ThroughPut

MAY 9, 2024

Demand planning software is here to stay. Every major supply chain company has demand planners’ toolkits containing it. However, with numerous features and tools available, supply chain planners and managers often wonder which functionalities are truly essential for their operations.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides the second in a four-part series of market education postings addressing the evolving use of Cloud based control layer technology platforms applied to warehousing and customer fulfillment processes. Goods are transported either by private fleet or use of contracted carriers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

However, supply chain leaders well understand that drug discovery, manufacturing, and distribution are all necessary to deliver the vaccine to a willing arm. Development and distribution, as any supply chain leader knows, are two different topics. As a result, the supply chain, as we knew it is dead.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Shri Hariharan , who leads Blue Yonder’s Consumer Manufacturing Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and webinars that we prepared for jointly. Shri: Supply chain obviously is top-of-mind. Value-Based Approach. Terence: What is the top-of-mind topic?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

My last post on the Supply Chain Shaman blog was forty-five days ago. Then it was the redefinition of the supply chain for the global shutdowns Sick with the virus; I spent my energies writing and moderating podcasts. As we moved into our new roles, for all supply chains, demand shifted. Time to Know.

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QAD

MARCH 30, 2023

Labor shortages, inflationary pressure, recessionary risk and supply chain disruption will all persist, at least to some degree, through 2023 and we all know there’s no sure way to safeguard your operations. What is RFID Technology? RFID is a type of automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) technology.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 31, 2023

Source: Deloitte – Consumer sustainability tops the innovation agenda The effective implementation of sustainability goals on emissions, circularity, waste reduction and the recyclability of materials requires a transformation of company operations spanning the entire supply chain—of which digital transformation is a key part.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Changes in today’s business world are occurring so fast they are creating challenges former generations of supply chain leaders never faced. As analysts from John Galt note, “Companies across industries have recently found themselves operating with supply chains designed for a world that no longer exists.

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Logility

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Companies using outmoded tools such as Excel spreadsheets and simple database systems to manage sales and operations planning (S&OP) have found themselves in an almost impossible position — stuck with outdated data and a manual reconciliation process that is both time-consuming and error-prone.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Trends Transforming Logistics and Supply Chains In the MENA Region in 2023. by Dr Shereen Nassar , Global Director of Logistics Studies and Director of MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management Suite at Heriot-Watt University Dubai. Technology and automation are major enablers towards this.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Mars has been on a journey to transform their digital supply chain. In 2019, Will Beery was appointed the vice president and tasked with leading the company’s global digital supply chain transformation. Mars is one of the largest fast moving consumer goods companies in the world.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Like most industries, manufacturers around the world are feeling the pinch of inventory disruption brought on by shortages and other supply chain challenges. The need for better inventory control is critical for companies who want to deliver for customers and maximize profits, despite market volatility and disruption.

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Alloy

JUNE 9, 2022

Brands don’t need to hold the inventory, may not need to arrange transportation and don’t need to forecast for that subset of products. Since intermediaries are eliminated, so are many costs associated with complex supply chains. To a brand, the direct import SKUs often present similarly to phantom inventory.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Today the stakes are even higher , with the ever-present ghost of disruption rattling supply chains around the world. The better your understanding and management of seasonal stock, the less the specter of supply chain disruption will keep you up at night. Benefits of Effective Seasonal Inventory Management.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

Supply chain disruption is a fact of life for every company that moves any type of product. Don’t expect to plan for every disruption; instead, develop a strategy to overcome supply chain disruption, regardless of the source. A resilient supply chain may be stretched to the max, but it doesn’t break.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

In early November, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an article looking at the top supply chain trends for 2023 and beyond. Supply chain disruptions have brought about an age of innovation. From a transportation standpoint, this has included major technological advancements. billion in 2019.

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Requis

JULY 24, 2020

Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold earlier in 2020, supply chain has become a household word. Investors, like the public, have woken up to the fact that supply chains are the engine driving economic prosperity. Almost perversely, supply chain is also the final frontier of tech-based efficiency optimization.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 7, 2024

Supply chains are vital to businesses, facilitating the movement of goods, services, financial flows, and information. Enhancing supply chain resilience as well as supply chain visibility is crucial in today’s interconnected world. However, they are also susceptible to disruptions and risks.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

“Over the last fifteen years,” writes Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, “Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) enjoyed a renaissance.”[1] Even during so-called “normal” times, supply chain planning can be difficult. Improving Supply Chain Planning.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 20, 2019

More and more businesses are hopping on the outsourcing bus and letting the experts take the wheel to drive supply chain planning processes. Several years ago ToolsGroup pioneered business process outsourcing (BPO) as an alternative to in-house supply chain planning (SCP). Driven by improvements in performance and cost.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Finished goods inventory are products that have been through the manufacturing process and are now ready for sale. Managing finished goods and tracking the costs associated with each of them are essential aspects of manufacturing accounting and stock control. What are finished goods inventory?

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech highlights breaking news regarding the announced acquisition of European based LLM AI tech provider Garvis by Logility. Today there are two breaking news developments regarding supply chain management technology providers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Metcalfe’s law states that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system. But there is a type of solution known as multi-enterprise supply chain networks (MSCN). Metcalf’s law does not apply to these supply chain networks. These are networks.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Demand planning is a process just about every consumer goods company performs to keep their supply chain operation running smoothly. After all, revenue will be lost either because of empty shelves or due to overproduction and excess inventory if demand plans are wildly inaccurate. Real-time POS data.

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3PL Insights

MAY 3, 2021

May 03, 2021— Evans Distribution Systems, a leading provider of third-party logistics and supply chain solutions, launched a new business intelligence tool: evans365. The tool provides warehouse customers a holistic view of their account activity based on real-time data. “As About Evans Distribution Systems.

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crisp

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This article delves into the hidden costs consumer goods companies face when they opt to manage their retail data pipelines internally. Consumer goods companies are increasingly embracing internal digital transformations to streamline operations, improve decision-making, and enhance supplier relationships.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 9, 2022

One of the early tools used by soothsayers was the crystal ball. They spend enormous sums on planning and forecasting technologies. One of the most recent tools being adopted by businesses is predictive analytics. One is when users are actively trying to subvert the model that the ML system has been trained on.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Everyone agrees that, in today’s volatile business environment, supply chains need to be digitized — connected in real time, and fed by shared data — to identify exceptions, define intelligent resolutions, and maximize both cost and service outcomes. They’re moving fast to not just keep up with innovation, but to lead it.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

One tactic major retailers have used to help increase their margins is to offer their own private label branded products as lower-cost alternatives to the consumer goods brands. Consumer goods manufacturers have struggled to combat these private label incursions, with varying degrees of success.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

I’ve worked in enterprise supply chain technology for more than 20 years, and, especially in the earlier years, collaborated in teams where I was the only female in the room. The truth is women have long been underrepresented in supply chain leadership. Q&A with three inspiring women in supply chain.

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TransAudit

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Today’s supply chains are still mostly linear, taking raw materials from the planet, using them, and disposing of them when they no longer have value. Supply chains at a consumer goods company, for example, make up about 80% of the company’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. What Is a Circular Supply Chain?

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 30, 2023

From tech giants to manufacturing leaders, the top 10 CEOs in the supply chain industry have blazed a trail of success. The Top 10 CEOs Who Have Worked As Supply Chain Professionals 1. Tim Cook Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, has a background in operations and supply chain management. Don’t forget!

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) presents special supply chain planning challenges for both smaller microbrands (e.g., eyeglass brand Warby Parker or mattress seller Casper) and much larger consumer goods incumbents, but the planning challenges are different depending on which type of company you are.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In our increasingly interconnected supply chains, potentially valuable information is hidden in plain sight, obscured by the chaotic flood of structured and unstructured data a business generates and consumes. This approach is not sustainable. Let’s apply it to a real scenario.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Background In various Supply Chain Matters blog commentaries, this supply chain technology industry analyst has raised awareness, perspectives and added focus to the critical importance of establishing synchronous processes and more timely decision making across an end-to-end supply chain network.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 22, 2015

I was moving from a position where I led a manufacturing operation to being a part of a team to design supply chain software to improve planning decisions. I was moving from the world of manufacturing to a new world of software. When I went through the training to learn the new software, I struggled.

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