Intelligent Audit

JULY 5, 2022

In a continued effort to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, UPS has chosen to test out an electric cargo bicycle within crowded urban cities. The pedal-powered “E-Quad” resembles a miniature version of the traditional brown boxy cargo vans that UPS is known for, without the size that makes navigating urban areas difficult.

Quality 52

Quality Supply Chain Planning Software Procurement Solutions Procurement Analytics 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 29, 2020

Even within the FCL option, optimization maybe achieved using the right type of container for the right type of cargo – like 20’ container for weight based cargo and 40’container for volume based cargo. Optimize your cargo packing. Audit your quotations/invoices. Auditing your quotation/invoice will help with this issue.

Negotiating Skills 69

Negotiating Skills Cost Reduction Strategies Optimal Sourcing Freight 69

Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

To improve operational efficiency successfully and in a sustainable way, people across the entire business need to have a shared understanding of the supply chain goals and also what their individual roles are in achieving them. These are three examples: Rule 3.1: Aggregate forecasts are more accurate than individual forecasts.

Waste Reduction 274

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Procurement Academy

AUGUST 10, 2021

What defines this approach is “flexibility” to right-size inventory, fitting the demands of the market in a specified time, enhancing the logistics service processes, and increasing the elasticity of the logistics process to respond to market instabilities profitably. What is elastic logistics? Is your company customer-centric?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 64

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Inventory Turnover Breakthrough … Go Back To The Basics! Capacity fell by 3 percent, and up to $14 billion in cargo was unable to dock. Procurement departments must take the full burden of ensuring supplier consistency. Furthermore, shippers should purchase cargo or freight insurance where possible to create a safety net.

Supply Chain Planning Software 57

Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction Price Reduction Waste Reduction 57

Logility

MAY 25, 2022

Supply chain organizations are now caught in the clutches of a global economy creaking beneath the weight of cargo embargoes, labor shortages, jammed ports and shipping lanes, and a pandemic that continues to evolve. A digital supply chain platform enables these interactions between planning, sourcing, and procurement ?

Optimal Sourcing 130

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Requis

JANUARY 9, 2020

Another example from fulfillment might involve things like faster alternate transportation route planning in case of the unexpected, or monitoring cargo temperature for shipments of perishable food or medicines. In business to consumer markets, there has been a rising trend towards sustainable and ethical sourcing.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Pharmaceutical 52

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Supply chain resiliency and sustainability are top priorities for CEOs today. Supply chain executives must evolve from cost and service as the key objectives for optimal demand-supply balancing towards the “quadfecta” of cost, service, resiliency, and sustainability. Disruptive risks on the other hand are harder to predict and manage.

Supply Chain Design Software 231

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Logility

JUNE 29, 2021

Cargo stuck in the Suez Canal, a gas pipeline breach, an overburdened power grid, and shortages in lumber, plastics, and semiconductors – all these events in the last few months should make any supply chain executive nervous. News headlines may have you believe that supply chains across all categories are running amok.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

Inventory stockpiling is starting to occur based on prices and supply/demand curves. Ports are having to off-load cargo onto the new mega-ships offshore from multiple smaller ships because they don’t have the capacity to handle the bigger vessels. and create sustainable growth. Logistics is a whole other ballgame.

Supply Chain Planning Software 105

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ThroughPut

MAY 5, 2020

” Hard costs involve an invoice or a direct cash outlay, which could include freight payments or inventory. Therefore, it is important for manufacturers to make the right decisions that can impact transportation costs and factors that influence it like delivery lead time, fuel price fluctuations, fleet, and cargo regulations, etc.

Cost Reduction Strategies 64

Cost Reduction Strategies Manufacturing Procurement Inventory Reduction Negotiating Skills 64

Logistics Bureau

MAY 8, 2023

Back then, a company wishing to exploit the benefits of the software would have to procure a system, install, implement, and maintain it, making the cost prohibitive for many. That obstacle no longer exists to such a great extent because developments in cloud technology have spawned a new way to adopt TMS.

Negotiating Skills 52

Negotiating Skills Cost Reduction Strategies Freight Resource Reduction 52

MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 11, 2021

Alexis Bateman, Director, MIT Sustainable Supply Chains Better understand the state of supply chain sustainability amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and an emerging recession. Explore the value of using carbon insets approaches to sustainability within the supply chain. can create value in last-mile distribution systems.

Supply Chain Design Software 52

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Modeling 52

ThroughPut

MAY 5, 2020

” Hard costs involve an invoice or a direct cash outlay, which could include freight payments or inventory. Therefore, it is important for manufacturers to make the right decisions that can impact transportation costs and factors that influence it like delivery lead time, fuel price fluctuations, fleet, and cargo regulations, etc.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

Cost Reduction Strategies Manufacturing Procurement Inventory Reduction Negotiating Skills 52

ThroughPut

MAY 5, 2020

” Hard costs involve an invoice or a direct cash outlay, which could include freight payments or inventory. Therefore, it is important for manufacturers to make the right decisions that can impact transportation costs and factors that influence it like delivery lead time, fuel price fluctuations, fleet, and cargo regulations, etc.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

Cost Reduction Strategies Manufacturing Procurement Inventory Reduction Negotiating Skills 52

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Again, this might include recycling or refurbishing items damaged in storage or transit, or placing undamaged returns back into a sales inventory. Firstly, many companies are reaching more advanced levels of maturity in sustainability and greening the supply chain. Why is the Circular Supply Chain Trending?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 95

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

With the new routes, customers also have more sustainable service and wider coverage. Full block train, single or multiple containers, LCL shipments and oversized cargo are available options. Full block train, single or multiple containers, LCL shipments and oversized cargo are available options.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 101

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6 River Systems

JUNE 26, 2020

“They have multi-sourced key commodities or strategic components to reduce their reliance on any one supplier, and they had considered inventory strategy to buffer against supply chain disruption.” Also, globalization presents another hydra-headed challenge for your procurement network.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

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