Turvo

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

As global demand climbs, supply chain disruption will likely always be an issue. While management cannot always solve each problem or prevent each disruption, they can mitigate certain risks. Using analytics helps combat supply chain inefficiencies and monitor the health of a business.

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Precoro

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To enhance their competitive edge, companies across industries are adopting a key tactic: strategic sourcing. Strategic sourcing is a holistic approach to supply chain management that includes tactics for optimizing the total cost of ownership, improving supplier relationships, and ensuring long-term value creation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2023

However, recent disruptions have highlighted the vulnerabilities of these complex networks, resulting in significant financial losses for companies. Supply Chains Under Disruption: A Financial Toll Recent years have witnessed several disruptions that have shaken global supply chains, causing major financial setbacks for companies.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Major supply chain disruptions due to weather related incidents are on the rise, and one can’t dismiss these as a “once in a century” event any more. Gulf Coast export PVC prices were assessed at $1,900 a metric tonne for the week of Sept. However, worse was to come. 10, up 28% since the beginning of the year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

She also said the company planned to ask workers to return to the office five days a week in 2024. export regulations led to supply chain disruptions. A factory in Suzhou was the company’s main manufacturing site for its semiconductor test equipment, which it subcontracted to Flextronics.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2023

Significant Upheaval Terence: From collaboration to planning to control towers and logistics, automotive companies and suppliers are digitalizing processes and systems at a historic pace to improve competitiveness, profitability, and customer-centricity. This industry is seeing a double whammy with demand and supply issues.

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Logility

JANUARY 4, 2022

a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, today announced a partnership with Planalytics, Inc. We are excited to help businesses better manage supply chains by operationalizing weather impact analytics within their Logility solutions,” said Scott Bernhardt, president, Planalytics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As an engineer, former solutions architect and now CEO of a leading supply chain technology company, I have a real affinity and respect for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and their teams, without whom successful enterprise technology deployments would be impossible. We’re just not meeting customer expectations.

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QAD

APRIL 13, 2023

While Contract Pharma & BioPharma manufacturers continue to experience an increase in demand for more projects, new challenges are emerging from nearly every angle including new regulatory and quality requirements, workforce shortages and of course, supply chain disruptions.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

Salim: Our automotive customers are increasingly looking at how to counter inflation but at the same time how to enable supply chain resiliency. In the short term, the focus is on improving the ability to minimize the impact of supply chain disruptions by “illuminating” the end-to-end supply chain network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 6, 2023

In today’s dynamic and unpredictable business environment, companies face various challenges such as changing consumer demands, global uncertainty, and the impact of natural and man-made events. The purchasing of products at companies can be looked at in terms of two major dimensions: supply risk and impact on production (Figure 1).

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TransAudit

MAY 14, 2024

In today’s interconnected global economy, supply chain disruptions have become a prevalent challenge for businesses across various sectors. These disruptions, broadly defined as a business’s inability to receive, produce, ship, and sell products, can have far-reaching consequences.

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

Positive cases have been on a downward trend but supply chain disruption shows no sign of slowing down. Instead, geopolitical, inflationary and environmental forces have created new challenges for manufacturers and their supply chain partners. Automotive and industrial product companies were among the hardest hit.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility?

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Precoro

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Financial efficiency, cost savings, and profitability undoubtedly fall under the main priorities of upper management, regardless of a company’s industry. One of the ways that procurement teams improve this figure is by tracking and improving the purchase price variance (PPV) metric. Why Is Purchase Price Variance Important?

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TMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

There are many ways to measure supply chain performance in terms of resilience, but there is one that’s easily overlooked even though it is gaining in importance: Detection time. In other words, the amount of warning time during which the company can prepare for and mitigate the disruption.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 30, 2023

The widespread supply chain disruptions that happened when the global pandemic hit in 2020 highlighted several important lessons regarding manufacturing and supply chain visibility. Its cross-functionality enables it to serve as the central link between plants, warehouse, distribution and customers.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 17, 2023

The manufacturing industry is currently undergoing a rapid digital transformation, and as a result, companies are generating vast amounts of data. BI is a powerful tool that can help companies drive informed decisions, improve their planning processes, and maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As the state of the trucking market evolves and innovations improve , OTR freight management technologies and logistics service providers offer transportation management optimization to help businesses avoid significant supply chain disruption. Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends.

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ModusLink Corporation

OCTOBER 16, 2023

3PL in Modern Supply Chains Introduction In today’s rapidly evolving global business landscape, supply chain management has become more complex than ever. Companies face the challenge of meeting customer demands for faster delivery, maintaining cost efficiency, and adapting to ever-changing market dynamics.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Over the last three years, it has become painfully obvious that unexpected risks can erupt into massive, costly supply chain disruptions. After an audit of metrics and data spanning back to 2018, Resilinc recently released a list of the Top 30 Most Resilient Suppliers in the High-Tech Industry based on their Resilinc R Scores®.

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QAD

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Let’s face it, change is constant and companies need to rapidly respond to the unexpected changes. Improving collaboration and sharing additional information with suppliers is imperative in order to make sure that your supply chain is resilient , a word that has been incorporated as a top item in many business agendas.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Manufacturers and distributors experienced huge supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic which exposed many vulnerabilities and tested the resilience of supply chain leaders globally. In fact, SYSPRO research revealed that 60% of businesses were impacted by supply chain disruptions during the pandemic.

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Elementum

AUGUST 3, 2022

Supply Chain Management Process Supply chain management is a set of steps to convert raw materials into the final product to meet customers’ demands. The process aims to maximize companies’ profits and meet the demand for products or services. Here, the customers can return the goods to the supplier.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

When Covid-19 hit, supply chains across the globe nearly came to a halt. According to Accenture, 94% of Fortune 1000 companies saw supply chain disruptions and 75% had negative or strongly negative impacts on their businesses due to the pandemic. You can see the full diagram and read the report here.

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Logility

APRIL 29, 2021

True corporate responsibility involves more than just your products and internal operations; it’s incumbent upon you to ensure compliance across the supply chain. While the cost of compliance increases, non-compliance impacts finances as well as company reputation and ultimately your bottom line.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Ali Raza and Joe Lynch discuss putting supply chains on autopilot. Ali is a theory of constraints (TOC) practitioner who founded a company to help supply chains to improve throughput. an AI-Powered software to help companies run leaner, faster, smoother, and safer operations out of the box. About Ali Raza.

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Kanban Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For larger companies with predictable sales volumes, there is also dedicated warehousing. Reduced risk: Outsourcing warehousing services can help companies reduce their risk in a number of ways. While not every company that has a CIP will be ISO-9001-certified, every ISO-9001-certified company will have a CIP.

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Logility

JANUARY 26, 2022

A joint report by the Business of Fashion (BoF) and McKinsey & Company has set off alarm bells that a more deliberate approach is necessary for 2022. Digitalization and sustainability are expected to offer more significant returns, and supply chain pressures are poised to continue growing. Add to this the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2018

Public markets reward growth; and as year-over-year revenues slow, companies attempt to grow using tactics like new product launch, price incentives and trade promotion management. This table is from our Supply Chains to Admire analysis, and the Index represents improvement. Top Events Leading to a Supply Chain Disruption.

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Adexa

JULY 17, 2023

Why supply chain digital transformation is essential Companies improve their efficiency and agility to be more competitive. It is a comprehensive list of why companies are putting so much focus on automation and digitalization. This has been the case since the beginning of time. This was done within seconds.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience. Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In a 2020 SYSPRO survey it showed that 60% of manufacturing and distribution businesses were impacted by supply chain disruptions during the pandemic. An ERP implementation with a clear business case ensures your company realizes measurable business benefits from its ERP software. Or are you a digital disrupter?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2022

Toy companies are always looking for the next big thing. Mattel inked a multiyear deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to create a line of toys inspired by the space venture, the companies announced Wednesday. “As And for Mattel, that next big thing might be Space X. Procter & Gamble is taking note.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 12, 2024

Regarding the latter, Boeing indicated to investigators late last week that the company cannot locate specific documentation indicating what door related work was performed on the subject Alaska Airlines aircraft that was involved in the door blowout.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The unprecedented supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 provide potent arguments for supply chain pros seeking greater support of SCRM from C-level leaders. But to make their strongest case, SCRM advocates need to focus on one key metric: return on investment. Ready for a more resilient supply chain?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 11, 2022

With ongoing disruptions CFOs for example need real-time visibility into production costs, raw material pricing, and shipping and transport fees along with insight and information surrounding their suppliers’ activities. This information allows you to steer your company through uncharted waters and manage cashflow and maximize profitability.

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