The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel. Brand loyalty is no longer the driver for consumer purchasing decisions.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 16, 2018

There is no doubt, that the retail landscape is increasingly looking like an online one as traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, such as Toys R Us, Foot Locker, and Best Buy mobile shutter hundreds of stores unable to keep up with the changing customer that wants fast, free delivery all with just a click of a button. trillion, a 3.8

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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. The IBP Process Over Promises and Under Delivers Research by McKinsey concludes that all too often IBP is an ineffective process. “In These plants, in turn, produce roughly 2000 products.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Source E2open Shipping Index). As an analyst, I conduct primary research. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Lucas had a team that dictated sourcing based on excel spreadsheet analysis to reduce cost and improve tax efficiency. Less Collaborative.

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Turvo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

On the surface, the Amazon Effect is the new standard of excellence that all customers have come to expect following the break-neck speed and low-cost, if not free, shipping associated with Amazon purchases. Shipping Demands Pushed by Amazon Are Becoming the Norm for the Consumer Market.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Source E2open Shipping Index). As an analyst, I conduct primary research. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Lucas had a team that dictated sourcing based on excel spreadsheet analysis to reduce cost and improve tax efficiency. Less Collaborative.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Global parcel logistics and transportation carrier FedEx reported fiscal Q2 quarterly financial performance this week with the implications continuing to resound across traditional and online E-commerce business circles. At the same time, we continue to focus on delivering excellent service for our customers.”. percent to 7.9

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Why do transportation budgets fail? It’s a thorny topic, even for transportation professionals trying to trace an increase back to its source. Imagine what it’s like for senior executives who have no background in transportation as they try to understand it. This gift, due to its size and weight, was costly to ship.

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MIT Supply Chain

JULY 24, 2014

By tailoring transportation methods and distribution center processes to match the delivery speed required of each product, companies can reduce the cost of transportation, prevent excess inventory, and eliminate lost sales. The work was supervised by MIT CTL Research Director Dr. Edgar Blanco. Lack of visibility.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 22, 2017

Carriers hate this because eCommerce volumes are straining their capacity and having to ship air in containers wastes space and cost them money. Dim weight rating calculates shipping costs by multiplying the length, width, and height of a package, and then divides that result by a special number, called a “dim weight divisor” or “dim factor”.

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Locus Robotics

MARCH 9, 2023

By Geoff Whiting, Senior Writer, Red Stag Fulfillment Applying automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to supply chain management is an excellent way for manufacturers to increase the accuracy, speed, and efficiency of operations. RPA is an excellent tool for automating laborious processes currently executed manually.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 3, 2021

This increase in pet ownership—along with panic buying—has created a huge surge in demand for pet food. tended to buy their?pet purchase in bulk, hoarding quantities?of international shipping?problems, problems, such as fewer operating ships, lower container availability and higher prices.??Shortages companions?as

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

She brings a deep understanding of business operations, with experience spanning supply chain transformation, merchandise planning and buying. Commenting on the appointment of Gretchen McCarthy, Cornell additionally indicated: “ Gretchen will be an excellent addition to our leadership team. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Ecommerce consumers want fast, accurate deliveries and a transparent purchasing process. It includes tasks such as managing inventory, packing and shipping customer orders, and processing returns. Procurement and purchasing Before goods can be sold and delivered to customers, they must be produced, acquired, and prepared for sale.

Inventory Management Software 52

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The exceptions were goods purchased from mail-order catalogs. In logistics, last mile delivery is defined as being the movement of goods from a transportation hub to the final delivery destination. consumers when making online purchases. The last mile of most traditional logistics’ journeys ended at a retail store.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

A Demand-Driven Value Network as defined by AMR Research in 2007: A network that senses demand with minimal latency to drive a near real-time response to shape and translate demand. The use of customer segmentation strategies to define order policies for lead times, discounts, allocation, and shipping priorities. The Building Blocks.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In a world where habits shape 45% of the choices we make, behavioral research and predictive analytics are gold-dust for businesses.”[4] You can use data gathered from user behavior and purchases to predict how they may act in the future or tailor marketing efforts to their likes, dislikes and buying habits.”

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Think about your most recent purchase. This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. expecting same day delivery, two-day shipping, etc.) To help support new customer trends (e.g.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The order fulfilment process covers every step required to get goods to the people who purchase them, from the moment a customer places an order to when they receive their purchase. Shipping and logistics: Selecting the appropriate shipping method, arranging transport, and coordinating with couriers for delivery.

Inventory Reduction 52

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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. With the dawn of eCommerce, companies must now ship the EACH.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 1, 2016

The empowered consumers of today are beginning to expect this option for all of their purchases. Earlier this year, we wrote about Amazon’s secret plan, dubbed “ Operation Dragon Boat ,” which outlined their goal of becoming a full-fledged shipping company. Amazon Will Continue to Expand on “Operation Dragon Boat.”.

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Locus

JUNE 13, 2022

At the symposium, they spoke about the on-ground realities that make last-mile optimization a mandate for companies, how a data-driven approach is essential for last-mile excellence and shared key insights from Locus’ journey of becoming a real-world ready dispatch management platform. Last-mile excellence is no more optional.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 24, 2023

It involves outsourcing logistics activities, such as warehousing, transportation, distribution, inventory management, and order fulfillment, to a dedicated logistics service provider. While it possesses the buying power of a large corporation, NUNNER focuses on providing tailor-made solutions to its customers.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 90

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Vinculum

JANUARY 15, 2021

The logistics of expanding your shipping are of course very important and shipping will be an important part of your strategy. The focus of this article is how to build a clear and well thought out strategy in terms of getting people to buy your products in other countries. Understand Localization Requirements.

Price Reduction 52

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 3, 2021

Furthermore, whether purchased in a store or plucked right from their doorstep, buyers want to receive their products immediately and in excellent condition. According to Adelante SCM’s recent research , 63 percent of organizations that use value-added services consider it a “very significant” business function.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

economy through the lens of the logistics and transportation sector in terms of costs and implications to the economy during 2021. entities as opposed to foreign owned entities such as global shipping and logistics companies. E-commerce shipping volumes grew by 10 percent to $871 billion, representing 13 percent of U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

This team was working on quality improvements and found that the flows crossed 117 disconnected documents in access, excel, and google analytics. Most deployments focus on functional excellence–manufacturing, transportation, customer service or procurement. For additional insights, please check out this prior research.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

It won’t be good for many industry players if we don’t work together to build a modern shipping experience with the end user at heart first on our own. Freightos independent research shows 83% of shippers lack full milestone visibility. Today, you buy a seat on a plane and the seat is there waiting for you.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. The data in Table 1 is from a recent research study. Most can only measure functional costs—transportation, manufacturing, and procurement.

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ShipBob

APRIL 22, 2020

In honor of Earth Day, it’s time to rethink packaging products and all of the shipping materials and boxes that are constantly discarded. Since there is no universal criteria for eco-friendly packaging, it can be difficult for many businesses to engage with eco-friendly products and alternative shipping supplies. Plant fibers.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

4) Andrea Stroud , Research Program Manager at APQC Successful organizations implement formal supplier relationship management (SRM) programs to improve operational efficiency in their global supply chains. Start by involving and educating the board and work your way down the rest of the company.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. For example, a member of the sales team could apply to become a purchasing agent, based on her experience of negotiating sales deals. Perhaps an MBA, or something like that.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This honor comes after Blue Yonder was named a Leader in the Transportation Technology Value Matrix 2023 earlier this year! According to Paul Brucker from Nucleus Research, “The WMS platform excels in outbound order orchestration, optimizing batch picking, routing, cartonization, parcel, and load building.”

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Transport Intelligence, the well-respected U.K. Shipping Gazette Daily News. One of the most comprehensive daily summaries, and by far the leading Asian-based summary, China’s Shipping Gazette provides daily information about carriers, forwarders and technology. Transport Topics. American Journal of Transportation.

Resource Reduction 120

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 22, 2021

In addition to environmental benefits, companies that implement supply chain planning with sustainability also reduce supply chain costs associated with storage, shipping, and expiring products. Breaking up with Excel: Digital Sales Planning Success with Concord Foods. Webinar: Register Now.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the retail giant’s supply chain excellence. ” The Key’s To Walmart’s Supply Chain Management Excellence over the Year. Walmart uses its mammoth purchasing power to shape suppliers’ behavior which also drives down costs, Gartner said.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 28, 2015

Editor’s Note: Omni- and multi- channel is transforming transportation’s supply chain and logistics processes. Gone are the days of having half a shopping cart only to have the user get to the shipping options and be told to call the company to “Arrange shipping.”

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