Locus Robotics

MARCH 9, 2023

By Geoff Whiting, Senior Writer, Red Stag Fulfillment Applying automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to supply chain management is an excellent way for manufacturers to increase the accuracy, speed, and efficiency of operations. Some fulfillment warehouses even use robots to pick and pack customer orders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

There is a known problem for manufacturers in synchronizing their supply chain. The shop floor to top floor disconnect reflects the difficulty of synching the plans finalized in an integrated business planning executive meeting with what the shop floor is capable of manufacturing in the short-term time planning horizon.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2024

For the past 175 years, Carlsberg has continuously reinvented itself from a marketing, innovation and product perspective, while remaining true to its core values of enriching communities while manufacturing quality drinks. Dealing with each area — planning, manufacturing, distribution, fulfilment, etc. —

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 24, 2023

Manufacturers as well as consumer-oriented businesses need to embrace better fulfilment experiences for their customers. By using the SCOR model, manufacturers have a tested and comparable framework for assessing their order fulfilment processes and performance. Order fulfilment is becoming increasingly important.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 16, 2022

BOSTON – August 17, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has been selected by Entertainment Retail Enterprises (ERE) , a leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of customized retail products including apparel, accessories, and home goods.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

With the advent of the IIoT and the complexities involved in operating a global supply network, today’s manufacturing companies are more interested than ever before to get a sense of the future. After all, the competitive advantage it gives to operations managers with effective production planning and control are unbeatable.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

During the pandemic, demand fell, and it was now available. The global economy rebound from COVID-19 hinges on the discovery and manufacture of an effective vaccine. However, supply chain leaders well understand that drug discovery, manufacturing, and distribution are all necessary to deliver the vaccine to a willing arm.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

This global, Tier 1 manufacturer is headquartered in Stockholm and had revenues of over $8 billion last year. Risk management solutions scrape data from hundreds of thousands of online & social-media sites, but Autoliv also has access to sources of information that they pay for. The implementation was not trivial.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

To accomplish this, supply chain analytics collects, analyzes, and synthesizes data from a wide variety of sources. These analytics can also help identify known risks and predict future risks by spotting patterns and trends throughout the supply chain, increasing planning accuracy, and better predicting future demand.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Every warehouse strives for efficient order fulfillment. There are many factors that can impact costs, from warehouse replenishment practices to the warehouse equipment deployed to support the fulfillment process. ” Meet Our Panel of Warehouse Pros: Nate Masterson. Dave Masterson. Nate Masterson. MapleHolistics.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 11, 2018

Jörg Schlager describing SKF's Integrated Planning (Source: Optilon). Digital transformation ” is tough for any firm, but when you are $9 billion industrial manufacturer, it is a sizable undertaking. This prodded SKF to a new demand chain vision. Figure 1 Source: SKF. Figure 2 Source: SKF.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

HarbisonWalker International Manufactures and Distributes Refractory Products. But refractories are used in a wide variety of industries, particularly manufacturing industries with high temperature or corrosive production processes. The sourcing centers are key to just-in-time, same-day, next-day deliveries.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The question was, “How can I redefine demand planning processes to use channel data?” Starting to understand the issue with multi-tier demand planning?

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

People are still worried about having efficiencies in their warehouses, making sure they’re laid out properly, and having the right processes. Manufacturing sites have been rationalized in terms of, “we don’t need five factories in this country, we only need three, then two, then we don’t need them at all, we’ll move them to China”.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

SCaaS will guide companies to achieve strategic value by improving Manufacturing as a Service, Fulfillment as a Service, and Warehousing as a Service. Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) is a new approach to managing the complex process of getting products from manufacturers to consumers. Why outsource Demand Planning?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 12, 2017

While I am advocating rethinking supply chain planning, for some consultants, the only path forward is the adoption of DDRMP. No matter what I write on demand planning, the response is to blindly deploy DDMRP. We discussed the use of machine learning with drones for continuous cycle counting in the warehouse. Conclusion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Cardinal Health’s senior vice president of global logistics, said of their implementation of the Kinaxis’ supply chain planning (SCP) solution, “I was scared! Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In October 2021, Brian Olsavky, CFO of Amazon, claimed that the company would require 150,000 extra workers to cater to the heightened customer demands during the holiday season. Source: Bloomberg.com. Leaked internal research reveals Amazon is at risk to run out of workers for its US warehouses by 2024.

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QAD

JANUARY 19, 2023

Facets of this broad field include demand planning, inventory management, logistics, acquisitions and partner management. E-commerce brands must oversee design, manufacturing, sourcing, warehouse inventory, shipping and delivery. Supply chain management (SCM) is essential to any business strategy. Let’s dive in.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

For example, transportation management often focuses on the journey of products after manufacturing. Although procurement logistics might sound like it involves the purchasing of manufactured products , it is much more involved. Every cost associated with manufacturing a product increases its value.

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Logility

JUNE 15, 2021

Demand sensing contracts the time between real-world events, the emergence of a statistically meaningful mix of demand signals, and your response to them. Short-term forecast accuracy can improve by up to 40% or more with demand sensing compared to traditional time-series forecasting. . Supply chain data management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Kinaxis is a proponent of using network planners for both supply and demand planning rather than having the planners operate in silos. Mars Wrigley was particularly interested in working with a SCP supplier that could integrate artificial intelligence (AI) to support demand sensing. Mars took that recommendation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning. and Europe.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Step Up Demand Planning Efforts with a Robust Forecasting Model . Infact, according to McKinsey , applying AI-driven demand forecasting to supply chain management can cut down errors by 20-50% and this helps reduce lost sales by 65%. Further, warehousing costs can fall by 5-10%. A definite “no-no” for demand planners.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Professionals in this field often find themselves venturing into manufacturing, IT, technology, ERP systems, and even commercial roles. As the global demands on supply chains intensify, SCM professionals must continuously cultivate new skills and refine existing ones.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

With the advent of the IIoT and the complexities involved in operating a global supply network, today’s manufacturing companies are more interested than ever before to get a sense of the future. After all, the competitive advantage it gives to operations managers with effective production planning and control are unbeatable.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Since we promised to update you regularly, we’ve collated some of the latest stories from the world of freight shipping, warehousing, logistics services, and supply chain technology, so that you can keep your finger on the pulse of the fast-changing logistics landscape. Renault’s plans for network redesign and S&OP improvement.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Additionally, 54% are seeking improved service levels in the coming year, and only 14% have a machine learning project underway, meaning for many AI-augmented planning is still more hype than adoption. Because digital transformation can involve selecting and implementing several different solutions, the early stages are often protracted.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 16, 2022

.”[1] For all practical purposes, the last mile begins when products arrive at the warehouse, which has sparked great interest warehouse space. … An increase in online shopping has furthered the trend, creating greater demand for warehouses to hold ordered items. Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 16, 2022

.”[1] For all practical purposes, the last mile begins when products arrive at the warehouse, which has sparked great interest warehouse space. … An increase in online shopping has furthered the trend, creating greater demand for warehouses to hold ordered items. Footnotes. [1]

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In past blogs, we have discussed different types of manufacturing – discrete and process. Discrete manufacturing makes distinct ‘things’, process manufacturing makes ‘stuff’ (for example, fertilizer). There is a third type that combines both discrete and process production – mixed-mode manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. It is safe to say that if a warehouse operation is not implementing Lean, it is falling behind its competition. But, it can be overdone.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

With the advent of the IIoT and the complexities involved in operating a global supply network, today’s manufacturing companies are more interested than ever before to get a sense of the future. After all, the competitive advantage it gives to operations managers with effective production planning and control are unbeatable.

Forecasting 52

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

With the advent of the IIoT and the complexities involved in operating a global supply network, today’s manufacturing companies are more interested than ever before to get a sense of the future. After all, the competitive advantage it gives to operations managers with effective production planning and control are unbeatable.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Aside from the demand planning, customer order management, and supplier order management activities associated with Fulfillment most people traditionally think of Fulfillment in the context of the Warehouse or Distribution Centre. Keys to Success in Warehouse Management/Order Fulfillment! Fulfillment. All Rights Reserved.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Demand planning software and inventory optimisation tools can help you better manage your supply chain to bring costs down. Make smarter purchasing decisions Another advantage of supply chain management is that it facilitates better sourcing and purchasing of raw materials, components, and finished goods.

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Elementum

MAY 19, 2022

A few more statistics to give some useful perspective on supply chain’s reach: • In 2020, worldwide, $835 billion of consumer goods were manufactured, a process highly dependent on the global supply chain. • 131 billion parcels were delivered. The US alone houses ten billion square feet of warehouse and distribution space.

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