GlobalTranz

AUGUST 18, 2021

Focus on Carrier Procurement and Management. Since a transportation management services provider’s whole business is transportation, any selection process must also focus on what that entity does to procure and manage its carriers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Additional compliance pressures are being applied from European companies, which is starting to impact their Asian suppliers. Companies, both large and small, are changing. To enable this companies are turning to technology support to scale, monitor, and report on outcomes. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – April 2022.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 10, 2017

From artificial intelligence to refocusing on procurement, the state of supply chain continued to explode throughout 2016, and you need to understand why. A 2016 Accenture survey, reports RF Gen , explained how more companies are taking advantage of AI benefits through linked supply chains. Procurement’s Role Did Become More Important.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 16, 2024

Business experts continue to encourage companies to become data-driven enterprises. Mankins and Lori Sherer , explain, “The best way to understand any company’s operations is to view them as a series of decisions.”[1] Too many companies fall into the decision abyss when it comes to their supply chain.” a decision).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

So the potential to combine the services of scrap waste management and raw material procurement could be something that marketplace designers can work on. He has also managed the supply chains for both bulk and consumer chemical companies. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – November 2022. Your Sales Plan is NOT a Forecast!

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

Recent trends have also seen many companies switching to plastic pallets due to its effectiveness and longevity in terms of usage. Furthermore, company directors have a duty of care to ensure that they are practicing “ethically sustainable business methods” and may be held legally liable if they fail to do so.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Breaking Boundaries: Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Supply Chains Supply chains encompass many interconnected activities, from procurement, production, and inventory management, to logistics and distribution. Figure 2: A technology adoption roadmap for transportation and logistics companies considering generative AI.

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Kodiak Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Kodiak Hub Recognized as a Top 10 Procurement Companies in Europe by Procurement Magazine Kodiak Hub is honoured to announce our inclusion in Procurement Magazine's prestigious Top 10 List of Procurement Companies in Europe , a recognition that validates its commitment to providing innovative and customer-centric SRM solutions to procurement teams (..)

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

1 Your Input Channel In November 2022 my story To Realize the Circular Economy Dream – Reach Out to Your Community , I used the example of a company that takes bread crusts (a by-product of one industry) and uses it for making beer. Here is an example where one company’s waste becomes another company’s raw material.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2023

About Hannah Kain Hannah Kain is President and CEO of ALOM, a supply chain company she founded in 1997. In 2020 she was featured as a Business Insider Top 100 People Transforming Business, recognized as a Top 10 Women in Logistics by Global Trade Magazine, and won the SDCE Women Leaders in Supply Chain award.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 21, 2023

For two IT companies in the Warwick study, commuter emissions were actually reduced up to 97% during 2020 when most staff members were forced to work from home. He crafted delivery solutions for e-commerce clients and managed supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 7, 2021

Starting his career in carrier procurement and management within a Fortune 100 logistics company, Lynch has held positions of responsibility in all areas of?third-party?logistics. third-party?logistics. About Zipline Logistics. Zipline Logistics was selected as an Inc. Key Takeaways: The True Cost of OTIF Failure.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

It comes from the annual customer survey conducted by logistics software company Transporeon. Most of the shippers procure their transport through long-term contracts with selected carriers. Thus, freight buyers need to do more to integrate decarbonization into their procurement practices. Green Skies?

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CHAINalytics

AUGUST 4, 2021

COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on companies’ planning processes. ” Interview via Supply Chain Magazine Based out of Helsinki, Juha Martikainen has been consulting … The post Prepare for Unforeseeable Uncertainties With Supply Chain Planning appeared first on Chainalytics.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2021

BOSTON, March 17, 2021 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, is proud to announce that ToolsGroup Director of Professional Services for Europe, Michael Haiber, and Vice President of Professional Services, Stefano Novati, were both named 2021 “Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The cash-to-cash impact for debt-laden chemical companies with 2% growth and 4% margins offers little room for error. Yes, lead times are a factor in ERP, but few companies keep them updated.” Today, we have an additional factor with inflation to add to the mix of issues, that changes the requirements for the “buy plan in procurement.”

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MARCH 18, 2015

A recent post by my colleage Kate Vitasek (author of the “Vest Outsourcing” model) in Forbes magazine argues that procurement is taking too aggressive a stance in negotiations with major logistics providers. As companies expand globally, so does supply chain complexity.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

However, there is now a growing appreciation that going green correlates with increased profit as demand for products with sustainable credentials grow and Asian companies get set to move up the value chain. Technology plays a key role in helping companies manage supply chain risk and underpins processes that improve sustainability.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Early in the pandemic, the company organized an airlift of two flights per week to deliver several hundred million masks from China to France. In order to achieve this target, CEVA Logistics is incorporating environmental considerations in a variety of areas of operations, from warehousing to transportation and procurement.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 23, 2014

The leading IT magazine, CIO Review, today published a special issue on supply chain transformation, and included an article I wrote on spend management as a core capability. This seems like a simple question, yet most Fortune 500 companies struggle to provide any type of granularity beyond top line spending numbers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

It appears that operational and procurement risks for beneficial cargo owners or shippers, in the short term, are minimal. Written by logistics leaders who are practitioners in their respective companies, it aims to stimulate thinking on how shippers or BCO’s could view business continuity and risk in the current environment.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In the case of manufacturers, it means procuring raw materials that are responsibly sourced from the environment. Several companies are now using recycled cardboard and wrapping sheets, recycled plastic, and eco-friendly fillers to ensure eco-friendly and sustainable packaging of goods. The First Steps To Sustainability.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 21, 2017

Featured guests include supply chain and logistics executives from leading manufacturing and retail companies, professors from leading academic institutions, executives from third-party logistics and technology companies, and authors. Gonzalez runs the show like a conversation with smart friends, making it easy to follow.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In his recent Supply Chain Digital Magazine article, Future-proof your supply chain to 2025 and beyond , Brent posits seven ways shippers can make decisions now to improve operational efficiency in the next couple of years. Brent suggests that companies need to adapt and evolve with the changing landscape of global supply chains.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

As of January 1, 2022, it was taking a company an average of 73 days to deliver goods to truck or rail carriers after booking with an ocean carrier and completing the cross-ocean journey, according to E2open’s Ocean Shipping Index. And companies at every stage of the supply chain have inflated their prices as demand exceeds supply.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

After the event DGrade met with the Yas Marina Circuit procurement team to address a sustainable alternative for their staff uniform requirements. DGrade design and manufacture bespoke clothing and accessories for corporate companies and events businesses. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – August 2021. DGRADE Clothing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

An agri-food cluster is a complete agri-food ecosystem, a geographical concentration of interconnected companies and institutions with a particular agri-food focus providing as complete a value chain as possible. – How Logistics is Harnessing the Power of the Sun LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – April 2023

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GlobalTranz

JULY 25, 2017

Managers must understand the digital evolution in the supply chain and respond in kind, explains Forbes magazine , with integrated planning and execution systems, automated systems, smart warehousing and procurement practices and much more. Companies Align Business Strategies With Public Trends. Think about the digital world.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

This year, we were recognized by Corporate Knights as the world’s most sustainable company. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – October 2021. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – September 2021. Last year was ranked 4th in The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25, even this year #1 in Europe’s Top 15 Supply Chains for 2021”.

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Claritum

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. As featured in the ‘ The 10 Most Innovative Procurement Solution Providers ’ article published in the September 2017 Insights Success Magazine , Claritum discuss the drive for a New Wave of Easy-to-use Procurement Products…. This was the catalyst for starting Claritum.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

However, new companies are being created and developed to fill the void. The robotics company, Starship, released a robot that delivers meals and groceries to people in Euro metro markets. Technology Will Reshape Procurement Practices. Procurement strategy was not always evident.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Manage Procurement Spend Like It’s Your Own Business! Specifically in the area of Procurement there has been a history associated with attempts to direct spending toward diversity owned businesses. Business Equality Magazine states that “Supplier Diversity has its roots in the American Civil Rights legislation of the 1960s.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Cost reduction, process simplification and productivity improvements from within a company and throughout. This includes senior management, government linked and academic positions in a variety of international companies and institutions based in Asia, the US, Europe and Australia. supply chain models, are many.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 21, 2018

The examples in part one demonstrated small operational changes that can significantly improve a company’s footprint, with very little to no change management efforts. For some companies, this is a good starting point for incremental improvements. Most would require a lengthy procurement period and perhaps an even longer rollout phase.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The responses that we received from a large group of senior executives confirmed that the majority of sustainability projects by leading companies also yield economic benefits. We were also grateful for a series of case studies from eight companies including Kuehne + Nagel, P&G, and Tata Steel.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 13, 2021

RPA as explained by UiPath, a leading automation enterprise software company, is a software technology that makes it easy to build, deploy, and manage software robots that emulate humans actions interacting with digital systems and software. LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – April 2021. Support remote workforces (75%).

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Companies Will Levy the Power of 3PL-Based Technologies. 3PLs have the technologies in place to handle both inbound and outbound freight management, as well as handle omnichannel order fulfillment, so they are the natural partner for companies looking to combat the Amazon Effect. Download white paper.

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