Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The interview occurred during athe FourKites Visibility 2023 user conference on September 7th in Chicago. FourKites believes they have the largest repository of supply chain data in the world. To get visibility to whether a load will be on time and in full, a lot more data is required. What accounts for FourKites Growth?

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Table of Contents ** Minutes What is an inventory audit? When it comes to selling goods, ecommerce businesses may audit their inventory — whether it’s for tax purposes annually or to simply verify units on hand. Inventory audits can be done in-house or by a third party and represent one point in time. What is an inventory audit?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

And in the intervening years — as we’ve leveraged real-time data, ML and AI to help countless companies answer the “where’s my truck” question — I’ve continued to underscore that visibility is a foundational technology. Moving data between systems was complex and laborious. In other words, visibility is an enabler. Lesson learned.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

We draw a timeline on a conference room wall and using customer shipment and compliance data, we plot the issues with customer service and product outages. I ask, “ Do you have data that could be used to alleviate the issue in the future?” ” Or alternatively, “Is there data that could be sourced to help?”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. And, once implemented properly, having a collaborative, tech-enabled supply chain network powered by free-flowing, actionable data will unlock measurable business value. Faster order-to-cash.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2022

Amidst ongoing uncertainty caused by COVID-19 lockdowns in Asia, war in Europe, scarce raw materials and steep inflation, companies are stockpiling inventory as never before in the hopes of mitigating future supply chain shocks. As soon as inventory hits the yard, it gets lost in a shuffle of trailers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

” E2E also means being able to see things when they are not in transit, such as raw materials upstream, inventory in a warehouse or yard, products in retail outlets, or shipments stuck in customs. And so we have to keep pushing on several fronts: Filling the various “data gaps” around the world. He lives in Chicago.

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6 River Systems

MARCH 19, 2020

And this made sense when warehouses were truly pass-through for inventory. It used to be that you would source, manufacture, store, send to a store and then the consumer would access that inventory. Inventory now has to be much more nimble and therefore supply chain nodes can no longer resemble their static nature of old.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

An extreme example of this is a ride from Chicago to Colesburg, Tennessee taking 18 days, 13 hours, and 57 minutes! This has led to increased costs, not to mention all the inventory stuck in-transit. Today’s supply chains are far more dynamic, and underlying assumptions and data evolve rather quickly.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2017

Traditional processes are batch, often using latent data, and the focus is inside-out. One of the basic tenets of building outside-in processes is the effective use of channel data. Here we share some updates on the use of channel data by consumer products companies. Point-of-sale data is not new.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

The research is independent and data-driven. Industry-by-industry, I compiled data for the period of 2010-2018. The source data for the analysis comes from Ycharts.). It is not as simple as trading-off inventory, cost, and customer service. The Supply Chains to Admire analysis is a data-driven discovery by peer group.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Target, Q3 2021 : “ This year’s gross margin rate reflected pressure from higher merchandise and freight costs, increased inventory shrink, and increased supply chain costs from increased compensation and headcount in the Company’s distribution centers. ”. To learn more, visit the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s website right here.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2019

All companies–with effective and less than effective processes- struggle to get access to data, and lack alignment between commercial and operational teams. As a result, the company, at the end of the five-year implementation, is unable to roll-up data to a corporate level to analyze the forecast or capacity planning. The reason?

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Now the strike covers 21 states and 41 distribution centers, including two new, crucial plants: Ford’s Chicago assembly plant and GM’s Lancing Delta Township plant. The Chicago assembly plant is Ford’s largest and oldest plant , opened in 1924. Resilinc data shows that, as of September, Labor Disruptions are up 97% year over year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 18, 2019

Getting to data is a barrier for 60% of business users. Teams continuously balance cost, customer service, asset utilization and inventory. I will be sharing this data from 150 respondents sourced from my Linkedin 307,000 followers over the course of the next couple of weeks. There are many reasons: Business Complexity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility. He lives in Chicago. We should be able to see, with the click of a button, how much product is at the port of destination. And what is sitting in the warehouse. And at the cross-dock. And in the rail car.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 12, 2023

Kayne is the CEO and Board Director at Uptake , a Chicago-based Industrial AI and Analytics company that specializes in providing predictive analytics software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to various industries. Their focus is on translating data into actionable insights that improve operations, increase efficiency, and reduce costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Supply chain management requires good data at the mix level of an item/location. Granular data by volume is a must to be able to manage replenishment, network design, and inventory targets. The data in Table 1 is from a recent research study. Average Inventory Levels by Industry over the Period of 2010-2018.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

Tonight, I am stranded in a hotel in Chicago. The Chicago airport is closed for the night. In Figure 1, I share a composite orbit chart of progress of Cisco Systems, Intel, Samsung and Flextronics on the Effective Frontier at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for 2006-2012. It is 3:00 AM.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

This survey-based research gathers quantitative data as well as information on practices or performance drivers. Welcome to A Day at ProMat 2023 ; Clint Reiser ProMat 2023 is being held this week, March 202 -23 in Chicago. Most recently, APQC has conducted best practice and benchmarking research on last mile delivery.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Traditional slotting solutions require customized models, extensive engineering, measurement, and data collection. They learn the spatial characteristics of the DC, and predict task time based on activity-level data captured in the DC. Predictive analytics can inject some intelligence into this process.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 4, 2023

By land, by air, by sea – transit organizations know the competition is fierce for retaining customer loyalty, requiring inventory management strategies that balance consumer needs with sustainability initiatives and business goals. These companies understand that one bad experience could jeopardize future sales.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The joint solution will enable businesses to quickly leverage project44 platform’s purchase order and sales data to sense and predict demand at a local level, audit material flow to drive efficiencies and achieve On-Time, In-Full (OTIF) deliveries at a supplier and product level. Learn more at project44.com. About ThroughPut Inc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2013

As we tabulated the data for the report , what fascinated me was how differently each of these organizations view functional alignment. This morning I am in Chicago helping a client to become market-driven. Last month, we finished a study of organizational alignment with over 200 respondents. I would love to hear your feedback.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 23, 2023

Agility (as opposed to being reactive) in terms of inventory placement and last mile. Inventory placement and the robust expansion of micro-fulfillment centers, which are important now and will be even more important in the future. Come find us at ProMat 2023 in Chicago, we are at Booth #S3380.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 31, 2014

As I work with teams to envision the new tomorrow, I find fewer people know the basic concepts of manufacturing planning–cycle inventories, freeze duration, slush period, bottlenecks and constraints. And, the service supply chain can be redesigned to have less inventory and more uptime. I feel lucky that I have. Medical Device.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

(I live in Chicago. When looking at global online sales, Salesforce reports 57% digital growth in 2020, and 16% growth in 2021, with eMarketer data predicting a continued increase through 2025. Data source: eMarketer. Using Google Trends data, Google has identified the retail categories which are now “ The New Normal.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2014

It is morning in Chicago. Yesterday, I spoke at the Eye for Transport conference on the Big Data opportunity in supply chain. Yesterday, I spoke at the Eye for Transport conference on the Big Data opportunity in supply chain. I hate the term Big Data. So, in summary, today, we don’t have a big data problem.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Inventory management. These startup companies are shaking up traditional systems and creating new technologies, optimizations, automations, and ways to access data to set ecommerce businesses up for success. With Cin7 , business owners are able tailor inventory and order management to suit their respective needs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

90% of companies are unable to drive improvement at the intersection of inventory management, operating margin and customer service.). Through this pilot, we are trying to connect structured data (transactions) and unstructured data (contracts and documents) to enable multi-tier payment. For example: Orders?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 26, 2015

Deliv Acquires WeDeliver in Chicago. According to Reuters , “Wal-Mart Stores will begin charging fees to almost all vendors for stocking their items in new stores and for warehousing inventory, raising pressure on suppliers as the world’s largest retailer battles higher costs from wage hikes.” World exports increased by 0.4

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Previous investors Goldman Sachs Asset Management , TPG , Emergence Capital , Chicago Ventures , Sapphire , 8VC , Sozo Ventures and Omidyar Technology Ventures reportedly also participated in this latest round. Last year, ARR was reported as $100 million. Final Thoughts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

While consumers may see some short-term benefit in the form of discounted goods, many retailers have had to reset investor expectations , reflecting the expected hit on margins from carrying so much inventory. Inventory management is challenging enough in normal times. So, what is it going to take to enable better inventory management?

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Vanguard Software

JULY 2, 2021

Forbes – How Traffic Congestion In Chicago Is Backing Things Up In Los Angeles: Pipeline Inventory Is Now A Big Logistics Problem. An organization’s ability to effectively respond to supply chain weaknesses and vulnerabilities has become increasingly dependent on their ability to absorb and process data into intelligent insight.

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ShipBob

MARCH 28, 2024

This method is key for businesses looking to manage inventory flexibly and save on upfront costs. Strategic inventory management Utilizing in-bond shipments and bonded warehouses allows businesses to optimize their inventory management. This enhanced visibility allows for better decision-making and more accurate forecasting.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Reportedly included in the investment deal is Amazon taking a minority equity position in the start-up along with Anthropic’s move of its technology stack and IT infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers including the leveraging of AWS’s in-house chip design performance features.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I spent time at the conference listening to members’ research needs and, best of all, their willingness to share data so that we can size the total, global, and regional returns market, figure out the average returns volume by type of business (retailer, manufacturer, etc.), by industry and lots more. collecting more than 2.5

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