QAD

MARCH 14, 2024

Welcome to the latest episode wrap-up of the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast, where Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit and I unravel the complexities and unveil the insights driving innovation in the automotive supply chain. A big thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way!

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Procurement Academy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Advance Procurement Excellence with Expert Negotiation Strategies With procurement excellence comes multidimensional skills. By identifying cost-saving opportunities like bulk purchase discounts, they can significantly impact both an organization’s profitability and market competitiveness.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Inventory management is a crucial aspect of supply chain management, and effective strategies can help businesses reduce costs, improve customer service, and increase profits. When evaluating your customers’ needs, thinking about how to design your company’s service to meet them is natural.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

In this Part 2 blog post, we will continue to explore how automotive manufacturers are carrying out effective supply chain initiatives and their innovative solutions. Salim: Our automotive customers are increasingly looking at how to counter inflation but at the same time how to enable supply chain resiliency.

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Vanguard Software

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are still felt around the globe, wreaking havoc with years of hard work put into supply chain planning systems, processes, and workflows. So, too must we re-evaluate what it means to have a lean supply chain. How do companies plan for this? Download eBook.

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EazyStock

MARCH 22, 2022

It’s been over two years since the far-reaching effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on global supply chains started to take the world by surprise. Customer behavior continues to be erratic as buying habits reflect current events and news stories rather than actual needs. It’s vital to maintain excellent supplier relationships.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 26, 2020

It appears that 2020 will be known as the year of supply chain disruption. Many of the best supply chain practices that helped your operation succeed during pandemic conditions can also apply to seasonal disruptions like hurricanes. Preparing Your Supply Chain for Hurricane Season 2020.

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Vanguard Software

JUNE 8, 2021

Consumers have come to expect companies to provide a wider variety of products, readily available for purchase and at the best price. While supply chains have experienced significant disruption over the past 15 months, consumer expectations have not changed. Having high visibility in the supply chain is crucial.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It encompasses the processes involved in purchasing, tracking, consuming, and relocating raw materials. Inventory planning Planning inventory is a common challenge for manufacturers due to factors such as demand variability, product lead times, and supply chain disruptions.

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HICX Solutions

JANUARY 13, 2023

Canda gained her Procurement knowledge and expertise as a former CPO of several global organizations, before founding her own consulting company, Collabra Consulting , which is focused on procurement transformation , sourcing excellence, and cost improvement. Procurement challenges and how to approach digital transformation.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 27, 2023

These risks may include supply chain disruptions and quality issues. It could be: Volume and Scale: You are on a considerable leverage if you are buying in bulk. Automation: These are the tools to take care of the monotonous or regular negotiation tasks. These insights are more efficient and resourceful.

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EazyStock

MARCH 3, 2022

In the early 1980s, just in time supply chain management emerged as a way for businesses to reduce stock levels and only hold items that were needed to fulfill known orders. In recent years, and particularly since the coronavirus pandemic, just-in-case (JIC) supply chain management has become more popular.

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Resilinc

MARCH 22, 2023

This blog will define operational resilience, the steps you should take to achieve it throughout your supply chain, and the benefits of pursuing it. How to Think About Operational Resilience Think of operational resilience holistically. What is Operational Resilience? Who Should Lead the Journey?

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Precoro

MAY 27, 2021

It can either make you a company's superhero or add extra headaches and purchasing risks because poor supplier management leads to the following problems: Missed saving opportunities and not enough leverage in negotiating with new suppliers. Source: Supply Chain Quarterly 8. Implement a system for Supplier Management.

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USC Consulting Group

JUNE 8, 2020

However, as many companies are discovering, processes that seemed to be working could have used some fine-tuning after all, given the difficulties they’ve since experienced in the midst of economic shutdowns and supply chain disruptions. Panic buying lays bare inefficiencies.

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ThroughPut

MAY 1, 2023

or the planners who are managing super-complex supply chains that include everything from your tiered suppliers, inventory to logistics and sales, the pressure has literally gone through the roof. Yes, we live in an era where demand drives supply. If not, how to gain more visibility? If not, how do we drive more agility?

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 10, 2022

Several factors contribute to customer loyalty, but providing excellent customer service—and a top-notch experience–is one of the most important in driving retention. 6 Examples of Excellent Customer Experiences. How does a great in-store customer experience boost loyalty? assortment planning software ?.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 33rd Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. percent of U.S. Noted was that U.S.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It’s time to Marie Kondo your supply chain by eliminating excess inventory and learning how to avoid it in the first place. How to Identify Surplus Inventory. How to Clear Out Excess Inventory. So how did it come to this? Shipment Delays and Supply Chain Disruptions.

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Arena Solutions

MAY 5, 2022

How to Thrive Amidst Constant Disruptions. Full transcript below: Jill Jusko Good afternoon and welcome to today’s IndustryWeek webcast, How to Thrive Amidst Constant Disruptions, sponsored by Arena, a PTC business. And before we begin, I’d like to explain how you can participate in today’s presentation.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 28, 2022

While many prefer to do things the old fashion way, modern supply chain management teams have found that machine learning tools are the perfect upgrade to their toolbox. While artificial intelligence progress will likely impact this value growth, much will occur from the widespread adoption of machine learning tools in shipping.

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RFgen

JUNE 8, 2023

Key Takeaways: Inventory management software with built-in automation has been found to increase accuracy and profits. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for inventory management software—it’s about the best product for your business objectives and industry. accuracy and more. billion by 2029. billion by 2029.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented global supply chain disruptions, impacting the flow of parts and finished goods around the world. The disruption caused by COVID-19 is unique in that it impacted supply chains across all industries.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Technology can have a significant impact on supply chains, but supply chain digitization still lags behind digitization of other areas of business across many industries. Still, there are several technologies that are transforming supply chains for the organizations that adopt them.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Now, you have to figure out how to physically distribute your products to customers. Essentially, a distribution partner works with a merchant to physically get the merchant’s products in front of customers, into a marketplace, or into the hands of customers who purchased the products. You need better supply chain logistics.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2024

Discover Ways to Boost Supply Chain Visibility through Digital Marketing Supply chain visibility is essential for providing a superior customer experience and sustaining customer loyalty over time. Customers face significant frustrations that erode brand trust and sales without supply chain visibility.

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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. Supply chain disruption results in long lead times. Stock outs and efficiency.

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

While it’s not the most glamorous aspect of running an ecommerce business (nor how you thought you’d be spending your time once you opened), logistics planning is absolutely essential to your business’s success. Reduce supply chain costs. If you outsource logistics, the right 3PL will also drive savings for your supply chain.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Inventory replenishment is the process of purchasing the goods, components, and raw materials needed to build and sell products. Inventory replenishment involves negotiating bulk-buying discounts and considering seasonal changes to cost. Bulk buying can also provide leverage for discounted delivery costs.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In general, manufacturing operations collect data (often manually), but the challenge is that many may not have a clear idea of how to use it to impact the supply chain or cannot easily access it because it is locked in legacy systems. With the right combination of technology and creative thinking, this is a realistic goal.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 5, 2017

In countless surveys over the past decade, manufacturers and retailers rank “improving supply chain visibility” as one of their top priorities. Yet, despite their focus on this effort and advancements in technology, achieving timely, accurate, and complete supply chain visibility remains an elusive goal for many companies.

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Supply Chain Management and Analytics

MARCH 29, 2020

We believe that the CPG commercial world is already taking several actions to adapt to the supply chain disruptions of the pandemic. We also want to know your suggestions on how we might help. 5) We should all value automation more! 5) We should all value automation more!

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Supply Chain Management and Analytics

MARCH 29, 2020

We believe that the CPG commercial world is already taking several actions to adapt to the supply chain disruptions of the pandemic. We also want to know your suggestions on how we might help. 5) We should all value automation more! 5) We should all value automation more!

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 27, 2021

Now that we can view the incident in hindsight, I wanted to share three risk management lessons you can take away from this to create a healthier supply chain. . The entire supply chain can be impacted by one accident. Adding a week to the delivery timeframe for perishables can kill the entire supply chain.

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AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Successful supply chain management requires a company to recover from disruptions, which are a normal part of any business. The cost of recovery from a disruption in procurement management depends on factors such as supply source, volume, manufacturing location and inventory. Quantifying by Spend.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Michael has over 30 years of experience bringing medical devices, clean technology, consumer electronics, and industrial products to market. Angenette has more than 24 years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, Lean Six Sigma, and supply chain. Our second panelist is Michael Keer.

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QAD

APRIL 15, 2021

As a father it is imperative to help them understand how to efficiently navigate life. They need to learn how to apply prior knowledge to new situations where we will not be available. Monitoring Performance – Measuring supplier performance can be very costly, so an automated and risk-based approach can reduce these costs.

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