Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 23, 2025

(Infographic) In recent years, the focus on sustainability has become more crucial than ever, especially within the supply chain of appliance manufacturing. Let’s dive into how sustainability can be woven into the appliance manufacturing supply chain and the strategies that lead to significant carbon emission reductions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Too few companies have a holistic approach to embrace the plan, make, source, and deliver together. The problem with supplier visibility is bookended into procurement processes that have gone back, not forward over the last decade. Survey existing suppliers, third-party logistics providers and customers. Close this gap.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

Choosing the Right ERP System for Manufacturing: Key Features to Consider Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a cornerstone of modern manufacturing, bringing together core business functions to improve operational efficiency. Quality Control – Manufacturers must ensure that every product meets industry and customer standards.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Preparing the next generation to excel in this dynamic field requires more than traditional education methods. Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) platforms have emerged as innovative solutions in education and training, offering customized support that can profoundly enhance the development of future supply chain experts.

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Kinaxis

MAY 16, 2025

Since January, Canadians’ weekly grocery trips have become a real-time indicator for the potential impacts of tariffs as shoppers have responded to threats with a showcase of buying power, prioritizing nationally sourced and manufactured products even before a single tariff was enacted. goods were “ rapidly dropping.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 28, 2024

In late 2023, Descartes conducted a survey of 1,000 supply chain and logistics decision-makers across North America and Europe across three sectors: manufacturing, distribution and retail; carriers; and logistics services providers. The study also provided insight into what companies are doing to address it.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

PWC’s Digital Trends in Supply Chain Survey reports that 83% of manufacturers say that supply chain technologies have not delivered the expected results. When he speaks of the supply chain, he means procurement. Likewise, when he speaks about the supply chain, his partner, Yossi, his mental model is logistics.

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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. in turn, is a boutique procurement consultancy. Professionals from procurement, compliance, logistics, sustainability, information-security and several other internal stakeholder all use the solution for different reasons.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

That includes everything from raw materials and manufacturing to packaging and logistics. Tesco and Walmart have announced procurement policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability throughout their extended supply chains. Retailers are following suit.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Koganti urged the procurement audience to look for whats referred to as “foresight function” in planning tools, which is capable of enhancing data analysis, scenario generation and trend identification , allowing for more informed and proactive decision-making, albeit with human oversight.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 8, 2016

We conclude this two part series about manufacturing operations excellence by consultant Chuck Intrieri, by outlaying why manufacturers should focus on a critical component that will help sustain manufacturing operations excellence for years to come. What is Driving Sustainable Manufacturing Operations Excellence?

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a two part series featuring Chuck Intrieri, who along with providing excellent insights over at his industry leading The Lean Supply Chain blog, is also a consultant who works with companies for Cost Reduction, Supply Chain Optimization, Logistics, Manufacturing, and 3PL Selection. What is Manufacturing?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 5, 2015

Since 2011, the federal government focused on changing this paradigm and made American manufacturing a priority. Under the guidance of the Department of Commerce/NIST , they developed an infrastructure with dedicated funding to rebuild our manufacturing sector. manufacturing.” Below is an overview of this program.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2025

This posting is our fifth installment in an ongoing supply chain technology market education series. In Part One of the series , Michael observed that standard sourcing solutions struggle in efforts to support direct materials sourcing because of specific challenges in the software design.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Cerasis is excited to announce the release of an all new, exclusive, & educational resource “The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018” white paper! This is a must read for those in the supply chain industry to stay on top of their games!

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. sending the service and education industries into upheaval. crumbling infrastructure and manufacturing. The post This Week in Logistics News (March 25 – 31) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Comparatively, trucking never slowed down. That’s all for this week.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” ” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2015

However, with most of our customer base in the manufacturing field, with the remaining in distribution and other industries, we thought it was vital that we featured some of the other manufacturing blog posts that were also popular in 2014. They are a logistics solutions company, why not ONLY write about logistics?”

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 29, 2025

This posting is the third installment in our ongoing supply chain technology market education series. In Part One of the series , Michael observed that standard sourcing solutions struggle in efforts to support direct materials sourcing because of specific challenges in the software design and why.

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Kinaxis

JULY 17, 2014

I quickly began to reminisce about our fun yet educational customer videos from past conferences. She currently leads First Solar’s Global Supply Chain which includes sales operations and planning, customer service/order management, sourcing, fulfillment, logistics, and warranty support.

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Jaggaer

MAY 8, 2025

I am a big believer in procurement getting involved as early as possible in new product development based on all the market knowledge available. The worst-case scenario is product engineering developing a new product, selecting a supplier and then telling procurement to get on with negotiation. How often do your purchase orders change?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It’s no secret that manufacturing companies around the world are rethinking their supply chain strategies. With shortages occurring in unexpected sectors and lockdown strategies impacting logistics, companies looked at reshoring to stabilize and strengthen their supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

AGCO Logistics Team Accepts Prestigious Supply Chain Award. AGCO is an agricultural equipment manufacturer. Greg Toornman – vice president global materials, logistics and demand planning at AGCO – told more of this story in a panel at ARC’s Supply Chain Forum. They are a public company with over $9 billion in revenues.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2025

Moller-Maersk Extends Lease at Port of NY and New Jersey Sealand - A Maersk Company Launches Hispaniola Service SupplyChainBrain Women in Procurement Struggle for Equality, Still More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! Timely, incisive articles delivered directly to your inbox.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

The regulation is designed to provide European consumers with extensive data about the provenance of the items they purchase, all the way back to the sourcing of raw materials. Time to Start Preparing for the Digital Product Passport SCB FEATURE Selling Into the EU?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

DGrade worked with Yas Marina Circuit to identify the most efficient strategy for the collections including placement of bins, recycling display, training facilities management teams, and logistics. Education & Engagement to Drive Participation in Recycling. Challenges. Maximising PET plastic recovery. Conclusion. DGRADE Clothing.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Last Mile Delivery Logistics HR & Labor Management Related Articles Airbus Reaches Deal With Canada Workers, Averting Lockout Threat Postal Workers Strike in Canada, Disrupting Holiday Shipments DHL Express Canada Offers Flat-Fee International Shipping SupplyChainBrain J.B.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Last Mile Delivery Freight Forwarding/Customs Brokerage LTL/Truckload Services Education & Professional Development HR & Labor Management RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter! The time to build a leadership culture is now — before your next fleet manager walks away and your supply chain pays the price.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2014

If you’re a supply chain or logistics executive and you’re looking for ways to improve as a leader this year, here are my five recommendations: 1. For a long time, C-level executives viewed supply chain management, especially the logistics function, as a cost center. But what about resolutions to help us improve at work? more often.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 1, 2015

Customer expectations of reliable quality and rapid delivery forces today’s manufacturers to either shorten cycle times or lose business. There are multiple good models for lean manufacturing operations. Who Needs Lean Manufacturing? Lean Manufacturing Planning and Implementation.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

It is our mission to provide education around transportation management, trends in transportation, pertinent regulation changes and impacts on transportation, and anything related to trucking and carriers. These tips include how you yourself can better manage your transportation department and maximize resources. Read the Full Blog Post.

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Precoro

JULY 15, 2024

The chief procurement officer (CPO) is a senior executive responsible for developing and implementing their organization’s procurement policies, procedures, and strategies. Making sure these purchases are of high quality and compliant with relevant laws and regulations also falls under the CPO’s responsibilities.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2014

While omnichannel retailing is in the spotlight these days, lurking in the shadows is another big challenge and opportunity many retailers (and manufacturers looking to sell direct to consumers) have been struggling with for years: cross-border e-commerce. Source: Pitney Bowes (click to enlarge). Source: Amazon.com (click to enlarge).

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

At the time, we were both deployed as consultants for Manugistics to help a manufacturing company to implement end-to-end planning. There is no solution to optimize source, make and deliver together or drive bidirectional orchestration to execute trade-offs between functions automatically. Manugistics is now owned by JDA.).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

While it’s undeniably important to source products responsibly and produce recyclable or reusable products, companies also need to focus on making the transportation and distribution of products more sustainable. Ensure Your Materials Are Ethically Sourced. Educate Your Staff and Suppliers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In fact, today several leading halal production standards (like the Indonesian and Malaysian halal standards) are already requiring a segregation between halal and non-halal in transport and storage for halal certified manufacturers. Some distributors and logistics might be halal certified; most are not.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Chances are, if you purchased your WMS more than 10 years ago, your software may not be supported any longer. Your WMS requires a sizable investment of time educating new employees on its use. You’ll want to factor in that time to educate your workforce. appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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