Talking Logistics

MARCH 19, 2019

While we live in an age where same-day delivery and free shipping have become customer expectations, we also live in an age where dimensional weighting and quarterly accessorial increases have become a reality from the carrier. The reality is that most carriers do not invoice as soon as a package has shipped.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Last week, Clint Reiser published an article highlighting our 2022 supply chain predictions. While we have published predictions about supply chain technology trends at the beginning of the year in past years. This year we have decided to lead with our predictions about the broader supply chain function.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. Similarly, after the conference, I started working with a chemical company to formulate a supply chain strategy. ” Her answer was telling. ” My take?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2021

This includes port data, social media, news, event and weather (SNEW) data, weather data (to some degree), traffic data, and other available sources to provide an accurate ETA to warehouses, stores, and end consumers. For ocean cargo, however, if a shipment gets bumped to the next ship, it can add up to 15 days to the transit time.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. A growing number of logistics operators and industry observers see the snarls bottling up supply chains this year extending deep into 2022. Airfreight operations aren’t providing shippers much relief from global supply-chain hardships.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

And last month, we witnessed the havoc that winter storm Jonas unleashed along the east coast , dumping more than two feet of snow in Washington, DC, New York City, and other major cities, leading to thousands of flight cancellations and gridlock on the roads. That was the central question Matt Castle, Director of Air Freight Services at C.H.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 14, 2024

Blue Yonder and Microsoft co-hosted the annual Blue Yonder Automotive Connect event in Detroit, Michigan, bringing together 67 supply chain practitioners from 15 companies in the Automotive OEM, Tier 1, and Aftermarket sectors.

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o9 Solutions

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Meanwhile, changing consumer preferences and shopping channels will continue to challenge grocers’ supply chains. In this age of the ‘never normal,’ unexpected shifts in consumer behavior are creating volatility and complexity in grocery supply chains. Demand Shaping.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 11, 2021

If the actions are done well throughout the supply chain, the vaccines will be distributed to all the desired destinations, on time and in good condition (based on the a specific range of temperature for each vaccine). Terence: Let start by understanding the Supply Chain of the COVID-19 Vaccines.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 31, 2021

Almost a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, e-commerce continues to boom, according to the 2021 State of Supply Chain Execution Report. You did not plan to handle this amount of e-commerce volumes, you do not have experience in picking and small parcel shipping, and your consumers want same-day and next-day delivery.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 16, 2023

One day in August 2022, a group of military and defense strategy experts gathered in Washington, DC, to play a game that simulated a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan in 2026. and its allies would win while losing “dozens of ships, hundreds of aircraft, and tens of thousands of servicemembers.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

The work done by Terra Technology, in my opinion, is one of two accurate sources of benchmark data on forecasting in the industry. In the study, new products represent 17% of total cases shipped. Products in the long tail of the supply chain have an average error of 70% MAPE and a 15% bias. Tougher in Europe.

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JANUARY 18, 2023

Rigid Supply Chain Dependencies Cause Disruptions. A global pandemic, a war in Europe, and other economic factors have created worldwide supply shortages. As a result, vendors are shipping late or are sending incomplete orders. This challenge compounds throughout the supply chain.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 30, 2019

In my last blog , I talked about how consumer demands for a larger and more immediate selection of products are forcing retail businesses to become supply chain professionals. How do you optimize your supply chains to be efficient and responsive when you lack unified visibility to them? External providers, like C.H.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 30, 2019

In my last blog , I talked about how consumer demands for a larger and more immediate selection of products are forcing retail businesses to become supply chain professionals. How do you optimize your supply chains to be efficient and responsive when you lack unified visibility to them? External providers, like C.H.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 4, 2019

The shortage of workers is causing companies to look at non-traditional sources, including individual with a criminal record. One facility has low turnover and one has higher turnover – we see a real difference in slower productivity, more shipping errors, and less continuous improvement going on.”.

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o9 Solutions

AUGUST 12, 2021

In the meantime, customer preferences and shopping behavior keep changing, impacting the entire retail supply chain industry. Retailers can also leverage AI and ML technologies to build a more robust supply chain network. How retailers can leverage AI to build resilient supply chains. Sensing Demand.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

For example, redesigned, retail supply chains, enabled with analytics and augmented reality ( AR ), are not only meeting, but raising consumer expectations. This kind of value network strategy goes beyond determining where to put a warehouse and to which stores it should ship. And, then, there is the success of Walmart.com.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

For example, redesigned, retail supply chains, enabled with analytics and augmented reality ( AR ), are not only meeting, but raising consumer expectations. This kind of value network strategy goes beyond determining where to put a warehouse and to which stores it should ship. And, then, there is the success of Walmart.com.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

If you’re like me, staying up to date on supply chain news is critical. So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. Today’s Top Supply Chain and Logistics News From WSJ.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

AUGUST 26, 2018

There is a lot of buzz about the “autonomous” supply chain these days. But, before we turn out the lights and lock the door to a fully automated, self-aware, supply chain “Ava Ex Machina” , let’s take a moment and put this idea into some perspective. The Driverless Car Analogy. From CBC News [link].

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Most tier 1 transportation management systems (TMS) are built around providing visibility to and optimization for full truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) modes, primarily into and out of a Retail or Consumer Packaged Goods DC network. Any “rail-friendly” TMS must effectively support all four of those core workflows.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

AUGUST 26, 2018

There is a lot of buzz about the “autonomous” supply chain these days. I’ve heard the driverless vehicle used as an analogy for the autonomous supply chain. Redesigned, retail supply chains, enabled with analytics and augmented reality, are not only meeting, but raising consumer expectations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Many large enterprises use one form or another of a supply chain application to help manage their supply chains. Supply chain vendors have been touting their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) for the last several years. AI can refer to several different types of math.

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Gravity Supply Chain

APRIL 14, 2020

6 ways supply chain health checks ensure streamlined operations, mitigate risk, minimize disruption, meet customer needs and protect the bottom line.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2013

As a participant in managing all or part of your company’s supply chain, you may know the pain of answering sometimes difficult questions. Are we a good supply chain partner or customer? Your stakeholders can: Align sourcing, purchasing, logistics, and I.T. Sourcing uses P.O. Where is my order?

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In the previous article, we covered the Future of Digital Supply Chains, Agile, connected and sustainable and the QAD DynaSys senior product management team’s vision of Digital Supply Chain Planning. . Could you tell us a bit more about Essilor’s supply chain organization?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This is a theme that was discussed a year ago at a conference in DC on Transportation Infrastructure, over coffee with William Lucas from Caterpillar. Infrastructure growth is a major issue for companies who ship a lot, especially those like CAT who ship heavy permit loads from the ports.

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Cognira

JANUARY 1, 2019

Even in one of the largest and most efficient supply networks, Amazon, shipment costs are 14% of retail sales. With 42% of retailers saying faster shipping is a top priority, these cost are set to go even higher. The Elizabethtown DC only has 1 unit on hand while Cedar Rapids, IA has 10 units. Current State of the World.

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Cognira

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Even in one of the largest and most efficient supply networks, Amazon, shipment costs are 14% of retail sales. With 42% of retailers saying faster shipping is a top priority, these cost are set to go even higher. The Elizabethtown DC only has 1 unit on hand while Cedar Rapids, IA has 10 units. vs. $10.80 at Cedar Rapids.

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 29, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Parcel Shipping. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. ToolsGroup.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 23, 2015

See chart) As the retailers’ ecommerce sales grow, they think about questions such as to whether to centralize inventory in a DC for web orders vs. allocating all merchandise to the store vs. increasing the supplier’s expectation for more services. Today, they are more interested in understanding the game of supply chain.

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ShipBob

MARCH 23, 2020

We will continue to highlight free resources for those who are helping in the front lines — healthcare providers, fulfillment center associates, grocery store workers, and any others across the supply chain who are working hard for the greater good. . to cover part of credit card processing, packing, and shipping costs).

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IQMS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Bottom Line: It’s time to transition the role of warehouses from cost centers to revenue centers that support new digitally enabled supply chains and business models that require greater accuracy, speed, and scale than ever before. A Warehouse Management System is the tool that can make that happen. in general and WMS specifically.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Detective and the Change Paradox! This was a case for the Supply Chain Detective. On the first day we managed to ship only 1% of our pre-startup level. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Had the company just had a robbery of $25 million?

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Supply Chain Action Blog

MARCH 21, 2019

The strength of any chain is defined by its weakest link. A supply chain, or as I prefer to say, a value network, is similarly constrained. There is a lot of buzz about the “autonomous” supply chain these days. You may have heard the driverless vehicle used as an analogy for the autonomous supply chain.

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