Talking Logistics

MAY 7, 2018

There are many buzzwords in the supply chain and logistics industry today, and perhaps there’s none bigger than “Big Data.” Everybody talks about it, but what does Big Data really mean? When it comes to leveraging Big Data effectively in your organization, where do you begin? What is Big Data?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

When deploying enterprise decision support applications, there are many implementations and lots of hype but few clear and consistent definitions. He provides services to companies on master data management and is more familiar with transactional processing than decision support. In deployments, data issues abound. The takeaway?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The race started in 2016 as a foggy definition of digital appeared in supply chain marketing from technology providers. Today, there is no standard definition of digital. The numerous definitions across the supply chain technology and consulting providers are very different and often confusing. What is a digital brain?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is reverse Logistics? Before we dive in the nuances of reverse logistics, otherwise known as return logistics, integration, let's briefly recap what reverse logistics is. Reverse logistics refers to all operations related to the reuse of products and materials. Managing return logistic can be challenging.

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Turvo

AUGUST 10, 2021

An enterprise TMS is a logistics platform used to aid businesses in planning, executing, and optimizing the specific functions of handling incoming and outgoing shipments. These platforms play a central role in the modern supply chain network and effectively optimize business for logistic organizations.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 14, 2023

Logistics Procurement – Performance Management by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Shortly after the outset of COVID, in early 2020, supply chains have been disrupted across the globe. Logistics Managers need to address other elements namely: How do we measure ocean freight spending against market levels?

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Precoro

AUGUST 31, 2023

The budget has to be realistic and mathematically achievable based on the actual spending data. Gather and Evaluate Spending Data Consolidate all available data and financial statements and prepare a full list of company expenses. Otherwise, the employees might not be able to meet the management's demands.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Flavors of Networks Today, only 8% of multi-tier data flows through one-to-many or many-to-many networks while 29% is based on Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). As a result, there is no system of record to synchronize changes, and the data takes one-to-three days to move from node to node. Brand Owner Vacuum. Business Models.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Dubbed Amazon Hub Delivery, this is the tech and logistics giant’s latest attempt to expand its “last mile” network — the last stage in logistics where packages are ultimately delivered to customers — through external workforces. That’s all for this week.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The WMS is a warehouse management software that includes all the functions of data entry, retrieval, storage, and many other business processes you may need to perform in a warehouse operation. Warehouse Automation Definition: Warehouse automation uses technology and automated systems to streamline inventory management, storage, and shipping.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

When I was advised that this month’s LogiSYM Magazine would have some focus on digitization, I immediately thought about the absence of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data in our everyday life. Digitization of processes should include this emissions data going forward. Digitizing logistics technology is innovating fast.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2022

On a personal note, we definitely built a lot of Lego sets over the last two years. And now on to this week’s logistics news. XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 20, 2017

Robinson in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. “So, I think the types of skills that will be needed in logistics will continue to change and evolve, but I do not think the human factor will ever go away,” said Linbloom. “It And relationships are still important between logistics service providers, carriers, and shippers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

” Let’s start with a definition. Supply chain leaders managed through disruption after disruption including increased weather impacts, energy outages, labor shortages, geopolitical shifts, and supply/logistics constraints. Most control tower implementations and RFPs lack a clear definition of what is being controlled.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 20, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. CargoNet’s 2022 data shows events that involved the theft of at least one heavy commercial vehicle such as a semi-truck or semi-trailer increased by 17 percent year-over-year. California is a major logistics hub for these items. This could be a slow, messy year for freight.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Nowadays, few people question the value of data. Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, goes so far as to assert data is an organization’s most valuable asset. Today, it’s not people but data that tops the asset value list for companies.”[1] For example, Julius ?erniauskas

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

And while this definitely points to an industry making strides, a recent Procurious survey found that 75 percent of women in supply chain experience gender-based adversity. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The data show Canadian exports to China also reached a historic high of $27.9 That’s all for this week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Near the end of 2021, I had the chance to make the early call on Logistics Viewpoints on what 2022 would look like across five major logistics themes. The verdict would have been “definitely nailed it” if we were counting all of the “ML-washing” going on in the supply chain and logistics technology market.

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Logility

MAY 28, 2020

Managing the data required for supply chain planning is a bit like raking leaves. The data keeps coming all year round. And just when you think you have clean and consistent data to work with, new internal and external data “blows into the yard.”. Wind speeds will increase.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Watching the commercial definitely made me feel nostalgic for the good old days of 80’s cartoon mascots. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The distribution hub will be operated by XPO Logistics Supply Chain, which has already started hiring. You can watch the full spot here ; I won’t spoil the outcome for you.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)). Rider (1970)).

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

Let’s start with definitions: Self Service Planning: Decision support technologies designed for business leaders to use analytic techniques on a collaborative platform to improve business planning. The second disturbing fact is that business leaders cannot access planning data, so a planner must interpret the data.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Why do we build logistics models? I am often asking clients whether they wish to: A) Model the precise general ledger costs for logistics? If I am making a good model, am I not accurately modeling my future logistics spend? What is a Good Logistics Model? A good logistics model is designed to predict the future.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2023

Each box has an optimizer that drives output from a model based on a functional definition using enterprise data. There is no unifying data model; all items are treated equally, regardless of the flow. What is the data and process latency in current decisions? Need For A Planning Master Data Layer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Investments in Data-Driven Capabilities May Not Yield Better Decisions. I also heard Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, speak on using data to improve the odds of player selection in Baseball. I also heard Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, speak on using data to improve the odds of player selection in Baseball. The reason?

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Unleashed

JULY 25, 2023

It helps you to make better purchasing, manufacturing , pricing, and marketing decisions based on the data revealed. Data from CSI Market revealed that the Services and Energy sectors had the highest inventory turnover ratios on average in Q1 of 2023, while Conglomerates and Capital Goods had the lowest inventory turnover ratios.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The focus on visibility has generated an onslaught of transportation data — often from numerous sources. Shippers receive massive amounts of freight data, but they don’t always have the bandwidth to clean or standardize it. What is Shipping Data? Shipping data encompasses thousands of inputs across hundreds of metrics.

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Unleashed

JUNE 2, 2022

Enhance customer satisfaction , because omnichannel optimises opportunities for personalisation through collection, analysis and cross-referencing of customer metrics and data, from all channels. Failing to use customer data analytics. Collecting and analysing data from your channels promotes better understanding of the customer.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Inventory replenishment is one of the most essential logistics operations tasks as it can highly impact customer satisfaction. To avoid overstocking and high logistics costs , the economic order quantity (EOQ) is a simply way to find the optimal amount of inventory to have on hand to meet order demand. Use inventory replenishment data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Linkedin Comment Donald Cavin Data Warehousing Consultant at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute. My thought was to combine my experience working on visibility solutions with Descartes Systems Group and Manugistics with recent research data. Embrace Disparate Data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

During this pandemic, sensing market changes, using data, and driving decisions at the speed of business matters more than ever. Companies are drowning in data and short on insights. Constrained logistics. We have never operated in an environment with the constrained logistics looming on the horizon. What To Do?

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American Global Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

"Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all." In today's digital era, the exponential growth of data has given rise to the concept of big data analytics. While big data offers immense opportunities for businesses, it also presents tough challenges. Data Integration Issues.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Today, data moves fast, but supply chain decisions move slowly. As variability increases, more and more companies would like to use market data from the channel or the supply base, but the design of current systems is an obstacle. The data lacks synchronization and usability. The Quest to Use Real-Time Data. The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 24, 2020

GXS purchased Inovis, OpenText purchased GXS, Descartes Systems Group purchased numerous assets to form the GLN (Global Logistics Network), and TrueCommerce purchased Datalliance. (If Start With Definitions. To begin any discussion in this market, the buyer should start with definitions. Definitions. Build talent.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 20, 2023

There are many definitions for lead time in supply chain management. This involves coordinating logistics, optimising transportation routes, and addressing any potential obstacles that could extend the delivery timeline. Data reveals the average material lead time was 100 days – the longest ever recorded since records began in 1987.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2022

Before the session, I sat by a young data scientist. In this blog, I start with a background on the definition of supply chain taxonomies–those that are the basis of reporting in something like the Gartner Magic Quandrant. The models within each of the boxes is different by definition. Lipstick on the Pig.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Definition of Confirmation Bias. So, I smile, catch my dinner partner’s eye and ask, “In our prior conversations, you mentioned the lack of clarity on the definition of supply chain excellence in your current deployments and how this is a barrier to implementing supply chain planning properly. “ Reflection.

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