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.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

The metaphor was reflective of when global shipping lines elected to take advantage of such disruptions to drive up shipping rates and ancillary charges to unprecedented levels with ongoing financial impacts to multiple industries. Friedman went on to articulate that transit times to move inventory from Asia to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. During the year, I go to a lot of conferences. I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. This makes me yawn. Does it work?

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Initially these protocols focused on the sources of GHG emissions that were the easiest to track: Scope 1 direct emissions from company facilities and vehicles; and Scope 2 indirect emissions from the electricity or other energy a company purchases for use in its operations.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

A businessman, who caught the virus at a conference in Singapore, was linked to several other cases. Procurement professionals around the world are sitting up and paying attention, especially in sectors with globally integrated supply chains. Take, for example, procurement of equipment and supplies in healthcare.

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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. It also ensures that resources are used efficiently.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. Examples include first pass yield, schedule adherence, hands-free orders, orders shipped complete, and minimization of waste.

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MIT Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

For example, a Just Transition Declaration was signed by 16 governments in October 2020 at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Also, what supply chain skills will be needed to support the transition to circular supply chains and sustainable sourcing and procurement? How will today’s workforces acquire these skills?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2018

Last fall after attending the CSCMP conference in Atlanta, I shared my observation that digital transformation is now a central theme in the industry. Supply Chain Analytics Maturity Model (Source: Hackett Group). This laborious process has been scaled in-house, then out-sourced, and partnered with rigid, error-prone ETL automation.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Product slotting , or having top demand SKUs near shipping, will reduce the cost of picking and put away. Be bold and try the Supplier Day Conference : invite suppliers to your facility with a structured agenda. The layout of your warehouse can save you money. Try a velocity layout. When demand changes, you have to re-slot.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 21, 2023

Why Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Strategies Are Winning in 2022 by Lindsay Schuemann , Marketing Manager at Enveyo Two years. Better sourcing processes, how to implement omnichannel fulfilment, and creative solutions for labour shortages. They’re shipping companies. The shipping experience now defines the shopping experience.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. Shipping Gazette Daily News. Shipping Gazette Daily News. This was the result.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp.,

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

After a three-day stoppage of rail operations impacting transcontinental shipments of key commodities and manufactured goods, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have reached a settlement calling for final and binding arbitration of differences. East Coast Ports the Likely Next Test.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

It’s a thorny topic, even for transportation professionals trying to trace an increase back to its source. At a CSCMP conference session, participants offered case after case of how business decisions—both unintentional and intentional—can wreak havoc on transportation spend. This gift, due to its size and weight, was costly to ship.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). At an MIT conference last year, Tom Linton, Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at Flextronics, presented his top 10 list of supply chain trends. Shipping and delivery capabilities become even bigger competitive weapons.

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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 most interesting thing that Blue Yonder is doing from an OMS standpoint is driving promising and pre-sourcing to retailers. The ongoing issues in the Red Sea are wreaking havoc on ocean shipping.

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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. Today, I want to focus on what I learned at the conference, from the other side of the table, the carrier side.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

What can you do when you have a supplier who knowingly ships a contaminated product ( the infamous “Just ship it” email ) and falsifies documents? Now more than ever, suppliers have their own suppliers, and it can be difficult to follow the supply chain back all the way in order to manage, let alone identify, the original source.

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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 can lead your company through the complex procuretech industry because of his specialization on procurement technology. Connect Now!

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

of America [that] said higher shipping costs cut into its adjusted profit by 4 cents a share in the fourth quarter.”. Talking Logistics episodes and posts related to transportation procurement and shipper-carrier relationships: Time to Squeeze Carriers for Better Rates? Leading Practices in Transportation Procurement.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

I also provided an early look at one of the supply chain physics laws that I will be working on with my colleague Tom Linton, who also presented at the conference: Supply Chain Physics Law 3 : Shorter distances between parties in the supply chain improve efficiency, communication, and speed of execution. and will operate more efficiently.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Having an agent detect how long it takes to ship from a supplier site to a manufacturing facility, and then doing a running calculation on how the average lead time is changing, is trivial math. These “events” are turned into supplier scores, and if significant the score goes flagged in the Oracle procurement system.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 6, 2022

Other obstacles were: · Bandwidth for internal teams/procurement (32%) · Unable to manage multiple carriers’ invoices (30%) · Unable to segregate volume by carrier (29%) · Prefer a single point of contact (28%) A group of last-mile technology providers is emerging to address these issues and more.

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Supply Chain Network

APRIL 3, 2012

“Intelleflex’s new CMR-6100 cellular reader and data services are a remarkable advancement in condition monitoring of fresh, frozen and packaged foods – as well as pharmaceuticals,” said Jack Sparn, CIO of iGPS, a provider of intelligent, cost-efficient pallet-based shipping solutions and an Intelleflex partner. “In

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Furthermore, ISZL is a member of the European Sports Conference (ECS) and the Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS), and it encourages its students to explore various sports and arts outside of academics. And then, due to customs and shipping expenses, the total eventually comes to ₣11,000.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

In its reporting, Bloomberg , citing a senior administration official, indicated that the President will urge lawmakers to address the antitrust exemption, which is not currently included in shipping legislation current being considered by Congress. ” Modified U.S.

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Precoro

AUGUST 31, 2023

For instance, they can do so by improving operational processes, making cost-efficient decisions on personnel, initiating work environment changes, upgrading technology, sourcing strategically, and so on. Take your time and ask employees if they can come up with the source of spending inefficiencies.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

The answers to those questions and more could significantly impact supply chain strategies, everything from sourcing decisions to network design, which is why my prediction from two years ago — that more companies will start treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process — is now a critical necessity.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

She had seen reports of massive power plants being shipped in pieces from Hong Kong, which couldn’t have produced them. SCOTT: Obviously tariffs, if implemented for the long-term, will impact global supply chain strategies—sourcing, nearshoring versus offshoring, etc. Call it a just-in-time shipping box. Last-mile Delivery.

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