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. From global to local and regional sourcing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

These passports document all aspects of the life cycle – from the sourcing of raw materials to final disposal or recycling. Information must be collected at each stage of a product’s life, including material sourcing, energy use, and environmental impact. What Components Comprise a Digital Product Passport?

Optimal Sourcing 310

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Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

From harvest to hands, the food & beverage (F&B) industry leaves no room for guesswork, especially without supply chain optimization software. The key to creating an effective market-driven demand plan is access to rich forecasts based on inputs from multiple sources.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

<Bear with me… > Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply chain planning software. They center on how to make a good decision in the purchase of supply chain planning solutions. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Source Wikipedia. This trend spawned chains like Trader Joes, Walmart, Whole Foods, etc. Consumers want to shop anywhere, and buy in the way that they want to buy. …there is not substitute for an accurate PI signal in supply chain excellence. Definition: Brass tacks are a type of pin or nail.

Forecasting 353

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Logility

AUGUST 12, 2021

Higher income, less waste, better quality, and improved food security are among the benefits of the farm-to-fork movement growing worldwide. After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed serious vulnerabilities, companies needed to take stock of their existing food systems. million gallons of milk daily. Preparing for Market-Driven Demand.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. Over the last decade the use of Terra Technology’s DS product improved short-term demand forecasts by 37% at 13 consumer products, and food and beverage companies.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Source: Descartes Datamyne. Theme 2: Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies. In 2023, consumers will be less forgiving and poised to buy from retailers whose delivery performance is commensurate with the rest of the shopping experience. Figure 1: U.S. Somewhat nailed it.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Are Our Agri-Food Supply Chains In Crisis? The result of this cocktail is an unfortunate reduction in global agri-food production, export, and rapidly increasing agri-food commodity prices. Are our agri-food supply chains in crisis? Do we need to relook at how we organise our agri-food supply chains?

Waste Reduction 130

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

It was a story where people believed that functional excellence leads to supply chain superiority. I strongly feel that a blind focus on functional excellence will cause the supply chain to become out of balance. Ten-year averages – food manufacturing companies. One that is going to eat you up! You got it! A Case Study.

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Unleashed

JULY 25, 2021

Over a third of the world’s food produce and products are wasted. Food waste accounts for eight percent of global greenhouse gases and has significant environmental and economic impacts. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization 1.3 billion tonnes of food – over $9 billion worth – goes to waste each year.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 6, 2020

I started to work at General Foods’ largest plant in Dover, DE, in the summer of 1982 at the age of 24. Ed argued that instead of buying new packaging equipment that we should work with R&D to have a base flavor and add the color and flavoring at the head of the machine. For me, this was a tough choice.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

I think one of the huge problems is that US-centric food companies (Kellogg, General Mills, Smucker’s, Conagra etc.) Older men buy less underwear than younger males and their packaging was not as attractive to the female shopper buying for the family. So the problem was how to change the demographic and sell more products.

Analytics Software 269

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Unleashed

AUGUST 3, 2021

The growth in pet ownership in 2020-2021 has seen unprecedented demand in the pet food sector – a true industry boom. Here we provide an overview of the latest pet food industry trends, and answer the question: how can pet food manufacturers respond to changes in consumer demands to take advantage of these new trends?

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s headline news includes AllBirds, Boeing, Canada Goose, Chemours, EMC, Hanes Brands, Fisker, Ford, Krispy Kreme, LKQ, Ryder, Tesla, Timken, Tyson Foods, Weight Watchers International, and WestRock. Buying strategies need to be defined, and the interface needs to be bi-directional. The issue is cross-industry.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2024

I would like for us to move past the conventional view of sourcing strategies and globalization to drive improvements to the supply chain in a variable world. The populist narrative of sourcing globalization is only part of the story. Goodman is, “Should the item ever been sourced or scheduled for production?”

Waste Reduction 195

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

trillion industry by 2024 , consisting of not only food, but also cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, modest fashion, media & creation, and Muslim friendly travel. In other words, halal requires an organisation of the supply chain instead of just the factory: from source all the way up to point of consumer purchase.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. I hate throwing food out but there was nothing to be done for it…all I can say is that I’m glad the carrots were in a bag….and I lost track of how many carrots we had and ended up buying more when we really didn’t need any. and it didn’t leak. Getting easier.

Supply Chain Planning Software 257

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Unleashed

AUGUST 11, 2020

This is particularly true in the food manufacturing industry, which characteristically has a high volume of products stored, and an urgent need to fill existing client orders to match ongoing consumer demand. Good food manufacturing software provides a means to track inventory in real-time, through every step of the supply chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Source: Sea-Intelligence Source: Sea-Intelligence The number of blank sailings are at the lowest we have seen since the pandemic started. Supply chain managers require visibility to track the necessary components from a purchase order for production or to fulfill a customer order.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2021

Despite the significant amount of effort involved in going from running a business on Excel spreadsheets to implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP), they are very grateful that their efforts to improve their supply chain agility were underway when the pandemic hit. The company has a sourcing team that vets the beans.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. Our journey for supply chain excellence has changed and evolved over time.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

That should be sobering news for any business not yet focused on supply chain excellence as a lever for business success. The same applies to certain products in your range, some of which will inevitably incur more costs than others in the process of manufacturing or buying, storage, and delivery to customers.

Inventory Reduction 74

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

It consolidated Cargill’s global animal feed production and strengthened its internal supply chain capacity for food production and processing. I split this off from global sourcing because we had plenty of buyers but not enough planning and logistics so service and documentation was failing. All three should be in balance.”.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 19, 2024

growers want to earn as much as possible from their labors and consumers want to keep food prices low). It takes real dedication to excel in the agriculture field (no pun intended). As the world population soars, there is an even greater demand for the food and fiber produced in the United States.”[3] employment.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. In this article, we will show you tips from worldwide experts that you can use to streamline your global supply chain operations.

Waste Reduction 274

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

I was an avid student of supply chain excellence; and in this role, I watched as best-of-breed solution after best-of-breed solution replaced with more complicated technology. Today, 32% of companies have source, make and deliver reporting to the same organization, and the gaps in alignment between operations and commercial teams are large.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 10, 2024

Logistical Efficiency in Sourcing, Distribution, and Delivery Local Sourcing: While offering potential environmental benefits, local sourcing introduces complexities like smaller vehicle sizes and less-than-full loads. Balancing consumer preferences for locally sourced products with logistical efficiency is crucial.

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KEPLER Consulting

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Over last decade, sourcing offices became a major piece within globalized footprint of western retailers. 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.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

It has most definitely impacted how people buy products of all types and in all industries. Consumers helped push the added sugar label creation several years ago as well as the push for the QR and barcodes that can instantly give a consumer information about the products they buy.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Logistics Excellence: Now & in the eFuture. getting buy-in from drivers and other stakeholders) and implementing appropriate metrics to measure and drive performance.). Will this include drone deliveries? DescartesEvolution keynote by Ed Ryan, complete with drone! pic.twitter.com/rDXqt2Q7rV. Descartes (@DescartesSG) March 28, 2017.

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crisp

MAY 21, 2025

Multinational food ingredient manufacturer Kerry , for example, demonstrates this power through its Trendspotter AI platform, which analyzes millions of data points from global media content to identify emerging food and beverage trends and develop products in as little as 2 months compared to traditional timelines of 6-9 months.

Inventory Reduction 40

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Source: Insider. It’s possible that in the meantime, consumers have gone elsewhere to make their purchases, and demand has diminished before you could capitalize on it. In fact, when a store is out-of-stock for an item they planned to buy, 21% of consumers will leave and buy the item from a competitor.

Inventory Reduction 156

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Process industry leaders–chemical, consumer packaged goods, food/beverage–have greater issues using data, with software usability, and building effective connections to align and build effective relationships with trading partners. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders).

Supply Chain Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Customers are buying less. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. The days of going to a brick and mortar store to buy product is only one of the ways that people want to buy. Success of New Business Models. Disintermediation. The difference?

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Synovos

AUGUST 9, 2023

RS Integrated Supply’s Costanza Campi to speak at World Procurement Excellence Summit WARRINGTON, UK / RADNOR, PA 8 AUGUST 2023 – Costanza Campi, Senior Vice President of Global Procurement for RS Integrated Supply, has been selected to present at the upcoming World Procurement Excellence Summit in Cologne, Germany.

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QAD

JANUARY 23, 2025

Like any engine, it cant run without fuel, and not just any type of energy source is going to cut it. For industries serving consumer packaged goods (CPG) or food and beverage, these conversations are likely already happening. Think of AI as a high-performance engine. It needs premium-grade fuel to operate at its highest potential.

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