Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2019

With the evolution of VANs, and trading exchanges at the turn of the decade, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) became the workhorse of the industry to move data between companies. Over the last decade, this increased by 15% in manufacturing and 25% in transportation. These application purchases are like a head-scratcher.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2023

Afterall, port congestion has cleared, transportation costs have gone down, we are seeing far fewer product shortages, and the looming recession will likely take some of the pressure off hiring and retention woes. There were two excellent articles in the Financial Times (FT) on the Apple supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Amazon’s Prime Day in July, for example, has led to more retailers like Target, Walmart and Kohl’s offering steep discounts on toys, apparel and electronics during the summer, in a bid to stay competitive. More e-commerce orders mean a big increase in transportation requirements.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

The visibility to spend allows them to provide excellent benchmarking in several areas. And a new solution, that applies machine learning to making better ongoing transportation routing and mode decisions, is particularly interesting. Initially, this product will focus on the purchase order (PO) acceptance process.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But what’s a sourcing agency or sourcing agent and how does it make buying things easier? Let’s uncover the mystery behind the role of sourcing agencies and see how they make the job of buying things much simpler. They play a big role in making sure the whole process of buying things goes smoothly from start to finish.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This includes managing Work in Process (WIP), raw materials, purchased parts from suppliers warehoused (whether on-site or off-site), and semi-finished inventory located at feeder production lines or work cells. Better traceability and quality assurance: Labels, electronic tags, and automatic tracking technologies (RFID, barcodes, etc.)

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Outdated Electronics and Appliances. Outdated electronics and appliances can be a burden during a move. Not only are they heavy and challenging to transport, but they can also be expensive to dispose of properly. As a result, it often makes more sense to buy a new mattress when moving to a new home.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior. The transformational wave is slowly transforming the automotive industry from a focus on selling “rides” versus the purchase of an automobile.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Holds a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and holds a Global MSc. In 2017 I also assumed responsibility for Field Services and in 2019 Data Excellence & Analytics embracing digital transformation driving our Tailored, Sustainable and Connected 4.0 Stuart is a British national, married with three children.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2016

As McCarthy put it, after a customer buys a bed, it’s his responsibility “to make sure we deliver it to their home brilliantly.” During my trip to England earlier this year , I had the opportunity to explore those questions and more with Brian McCarthy, Logistics Director at Dreams , Britain’s leading bed retailer.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Why have so few companies adopted a TMS (Transportation Management System) solution? We had a tremendous amount of spend leverage globally, a seasoned team, great supplier relationships, very strong processes, and an excellent Transportation Management System (TMS). Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Insights

JANUARY 18, 2018

For the purposes of clarity, in this article, the term digital supply chain is the transformation of the atoms and electrons within the supply chain to unleash new levels of value. Here are my predictions for 2018: Supply Chain Excellence as We Know It Is Redefined. It feels a bit like tulip mania. Confluence of Technologies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

As I shopped at Best Buy for office supplies, I struggled to not think about the massive disruption of electronics supply chain. I find three: organizational design, executive understanding of supply chain, and the lack of a clear definition of an optimization function for supply chain excellence. The reason? The problem?

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3rdwave

JANUARY 23, 2019

While the Logistics transactional activities – such as freight quotation management, freight contract management, shipment execution and transportation tracking – are important, in and of themselves, these individual activities fail to deliver to their potential if they are not orchestrated, synchronized and communicated.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 9, 2022

This warehouse runs at a perfect optimum with fixed capital in the form of inventory balanced perfectly with sales and purchasing, and all the items perfectly distributed to the various storage areas of the warehouse. Operational excellence systems for the best use of the human resource. For how many hours has the motor been running?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 1, 2022

What You Need to Know About Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs)! Having an excellent business fleet is one of the secrets of highly successful companies. Transportation of products for deliveries and staff for meetings is smoother with fleets. Transportation can result in higher company expenses if you don’t track them well.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

Or agreement on the definition of supply chain excellence. As a result, functional excellence anchors action. The focus is on digitization—automating today’s processes—versus rethinking process excellence based on the art of the possible. I define digital as the rethinking the atoms and electrons of the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 30, 2021

The tremendous shift of the seller-consumer dynamics now puts convenience, speed, and outstanding logistics supervision on the consumer’s list for a complete buying experience. An excellent customer service , which includes logistics, will help retain customers, and best of all will attract even more. Clean Transportation.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

How to calculate Safety Stock levels in Excel. You can calculate safety stock levels in Excel by setting up your spreadsheet as per the image below. The safety stock formula can be calculated in Excel with a simple table. Column E is the average number of days it takes to receive goods of that type once you place a new order.

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QAD

OCTOBER 5, 2021

From integrated multi-currency, multi-GAAP and multi-entity financials to best practice purchasing, from shared services to real-time data and flexible data analytics, Effective Enterprise Management ensures that manufacturers operate from a trusted set of essential enterprise processes that meet today’s and tomorrow’s needs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

While traditional supply chain processes evolved from functional excellence definitions for source, make and deliver from the inside-out; to make the digital pivot and become more market-driven, companies need to define new supply chain processes outside-in. How can you use electronic payment methods to get better terms? Customization?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Foundational to supply chain excellence is the reliability of delivery, quality, and service. The Sleep Number Story of Supply Chain Excellence. Historic processes are inside-out tightly integrated to orders and purchase orders. Defining the Customer Experience Through Supply Chain Excellence.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Why have so few companies adopted a Transportation Management System (TMS) solution? We had a tremendous amount of spend leverage globally, a seasoned team, great supplier relationships, very strong processes, and an excellent Transportation Management System (TMS). Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Locus

JUNE 13, 2022

At the symposium, they spoke about the on-ground realities that make last-mile optimization a mandate for companies, how a data-driven approach is essential for last-mile excellence and shared key insights from Locus’ journey of becoming a real-world ready dispatch management platform. Last-mile excellence is no more optional.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Older men buy less underwear than younger males and their packaging was not as attractive to the female shopper buying for the family. The company sold on Amazon, operated its own website, managed outlet stores, and could purchase end-aisle displays in major retail chains. A second story is of an electronic distributor.

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3rdwave

JANUARY 23, 2019

While the Logistics transactional activities – such as freight quotation management, freight contract management, shipment execution and transportation tracking – are important, in and of themselves, these individual activities fail to deliver to their potential if they are not orchestrated, synchronized and communicated.

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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

TRANSLOG Connect is the market leading cross-industrial business summit for transportation, logistics and supply chain management professionals in the Central Eastern European region. Gather up-to-date market information reducing the amount of time required by senior management to reach future purchasing decisions.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Dearth of continuous improvement to drive for excellence in warehouse operations Scarcity of end-to-end perspectives in processes, costs, or external supply chain interfaces. However, this can be avoided by using electronic advanced shipping notifications within the purchase order and inventory management functions.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

To provide that end to end visibility requires electronic connectivity of all nodes of the Supply Chain. And when it comes to providing that visibility and connectivity with respect to the movement of goods throughout the Supply Chain it means we all need a Transportation Management System (TMS). Get a TMS solution now!

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SupplyOn

OCTOBER 2, 2018

SBB relies on RailSupply to significantly improve efficiency in purchasing and procurement logistics. The goal of this changeover was to significantly streamline the SBB’s purchasing and procurement logistics. In the initial step, SBB has connected 15 business partners from the Passenger Transportation Division on the supplier side.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. They are the most prevalent in the consumer electronics industry. Customer-Centric Supply Chain Processes. The Building Blocks.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

It’s no coincidence that Transport Intelligence just emailed me an invitation to The Future of Logistics conference. Download an Excel version of the list here for free ! Drone transportation for short deliveries, including last mile. Secure package pick-up at company-site electronic lockers. Really hot.

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Vinculum

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Distribution can be defined as an essential service that makes merchandise available for purchase by allocating it through a given market. Elements such as transportation, packaging, and delivery are included in the procedure of distribution. These software are cost effective, reduce any redundancy and overspending.

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IQMS

JUNE 25, 2019

By 2020, Discrete Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics and Utilities industries are projected to spend $40B each on IoT platforms, systems, and services. The study found that the electronics equipment company could save up to $6M a year or.6% The Supply Chain Management enterprise software market is growing from $12.2B

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

The need to respond to those changes while maintaining margins, service, and efficiencies with optimal planning of inventory, sourcing, transportation, and fulfilment. A lot of blood, sweat and Excel is devoted to root cause analysis of operational failures. Stijn-Pieter van Houten, both Vice President, Industry Strategy, o9 Solutions.

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o9 Solutions

MAY 26, 2021

The need to respond to those changes while maintaining margins, service, and efficiencies with optimal planning of inventory, sourcing, transportation, and fulfilment. A lot of blood, sweat and Excel is devoted to root cause analysis of operational failures. Stijn-Pieter van Houten, both Vice President, Industry Strategy, o9 Solutions.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This can create excellent selling or promotional opportunities for eCommerce and multichannel sellers, who can advertise deals up to that threshold to allow consumers to take advantage of de minimis benefits. Under this threshold, items purchased overseas can come into the country without incurring any duty or customs charges.

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