Unleashed

APRIL 10, 2023

Overstocking became a necessary evil for many companies as they struggled to meet customer demand throughout the recent onslaught of supply chain disruptions. As a result, significant amounts of cash flow remain tied up in unmoving inventory. Carl Ferner says that cash flow and technology are therefore intrinsically linked.

Price Reduction 52

Price Reduction Pricing Training Inventory Reduction Purchasing Skills 52

Kinaxis

DECEMBER 12, 2014

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel.

Supply Chain Planning Software 240

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Training Price Mitigation Strategies 240

o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

After testing outside-in supply chain planning concepts via Project Zebra, LKQ Europe realized a 17.3% Co-founded by o9 and Supply Chain Insights, Project Zebra is an open-source industry effort to define and activate outside-in processes to prove the value of outside-in supply chain planning processes.

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RFgen

APRIL 18, 2023

To minimize misships, businesses must implement best practices that focus on optimization, technology, and employee training, ensuring accurate shipments every time. Prevention can be a powerful tool in your supply chain toolbelt. Another helpful technology comes as a pair: shipping software and label printers.

Optimization Software 52

Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Management Software Supply Chain Software 52

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

I am facilitating a workshop between supply chain business visionaries and technology innovators. At the session, together through education, sharing case studies, and reviewing research, we will explore the opportunities to build a Network of Networks to improve B2B supply chain connectivity.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Trends Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

Enterra Insights

MARCH 9, 2021

. “By many accounts, 2020 was sure to be ‘the year’ for digital transformation,” writes, Peter Fretty ( @pfretty ), IndustryWeek technology editor. “Pilots were fruitful enough to convince manufacturers about the importance of data. ” Among the technologies he believes are driving Industry 4.0

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Supply Chain Planning Software Industrial Industry Supply Chain Design Software 130

RFgen

JANUARY 6, 2020

New technologies are investments in your human workforce, enhancing productivity, reducing work burden and safety risks and increasing job satisfaction. Businesses in the supply chain need to join other top industry leaders to focus on what matters most: people. Putting People Back into the Supply Chain.

Supply Chain Software 53

Supply Chain Software Sustainability Real-time Visibility Material Savings 53

RFgen

JANUARY 6, 2020

New technologies are investments in your human workforce, enhancing productivity, reducing work burden and safety risks and increasing job satisfaction. Businesses in the supply chain need to join other top industry leaders to focus on what matters most: people. Putting People Back into the Supply Chain.

Supply Chain Software 52

Supply Chain Software Sustainability Real-time Visibility Material Savings 52

DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Another challenge is the pressure on 3PLs to fully commit to certain requirements at every point of the shipper’s supply chain, such as environmental and working time regulations. So how will logistics planning and optimization technology help 3PLs to overcome these challenges? It is, in fact, supporting them.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing 281

DELMIA Quintiq

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Though operating in different industries, these big names in e-commerce logistics, oil & gas and humanitarian efforts rely on the same optimization technology provided by Quintiq. The Quintiq solution ensures that DHL eCommerce’s routes are already planned each morning based on previous data. First, a predictive forecasting tool.

Supply Chain Planning Software 120

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Predictive Analytics Software New Zealand 120

Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 11, 2016

European Supply Chain Directors Forum. European Supply Chain Directors Forum brings together 100 members from the manucoreCONNECT community for two active days of debate, interaction, networking and thought leadership. Our members include: VPs/Directors/Group Heads in: Supply Chain. Supply Chain Quality.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2020

ToolsGroup supply chain planning software allows Allopneus.com to improve inventory quality while reducing storage space at its national distribution center by almost 20%. Inventory management is the key. Inventory management is the key to quality of service and competitiveness,” emphasises Coltat. “To

Optimal Sourcing 35

Optimal Sourcing ToolsGroup Inventory Reduction Optimization Software 35

Kinaxis

JUNE 17, 2015

In my first blog I wrote about the first step to reaching a Stage Five Supply Chain Planning System of Record (SCP SOR) which was securing the right talent. What is the necessary foundational planning layer required to support demand/supply planning for your industry? Supply Planning. Inventory Management.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

Rob Handfield has over 30 years of experience in supply chain as an educator, researcher, consultant, and author. He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development.

Data 52

Data Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

At this time of year, we find many companies planning workshops to stimulate thinking on building a digital supply chain and igniting next-generation supply chain thinking. Understand inventory write-offs, impact of forecast processes and technology satisfaction in the planning benchmarking.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Increasingly, car makers are asking their suppliers to provide full traceability of parts through the supply chain. When manufacturers have to recall vehicles to workshops, they can certainly expect media attention. All this data can be accumulated and combined into a barcode and marked on the part.

Automotive 105

Automotive Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing 105

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. Let me explain.

Supply and Demand 150

Supply and Demand Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

We finished our report on the maturation of hospital supply chains , and I have put the finishing touches on the Healthcare Supply Chain Index for this Thursday’s webinar. I also had the opportunity to speak at the GHX conference and facilitate a leadership workshop on the required changes for implantable devices.

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Modeling Modeling Software Pharmaceutical Procurement Analytics 236

RFgen

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Voice Technology in the Supply Chain. The questions in the minds of today’s information technology (IT) executives run in an endlessly agonizing loop: Do I have the right infrastructure in place? How do I separate valuable new technology from all the junk? Voice Technology in the Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Inventory Management Software Inventory Reduction 52

NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2018

In a prior post on 2018 supply chain predictions, I shared how NC State’s Poole College of Management engages directly with industry through student-led projects. And everyone I know has issues and challenges with their supply chains! Lenovo Excess and Obsolete Inventory. Lenovo Blockchain Analysis Part 2.

Vendor Strategies 40

Vendor Strategies Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction Resource Reduction 40

GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 23, 2015

We continue our series on understanding the 3PL KPIs (Key performance indicators) from 3PL consultant, Chuck Intrieri of The Lean Supply Chain as it relates to the engagement with a 3PL. Sales, Inventory, and Production Planning (SIOP) should be used for business planning and strategy in the shipper, 3PL relationship.

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KPI 3PL Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction 120

BlueYonder

AUGUST 18, 2017

Often companies at this maturity level use Excel to enable the S&OP process, spending approximately 80 percent of the time collating data from multiple, disparate spreadsheets and only 20 percent of the time on making decisions. The workshop will cover how to: Manage the “gap” between the current plan and the annual operating plan.

S&OP 40

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 4, 2020

Over the years we’ve built strong relationships with hundreds of global companies, and we hear the same challenges again and again: they can’t accurately plan for intermittent demand, they’ve got too much capital tied up in inventory, and their planners are overwhelmed by data management and complicated math. New product introductions.

Supply Chain Planning Software 270

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Modeling Inventory Reduction 270

BlueYonder

AUGUST 18, 2017

Often companies at this maturity level use Excel to enable the S&OP process, spending approximately 80 percent of the time collating data from multiple, disparate spreadsheets and only 20 percent of the time on making decisions. The workshop will cover how to: Manage the “gap” between the current plan and the annual operating plan.

S&OP 40

S&OP Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Company 40

JDA software

MAY 13, 2019

According to research, executives are investing in new cloud-based AI and cognitive analytics capabilities that will provide them with end-to-end visibility and traceability across their extended supply networks, starting them on the road to autonomous supply chains. There is also a technology aspect to the resistance to change.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 81

Prescriptive Analytics Software Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Supply Chain Planning Software 81

SupplyOn

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

and smart manufacturing systems to inventory control and supply chain management (SCM). Production processes and supply chain collaboration at Stadler Rail SuppplyOn and Stadler jointly present the benefits of RailSupply From SupplyOn’s perspective, one highlight was the tour of the Stadler Rail plant.

Manufacturing Procurement 40

Manufacturing Procurement Conference Rail Software Manufacturing 40

BlueYonder

JANUARY 6, 2016

The Beer Game provides supply chain planners with the opportunity to see how Flowcasting can improve supply chain performance and increase their competitiveness in consumer markets. Even for so-called seasoned supply chain planners, this was a very educational experience. Playing the Game.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

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Supply Chain Trend

MARCH 14, 2016

Once you develop critical mass of senior leaders and other S&OP stakeholders who after the S&OP implementation support the process and behavioural principles, there is commitment to the process disciplines, meetings and data inputs and outputs. Find below the framework I developed to gather feedback during those workshops.

S&OP 68

S&OP Supply and Demand Buyer Training How To 68

Supply Chain Trend

JULY 28, 2018

Principles like open communications, transparent data usage, public information sharing make them nervous. Security needs can result in oppositional behaviours like criticizing without the intention to improve, talking the need for the S&OP process down or blaming and emphasizing minor flaws in S&OP data, process or supporting people.

S&OP 68

S&OP Supply and Demand Modeling Software Supply Chain Planning Software 68

Supply Chain Trend

JULY 28, 2018

Principles like open communications, transparent data usage, public information sharing make them nervous. Security needs can result in oppositional behaviours like criticizing without the intention to improve, talking the need for the S&OP process down or blaming and emphasizing minor flaws in S&OP data, process or supporting people.

S&OP 60

S&OP Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software 60

Loop Supply Systems

JUNE 15, 2016

Lean Training Workshops. Recurrent Internal meetings on current lean projects and tools. The main goal is to eliminate excess waste whether it’s specific to processes, inventory, or production. Loop Supply Systems offers a Lean Just-in-Time Delivery Solution known as ‘ loopPFEP ’. Lean Certifications.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 40

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Lean Supply Chain Planning Software Waste Reduction 40

BlueYonder

MAY 13, 2019

According to research, executives are investing in new cloud-based AI and cognitive analytics capabilities that will provide them with end-to-end visibility and traceability across their extended supply networks, starting them on the road to autonomous supply chains. There is also a technology aspect to the resistance to change.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 40

Prescriptive Analytics Software Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Supply Chain Planning Software 40

RELEX Solutions

MAY 21, 2018

In 2015, Derome set out to improve its supply chain processes knowing it needed an agile solution to support its growth as keeping track of stock levels without an inventory management system was difficult. The first workshops were held in February 2016. Average inventory value. %. Inventory turnover.

Optimal Sourcing 28

Optimal Sourcing Negotiating Skills Purchasing Skills Supply Chain Planning Software 28

RFgen

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Warehouse automation isn’t positioned to replace your workforce, but will augment your existing labor with crucial performance accelerators. Lately, there has been a major emphasis on new technology that helps automate supply chain processes while improving transparency.

Supply Chain Software 54

Supply Chain Software Warehousing Inventory Reduction Resource Reduction 54

RFgen

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Warehouse automation isn’t positioned to replace your workforce, but will augment your existing labor with crucial performance accelerators. Lately, there has been a major emphasis on new technology that helps automate supply chain processes while improving transparency.

Supply Chain Software 52

Supply Chain Software Warehousing Inventory Reduction Resource Reduction 52

DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 15, 2022

Based on Dassault Systèmes’ data from 270,000 customers across 11 industries in 140 countries, plus the research conducted from several leading consulting groups, there are 4 key trends that we can expect to see in a post-pandemic “next normal” world. Informed organizations are looking for technology that is flexible, scalable and secure.

Optimal Sourcing 156

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software 156

Arena Solutions

MARCH 9, 2023

Since 2015, PTC has hosted LiveWorx , a global forum that brings together manufacturing executives, engineers, product designers, quality leaders, supply chain partners, and other like-minded individuals who are focused on harnessing disruptive technologies to manage uncertainty and transform their business.

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