Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Mars is one of the largest fast moving consumer goods companies in the world. The second goal was to work with a fourth party logistics (4PL) partner that had invested in cutting-edge transportation management and visibility solutions. A 4PL is a company that plans and executes transportation on behalf of their customers.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Transportation utilization reportedly dipped a hefty 9.5 percentage points In May, noted as an indication that shippers are consuming even less of available capacity than the month earlier. Consequently, transportation prices reportedly declined 8.9 Consequently, transportation prices reportedly declined 8.9

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Increasing Transport Costs A global lockdown meant that vast volumes of goods stalled in transit, and as consumers turned to online shopping to fulfill their needs, the demand for container shipping services increased dramatically. Recent global events make forecasting tricky.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The online retail platform and last-mile fulfillment services provider specifically made mention of the benefits that were provided by an ongoing relook and restructuring of the provider’s customer fulfillment operations and transportation network. after an order was placed. Watch this industry space.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. The six areas are energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation, and product use and design. And Walmart recently rolled out extra levies for suppliers using its transportation services.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 15, 2021

Benefits of Logistics Partnerships Add Up for Sporting Goods Shippers . Successful consumer goods organizations of all varieties now have a common attribute—a retail optimized supply chain. However, these diminishing on-time metrics did not plague shippers that worked with logistics partners on a strategic level.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Competition in the consumer goods space is at an all-time high as venture capital continues to pour into the industry and products hit the market at record speed. Because transportation is a substantial source of late deliveries and, subsequently, out-of-stocks, it is critical to implement urgency into your logistics function.

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3PL Insights

MAY 3, 2021

We will continue to improve evans365 by integrating additional data sources and providing even more valuable metrics,” Evans says. There have been major expansions already, including the addition of handling and storage efficiency dashboards. This is only the beginning. Learn more about evans365 on the 3PL Insights blog and access evans365.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

Everything from food and beverage products to home improvement items saw a significant consumption bump as buyers, sidelined by pandemic restrictions, diverted their purchasing habits from experiences to consumer goods. This performance decrease also came as shippers were forced to pay more in transportation costs across the board.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

Andrew Lynch is President and Co-Founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. For CPG brands, the road map to category leadership isn’t shaving pennies off transactional transportation costs. Perform a network analysis.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Likewise, it has become a necessity for vendors to have end-to-end visibility into their crucial production, transportation, and storage processes. When a vendor opts to let a retailer handle transportation of their orders, they lose the ability to maintain these essential supply chain attributes.

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Zipline Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Previously, the program had a tiered evaluation structure, separating on-time and in-full standards and assigning differing thresholds to each transport mode. All deliveries in every product category will be expected to hit the 98% on-time and in-full metric or face a fine of 3% of the cost of goods sold. .

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In a fast-moving industry such as consumer goods, a shorter timeframe may be preferred. Macro influences such as inflation, mortgage interest rates, and political environments should also be considered as they affect consumer behaviour. Actual sales vs forecasts This metric is also known as ‘forecast error’.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 18, 2021

The risk of extended Supply Chain disruption due to impacts to nature is significantly impacted in these industries: chemicals and materials; aviation, travel and tourism; real estate; mining and metals; supply chain and transport; and retail, consumer goods and lifestyle. Earth is our only habitable planet.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

For example, Unilever, a consumer goods company, has a responsible sourcing policy that includes human rights due diligence and requires suppliers to adhere to its human rights principles. Sourcing from local suppliers to support the local communities and save costs on transportation. Let's learn more about them.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

While forecast accuracy, if used well, can reduce safety stock, what I find in the study of the global multi-national is the rise of cycle stock due to increased item complexity, and the increase of in transit inventories due to longer freight lanes and longer cycles in ocean transportation.

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E2open

MARCH 1, 2018

Traditionally, data from Walmart and other retailers has been used by account teams to confirm the achievement of metrics and service-level agreements (SLAs), cross-check penalties computed by retailers and identify root causes of shortfalls such as inadequate supply, insufficient forecasts, or warehouse or transportation delays.

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E2open

MARCH 1, 2018

Traditionally, data from Walmart and other retailers has been used by account teams to confirm the achievement of metrics and service-level agreements (SLAs), cross-check penalties computed by retailers and identify root causes of shortfalls such as inadequate supply, insufficient forecasts, or warehouse or transportation delays.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.

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Unleashed

MARCH 9, 2021

For example, industries like transportation and logistics, technology or consumer goods will focus more on supplier collaboration. That’s where Procurement Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) come into play. Procurement metrics and KPIs allow organisations to measure results and guide best practice performance.

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

A few things prompting this growth are a global demand for pharmaceutical products in new countries, an aging population and large molecules created through biotechnology that depends on very cold transport. Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization, demand companies provide temperature data during transport.

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RFgen

MAY 8, 2016

A few things prompting this growth are a global demand for pharmaceutical products in new countries, an aging population and large molecules created through biotechnology that depends on very cold transport. Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization, demand companies provide temperature data during transport.

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Alloy

JUNE 9, 2022

These orders generally arrive by the container and are transported directly from the manufacturer to the retailer’s distribution center. 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Is this a sign of a looming recession or a transportation opportunity? Today’s average company has six Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, and twenty different engines running supply chain planning (two-to-three each in demand planning, supply planning, production planning and transportation planning). Streaming Data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

GT Nexus is one of the strongest providers of transportation visibility for the global ecosystem. Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. It is clear.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The visibility layer includes the aggregation and normalization of your global operational data from both internal and external sources for the purposes of business intelligence, metrics and reporting. Execution Layer. The applications draw upon the normalized information organized in the visibility layer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 21, 2015

Operational systems are warehouse management, available to promise, and transportation planning.) Lora wrote the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters. It is less important for planning.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

That is how I got into logistics management and gained deep warehousing and transportation experience. I also had a great additional experience working for some brand owners in office products, electronics and consumer goods. The departments were called production and inventory control, warehousing and transportation.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Is sustainability a viable growth strategy for fast-moving-consumer-goods brands? The measurements however, are just a means to an end , with the KPI-driven conversations being considered more important than the actual metrics. Zara doesn’t have to foot high transportation costs to ship products from Asia.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This simulated metric projects what demand, and thus sales, would be if you were in-stock during a given period. While there are other factors like transportation costs, OTIF fines and customer relationships to consider, begin by prioritizing a retailer’s orders that will prevent the most Lost Sales $.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

This enables the modeling of channel data along with order and shipment data to drive a role-based view for finance, promotion planning, manufacturing planning (along with S&OP), transportation planning, and procurement. The root issue is functional metrics. Companies need both demand (channel) and supply-side views by role.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

To meet consumer needs, everyone in the supply chain needs to work harmoniously together or risk bad reviews and loss of business. The expectation of instant consumer gratification has businesses scrambling to shore up their supply chain to ensure cost-effective on-time delivery, which is where omnichannel logistics comes into play.”[3]

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The 80/20 effect is particularly salient in consumer goods. Depending on your industry, yearly revenue can be determined by weather or holiday-driven selling seasons, a few key promotions, big product launches or unexpected consumer trends. . Use proxy metrics to pinpoint likely execution issues at the shelf .

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The teams feel good because cash-to-cash metrics improve; but in many cases, in the joyous celebrations, companies do not realize that they have reduced capabilities with suppliers and not made improvements in inventory. To help, we are sharing all the work we have done on maturity models and supply chain performance metrics.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2022

Blue Yonder’s capabilities in warehouse management and transportation management, along with Luminate Control Tower, enable increased productivity via automation, process improvement and organizational restructuring. Reduced transportation costs, without compromising service. million by leveraging these two solutions.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It involves assessing how the overall supply chain performed, analyzing metrics, and how well you managed exceptions. It also lets you manage your orders and transportation all in one place. CPFR is most commonly used in the consumer goods and food and beverages industries. Can CPFR be leveraged within all industries?

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

So the CSR score too is more of a popularity contest than a consistent metric. Department of Transportation to ban the product from air transportation. Content Summary: Consumer goods producer Colgate-Palmolive has committed to 100% recyclability of its packaging and to have 25% recycled content in its plastic packaging by 2025.

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