Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

We have certainly seen more focus on women in supply chain over the last few years, and nearly every conference that I attend has tracks dedicated to women in supply chain. The Statistics Canada data show Canada imported a record $100,027,968,000 of goods from China last year, up 16 per cent from $86 billion in 2021.

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Alloy

JUNE 18, 2019

Top 5 takeaways from the 2019 Gartner Supply Chain Conference A few weeks ago, many members of Alloy’s team were in Phoenix attending the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference and hosting attendees at our annual conference dinner. It was an action-packed 3.5

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Logility

JUNE 9, 2023

The Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo conference brings thousands of supply chain executives together. From film technology and graphics to materials and construction, consumer goods brands worldwide regard PPC as a high-stakes partner. So, we must stand behind what we say and commit to it.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 15, 2021

Consumer goods manufacturers will pay 60-70% more in retail deductions, and the retail struggle to source for the holidays will worsen. The goal of the conference is to Imagine the Supply Chain of 2030. Why does this matter? As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the global logistics infrastructure is unreliable and increasing in price.

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QAD

JUNE 6, 2019

QAD Explore 2019, the company’s premier customer conference connecting its global community of leading manufacturers, recently took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was a pleasure to attend. The Consumer Products and Food & Beverage Vertical Update session featured three presenters, covering a variety of industry-specific topics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2013

At the conference, Kinexions, I heard many clients speaking freely about the deployment of Kinaxis and the turning off of Oracle and SAP APS solutions. Hopefully, you will check them out too… Next week, I will be in New York on Monday and at the Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) conference. Many were almost giddy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

As the world for non-essential workers moved to on-line meetings, conference calls, and uncertainty, essential workers redefined the workplace to mitigate risk. A Sample Demand Pattern for Consumer Goods. As we moved into our new roles, for all supply chains, demand shifted. Figure 2 is an example of a potential market signal.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2018

The sad part is that most of these customers believed that they were doing the right thing by deploying forecasting technology, but did not know how to measure/determine a good plan. With consumer goods companies increasing item complexity on the item master by 30-40%, this is a never-ending cycle.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

Earlier in his career he managed large-scale supply chain projects for manufacturing and distribution organizations in food and beverage, retail, consumer goods, and automotive industries. Justin is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and he holds an MBA from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Each year I go to the Consumer Goods and Technology (CGT) conference where speaker-after-speaker talks about retail/supplier collaboration. It is for this reason that I sit on the back row at most conferences watching, listening, and smiling. The ecommerce customer wants convenient delivery to the home.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 30, 2023

A report released in June 2022 by The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and EY identified five actions consumer packaged goods companies could take to help reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN’s 2030 deadline.[4] ” Change is never easy and changing business models can be extremely challenging.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 6, 2014

Supply Chain Event, international exhibition on equipment and software solutions for the optimisation of flows and the movement of goods, gathers over 100 suppliers of solutions and technologies covering all aspects of the Supply Chain and 3,300 professionals. How to retrieve information for better management of potential uncertainties?

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Logility

APRIL 10, 2019

As we wrapped up our 2019 Velocity Conference in Orlando last week, I was reminded how lucky we are to be in supply chain. At the 2019 Velocity Conference we recognized several companies for their digital supply chain transformations. Recognition of Excellence. Siemens Healthineers and Smithfield Foods, Inc. The 10X Challenge.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

On Thursday, I am speak on the future of supply chain technologies at an Eyeon conference in Rotterdam. It is the end of the fall speaking conference circuit and I am looking forward to spending time at home over the holidays. She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, for Linkedin , and for Forbes.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

This unprecedented change, and the challenges and opportunities it creates for CPG companies and suppliers, was a hot topic of conversation at the Nulogy xChange 2018 conference a few weeks ago where I delivered a keynote presentation and moderated a panel discussion with industry executives (more on that later). . Tim Koers (Visual Pak).

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2013

This week, I am at the Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) conference. Align the flows to maximize customer service taking ownership for sell through the channel not just sell-into the channel. Don’t stumble and get hung up on only measuring backward-looking measures. Any others that you would put on the list?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2018

Freight Costs Weighing on Earnings at Consumer-Goods Makers (WSJ – sub. Last November, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry (such as the difference between cement and concrete).

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

During the year, I go to a lot of conferences. I often find that it is a white board activity with good intentions that cannot be actualized. When I hear them at a conference, I squirm uncontrollably in my seat. First, it is a conference for supply chain leaders designed for supply chain leaders. Source: Dictionary.com.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 26, 2014

We’ve gone through several iterations of how to effectively balance supply and demand in the retail/consumer goods supply chain. Historically, a consumer goods firm did forecasting based upon historical shipments. Various forms of retail/consumer goods forecast collaboration have emerged to help cure the disease.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2021

She envisions “a drastic switch in the work culture — from the in-person work culture to the remote culture, [including] the adoption of virtual conferences using the cloud infrastructure [and] data sharing capabilities.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

” It is our third year to host the conference. As a frequent contributor of supply chain content to the industry, Lora writes by-line monthly columns for SCM Quarterly, Consumer Goods Technology, Supply Chain Movement and Supply Chain Brain. The theme is “Imagine the Supply Chain of 2025.”

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The product announcement was made in conjunction with the Amazon AWS reInvent conference. It really depends on their industry presence since many major retailers and consumers goods providers have restricted their suppliers and trading partners from sharing any information with an Amazon related business entity.

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Provenance

OCTOBER 16, 2020

We are looking for a digital communications executive with excellent copywriting skills and an eye for good design to join our growing team working across our brand and retailer clients and on the Provenance brand. courses, conferences, workshops). Flexible working options (both location and times).

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Despite falling short of last year’s holiday shipping traffic expectations, CEO Carol Tomé predicts a strong peak season in 2023, saying in a late July Earnings Conference Call , “ Inventory levels are good. Cost of Flour, Consumer Goods, Remains High. Retailers are brought in to sell. Where last year, they didn’t.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 25, 2015

To meet consumers’ increasing appetite for choice, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) manufacturers develop a huge amount of Stock Keeping Units (SKUs). Don’t miss the keynote presentation of Evelyn Langwallner, Head of Supply Chain Management at SIG Combibloc at the 32nd International Supply Chain Conference this October 28-30.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 24, 2023

ICON 2023 , the annual Blue Yonder customer conference held May 2-5, 2023, in Las Vegas, will address the most pressing challenges facing supply chain professionals today. They can strategically balance cost and service outcomes, based on an end-to-end supply chain perspective.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

A McKinsey’s report published in 2022 indicates that 32 per cent of people from industries like automotive, consumer goods, and pharmaceutical find demand variability and forecasting responsible for value chain disruptions. Technology and automation are major enablers towards this. Demand Sensing for Accurate Planning and Forecasting.

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Provenance

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Jessi Baker speaking at the CBI Conference with Steve Murrels, CEO of the Co-operative Group. The CBI conference is a gathering of key business leaders in the UK including those from Barclays, Rolls-Royce and Vodafone, along with the Prime Minister. We are creating an-depth guide, sign up here to receive early access. Source: CBI ).

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The National Railway Labor Conference which represents rail carriers maintains that workers already receive generous time-off benefits and that rail operators need the ability to plan for maximum availability of labor pools. . The Federal Railroad Administration has estimated that a nationwide rail stoppage could cost the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Join the Debate… Twelve bloggers will cover this year’s conference, and we will push all of the videos live the week after the conference. However, it is worth it. Inventory turns correlate to market capitalization. If you cannot join us live, check out the presentations and join the debate on social media.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 13, 2023

ICON 2023 is Blue Yonder’s annual customer conference and premier supply chain event, where practitioners and decision-makers exchange insights about their transformation journeys If you are in the manufacturing field, why should you attend this year’s event? In the fast-moving consumer goods space, we have Coca-Cola FEMSA presenting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

In my work as a supply chain analyst, and Founder of Supply Chain Insights, I attend many supply chain conferences. On a day like today, when I am struggling with jet lag and recovering from sleep deprivation, I tell my friends that I attend more conferences than I would like to attend. We have confirmed four speakers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Seemingly, most supply chain leaders that are reading the press, or going to industry conferences, would believe that all four statements are true. Over the course of the last decade, I have carefully recorded and reported presentation after presentation from conference after conference and interview after interview with supply chain leaders.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 6, 2016

For instance, in a recent application that involved temperature and ice cream, a consumer goods company deployed machine learning to develop a model for five European countries: Germany, Poland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France. You input the data, and let the machine “understand” the demand latency depending on product and area.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Earlier this year at the JDA FOCUS 2015 conference , I led a panel discussion on the third-party logistics (3PL) industry that featured Rick Jordon , SVP Regional Head of Logistics – Americas at Panalpina , and other 3PL executives. Two things customers should look for when evaluating 3PLs. First, are they proven in your industry?

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Supply Chain Trend

MARCH 25, 2022

This traditional IBP is not set up for a fast-changing world, where speed of decision making confers a competitive advantage. Even in a very high performing consumer-goods company on average, 40 percent of the people involved in the decisions contributed no value. Intelligent automation will change this.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From a carbon footprint perspective, the Last Mile delivery of single e-commerce parcels to individual consumer dwellings is one of the most inefficient, costly and carbon producing activities in the retail and consumer goods supply chain!

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