Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index). With 65% of supply chain professionals members of the Millenials and Gen X generations, inflation is new. I have been an industry analyst for two decades.

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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’s Digital Transformation Mr. Beery started by asking, “what does a digital supply chain mean for us?”

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QAD

MARCH 31, 2020

ANCA builds CNC tool grinding machines. It’s a niche industry, but also one of the cornerstones of discrete parts manufacturing. These machines produce the cutting tools other machine tools use to cut metal. They’re complex machines assembled from thousands of parts, many purchased from highly specialized manufacturers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

So how do these changes bleed into the facets of the supply chain? What Is the Post-Pandemic “New Normal” Supply Chain? Supply Chain Resilience. Resilient supply chains were able to cope and recover from sudden shocks and disruptions during the pandemic.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many risks and uncertainties in supply chain networks. Current Technologies in Use for Supply Chain Network Design . This means that you can target very specific parts of your demand data and dynamically run different scenarios in those conditions to measure its effect.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

As I spent the time reflecting over the last three weeks, the number of articles streaming into my feed on supply chain implications was high, but most of them were wrong. Some stated that the war marks the end of the global supply chain. By definition, this requires a global supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 31, 2023

Unilever is consistently rated a company with one of the best supply chains in the world. They are also one of the world’s best in terms of succeeding at integrating digital technology into all areas of business. Such a large company, they have over 127,000 employees globally, clearly has a massive supply chain.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

To understand the state of this latest supply chain crisis–and when it will end–this guide to the 2022 baby formula shortage breaks down: The cause of the baby formula shortage. Data also shows that half of US states are experiencing out-of-stock rates between 40% and 50%: Image source: Flipboard.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 10, 2019

It’s been an interesting decade for supply chain: just when you think things can’t get any crazier, a new extreme weather event, political drama or tech start-up pops up, disrupting entire industries. A major theme at the recent Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit was that corporate winners accelerate through economic turns.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

For more than a year, global supply chains have been buffeted by one major disruption after another. Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , railways and ocean vessels. The impact?

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QAD

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As the trucking industry experiences rising industry change, just-in-time-sequence (JITS) supply chains are starting to feel the effects. The advantage of a ‘pull’ system, over more traditional push based manufacturing, is that we only produce what is needed when it’s needed. Trucking Challenges in North America.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

OTIF is a key supply chain metric. 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. The Supply Chain is Broken – How to Fix it with Jeff Dangelo. About Andrew Lynch. Operational problems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. When companies want to digitally transform their supply chain capabilities, moving to an integrated business planning process (IBP) is often at the heart of the transformation.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

During her 24 years at Honda of America, she helped implement many of the supply chain best practices that have now become renowned, including cost modeling, supplier development, supplier quality assurance, lean manufacturing, and many others, which evolved under the original North America leadership of Dave Nelson.

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QAD

MAY 18, 2023

The automotive industry is undergoing a massive technological transformation toward vehicle electrification and the shift presents huge opportunities for manufacturers that do business in the US, especially since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022. What’s in the Inflation Reduction Act’s New Clean Vehicle Credit?

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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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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

In this August 30, 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Technology we provide capsule highlights of investments announced by supply chain management focused tech providers. In this addition, we highlight announcements involving Redwood Materials and ConverSight.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 2, 2022

.” One of the most famous quotes in our cultural lexicon is a sobering reminder that effective communication is one of the keys to running a successful supply chain, yet it is often overlooked in importance until it becomes an issue. The Characteristics of Supply Chain Communication. Flow of information. Persuasion.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2021

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Amazon Supply Chain strategies article and permission to publish here provided by Jae Jun. With newer technologies being founded, Amazon continually offers new services and breaks the rules of supply chain management to improve their service, margins, and for sellers.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 7, 2020

One area in which there is no shortage predictions is the supply chain. Simon Ellis, Vice President of IDC Manufacturing Insights, observes, “The supply chain continues to undergo almost unparalleled levels of change. Supply chain trends. ”[1] The IBM technology trends are: 1.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

With rising supply chain complexity, organizations are racing to improve the pace and quality of decision-making. Source: Gartner, Forecast Snapshot: Prescriptive Analytics Software, Worldwide, 2019. Source: Gartner, Market Guide for Supply Chain Analytics Technology, May 28, 2019.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

Dave Elias, vice president of supply chain management, and Josh Stauffer, senior director of IT, spoke at ARC Advisory Group’s Supply Chain Forum. They have implemented a broad suite of enterprise and supply chain applications and are still implementing more. HWI Has a Complex Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 7, 2021

OTIF is a key supply chain metric. 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. The Supply Chain is Broken – How to Fix it with Jeff Dangelo. About Andrew Lynch. Operational problems.

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

What are companies looking for in supply chain network design technologies ? We commissioned Supply Chain Insights to conduct independent research about this topic and discussed the findings in a recent webinar. What is supply chain network design? . SCND is about two things: .

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

What are companies looking for in supply chain network design technologies ? We commissioned Supply Chain Insights to conduct independent research about this topic and discussed the findings in a recent webinar. What is supply chain network design? What are they looking for in SCND technology?

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many risks and uncertainties in supply chain networks. Current Technologies in Use for Supply Chain Network Design . This means that you can target very specific parts of your demand data and dynamically run different scenarios in those conditions to measure its effect.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

In attendance are manufacturing representatives from BASF, BerryGlobal, Corning, Covestro, Grace, Evonik, Intel, Monsanto, and Smith’s Detection. Technologists and manufacturers working together to try to define multi-tier processes to redefine B2B. There is an active group in Europe and North America. The reason?

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting, Ferrari Consulting and Research Group Managing Director Bob Ferrari pens highlights of Schneider Electric’s Innovation Summit conference and highlights of a conversation with the company’s Chief Supply Chain Officer. .

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our May 12, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis capsule of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. in Lithium Supply Tie-Up U.S. to Combine with Allkem Ltd. to Combine with Allkem Ltd.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with our news capsule update, specifically the latest updates in ongoing supply chain developments that we have highlighted in prior blogs. West Coast ports, and data related to increased adoption of robotics for North America production needs.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2022

In this special edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech we highlight two significant developments involving supply chain management focused technology involving providers Shopify and Panasonic Corporation. Major Acquisition by Shopify. wide fulfillment centers. billion.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 14, 2024

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides highlights of the ASCM Supply Chain Professional 2024 Salaries and Careers Global Report released this week. Reportedly over 5,000 respondents from North America and Europe participated in this year’s survey which was conducted during February.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

With evolving business models, changes in customer expectations, to technology advancements, the transportation and logistics sectors remain in the spotlight. Steve works closely with leading manufacturers, retailers, logistics service providers, and technology firms. What are the benefits of hyper-automation?

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