Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

For a few years now, supply chain professionals and pundits have been speculating on what the so-called “new normal” will look like. Closer to home for supply chain professionals, driver shortages continue to plague the industry. These are the companies and leaders that aren’t letting a good downturn go to waste.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

Time For A Supply Chain Check-Up? When a company contacts me to help them with their supply chain, the pain is usually a gap in customer service. To complete a supply chain diagnostic, I take these four steps: Step One. inventory turns. for inventory turns define best-in-class performance?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

The supply chain industry is on a years-long digital transformation journey, and one of the key objectives that industry leaders almost universally aim to achieve is true end-to-end (E2E) visibility across their complex global networks of suppliers, partners and customers. So, what is true E2E supply chain visibility?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

I’ve said it before (right here in Logistics Viewpoints), but it’s worth repeating: the digital transformation of our complex global supply chains is an ongoing journey. The entire supply chain industry was caught flat-footed by the seismic disruptions wrought by the pandemic. We don’t have to think back very far.

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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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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. However, did you know there are enough lead time problems lurking in your current supply chain operations that go completely unnoticed?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

I feel that topic of supply chain management is analogous to the downward cycle of the news channels. What Drives Supply Chain Excellence? I analyze supply chain management. The broader the definition of end-to-end strategy and the alignment of supply chain processes drives value.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 26, 2023

The basic frame of supply chain planning–functional taxonomies for optimization on a relational database–must be redesigned before supply chain leaders can reap the benefit of deep learning, neural networks, and evolving forms of Artificial Intelligence (AI). ” I don’t think so. Why is this needed?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

For more than a year, global supply chains have been buffeted by one major disruption after another. Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , railways and ocean vessels. The impact?

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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. The effects of the strike are already rippling through the automotive supply chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 10, 2023

Christian is a co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Pollen, a technology platform revolutionizing the reverse supply chain for retailers with pickups from consumers’ doorsteps for less than a standard return shipping label. He and his wife, Michelle, live in Chicago. School of Business 2023 Young Alumni Award winner.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 15, 2022

(All photos credited to Depositphotos.com) Thanks for reading Rethinking supply chains! Many retailers are feeling inventory pains despite assuring analysts that they're quite pleased with their inventory levels. Some retailers may have seen these signs but could not pivot quickly enough because of supply chain delays.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In this October 10, 2023 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology we provide our capsule highlights of investments announced by supply chain management focused tech providers. Morgan Growth Equity Partners and Index Ventures.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. These businesses are saving money by leasing their vehicles instead of buying them, and they’re also enjoying improved supply chain management due to their increased mobility and flexibility. You also don’t have to worry about maintaining an inventory of vans on-site.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

So, as I sit in this uncomfortable seat, fighting sleep, winging my way to Chicago, I am asking myself a simple set of questions. The supply chain world is dominated by men. So, why is it that in this male-dominated world of supply chain there is very little chutzpah? The supply chain team takes and ships orders.

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Vinculum

JULY 8, 2019

Vinculum participated at Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE), one of the biggest eCommerce conferences in Chicago. Venue: McCormick Place South, Chicago. Sell and manage orders, inventory, and fulfillment across multiple sales channels. Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) in warehouses to manage inventory.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. “We feel good about the composition of our inventory. .

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 3, 2024

Recently, a show I have come to quickly love has been “ The Bear ” which is about, a young fine-dining chef named Carmy, who comes home to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop. Several years ago, I attended a leadership conference in Chicago, and a simple statement one of the speakers made has resonated with me ever since.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. 5 Supply Chain Predictions for 2023 ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa Software ) So much has changed in a year! So, let’s take a look now at the 15 most popular logistics stories of 2023.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

I spoke with Daniël van Gool, Director of Supply Chain Development at Peapod, a leading U.S. online grocer who serves the East Coast and Mid-West, to hear about how he views the role of analytics and technology in driving supply chain innovation at his company. I’m the Director of Supply Chain Development.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

I spoke with Daniël van Gool, Director of Supply Chain Development at Peapod, a leading U.S. online grocer who serves the East Coast and Mid-West, to hear about how he views the role of analytics and technology in driving supply chain innovation at his company. I’m the Director of Supply Chain Development.

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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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BlueYonder

APRIL 1, 2013

Please join Bryan Ball, Vice President and Principal Analyst and myself as Lead Research Analyst at Aberdeen’s 7th Annual Supply Chain Management (SCM) Summit , taking place April 9-10 in Chicago. Reengineering the Supply Chain: Key Lessons from Fujitsu’s Playbook. Agenda Highlights .

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 5, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. E2open Acquires Logistyx Technologies.

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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. This is the vital missing link in so many planning systems today – which have consequently either overshot or undershot inventory estimates. PR Contact. pr@throughput.ai.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

I spoke with Daniël van Gool, Director of Supply Chain Development at Peapod, a leading U.S. online grocer who serves the East Coast and Mid-West, to hear about how he views the role of analytics and technology in driving supply chain innovation at his company. I’m the Director of Supply Chain Development.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2019

Discontinuing products is a struggle with tension between supply chain and marketing functions. The lack of product rationalization results in the long tail of the supply chain with increasing complexity. Lumpy demand for product with low volume requires a supply chain redesign. The reason? The result?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. One of the reports that I am writing is on the state of Supply Chain Planning (SCP). In the recent study of the Voice of the Supply Chain Leader , we find that the gaps are large, and growing.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This did not come without its own major COVID-driven supply chain challenges. Noticeably, supply chain pressures made the jump out of the realm of logistics and into mainstream financial markets. We demand stability from our supply chains but shipping costs are fraught with volatility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2019

So are supply chain leaders. As an industry analyst in the supply chain planning market for fifteen years, this month, I will publish my tenth report on S&OP. A supply chain team improved forecast accuracy by 22%, but did not improve inventory or customer service. Lemmings are misunderstood.

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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. Suddenly our supply chains shifted; they were no longer linear, but constantly evolving networks. What about peak season ?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

After the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , I took the time to recharge and took a month off from writing. The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

A look at the supply chain readiness of several major U.S. Deloitte Consulting and the Metro Atlanta Chamber have teamed up to analyze how seven large metropolitan areas of the United States are transforming their traditional supply chain base into digital supply chains. New York City. Media Type.

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Your website is live, your supply chain is up and running, and customers are receiving their orders — but if you’re looking to grow your ecommerce business, your work is not yet done. This question is at the heart of any lean supply chain strategy. This question is at the heart of any lean supply chain strategy.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 1, 2023

End to end supply chain visibility and execution process support technology provider project44 acknowledged a workforce reduction last week. According to published reports from Freightways and Crains Chicago Business , the headcount reduction amounts to upwards of 10 percent of this tech provider’s global workforce.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

New business models are constantly challenging more traditional ones and supply chains need to adapt to these changing conditions. In particular, the supply chain is ripe for innovation. The future of the supply chain. Supply chain transformation is not a new phenomenon.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

Supply chain management, as a practice in commercial operations, is now thirty years old. When we look backwards and use the results on corporate financials as a litmus test on supply chain excellence, we find that: We have made Improvements in Productivity. Cycle Management is Stalled. I asked for questions.

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