Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

If you’ve ever purchased a transportation management system (TMS) for your organization – or any enterprise software – you know that the term “software as a service” (SaaS) gets thrown around a lot. Don’t settle for buzzwords and don’t assume that you and your vendor have the same definition of a term.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

It is definitely a bittersweet time of year. Amazon experienced “critical fire or arc flash events” at six sites in North America with solar installations, representing about 12.7 And while it is not officially fall yet, summer vacation is over, and my kids are back to school and starting fall sports. As of Sept.

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RFgen

AUGUST 26, 2015

North America and Europe are currently the largest markets for mobile supply chain solutions but growth in Indian, Chinese and Japanese manufacturing and retail should drive demand for better supply chain solutions in those countries. ALSO READ: Definitive Crash Course in Enterprise Mobility ». between 2014 and 2020.

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RFgen

AUGUST 26, 2015

North America and Europe are currently the largest markets for mobile supply chain solutions but growth in Indian, Chinese and Japanese manufacturing and retail should drive demand for better supply chain solutions in those countries. ALSO READ: Definitive Crash Course in Enterprise Mobility ». between 2014 and 2020.

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Multichannel Merchant

AUGUST 26, 2022

GPS Platform Services encompasses a full suite of capabilities, including short-term storage, B2B and DTC fulfillment, returns processing and post-purchase experience. This week, Macy’s reported a 5% drop in ecommerce sales but said it’s up 19% from pre-pandemic levels, representing 30% of revenue.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Shell’s current shift to the global supply chain is impacting North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Russia, and China. Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. North America Simulation Output. The reason?

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Unintended inventory excess can also be an indication of deeper problems within the business, such as poor forecasting, low sales, over-purchasing of undesirable goods, and so on. And not only do these items tie up their initial purchase cost, but also the utilities fees, staffing, and any other costs associated with running your facilities.

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Unleashed

JULY 11, 2021

Across Europe, EPDs are routinely factored into personal and corporate level purchasing and supply chain management decisions. Each of the variables can factor into how sustainable a product is, but there is no single definitive definition of the term sustainable because it is just too hard to quantify.

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QAD

MARCH 5, 2020

One definition I found said ‘a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.’ The assumption is that for given functions in a company, there is an optimal level of cost vs productivity that is achieved simply by the assignment of a percentage budget cut. And along with Purchasing, there was Supply Chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The McKinsey report “How COVID-19 is changing consumer behaviour – now and forever”, bluntly illustrates how this change occurred more quickly and seismically than anyone predicted – so fast that it’s apparent the capacity to adapt had always been there. . The future of supply chains is Digital and Autonomous.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 17, 2023

Watch the “Inventory Distortion: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly” webinar , which provides an overview of the study results — or read IHL’s in-depth research report. In North America, retail loss due to out-of-stocks actually increased by a staggering 17.7% The post Inventory Distortion Will Cost Retailers $1.77

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

. (“Con-way”) (NYSE: CNW) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for XPO Logistics to acquire Con-way. XPO expects to increase annual operating profit from the acquired operations by $170 million to $210 million through cost savings and operational improvements executed over the next two years. •

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 9, 2016

Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) measure how well the shipper-transportation provider does in daily continuous improvement. Create daily route designs, complete real time track and trace, generate real-time metrics , and complete daily problem solving. Measure Transportation Performance. Problem-solving methods.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

According to the 30th Annual State of Logistics Report by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), companies spent $1.64 Rising costs mean that companies must continue to innovate and implement strategies that can help reduce logistics costs and boost the bottom line.

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

A report proposing three system solutions that could reshape the industry and set the clean energy technology sector on a path to sustainability. Read the short version of this report on Medium. Chapter 2 of this report outlines some of the barriers observed to play a prohibitive role to transparency for REE mining and processing.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 4, 2013

Super-single tires also offer better brake cooling and better traction in snowy conditions, both of which are definite benefits—especially in mountainous regions. Maintenance is also easier and cheaper, and labor costs for tire replacement is cut in half. Research and Markets: The Truck Fuel Efficiency Report.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 7, 2017

Market-driven is a more mature definition of demand-driven. At SAP Insider, the digital transformation message was never defined, but the use cases focused on Internet of Things delivered through a Leonardo architecture and the strategic advantage of S4/Hana for real-time analytics. SAP S/4 HANA is all about real-time analytics.

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