GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

High-cost products include electronics, medications, and specialty equipment. For example, ISO standards mandate the proper disposal of electronics to prevent data theft. The best way to tackle this massive undertaking is with a robust and fully integrated TMS.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Decision support includes all forms of planning: demand, supply, revenue, manufacturing and transportation planning. Stalled progress on metrics: 90% of companies find themselves stuck on key supply chain metrics (cost, inventory, growth, ROIC). There is a lot of noise in this market. We don’t have the answers.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2021

That’s the overview of white glove services evolution and it’s another piece of the transportation terminology puzzle. It’s important to know how white glove services and transportation management go together. They must go beyond the standard delivery in transportation management, and consumers are pushing this trend forward.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In this case, the context was an annual bid and quote negotiation they had to do with electronic manufacturers who wanted to ship products from the factories in Asia to the US. We happened to use the example of a high end consumer electronics manufacturer, but in truth, any one of the manufacturers operated the same way.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

This week, at Supply Chain Insights LLC, we published our 11th report in the series titled Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. ” Through this series of reports, we now can see that consumer electronics has pulled ahead of the pack. When companies look at singular metrics (labor costs or inventory), they have moved backwards.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Change internal metrics to a balanced scorecard and force the functions to work better together. Labor turnover, supply reliability, and transportation variation are here to stay. Like old-fashioned mail, Electronic Data Interchange is expensive and is delivered party-to-party. What to do? Focus Outside-In. What to do?

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The Institute for Supply Management conducted a special survey that asked members to assess how Harvey might impact six key business metrics and whether they may be impacted by shortages of input materials due to Harvey. "Our Broadly speaking, the six metrics organized by severity of impact into three groups. Most Impacted Metrics.

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3rdwave

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In today’s turbulent trading environment, strong global transportation management capabilities deliver exceptional benefits and value. Massive shifts in supply chains are underway because of trade turmoil increasing the complexity in global supply chain management and related transportation management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2013

The chemical and consumer electronics industries have made the most progress. The only industry that has made progress in inventory management is consumer electronics. Today, I spoke at the Chief Supply Chain Officer conference in Chicago at the Eye for Transport event on the results of the research. Balance Remains an Issue.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The biggest challenge is that simply offering metrics, even those that appear to be the “right” metrics, usually doesn’t produce any results. The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use? What metrics do others (in my industry) use? Where do I begin?

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TrackVia

MARCH 25, 2024

In the logistics sector, mobile solutions streamline the entire supply chain, from warehouse management to transportation and delivery. By capturing data in real-time and providing visibility into key metrics and performance indicators, these solutions can help businesses identify areas for optimization and make data-driven decisions.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 1, 2022

What You Need to Know About Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs)! Transportation of products for deliveries and staff for meetings is smoother with fleets. A functional digital tachograph can measure significant metrics like speed, driving time, and driver’s activity. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 2, 2024

Automation with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in the warehouse allows you to transport surplus or slower-selling inventory to storage areas in less busy sections of your warehouse, freeing up prime picking locations for products with higher turnover.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2017

When it comes to the logistics industry, whether it's transportation management contracts or warehouse contracts, there are a million moving parts, and as many questions. Customer metrics. Use the Warehouse/3PL Transportation Management System (TMS) to optimize lanes and routes to save 15% + cost Reduction. Well, not entirely.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 2, 2024

Automation with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in the warehouse allows you to transport surplus or slower-selling inventory to storage areas in less busy sections of your warehouse, freeing up prime picking locations for products with higher turnover.

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synchrono

APRIL 2, 2018

Transportation – Unnecessary movement of material through the facility/supply chain. Electronic kanban (eKanban) are an easy way to tackle every one of these categories of waste. Each of these types of waste has at least one metric associated with it. Remember, you don’t need to measure every one of these metrics.

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ThroughPut

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Since many distribution centres still have not implemented electronically transmitted advanced shipping notifications (ASN), relying on a traditional regular shipping & receiving the schedule can result in inefficiency throughout the distribution centre. Advance shipping notification. Manage critical KPIs.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 16, 2015

As a third-party logistics company focused on over the road transportation management, and having an LTL rating engine and web-based TMS for nearly 20 years (web-based even before Google!), at Cerasis, we know a thing or two about the nuances of LTL procurement. Supply well-written, universally adopted corporate routing guides.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

I define digital as the rethinking the atoms and electrons of the supply chain. There are many forms of decision support—price optimization, revenue management, transportation planning, spend management, network design. An orbit chart is a plotting of data at the intersection of two metrics. What Is A Digital Transformation?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

When it comes to electronic ordering, real-time order visibility, and the use of mobile apps and technology, Domino’s Pizza is much further up the supply chain maturity curve (see video demonstrating Domino’s Tracker app ). But that’s where the similarities end.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

transportation assets) to the equation. Consumer Convenience” will become a new supply chain metric (more on that idea in a future post). We’re not trying to wash our hands of this issue,” said John Taylor, a spokesman for LG Electronics, “but it’s frankly far afield” and “really very disconnected from LG Electronics.”.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Most definitions of disintermediation characterize it as the elimination of intermediaries, or “ cutting out the middleman “ Further consider that the “Wastes” associated with Lean thinking and principles include transportation, inventory, over production and motion amongst others. Why is this relevant?

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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. This includes SCOR, APICs, Gartner Top 25 Supply Chains, Gartner Hierachy of Metrics, etc. It feels a bit like tulip mania.

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Turvo

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Another study by the EPA, titled Fast Facts on Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions , noted that “according to the Inventory of U.S. prepares annually under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), transportation accounted for the most significant portion (28%) of total U.S. Unify data streams.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 14, 2013

To understand supply chain excellence, Abby and I have been studying pattern recognition for industry peer groups at the intersection of the metrics in the Supply Chain Effective Frontier of growth, profitability, cycles and complexity. The Gartner Top 25 methodology, by definition, is biased to reward the high-tech and electronics industry.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

It’s the reason why On Time In Full (OTIF) is a critical supply chain metric today. pharmaceuticals, electronics), and to prevent counterfeiting. “In Like many other leading logistics service providers, Transplace invests significantly in technology, including its own software-as-a-service transportation management system (TMS).

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2015

Transportation capacity problems have been a volatile issue over the past twenty years or so. The new regulations include implementation of electronic logging instruments, speed-limiting and other equipment, more stringent alcohol and drug testing for drivers, and other increases in CSA restrictions.

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Taulia

OCTOBER 20, 2021

While every company will have different priorities, a number of metrics can be used to measure supply chain efficiency. Commonly used metrics include the following: Inventory turnover – the number of times a company’s inventory cycles on an annual basis. Calculated as cost of goods sold/average inventory.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2018

With electronic logging device (ELD) and hours of service (HOS) mandates reducing the number of hours drivers can be behind the wheel, according to study findings, top performing fleet operators are motivated to derive the most value out of available drivers, improve fleet productivity and manage the capacity crunch effectively.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 28, 2019

They explain, “If a company scores an impressive 99 percent in all four categories measured by the standard Perfect Order Metric (POM) — complete, on time, damage-free, proper documentation with correct invoicing — the result would be a POM score of just 96 percent. Capture transportation, distribution, and service costs.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 16, 2017

However, the term, white glove service, and transportation management sounds a bit odd in an industry dedicated to getting packages to consumers at the cheapest costs possible. As a result, white glove services and transportation management are starting to become a major trend, and shippers need to know why.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 4, 2023

For instance, through the implementation of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), a business can reduce its needed cycle stock by $5 million. But times are changing, the use of reduce inventory offers more quality and useful performance metrics. The ensuing lower expense from reducing inventory will deliver more profit.

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Supply Chain Insights

APRIL 9, 2013

To understand supply chain excellence, we have been studying pattern recognition for industry peer groups at the intersection of the metrics in the Supply Chain Effective Frontier of growth, profitability, cycles and complexity. The Gartner Top 25 methodology is biased to reward the high tech and electronics industry.

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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. As companies outsourced—greater dependency on third parties for manufacturing and transportation—and asset utilization grew from 10% to 35% ROIC the management of the supply chain became more complex.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Content Summary: Personal Mover Transports Employees around BMW Plant. To eliminate some of this traveling BMW’s R&D group developed a Personal Mover solution—a one-person means of transport for covering short distances within an operating site. Moving around a large factory can be exhausting.

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Turvo

MAY 4, 2021

For many managers at any carrier or trucking company today, profit margins are their most important metric. Electronic logging devices (ELD). Logistics directors and transporters need to accept and utilize new technology and innovations. Bluetooth-connected devices. Integration into telematics platforms. GPS and RFID sensors.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2016

For suppliers and mid- to large-sized companies, supply chain visibility serves as the foundation for strategic decisions and tactical improvements across the entire transportation network. Today, companies have varied interpretations of “visibility,” largely due to evolving business demands and globalization trends.

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