Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Resiliency, which is the ability to withstand supply chain shocks and bounce back quickly, has become the most important requirement for supply chains. Globalization, nearshoring and friendshoring trends are amplifying the supply chain risks. This is where AI can make all the difference.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

The sudden onset of Covid-19 only reinforced what supply chain professionals had already realized: uncertainty is the only real certainty. In their time lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts. A new hyper-focus to meet customer expectations is creating pressures upstream in the supply chain.

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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. Sherman points out, “are realizing that their supply chain is not really a chain at all.”

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Logility

JUNE 30, 2022

resigned from their jobs in durable goods manufacturing. Food supply chains already heavily damaged by the effects of COVID-19 have received yet another blow from labor shortages. How Labor and Talent Shortages Affect Supply Chains. Supply Chain Resiliency in the Face of Labor Shortages: A Two-Pronged Approach.

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Precoro

MARCH 22, 2023

A supply chain disruption is a force majeure event or unexpected situation that significantly interrupts or constrains the free movement and distribution of products, services, inputs, and raw materials. Supply chain management has to take these disruptive incidents into consideration when developing risk management policies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Every day, retailers and manufacturers are challenged to balance ambitious customer service promises with profit margin protection. Extending visibility of available capacities in the market enables a more effective result, often delivering win-wins for collaborative trading partners. How great can the impact be?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

A previous supply planning implementation, of an SCP system from a different supplier, had not gone well. When it comes to supply chain planning, the right technology solution can make a big impact on a business’ agility and resilience. 94% of US and Canadian healthcare systems use Cardinal Health in one capacity or another.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

This fact drives us to innovate when it comes to our Supply Chain Execution solutions. With this new tool, manufacturers, retailers and logistics service providers (LSP) can benefit from Blue Yonder optimization tools via integration to their existing TMS.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 20, 2022

As developments regarding industry supply chain disruptions continue unabated, businesses now increasingly face the sting of higher supply chain and transportation driven costs impacting the bottom line. The exploding costs of diesel and gasoline fuel now have a direct impact to business profitability.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 13, 2018

Blockchain technology builds value in the supply chain through better transparency and process standardization, but it holds additional value through new logistics services and business models. Capacity monitoring. Manufacturing moves closer to end-users. This is a major source of added value through blockchain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Having an agent detect how long it takes to ship from a supplier site to a manufacturing facility, and then doing a running calculation on how the average lead time is changing, is trivial math. But very few vendors are taking those alerts and automatically feeding them into their manufacturing planning solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

Plan and Execute for Success. Some manufacturing, consumer brand, retail and logistics service companies made ambitious goals to delight customers through digital transformation but in some cases significantly eroded profit margins. He has a keen interest in digitalization and the value it generates throughout the supply chain.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Procurement and supply chain executives are on the “same team” – and in general, a recent study conducted by the SCRC and GEP suggests that there is strong alignment between the two functions when it comes to prioritizing lower risks and reducing uncertainty in supply chains.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In October, the FDA announced a shortage of ADHD drug Adderall, with leading manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals forecasting that its generic brands would be in short supply until March 2023. Premier is leveraging its supply chain data to identify supplies most at risk and investing in those categories with “Buy-American” commitments.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 28, 2021

”[1] Moss reports that a survey published last November by Capgemini found more than four out of every five organizations reported that COVID-19 had negatively affected their supply chains. “When Chinese factories closed in early 2020,” Krause observes, “manufacturers struggled to switch to other suppliers.

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Logility

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Because this industry is often seen as relatively benevolent, ‘green’ initiatives have focused on the non-renewable energy sector, transportation, agriculture and manufacturing – allowing non-sustainable practices like the high levels of pollution generated by the broader life sciences sector to avoid the spotlight. That’s now changing.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides the fourth in a multi-part series addressing the renewed importance of production planning and scheduling in this existing uncertain and constantly changing business environment. This update addresses manufacturing business strategies aimed at Industry 4.0 Industry and Manufacturing 4.0

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Enterra Insights

MAY 4, 2020

. … The initial China experience with the virus provided some important lessons in supply-chain management — challenging truths and highlighting issues with the just-in-time systems that have come to be the norm. ”[5] Extended global supply chains are being questioned as is a heavy reliance on Chinese manufacturing.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 30, 2013

A recent discussion with supply chain executives in the apparel industry reveal that the problem is a tricky one to solve – and may be a function of other decisions being made by apparel manufacturers that have nothing to do with labor human rights in the supply chain.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

” The CSCO of a midsize food manufacturer put things bluntly when he told me “employee turnover is bleeding us dry.” ” I’ve been in supply chain for almost 20 years now, and I’ve never seen such stiff headwinds facing almost every single sector. These unprecedented backups came from two sources.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The webinar is based on our personal observations, insights, and discussions with multiple state procurement officers, the media, manufacturers and distributors of vaccines, and physicians in the field. This includes the following: Plan – Every good supply chain execution begins with a solid plan.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

These predictions are perhaps not completely original – but they represent what I think will be important guidelines for supply chain executives to consider. Walmart will pay more for domestic sources, but will not be burdened with the inventory and purchasing FOB. More importantly, the supply chain isn’t there yet!

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DynaSys

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Are you interested in Advanced Analytics for your Supply Chain? Manage costs, improve profit: these are the top priorities for supply chain executives today (cf. PwC Global Supply Chain Survey). Sourcing and supplier performance. Fleet Management.

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PINC

MARCH 24, 2020

Whether they’ve sent their workforces home to work remotely, scaled back their operations, or scrambled to find alternative supply sources, organizations across all industries are implementing new measures to offset the impacts of COVID-19. “In a world where markets and supply chains are global, there must be a better way.”

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Elementum

DECEMBER 1, 2021

lean manufacturing, Just-in-Time supply chain, etc.), left supply chains brittle. semiconductors) – Limited supply starts leading to higher prices – Hype starts exceeding reality ? semiconductors) – Limited supply starts leading to higher prices – Hype starts exceeding reality ?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

In the report’s Executive Summary , the authors indicate that as consumers adjusted to new norms of work and social life: “ clogged ports and paltry capacity failed to meet surging and often desperate demand.” The important qualifier is the calculation of the numerator which the authors qualify as being costs directly related to U.S.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In a recent panel discussion with Consumer Goods Technology , Conagra Brands shared how its reworked supply chain strategy is helping the brand meet customer expectations, drive internal performance and find consistent results by transforming supply chain planning. Building a Customer-centric Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

According to the April report commentary , the industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P. remains unclear.

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Unleashed

APRIL 20, 2020

The health of manufacturers is a good indicator of the health of the economy. A PMI score above 50 means manufacturing is growing. Global manufacturing data shows the pandemic impact: US manufacturing PMI fell to 48.5 UK manufacturing PMI fell to a three-month low of 47.8, Japan manufacturing PMI fell to 44.8

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 18, 2019

81% of young professionals working in supply chain say that it was the right career choice. Source: Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals 2017 Survey. The scope of supply chain management and operations is very broad , and no two companies necessarily have the same approach to it.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 11, 2021

While organizations construct their cybersecurity fortresses, there are many weaknesses at contact with manufacturers, suppliers, worldwide partners, and other service providers to consider. Open-source software may provide a security risk, and sufficient monitoring for these configurations is critical. Heighten Smart Product Security.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

But in the timeframe between 2020 to 2022, a volatile supply chain market showed the weakness in outdated, legacy supply chain execution built on rigid technology or lacking any accurate data that can improve overall decision-making. billion tons.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Diversifying your supply base prior to a major crisis like COVID is more important than ever as we go into the winter season. A good example here is the supply of diagnostic testing capacity for COVID testing. Our capacity is north of 50,000 a week, but we hope to bring on more by the end of the month.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 13, 2019

The topic is a timely one, the on-going US-Chinese tariffs and what it means for supply chain executives. This is an issue that should cause every supply chain executive to take notice, and start thinking about the strategic imperatives that lie ahead… US and China are currently on a “trade-war” which started when U.S.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2022

An example of supply chain resilience A basic example of supply chain resilience is building in redundancy through dual sourcing: having an alternative supplier for important parts or ingredients. ” What are the benefits of supply chain resilience? How is supply chain resilience measured?

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 16, 2023

Executives indicated that production this year would again be impacted by supply chain issues but in a more controlled fashion. Plans established for 2024 were to increase production capacity to 85,000 vehicles. The company ended Q2-2023 with a reported $10.2 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short term investments.

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ivalua

MARCH 4, 2016

Recently I attended a conference for Strategic Sourcing in the medical device manufacturing sector. About 60 Procurement Managers, Directors, and Executives attended from top medical device manufacturing companies. The latter is of particular importance since second sourcing can often be very expensive in this sector.

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