays. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2023

It introduced the survey we had just launched to determine the perceptions, priorities, and strategic initiatives of today’s supply chain and logistics executives. We conducted ARC Advisory Group’s survey at the same time as the Conference Board updated its C-Suite Outlook for 2023. Meanwhile, labor constraints are as binding as ever.

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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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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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BlueYonder

JUNE 10, 2022

We are overjoyed in being recognized as a Leader for 11 consecutive times; read our blog post to learn more. Several Gartner sessions reflected on how maintaining business as usual will no longer work: Just in time (JIT) now becomes just in case: 60% of supply chains were designed for cost and efficiency rather than resilience and agility.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Sharma reports, “Governments worldwide have resourced more than US$25 Billion to quantum research and development. ” Greater Computing Capacity. Quantum computing may sound like science fiction (especially the weird principles on which it relies); nevertheless, businesses are beginning to pay attention.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 17, 2022

We’re inching toward the time of year when sweltering heat can only be quenched by one experience–a dunk in a cool, crisp, clean swimming pool. That’s a 46% increase in just a few months. Apparently, customers purchased the same product for just $70 back in 2020. Temperatures are rising and people are getting sweaty.

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Logility

AUGUST 24, 2023

Your Comprehensive Guide to Production Planning Software The benefits of production planning software vs scheduling are about the granularity of the plan: capacity plans (or master production schedules) are not granular and factor in less granular things, like high level capacity, forecasts, inventory, and transfer times.

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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. Before entering into any negotiation, do your research on the market trends, industry standards, and pricing models.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

And, more than ever, these decisions have to be made on the fly, in real-time. Even before the emergence of COVID-19, next-day and same-day delivery promises from mega retailers, as well as new delivery models such as store pick-up, were driving increasing customer expectations — not just in retail, but in every industry.

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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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Circular Economy and Information Sharing – The Role of Logistics Feature Article by Beverly Lege , Research Associate and PhD Candidate at Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Business Logistics and General Management, Thomas Twenhöven , PhD Candidate at Kuehne Logistics University and Prof.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

Port congestion, capacity constraints, large increases in rates across all modes, labour shortages and long delays in shipments—these are just some of the operating realities supply chain and logistics professionals face today. Will the environment improve in 2022 or get worse? Resilience through technical capability and consistency.

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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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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

He shared his views on how to apply innovations to solve deep-rooted supply chain challenges and insights into the $1 billion investment in research and development. If there was ever a time when uncertainty ruled the world, it is now. I will just name three reasons. Supply chain is truly having its zeitgeist moment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

94% of US and Canadian healthcare systems use Cardinal Health in one capacity or another. Supply Planning Implementations are Just Harder The previous SCP implementation had not gone well. Teams will then revert back to their former tools, often times using Excel. I put my name on the line.” Count them!

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2023

which is attributable to Q4 holiday sales and the subsequent dips in Warehousing Capacity (+3.6) and Transportation Capacity (+5.2) which is attributable to Q4 holiday sales and the subsequent dips in Warehousing Capacity (+3.6) and Transportation Capacity (+5.2) and slowdown in Warehousing Utilization (-14.0)

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