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Does Perfect Customer Service Make Sense?

Logistics Viewpoints

In supply chain management, it is widely accepted that holding enough finished goods inventory to fulfill every order is just too costly. Ipsen, a global bio-pharmaceutical company , disproves that. The post Does Perfect Customer Service Make Sense? appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Reducing Supply Chain Complexity (Reining In the Endless Aisle)

Talking Logistics

“Complexity is really a killer,” said Roberto Isaias, Mattel’s chief supply-chain officer, as quoted in a January 2, 2020 Wall Street Journal article by Paul Ziobro. According to the article: Mattel has chopped the choices of reds [for its toys] by more than one-third and is doing the same for other colors, part of a. Read more Reducing Supply Chain Complexity (Reining In the Endless Aisle).

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Logistics Experts from SSI Schaefer Implement Automated Deep-Freeze Warehouse in Manila, Philippines – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Sustainable deep-freeze logistics secure food supply. The topic of sustainability and sustainable action is becoming increasingly important worldwide, as resources are finite and need to be used sensibly. To this end, measures must be taken, and solutions developed, in order to achieve global climate goals. The initiative “50 Sustainability and Climate Leaders” aims to leverage innovation and sustainable business models, and gives a platform for making the contribution to achieving t

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Does Perfect Customer Service Make Sense?

Logistics Viewpoints

In supply chain management, it is widely accepted that holding enough finished goods inventory to fulfill every order is just too costly. The thinking goes that at some point, improving service levels means you are not adding inventory in a linear manner but rather exponentially. Ipsen , a global bio-pharmaceutical company with $3 billion in annual revenues, disproves that.

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2024 Annual T&L M&A Report

Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.

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LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine – October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SSI Schaefer Implement Automated Deep-Freeze Warehouse in Manila, Philippines Download the latest LogiSYM Supply Chain Magazine. In this edition we have several news updates, interesting & enlightening articles and contributions on people & management – topics which are most crucial to the development of the Supply Chain Industry across regions as well as globally.

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Freight Procurement in a Pandemic: Preparing for the Bid

CHAINalytics

If your company has decided to tender its freight to secure new contract rates for 2021, you’ve got your work cut out for you. This is especially true when it comes to figuring out the lanes and volumes to include in the bid. And, what should you do about those COVID-related swings in your historical … The post Freight Procurement in a Pandemic: Preparing for the Bid appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Healthcare Procurement: Why the Healthcare Industry Needs to Modernize Supply Chains to Meet Today’s Challenges

ivalua

Healthcare Procurement: Why the Healthcare Industry Needs to Modernize Supply Chains to Meet Today’s Challenges. Healthcare providers, more than most, are continuously under pressure to manage costs and do so in a market where physicians and their patients expect more. That is why it is no surprise that 98% of all U.S. hospitals use the combined purchasing power of group purchasing organization, or GPOs, to save money.

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Unique Challenges of Small Parcel in the 2020 Holiday Season

All Things Supply Chain

Like everything else in 2020, we can expect the holiday shopping season to come with unique challenges. Not only are pandemic shutdowns ongoing, but some parts of the U.S.

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Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience

Enterra Insights

The late novelist Ayn Rand once wrote, “You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the truth of Rand’s statement. Most business leaders faced the reality of the pandemic fairly quickly and, in most cases, the reality wasn’t pleasant. Some companies discovered their supply chains were not as resilient as they had imagined.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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The Turkey Day Supply Chain in 2020

Kuebix

The holiday season during Covid-19 means smaller gatherings and changes to long-standing traditions for many families. Healthcare professionals are recommending everyone stays home and stays safe for Thanksgiving this year. Regardless of any changes in plans, there’s one thing that will be at the center of most families’ tables – turkey. A grand total of […].

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Which retailers will succeed this Black Friday?

IT Supply Chain

By Madhav Durbha (pictured). Group VP, LLamasoft, a Coupa company. The post Which retailers will succeed this Black Friday? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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6 Best Practices for Warehouse Management

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

If you want your facility operating at maximum capacity with low overhead, get ahead of the competition by staying on top of new warehouse management best practices and logistics best practices. Better business operations are on the horizon when you continue to innovate, invest in new technology, maintain organized inventory, and effectively utilize your warehouse space.

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How Artificial Intelligence is Boosting Supply Chain Performance

Logistics Bureau

A slew of new digital technologies is disrupting supply chain operations, but none is having more of an impact on the industry than artificial intelligence (AI). Already, half of all enterprises are using AI and/or robotics to tackle problems in the supply chain and to improve its performance. Let’s take a brief look at three areas in which AI has made the deepest inroads.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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Black Friday – Sink or Swim Moment For Warehouses?

IT Supply Chain

By Tony Dobson (pictured). SnapFulfil’s CEO. The post Black Friday – Sink or Swim Moment For Warehouses? appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Mitigating Risk With Workforce Management Systems

Supply Chain Brain

Workforce management in manufacturing, or any other business sector across the supply chain, is a juggling act for business leaders and HR professionals.

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Do you Have a Supply Chain Digital Twin or a Digital Picture?

Adexa

The concept of supply chain digital twin has become very popular in recent years. It is essentially a digital model of your supply chain intended to be the foundation for companies to plan and operate their supply chain digitally and autonomously. The ingredients for a digital twin are: Data, Modeling capability, Algorithmic techniques that can take into account optimization as well as uncertainty.

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Unified Logistics: The Need for Agile Resiliency

BlueYonder

Someone recently mentioned that “resiliency” seems to be one of my favorite words. As words go, it’s not a bad one to have as your favorite. The ability to adapt, to quickly recover from disruption, to be elastic; it’s fitting for what we all need as we live through our current COVID-19 reality. As supply chain and logistics practitioners, our reality was already challenging.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Wrapping Up 2020: 5 Key Trends in the Supply Chain

Pivot88

As 2020 is coming to an end, it’s time to take a look at where the supply chain industry stands, after the most challenging year in history for supply chains – and for the economy as a whole. 5 key trends have emerged over the past years, with many of them having accelerated during 2020 because of the COVID crisis. 1. Push to become a data driven organization : For supply chains to become more flexible and resilient, organizations have to automate wherever possible and electronically

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3 Common Inventory Management ‘Sins’—And How to Avoid Them

Logistics Bureau

ARTICLE SUMMARY. Three rules are really important in inventory management. If you don’t get them right, you won’t be able to do a lot of other things. They are: 1) Observe ABC Classification. It has long been shown that 20 percent of lines account for 80 percent of revenue and margin. These are the A-lines and should be prioritised in the warehouse.

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Wrapping up 2020: 5 key trends in the supply chain

Pivot88

As 2020 is coming to an end, it’s time to take a look at where the supply chain industry stands, after the most challenging year in history for supply chains – and for the economy as a whole. 5 key trends have emerged over the past years, with many of them having accelerated during 2020 because of the COVID crisis. 1. Push to become a data driven organization : For supply chains to become more flexible and resilient, organizations have to automate wherever possible and electronically link the di

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Procurement Predictions for 2021 - Claritum

Claritum

Claritum’s top ten 2021 predictions for Procurement. B2B Marketplaces, where you can create your own networked members area within a public platform, will become more prevalent. To combat issues of trading during significant supply chain disruptions. Medium sized organisations will use procurement automation and buyer portals in the cloud, to address concerns of spend management, remote working and data security.

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What is Mesh Networking Trends Report

This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.

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Banks Give Black-Owned Businesses Advantage on Supply-Chain Finance Terms – The Wall Street Journal.

Operations and Supply Chain Management

I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal. Banks Give Black-Owned Businesses Advantage on Supply-Chain Finance Terms. Download the Wall Street Journal app here: WSJ. – Bob.

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Leveraging Digital Technologies To Reinvent And Accelerate Supply Chain Automation – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Beyond the traditional business models. With the proliferation of technology, digital transformation has taken many industries by storm. The logistics sector is also not immune to these changes. The world of logistics and distribution is volatile, uncertain and more competitive than ever before. With the digitization trend, a major shift is imminent in the Industry.

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3Gtms Discusses Parcel Shipping on Talking Logistics

3GTMS

Our Vice President of Corporate Development, JP Wiggins, spoke with Adrian Gonzalez of Talking Logistics about why using a TMS with parcel shipping is important and the factors you need to consider during implementation. This year more than ever, parcel shipping has been a heavily used mode for both B2C and B2B shippers, and optimizing this option in your […].

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Supply Chain Disruptions Are New Opportunities – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Unlike SARS in 2003, the Covid-19 pandemic has spawned an unprecedented Global health pandemic. No country has been spared – with over 35 million infected people and deaths exceeding 1.0 million. The enforcements of draconian lockdowns, various economies have experienced severe shocks, adversely affecting global trade, global tourism & travel, International Aviation and Airports as well as International Shipping and Ports.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Supply Chain News on Soaring Damages from Truck Accidents Continue On, as Fender Bender Turns into 32 Million Dollar Damage Award

Supply Chain Digest

Juries often Want to Send a Message to the Trucking Industry

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Adapting to change: More trailers over tractors

PINC

The capacity crunch is driving carriers to buy more trailers than trucks. Here’s how the shift is impacting the transportation environment. As the 2020 holiday season comes into focus, it’s becoming clearer that the uptick in e-commerce orders, the persistent supply chain shortages, and reduced transportation capacity could turn into a “perfect storm” of challenges for companies across many industries.

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Peas and Lentils Are the Latest to Be Hit by Container Squeeze

Supply Chain Brain

A shortage of containers at Vancouver’s port is slowing Canada’s exports of lentils and peas, the latest ripple in a phenomenon that has roiled trade.

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