Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Throughout the conference I met with several software and hardware providers to get a glimpse into what they were showcasing. The data is all anonymous, but retailers can look at metrics such as time to fulfill, pack time, conversions, and ship versus pick-up, to name a few, across hundreds of Active Omni customers.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 6, 2022

To address the returns and reverse logistics challenge, companies like ReverseLogix have created reverse logistics technology that reduces costs and enhances the customer’s experience, while increasing inventory recovery and visibility into the reverse logistics life-cycle. 2021 BGSA Holdings Supply Chain Conference. Ben Gordon.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. I am currently doing research on inventory management. In the research, I ask inventory planners to define resilience. Today, this is not the case.

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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. It's been difficult to plan inventory flow with much precision.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 13, 2022

Mr. Amend explained Walgreens’ project in a speech at the Blue Yonder ICON user conference on May 25 th. But the inventory planning systems that forecast where inventory will be needed are not. Walgreen is intrigued by functionality that better integrates inventory planning with order fulfillment. No forecast is perfect.

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Stord

MARCH 3, 2019

Walmart’s new, high-tech consolidation center will improve inventory flow. However, since shipping spare parts between European countries could be more costly in the future, the company is trying to move as much of this inventory now as it can.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2023

Throughout the conference I met with a number of software and hardware suppliers to get a glimpse of what they were showcasing. While retailers would historically allocate inventory before it hit land, they are now making these decisions based on which port the merchandise will be arriving at. Here are the ones that stood out to me.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Headline news included Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s struggling with inventory bloat and offering deep discounts. Wall Street Journal Headline on Retailers Using Containers to Store Excess Inventories. My take away?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Association for Supply Chain Management ( ASCM ) hosted its annual conference, ASCM CONNECT , on September 18 – 20 in Chicago. A centralized structure could provide standardization benefits that could deliver efficiencies through bulk purchasing, broader understanding of materials requirements, and more effective shipping practices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

In the sector, the bullwhip impact is high, the inflationary pressures of crude oil prices immense, the variability from energy outages painful, and inventories relatively low. If ERP system input includes lead time, why is there such bloat and a problem with inventory restatements? Focus on right-sizing inventories.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Inventories at U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights two rather significant announcements made by Amazon this week, each related to multiple dimensions of inventory management and customer fulfillment. The Teamsters have reportedly set-up picket lines as various Amazon warehouses to raise concerns about working conditions.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 15, 2022

Many retailers are feeling inventory pains despite assuring analysts that they're quite pleased with their inventory levels. Mind you, some retailers may indeed be pleased with their inventory levels, but others may be trying to figure out where to store the excess inventory since so many warehouses are beyond full.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Some of the main steps involved in the order fulfilment process include: Inventory management Picking and packing Tracking and communication Shipping and delivery Customer service Returns management Fulfilment costs can represent up to 30% of an eCommerce company’s total operating expenses. However, they represent distinct stages.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 10, 2021

To address the returns and reverse logistics challenge, companies like ReverseLogix have created reverse logistics technology that reduces costs and enhances the customer’s experience, while increasing inventory recovery and visibility into the reverse logistics life-cycle. 2021 BGSA Holdings Supply Chain Conference. Ben Gordon.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2015

If you are a manufacturing company or distributor, you most likely are using a warehouse or distribution center to make sure you are able to store inventory, replinish store fronts, and easily send goods to customers or receive goods for manufacture or distribution. This is a sign of poor warehouse operations management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 18, 2022

We were also joined by over 1,500 people from around the world who attended the conference virtually. The theme for the conference was “Ready. This came in the form of unexpected absenteeism at factories, warehouses, and on the road, as well as boats being stuck in ports which created container shortages. and Supply.AI.

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Logility

AUGUST 24, 2022

Even industries that are moving to 3D printing are faced with shipping printers, materials, and replacement parts — you cannot print a replacement part for a 3D printer if the printer is broken. They will take the profit and you will be left with the risk and the inventory holding costs. Step 1 — Look at Inventory in a Different Light.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

I love the stories but question the fit of the metaphor(s) for a supply chain conference. While shipping craziness is abating, the issues and implications of the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy shortages in China and Europe, food instability in Africa, and the global water crisis reverberate as disruption after disruption in the supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

Maersk Executives Call a Bottom in the Shipping Container Market (WSJ – sub. Amazon cuts free shipping minimum to $25 (Reuters). I remember meeting Karl Siebrecht, co-founder and CEO of FLEXE , a few years ago at the CSCMP Annual Conference not long after the company had launched. It made a lot of sense, but would it work?

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Services Dr. Muddassir offer are as follows: Digital Transformation Inventory Optimization Analysis Advisory and Coaching for Supply Chain Software companies & Professionals Guide: Dr. Muddassir as the supply chain specialist has created 7 e-Books for the SCMDOJO Academy with his extensive knowledge and experience in the field.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Some of the supply constraints are also due to the destruction of key infrastructure in the Ukraine for shipping of these commodities. Vertical integration – Home Depot and Lowes are buying their own container ships for example! Likewise, the prices for base metals and grains will also remain high.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Global supply chains are fundamentally rearranging and there’s a lot of reflection on how the urge to optimize efficiency (whether it was offshoring manufacturing to keep labor costs down, or making supply chains very lean to cut inventory costs) made supply chains more fragile. Robots can’t get sick. .

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

Shipping firm CMA CGM to buy 25 pct stake in Ceva Logistics (Reuters). Sticker Snafu Has Millions in Imports Stuck in Argentina’s Warehouses (Bloomberg). We already see this in the consumer realm with smartphones, and in the warehouse too with voice picking technologies. ’ XPO Logistics unveils voice tracking (Reuters).

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Ensure that your warehouse operation is safe. Analyze labor reduction for any warehousing operation. There are Labor Management Software systems that can help manage work in the warehouse. Incentive programs for warehousing employees do work. Try warehouse mobility in your four walls. They have great ideas.

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6 River Systems

JULY 3, 2020

There are many factors to consider when designing a warehouse layout, and every design decision can have a significant impact on operational efficiency. Curtis Barry & Company , labor comprises more than half of a warehouse’s total operations costs. According to F.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

So why do we feature content related to Vendor Managed Inventory? In a VMI model, part of the equation is the inbound & outbound flow of the inventory. Inventory is then put on pallets and shipped as freight. ” Vendor Managed Inventory Model: A Quick Back Story. VMI is all about collaboration.

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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. Most companies cannot get to data by customer on orders shipped incomplete to understand root cause analysis. inventory turns. Analyze Past Results in Customer Service.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

I have to go to the grocery store again today to replenish our inventory (yeah, I don’t shop for groceries online; as the son of a bodegero, I’m old fashioned that way.). Alexa Heads to the Warehouse (WSJ – sub. Warehouse Space Growing Tighter on Rising E-Commerce Demands (WSJ – sub. Alexa in the Warehouse.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Since we promised to update you regularly, we’ve collated some of the latest stories from the world of freight shipping, warehousing, logistics services, and supply chain technology, so that you can keep your finger on the pulse of the fast-changing logistics landscape. How retailers are reevaluating post-pandemic inventory strategies.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 1, 2013

I was one of those fortunate enough to attend the RILA Retail Supply Chain Conference – Logistics 2013 event in Orlando a few weeks back. The presentation did not shy away from the complexities of integrated supply chain planning and execution, instead offering a roadmap to success that starts with customer-centric inventory strategies.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2024

Pursuing a degree in these areas will equip you with the fundamental knowledge of supply chain principles, such as procurement, inventory management, logistics, and operations strategy. Master TMS Tools : Learn the ins and outs of transportation management systems to see how they optimize the shipping process, saving time and money.

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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. Current State of Perpetual Inventory. I am a disbeliever. Get Good at Data Sharing.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 17, 2022

Many retailers’ inventory ear-marked for the holiday season sat on a ship, in a container waiting to be picked up, or was snapped up quickly by consumers ahead of the 2021 holiday season. “ We experienced unexpected inventory receipt slides.due to extended port & transportation delays. compared to 1.13

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 8, 2022

At our recent customer conference Blue Yonder ICON , we heard first-hand the chronic and new challenges supply chain, logistics, and commerce executives are facing and their strategies and implementations to realize the next visions. Digitalization of Warehousing Operations. Digitalization Through the Eyes of Our Customers.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 18, 2018

In early April I attended the LogiPharma Europe 2018 conference in Montreux, Switzerland, an event that attracted more than 800 attendees, including practitioners and executives from pharma and medical device industries, along with software vendors and many service providers. Patient-centric networks are reshaping pharma supply chains.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

Consumers couldn’t get enough of buying goods since the pandemic occurred in 2020, and shippers struggled to keep enough inventory on hand once pre-pandemic inventories were depleted. As a result, many retailers are sitting on excess inventory. This year, everything seems to have changed again.

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