Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Earlier this week, I read a sobering report from the national Retail Federation (NRF) regarding shrink. The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. Most reported in-store, e-commerce, and omni-channel fraud are all on the rise.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of February 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which appear to indicate some stabilization within global supply chain networks. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. reported for January.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 14, 2020

Consumer behavior, even before the pandemic, was moving steadily towards the digital path to purchase. The pandemic forced many consumers to make purchases online that they normally would have completed in stores. ” That doesn’t mean they aren’t using the digital path to purchase — because they are.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 10, 2022

In our Supply Chain Matters commentaries focused on online customer fulfillment and especially the 2021 holiday fulfilment period, we cautioned retail and consumer goods supply chain management teams to be watchful for the bullwhip effect in inventory planning and replenishment needs to support expected customer demand.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A recent episode of CBS’s “60 Minutes” ran a segment on some of the issues involved in the current global supply chain crisis — focusing primarily on U.S. Correspondent Bill Whitaker ( @BillWhitakerCBS ) reported, “Getting the goods from here to store shelves is proving to be a lot more daunting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. billion globally, and I forecast it to grow to $9.9 KION is a publicly-traded company and reports on the Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) segment. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 billion in 2019.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

The most significant for the supply chain market are assets from Baan, Formation Systems, Fygir, Intentia, Lawson, MAPICS, Mercia, and SSA Global. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. It’s Infor’s second largest acquisition.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2022

Last week’s quarterly financial performance reporting among major U.S. The retailer had reported a big earnings miss as higher inventories and supply chain related costs dragged down expected profitability. This week’s report of Target’s financial performance reflected that action, but operating margins actually declined to 1.2

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Back in April 2021, journalist Ben Popken ( @bpopken ) wrote, “Shoppers had better start budgeting more for their groceries, according to the latest consumer price index [CPI], which shows prices are increasing — and they’re likely to keep going up.”[1] ”[1] His prediction proved accurate. In November, the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In prior years, this Chinese online festival served as the global kickoff of the November-December holiday period, but with the history of the prior global pandemic, U.S. and other global wide retailers have initiated holiday related promotions earlier in November. That compared to a reported growth of 2.9 percent to 1.14

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The notable shift involving this long-term trend has to do with how many consumers are either passively influenced by information about sustainability or actively seek out such data before making purchasing decisions. Good companies engage people in debate and don’t just respond to customer questions.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The notable shift involving this long-term trend has to do with how many consumers are either passively influenced by information about sustainability or actively seek out such data before making purchasing decisions. Good companies engage people in debate and don’t just respond to customer questions.

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 4, 2023

The report reveals that increased efficiencies and visibility are top priorities for companies over the next 1-3 years. Read the full report here. At its peak in mid-September 2021, the average rate to secure a container globally reached $11,109. CNN continues to provide real-time war coverage here.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Without a holistic vision and strategy, technologies purchased to enhance one city system might not be compatible with technology utilized to enhance other urban systems. Taylor-Smith reports, “Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) has successfully used digital twin technology to create a virtual representation of Singapore.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Next week is the annual Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , and summit preparation is on my agenda for the weekend. Cycle stock is the management of stock required to cycle through production runs and procurement buys effectively. More and more companies purchasing inventory technologies, but failing to give planners time to plan.

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Unleashed

MARCH 9, 2021

What is procurement? In simple terms business procurement is the process of locating and acquiring goods and services from external sources for the business to use. Procurement activities include planning, sourcing, and negotiation, along with risk management, legal and value analysis. Procurement in 2021 and beyond.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

For the second consecutive four-quarter period, the freight market faced continual capacity challenges as the global supply chain wrestled with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The past year’s consumer spending continued to build on the momentum established during the first year of the pandemic. billion on Black Friday.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of reported February 2024 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Slight Rise in Global Wide Production Activity Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. reading reported at the end of 2023. reading reported at the end of 2023.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

However, reports of this year’s event and equivalent shopper and gross merchandise volumes (GMV) appear to be very muted. Reuters has reported that Alibaba Group , China’s largest online retail platform provider has not responded to requests for festival volume details, as this year’s 11-day event concluded. online shopping event.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2018

” Transactional data : “Post-business-process information such as purchasing inventory records or sales volumes by region.” Teh, a global sales and field marketer at Seagate, explains other ways cognitive technologies are going to improve digital supply chains. and Robotics Are Coming to Consumer Goods Supply Chains.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2019

More devastation from different natural disasters seems to have been reported in the last year than we’re typically used to seeing. What’s less recognized is that natural disasters also wreak immense havoc on global supply chains, because they result in the cancellations of flights, the closure of ports, and the shutting down of highways.

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Requis

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

He is also a graduate of the Supply Chain Management program at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics. Supply chain is a relatively new discipline that rose out of the procurement, logistics, and operations disciplines. The global trade in fake goods is worth more than $1.7 trillion dollars per year.

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Requis

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

He is also a graduate of the Supply Chain Management program at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics. Supply chain is a relatively new discipline that rose out of the procurement, logistics, and operations disciplines. The global trade in fake goods is worth more than $1.7 trillion dollars per year.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Manufacturers can gather valuable granular data such as the time an item spent in storage, at what temperature, how long it took to sell, the length of time between purchase and fulfillment and how long it spent in transport. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, AI’s potential contribution to the global economy by 2030 is USD15.7

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QAD

MAY 19, 2021

Retail and Consumer Goods. Global Trade & Transportation Execution. Analytics and Reporting. An ERP software system allows for better performance and project management that helps plan, budget, predict and accurately report on an organization’s financial health and processes. Hospitality.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

Models Matter. In implementing planning, most of the focus in purchasing technology in the sales cycle is on optimization. These role-based views can be consumed into a demand visibility signal and used in the respective applications within transportation and procurement.) The root issue is functional metrics.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

With the increase of global trade and companies outsourcing more and more production steps, supply chains have become bigger and more complex. Global operating companies often deal with thousands of suppliers, sub-suppliers, and service providers, managing thousands of products and components. As per a 2017 report by.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

With the increase of global trade and companies outsourcing more and more production steps, supply chains have become bigger and more complex. Global operating companies often deal with thousands of suppliers, sub-suppliers, and service providers, managing thousands of products and components. Supply chain visibility.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Supply chain visibility With the increase of global trade and companies outsourcing more and more production steps, supply chains have become bigger and more complex. Global operating companies often deal with thousands of suppliers, sub-suppliers, and service providers, managing thousands of products and components.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Supply chain visibility With the increase of global trade and companies outsourcing more and more production steps, supply chains have become bigger and more complex. Global operating companies often deal with thousands of suppliers, sub-suppliers, and service providers, managing thousands of products and components.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 30, 2018

Supply chain visibility With the increase of global trade and companies outsourcing more and more production steps, supply chains have become bigger and more complex. Global operating companies often deal with thousands of suppliers, sub-suppliers, and service providers, managing thousands of products and components.

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

He co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT, which created a global standard system for RFID. the global research & advisory firm, defines IoT as “the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment”. Gartner Inc., Benefits of IoT.

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

He co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT, which created a global standard system for RFID. the global research & advisory firm, defines IoT as “the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment”. Gartner Inc., Benefits of IoT.

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

He co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT, which created a global standard system for RFID. the global research & advisory firm, defines IoT as “the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment”. Gartner Inc.,

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

He co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT, which created a global standard system for RFID. the global research & advisory firm, defines IoT as “the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment”. Gartner Inc.,

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Logichain Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

He co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT, which created a global standard system for RFID. the global research & advisory firm, defines IoT as “the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment”. Gartner Inc.,

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Blue Yonder was named a Leader in this inaugural report and the leader in the Better Functionality quadrant based on an evaluation of our Blue Yonder Warehouse Management solution. This honor comes after Blue Yonder was named a Leader in the Transportation Technology Value Matrix 2023 earlier this year!

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