Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2022

Experts from North Carolina State University and GEP conducted a survey on supply chain, procurement and IT leaders to determine their challenges and priorities, focusing on examining gaps in the supply chain. Such a gap is problematic, as it could lead to higher costs, longer cycle times and less resilience.

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Precoro

OCTOBER 6, 2022

With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. From whom are we buying?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“The idea of the value chain is based on the process view of organizations, the idea of seeing a manufacturing (or service) organisation as a system, made up of subsystems each with inputs, transformation processes and outputs. ” Institute for Manufacturing, 2013. __. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

However, what is clear from our recent study of 73 manufacturers using supply chain planning is that companies using best-of-breed solutions implement faster, achieve a quicker Return-on-Investment (ROI), and are more satisfied. The predominate ERP SCP solution for the respondent in the survey is SAP APO. Was it intentional?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

This team is not buying the message. The team was organized around the functional silos of source, make and deliver. So much so, that three years ago, I founded a research company to focus on understanding supply chain excellence. For a couple of hours I looked around the room and saw glazed eyes. “I study supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 23, 2023

The order latency is the time from purchase by the end consumer to the visibility of the order. For example, when a product at retail is purchased, the shelf is replenished from backroom stock. I worked with an allergen manufacturer that had a seasonal product with order latency of 182 days.

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QAD

JANUARY 23, 2025

This is the year that AI stops being just a buzzword and begins to evolve into an operational imperative for manufacturers, retail and supply chain companies. Like any engine, it cant run without fuel, and not just any type of energy source is going to cut it. Think of AI as a high-performance engine.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 18, 2022

At the end of a long day of a strategy session on supply chain excellence with a client, I needed to fill up some time in an agenda. This large food manufacturer used a popular technology to forecast monthly using orders as an input. They had never been in the same room to discuss demand holistically from sales teams to procurement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

The company sources goods from 34,000 suppliers out of 30 nations. Driving an excellent supply chain depends on how people are recruited and managed, processes, and the technology used. Their associate engagement survey allows Ferguson to understand the driver’s impacting engagement across their 31,000 employees.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It’s no secret that manufacturing companies around the world are rethinking their supply chain strategies. One of the ripple effects of the pandemic was that domestic sourcing, where possible, grew as companies could no longer import products for their production line. Australian reshoring strategies for advanced manufacturing .

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In parallel, PE/venture capitalists purchased/consolidated network solutions, slashing R&D and delaying investment, reducing industry capabilities. If you, like most, are running your supply chain based on ERP and Excel spreadsheet data, you are not prepared. Procurement was operating in isolation from supply chain.

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IQMS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Bottom Line: The top 10 manufacturing trends reflect how manufacturers are planning to achieve their goals of revenue growth, operational improvements, digital transformation, and launching new products and services in 2019. A copy of the survey results are downloadable here (PDF, free, opt-in).

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Each year, when we complete our annual talent survey, we note greater and greater dissatisfaction within the role of supply chain planners. In Figure 1, note the lowest satisfaction is Generation X (birth years of 1965-1980) in manufacturing organizations. In my share groups, large manufacturing clients have a Q1 freeze on travel.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Source Wikipedia. Consumers became more loyal to retail brands, and retailers increased the number of products manufactured and marketed as house brands. 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.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 3, 2021

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 had seen five years of consistent growth. manufactured?pet tended to buy their?pet pet owners survey ,?35%

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

That is the role of marketing or sales or procurement. Yes, I believe that supply chain overlays on top of the sales and marketing organizations and the procurement function. We have let buy- and sell-side transactional relationships erode value. It will also impact the factory with a redesign for digital manufacturing.

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Precoro

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Within this setup, an ERP procurement module helps companies make purchases and manage suppliers. Numbers speak louder: According to Procurement Tactics’ top procurement trends in 2025 , 83% of CPOs prioritize digitization.   Keep reading to learn: What Is ERP in Procurement?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Orchestration enables companies to effectively manage trade-offs between source, make, deliver and sell.) The process mistakes include: Mistake #1. Mistake #3. My challenge?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Each survey that I do comes back with data as a major challenge. In 2015, I worked with a manufacturer of men’s underwear. (My Older men buy less underwear than younger males and their packaging was not as attractive to the female shopper buying for the family. The manufacturer had an infestation problem.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2012

” CFO of a major manufacturer. As a result, I invested in building qualitative survey capabilities and built a database of twenty years of supply chain ratio data (for more on this capability reference the research report, The Effective Frontier and check out our community ). I am a skeptic. I want to believe. I really do.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. XPO Logistics launched a Ship Net-Zero program, giving shippers the option to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from shipments. Walmart+ costs $98 per year, or $12.95

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

On Wednesday morning, when I finished speaking at the Foundation for Strategic Sourcing in Fort Lauderdale, an executive from J&J pulled me aside and said, “Our strengths, are now our vulnerabilities.” Correlations between Quantitative Survey Data and Balance Sheet Analysis. Many feel overwhelmed. How do we compete?”

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79% of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. Supply Chain Strategy In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. The Top 7 Supply Chain Points to Address for Business Success 1.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I would also like to encourage supply chain professionals in the healthcare value chain to share their opinions by filling out our survey on the current state of the healthcare value chain. They each lag in their understanding of supply chain excellence, and are now struggling to build effective supply chain teams. Healthcare.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Why Procurement Transformation Can Fail! The duties of procurement managers are diverse, ranging from creating solicitations to collaborating with vendors. The importance of digital procurement is increasing rapidly. Along with cost savings, procurement managers are focusing on optimizing and automating processes.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Manufacturing SMBs article and permission to publish here provided by Alina Akk. Raw material inventory management represents a vital stage in the successful supervision of any manufacturing company’s supply chain. You can’t manufacture shiny new goods without raw materials, after all. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 30, 2025

Many of the managers I speak with are buying into the application of artificial intelligence in the workplace, but often struggle to identify specific processes that are best suited for AI.I This is an assessment of whether our organization has the capabilities to adopt AI. Should We ?

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 20, 2014

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. I lost track of how many carrots we had and ended up buying more when we really didn’t need any.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 17, 2022

Stephen Cleminson ( @stephenathale ), Alliances Director at Ivalua, reports that a survey conducted by his company in the United Kingdom found, “87% of UK businesses see ‘greener’, sustainable supply chains, as a competitive advantage.”[4] ”[7]. . ” Second, look for short-term wins. The post St.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. As a strategic process, transportation procurement may still seem very tedious and challenging.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. Check out What Exactly Is Procurement? And What is Purchasing? As we’ve chronicled on the Argentus Blog, it’s no secret that the world of Procurement is changing and fast. Procurement, you’ve come a long way, baby!

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. In one article , Mr. Sorenson points out that IBP works better for small manufacturers than large ones. A one number plan, Mr. Herrin told me, “is like an Excel spreadsheet.

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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. N suppliers have manufacturing sites in a X mile radius of the epicenter. N single sourced parts with revenue impact $X-$YM each are manufactured at this facility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. How do they buy from you? How do they buy from you?” ” Currently working on a series of surveys to help clients answer these two questions, I struggle with the current state. In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value.

Inventory Reduction 150

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a collaborative blog post series about mobility in manufacturing & logistics along with Catavolt, who helps manufacturing organizations drive operational excellence with mobile apps. What is “The Internet of Things” Impact on Manufacturing & Logistics?

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Precoro

JUNE 6, 2022

Suppliers can provide raw materials for manufacturing products or act as an intermediary between the manufacturer and the buying company. In this case, the supplier receives a commission from both the customer and the manufacturer. Let's imagine a company A, that manufactures a finished product – sneakers.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And — in what could be boon or bane for manufacturers and retailers — today’s consumers are quite willing to abandon their once-preferred brands in favor of new ones that offer value or novelty.”[1] One retail sector that witnessed a dramatic rise in online purchases during the pandemic was the grocery sector.

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