Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters blog we provide highlights and insights regarding SAP SE’s 2022 Sapphire ASUG Now customer conference held last week in Orlando, Florida. . Enterprise Cloud software provider SAP SE conducted its 2022 North America Sapphire Now customer conference last week. Executive Keynote.

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Unleashed

MAY 24, 2021

Sustainable manufacturing is at the forefront of good manufacturers’ plans. This article will take a look at what is sustainable manufacturing, some examples across various industries, and how SMEs can plan for sustainable manufacturing. What is sustainable manufacturing?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 13, 2021

Today, hype centers on transport telematics and artificial intelligence. The focus is on the last mile, but what about the first mile where Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) and Transportation Planning (TMS) operate on different data models with fixed, often outdated, parameters? We were too optimistic. Imagining The Future.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2015

I speak at many industry conferences throughout the year, where the majority of the audience are shippers — that is, supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing and retail companies. How do you plan for the future of transportation? There’s a similar focus on the carrier side.

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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. It began with the sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution of necessities for life. At the conference, the first two Amplifiers were introduced: Demand.AI and Supply.AI.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2022

Recently, I presented at the Informs Analytics Conference in Houston and challenged companies to “ think out of the box” and define outside-in processes in Supply Chain Planning. As a recent college graduate, he was chartered with running manufacturing discrete event simulation for an automotive company. He was frustrated.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Others argue the demise of global sourcing; might I add caution? Still, the manufacturing plants and distribution centers are closed. My response is “Hogwash.”

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a two part series featuring Chuck Intrieri, who along with providing excellent insights over at his industry leading The Lean Supply Chain blog, is also a consultant who works with companies for Cost Reduction, Supply Chain Optimization, Logistics, Manufacturing, and 3PL Selection. What is Manufacturing?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Fall is conference season, and this year, with pent-up post-pandemic energy to return to events, I hit the trail to share insights on the value of outside-in supply chain planning along with recent research on the current state of supply chain management. Redesign of Transportation Planning to Deliver a Feasible Plan.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Our predictions included that uncertainty in global markets and the likelihood of regional economic and manufacturing recession conditions should be anticipated. Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® November 2023 report remained below the 50.0 percent that occurred in 2022.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

, spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management at ARC Advisory Group’s Digital Transformation in Industry conference. This global, Tier 1 manufacturer is headquartered in Stockholm and had revenues of over $8 billion last year. Autoliv is the world’s largest safety system supplier in automotive industry. Any final thoughts?

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

However, the lessons garnered during the pandemic will likely drive inventory management toward less of a dependency on global-wide sourcing and more toward product postponement sourcing and customer fulfillment strategies. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S. and the United Kingdom.

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Unleashed

APRIL 2, 2024

In this issue: The latest in global supply chain news Insights from an ecommerce niche-market pioneer Tips for reducing transportation costs Job opportunities from Sony, Patagonia, and more In supply chain headlines Food & Beverage sector sees continued growth and innovation. Over 1/3 of manufacturers struggling with data.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Dual sourcing and longer term contracts – This is always a challenge. In general, Andrew pointed out that although some reshoring is happening, especially in rich Western countries where the government’s ambition is to est targablisheted industrial policies and subsidies that promote domestic manufacturing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This year the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. In respect to logistics and transport something remarkable happened at COP26. The first Z – Zero emission road transport: Global MOU for ZE-MHDVs .

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

A global marketplace is emerging that represents a huge opportunity for manufacturing. But the market is segmented, demanding specialization that will be tough for traditional manufacturers to handle. Technology and Manufacturing: It is a Part of the Cerasis DNA & How we Empower our Manufacturing Shippers.

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Logility

DECEMBER 1, 2021

I had the pleasure of discussing the role of chain of custody in supply chain traceability at the recent Traceability & Sustainability Conference , hosted by the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA). But a new layer of complexity now presents another existential topic: the chain of custody.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

The answers were revealed at the SummerCon 2017 conference a couple of weeks ago where LLamasoft introduced “Planning by Design” and SupplyChainPlanning.com, which the company describes as “building blocks to improve your current planning capabilities through design technology.”. Source: LLamasoft.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In our conversation, Radu provides a unique perspective from the lens of working on C-Suite focused recruitment needs derived from global based organizations for senior leadership needs spanning overall supply chain, manufacturing, transportation, logistics and E-commerce leadership needs.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. He graduated from the Cambridge Academy of Transport and the Chilean and German Commerce Institute with a degree in maritime transport, respectively.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

But one source mentioned the unlucky nature of the number “13” is a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party in Valhalla. The intent to acquire Doddle was announced jointly by Duncan Angove, CEO, Blue Yonder, and Tim Robinson, co-founder at Doddle at ICON London, Blue Yonder’s supply chain conference.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 22, 2020

For example tools like self-billing can support to fasten time consuming transport invoices reconciliation etc…), several SC models will co-exist and will be intermediately used depending on the market condition. Extensive experience in Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Retail, Heavy Industries, Pharmaceuticals, Mining, Oil & Gas.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 22, 2017

The use of the term supply chain to describe make/source and deliver as a function is relatively new. While we have centuries of building logistics and transportation teams, the term supply chain was first defined in 1982. A year ago, I attended a badly facilitated women’s networking conference. I left angry.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

May was a conference month. Social media awash with pictures of supply chain professionals attending the Lady Gaga event at SAP’s Sapphire, celebrating with drinks at the Gartner event, or rocking to the ZZ Top performance at JDA’s Icon conference trumpeted excitement. Meanwhile, turbulence is the norm for manufacturing supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

I smiled on the week following the conference as the accolades piled up in my inbox. Attending the conference was Alexia Howard, Senior Research Analyst – US Foods for Sanford C. Following the conference, Alexia asked for me to share the methodology with over 150 financial analysts. 110 supply chain leaders attended.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 31, 2023

Background In a number of prior Supply Chain Matters blog commentaries, we have highlighted for readers how global smartphone and consumer electronics provider Apple has behind the scenes been influencing key contract manufacturing and component suppliers to begin to establish alternative sourcing of materials and production beyond China.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Last week, I spoke at the CPHA supply chain conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Companies that are good at demand management understand the need for design–form & function of inventory and push/pull decoupling points –and the orchestration of demand to make better decisions in sourcing, transportation and delivery.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Why do transportation budgets fail? It’s a thorny topic, even for transportation professionals trying to trace an increase back to its source. Imagine what it’s like for senior executives who have no background in transportation as they try to understand it. I worked for a company that manufactured granola bars.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 5, 2017

Sitting in a SAP presentation, using the term demand-driven at the recent SAP Insider conference, without grounding in the definition is painful for me. 2) Demand-Driven Manufacturing. I hope to have one of their demand-driven manufacturing implementation leaders present at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 22, 2017

The use of the term ‘supply chain management’ to describe make, source, and deliver as a function is developing. While we have centuries of experience in building logistics and transportation teams, the term supply chain management was first defined in 1982. 2) Networking at the Imagine 2017 Conference. I left angry.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) held in mid-November 2021 in Glasgow once again, for a brief moment, focused world attention on the dangers of climate change and the importance taking long-term actions to mitigate its negative effects. Reducing waste during manufacturing is good for both the manufacturer and the planet.

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

One of the main reasons so much waste is generated globally is that 99% of the materials that flow through our manufacturing systems wind up in the trash within six months, according to Paul Hawken’s book, Natural Capitalism. Specifically, what if we could design products that produce less waste during the manufacturing process?

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Kinaxis

JULY 19, 2017

That in turn is changing how organizations are manufacturing and delivering goods. In the way that Uber has transformed passenger transportation, similar companies are doing the same thing for product and package delivery. Key points: Explore crowd sourced delivery capabilities, they’re expanding nationally at a rapid pace.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

DCs can initially deploy a handful of robots as transporters, or add automated lift trucks for a proportion of inbound full pallet putaway without betting their business on end-to-end automation. Ecommerce has thrust DCs into the limelight and elevated distribution as a source of potential competitive advantage, or disadvantage.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 27, 2023

Our invited thought leader guest is Doctor Yossi Sheffi, the Elisha Gray Professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he also serves as long time Director for the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL). and the Future of Work.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Working for a large manufacturer, she was trying hard; but failing, to integrate Ariba, Elemica, and GT Nexus. To help, I set up a series of dinner meetings for Maddy to speak to other manufacturers working on similar problems. Let me tell you the story. It sounded simple, but she was frantic. None had the answer.

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