Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. Supply chain management is increasingly making an impact on the overall functioning of the business and influencing C-suite decisions. Do you want to be managing people?

Supply Chain Planning Software 96

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

If we look back at history, 70% of companies implemented Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), however two-decades later only 1% of companies use VMI processes to drive a better demand signal. I do believe in demand planning, but most companies overstate forecast improvements. ” I am in the middle. Everyone has a bias.

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Taulia

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Cash flows from investing activities include the revenue or spend arising from investments, such as the sale or purchase of long-term assets or securities. The measurement of cash flow is key to efficient cash flow management. Key metrics for measuring cash flow include: 1. Shortening the cash conversion cycle.

Optimal Sourcing 81

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Arkieva

JUNE 28, 2016

We might use “availability in Excel directly or with Add-ons” as an “age metric’.). The credit card company wants to identify purchase transactions that are fraudulent well before the customer receives their monthly bill. One pattern is a succession of short purchases in a location away from home. Demand Management.

S&OP 63

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2016

A Focus on Horizontal Processes to Support Demand Flows. A Focus on Demand Flows. The river of demand has many tributaries. Each demand segment is a tributary forming the river. Learn to navigate the river of demand. Realize that, within the organization, the concept of demand as a flow is not well understood.

Supply and Demand 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Stuck at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns, only 10% of companies are making progress. Unable to power additional year-over-year improvements at the intersection of cost and inventory, companies struggle. The CIO budget is hamstrung with system upgrades and software license payments. Let me explain.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Managing transportation at this scale is the absolute challenge. In order to streamline the delivery, Coca-Cola implemented a vehicle routing software. The reason is that is the software vendor has a very good relationship with Coca-Cola''s legacy ERP software vendor. Many industries try to imitate Dell''s success.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Company focused primarily on retail planning and wanted to extend its capabilities into a consumer products manufacturing solutions offering. In implementing planning, most of the focus in purchasing technology in the sales cycle is on optimization. Water buffalo butting heads symbolize the organizational issues of demand planning.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Warehouse management encompasses a range of tasks, including: Inventory tracking Order fulfilment Organising storage spaces Optimising layouts Managing personnel Efficient and organised warehouse management plays a crucial role in supply chain management by contributing to timely deliveries and overall customer satisfaction.

Inventory Reduction 52

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 24, 2022

You never really know how it will all turn out, yet you need to be able to answer questions like these: How many units of inventory do you need to have on hand to be at full stock for each SKU? How often do you project to replenish inventory ? Maybe you only have a slight understanding of demand for your products.

Forecasting 130

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ThroughPut

MAY 11, 2021

But post-crisis and once the lockdowns were lifted, the demand for these products went back to normal. These drastic shifts in demand prompted the question, where and how consumers are shopping? According to the trends, there was a rapid shift from in-store purchasing to e-commerce. Inventory optimization.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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ThroughPut

MAY 11, 2021

But post-crisis and once the lockdowns were lifted, the demand for these products went back to normal. These drastic shifts in demand prompted the question, where and how consumers are shopping? According to the trends, there was a rapid shift from in-store purchasing to e-commerce. Inventory optimization.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Modeling Supply Chain Software 52

ThroughPut

MAY 11, 2021

But post-crisis and once the lockdowns were lifted, the demand for these products went back to normal. These drastic shifts in demand prompted the question, where and how consumers are shopping? According to the trends, there was a rapid shift from in-store purchasing to e-commerce. Inventory optimization .

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Modeling Supply Chain Software 52

Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2017

A few years ago I purchased a sofa from a well-known furniture store. The longer the lead time is, the more inventory you will need to hold and the greater the risk that you will have shortages of the things you really need. Supply Chain Software is Not the Solution. I was shocked and asked why it took so long. “We

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 83

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

If there’s one thing that separates a good ecommerce store from a great one it’s efficiency, whether that be in their supply chain, fulfillment solution, or customer service. One solution is to implement a backend solution that synchronizes data from multiple channels — providing a unified view of operations.

Inventory Reduction 52

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Logility

MAY 2, 2021

In essence, using one number to measure future demand loses the value of dimensionality in the data and the business process, arbitrarily forcing an organization to reach a consensus that ignores other realities. This one shortcoming is perhaps one of the most obvious for this forecasting metric.

Forecasting 149

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 13, 2021

For starters, you’ll have to come up with a viable way to store your inventory so that your margins are high while your risks remain low. Bonded warehousing could be the perfect solution to this challenge. Needing longer-term storage solutions. Utilizing local fulfillment & shipping vendors for international commerce.

Warehousing 52

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Historically, most supply chain investments were for engines–bright guys built fabulous optimization code and plonked the software onto a relational database. Orders do not represent market demand for many reasons that are beyond the scope of this post.) Order and shipment patterns are a good proxy for future demand.

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