Talking Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2018

Let me tell you how international e-commerce is changing one buying pattern and why it will reshape global logistics operations and government import regulations. In this case, it was not in bulk but individual purchases. French customers were buying directly from Chinese merchants. At a low level, the answer is no one would.

Global 128

Global Sweden Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Logistics Network Optimization Software 128

NC State SCRC

MAY 1, 2020

An article written by my former PhD student, Rejaul Hasan, and I just came out this week in Contracting Excellence , the journal published by IACCM, which documents the catastrophe that is unfolding in Bangladesh, one of the world’s major exporters of garments for the apparel sector. The payment term was shifted with no prior notice.

Bangladesh 59

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 17, 2014

14th annual Cool Chain & Controlled Room Temperature Logistics Europe. Multimodal Europe. eWorld Purchasing & Supply. Supplier Management Excellence. Fleming Europe. Food Manufacturing & Safety Summit. Europe Trade & Finance Week. TOC Container Supply Chain: Europe. SCL Europe.

Gartner 107

Gartner Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Optimization 107

Bristlecone

MAY 31, 2020

SAP ARIBA: Bristlecone Industry-Specific Tactical Sourcing (BITS) – Introduces industry best practices into tactical sourcing, accelerates SAP Ariba Guided Buying deployment and adoption, and enhances user experience. Supply chain assessment for global food and beverage giant. AMS and divestiture support for a Swiss technology company.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 15, 2013

In Europe, meanwhile, IMD in Lausanne joined forces with the likes of Philips, Shell, Lego, Nestlé, Grundfoss, AP Maersk and Ceva Logistics in 2011 to set up the Value Chain 2020 project. Five years is too close, 20 years is too far off,” claims Arjan van Weele, professor of purchasing & supply management at the TU Eindhoven.

Supply Chain Planning Software 92

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Provenance

JULY 31, 2020

We’re working towards a society where buying something doesn’t make you a consumer, it makes you a citizen. Our clients are purpose driven businesses across food, drink, fashion and beauty. Have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Where commerce is a force for positive impact on people and planet.

Buyer Training 91

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Supply Chain Movement

JANUARY 6, 2016

14th annual Cool Chain & Controlled Room Temperature Logistics Europe. Multimodal Europe. eWorld Purchasing & Supply. ARC Industry Forum Europe 2016. 17th annual Clinical Trial Supply Europe. 2nd Annual Global Process Improvement & Operational Excellence Summit. ISC Europe 2016.

Pharmaceutical 60

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Procurement Gartner Optimal Sourcing 60

Provenance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

This role is well suited to someone who understands the food and beverage market (experience in the luxury goods market is a plus) across the supply chain, with account management experience and a passion for positive social and environmental impact. A handful of us work remotely from within the UK, and from other cities in Europe.

Negotiating Skills 61

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

Companies with advanced supply chain practices excel in delivering quality third-party logistics management, SKU optimization, efficient transport management, and swift handling of B2B/B2C shipments. allowing them to shift their focus towards core activities like market share and product management.

Supply Chain Planning Software 89

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AFFLINK

MARCH 6, 2017

Excellent procurement is part of the reason that McDonald's has been able to grow from a small family barbecue restaurant into a global conglomerate with more than 35,000 restaurants in over 110 different countries. McDonald’s won customers, especially in Europe, when it demonstrated that it knew its supply chain in and out.

Optimal Sourcing 48

Optimal Sourcing Procurement Purchasing Skills Forecasting 48

Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

For the first time in history, shelves of stores across the globe that sell food, beverage and other fast-moving consumer goods (including toilet paper, hand sanitizer and cleaning products) are nearly empty. Looking back a few months, no one could have predicted the current state of the global supply chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

For example, if the supplier has several big name cosmetic industry customers (90% of their business) and you are buying specialty automotive chemicals from them (less than 5% of their business), the supplier will be influenced in the direction of the cosmetic customers and they will get the attention, products and services before you.

Waste Reduction 274

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Provenance

JANUARY 20, 2019

At Provenance, we envision a future where every great product comes with accessible, verifiable information about the people, places and materials behind its creation, helping us all make positive choices about the things we buy. Excellent interpersonal and strong influencing skills. More on our mission here.

Negotiating Skills 40

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Provenance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

At Provenance, we envision a future where every great product comes with accessible, verifiable information about the people, places and materials behind its creation, helping us all make positive choices about the things we buy. A handful of us work remotely from within the UK, and from other cities in Europe. Our Culture.

Negotiating Skills 40

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SCMDOJO

JULY 26, 2023

As the evidence against Roman grows, he takes hostages to buy time while he investigates. The strength of excellent communication in high-stakes situations is demonstrated by Roman’s strong negotiating style and his capacity to establish relationships with both the hostages and his rival, Sabian.

Negotiating Skills 91

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It is not necessary to buy them from a universal database (such as UPC) particularly if you are just starting out and testing the waters. While handheld scanner technology can vary widely, an adequate laser scanner can usually be purchased for less than $100.

Inventory Management Software 96

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

In these times of global turmoil, there are five (5) important megatrends shaping supply chain innovations in the coming years, namely in e-fulfillment, sourcing, food and agriculture, labour intensive operations, and halal supply chain management. Marco Tieman – CEO, LBB International.

Innovation 244

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

All of my grandparents emigrated from Europe in the 1900s before starting their families here. Our team was recognized for our unique configure-to-order process for our microprocessors as a finalist in the Supply Chain Council’s Operational Excellence award in 2011. I was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island.

Gartner 74

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

Disheartening and sad… For Europe, it is the impact of surging refugees and the rapid rise of energy costs. Food instability in Africa could be an outcome because Russia and Ukraine supply 29% of worldwide wheat exports and 17% of corn with significant exports to the middle east and Africa. Now we layer on the impact of war.

Modeling 280

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KEPLER Consulting

OCTOBER 18, 2017

After a first era of development and opportunity catch up particularly positive and characterized by consistent purchasing gains , most of these Sourcing Offices are now searching for their second breath. Strategic actions like Purchasing Strategy definition or Negotiation preparation are not correctly documented.

Purchasing Skills 60

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

This issue is that the orders have inherent order latency (The time for customer purchases to translate to manufacturing orders). There is a belief that the efficient response—the tightly integrated lean supply chain—defines supply chain excellence. Orders do not represent market demand. If this is you, don’t accept the status quo.

Supply and Demand 150

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 23, 2016

For any fresh-food retail or supply business professional, the following seven insights into fresh supply chains around the world offer some ideas and innovations to consider , the adoption of which can open doors to meaningful cool-chain performance improvement. Tesco for example, buys lettuce from Spain for its store in the United Kingdom.

Waste Reduction 40

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Supply Chain Trend

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Since then Sean has been involved in a large number of complicated, innovative but exciting projects in Australia, America, Africa and Europe for industry sectors such as FMCG, Food and Beverage, Software, Healthcare, Pharma, Defence and Heavy Manufacturing – helping to improve some very diverse Value Chains!

S&OP 60

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Paul is a highly experienced supply chain leader, with a 20-year background in supply chain management including the delivery of more than 60 consulting projects in the retail, defense, automotive, food, utilities and mining sectors. Inventory provides an excellent example of a cost indicator that should be measured and continuously improved.

Cost Reduction Strategies 56

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AIMMS

JULY 9, 2015

Volatile demand is by far the biggest challenge faced by companies not only in Europe, but globally. Volatility impacts every aspect of a business, from purchasing to production to logistics. C ommercial departments often have trouble assessing what clients will buy, their forecast accuracy is simply not up to par.

Supply Chain Planning Software 120

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

by Trevor Miles I have been in the advanced planning and scheduling (APS) space since 1995 when I joined i2 Technologies in Europe. I was on a call last week with a large company in the food and beverage space that has spent $100s of millions, and many years, on an ERP deployment. However, excellence in corporate planning matters.

Supply Chain Planning Software 261

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SCMDOJO

MAY 18, 2023

They have revolutionized numerous sectors, ranging from travel and food to childcare. He is a global speaker , vlogger and supply chain industry expert with 17 years of experience in the Manufacturing Industry in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia in various Supply Chain leadership roles.

Supply Chain Design Software 100

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ShipBob

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Pablo Gabatto, Business Operations Manager at Ample Foods To get started, here are simple steps on how to connect Shopify to ShipBob. Before ShipBob we would do it with an Excel table, which was a lot to manage.” It’s been very simple for us to manage subscription orders, which have become a big part of our business.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 98

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Think about it for a moment: Major companies spend a lot of money buying cans, logistics, marketing services, whatever, spending billion of dollars. You name it: eggs and milk, chemicals, freight in Eastern Europe, craft labor in Canada, you name it! Food in colleges is horrible in India.

Modeling Software 45

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

There are currently mines in Europe, Australia, Africa and North America at the feasibility study stage (the final stage of pre-production, that determines whether to develop a mine), with some –– such as the Nolans Bore mine in Australia –– set to be operational within the next three years.

Modeling Software 56

Modeling Software Supply Chain Design Software Demand Planning Software Supply Chain Network Software 56

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 25, 2016

VMI can be applied to many material categories, including pharmaceutical supplies, consumables, food, medical devices and pathology supplies. On the other hand, a number of the larger US healthcare providers have opted to buy or lease their own distribution centres and run their own truck fleets. Cutting the Cloth With RFID in Europe.

Inventory Reduction 40

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As the industry has grown, it moved over to Japan, Italy, Canada, and other flowed from there to Mexico, Europe, Portugal, Turkey, than Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Indonesia – and eventually settled in China and in Bangladesh. There we’d have a party and showcase our products with food and drink and music.

Pakistan 98

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

Every single business should be able to democratize an excellent delivery experience and provide it to their customers. Let’s get food ready. You can automate them, you can build excellence, and you can continue innovating every month or every quarter. Then we started with Europe and US. I want to go to school.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 130

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