Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. In addition, Lucas used inventory as a slush fund to make quarterly earnings.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. In light of all of this, I’d posit we can no longer look at the events of the last year as an aberration. The impact?

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 28, 2021

In these fast-moving days of technological advancement and economic change, a lot of manufacturers are talking about going ‘lean’. One major aspect of running a lean business is reducing inventory – that is, a reduction in the amount of inventory your organisation keeps on hand at a given time. Techniques for 2022. Less waste.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

This made it incredibly difficult for manufacturers to accurately gauge the market size for production. Supply chain shortages, global events, and inflation all make it harder than ever for companies to accurately predict customer demand. A Limited Number of Formula Manufacturers. The Risk of Outdated Forecasting Software.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

During a normal Olympics, millions of spectators flock to venues to watch over 300 events unfold over the course of two-plus weeks. Earlier this week, a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the event. As a result, the Olympics will take place without spectators.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2022

A North America?n Manufacturers, retailers, and third-party logistics providers can all benefit from digitized logistics. The company is using an advanced TMS to achieve real-time inventory visibility for both warehousing and shipment tracking across its extended carrier network. With nearly $21.3

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this blog, we look at the top 10 supply chain events in disaster movies based on economic impact and general disruption to supply chain operations. Historical events like Pompeii (2014) are omitted, assuming supply chains were relatively less connected way back then. The second rule avoids true stories and classic disaster movies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 17, 2020

Manufacturers make toilet paper based on those demand signals in a very predictive manner. The majority of toilet paper sold in North America is manufactured in North America. There is also nothing particularly challenging or unique about the manufacture of toilet paper nor its Supply Chain.

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Logility

MARCH 13, 2020

A retail industry analyst said the clients he is speaking with are scrambling around focused on near-term tactics to find inventory to place on shelves and serve consumer needs. Where will you place that inventory? These are questions everyone from manufacturing to retail must analyze now. The responses vary quite a bit.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This exclusive event is designed for the line-of-business leader (Supply Chain Leaders, Chief Financial Officers and Corporate Social Responsibility Leaders) driving supply chain excellence and building value networks. Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. September 10-11. Scottsdale, AZ. Learn More. Schedule Meeting. LogiPharma.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Sam’s Club finalizes chain-wide deployment of robotic inventory scanners. In North America, it delivered over half a million packages with EVs, although that number should grow as the company ramps up its use of Rivian EVs in the U.S. UPS earnings rise as higher prices offset shipping slowdown. over the next seven years.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

In attendance are manufacturing representatives from BASF, BerryGlobal, Corning, Covestro, Grace, Evonik, Intel, Monsanto, and Smith’s Detection. Technologists and manufacturers working together to try to define multi-tier processes to redefine B2B. There is an active group in Europe and North America. The reason?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Featuring Our 10 Best Inventory Management Articles! I started my career in a manufacturing company, working in various functions from the production floor through to warehousing, engineering, Supply Chain, and various back office support functions. And then the concept of Just In Time came to North America from Japan.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Covering wide ground on manufacturing. The event featured breakout sessions with three different tracks that catered to specific industries and operations challenges. Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia has grown to become a flagship event for supply chain professionals in North America.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia sit squarely in the storm’s path. Each state has a rich manufacturing economy. It is now closed at the start of a busy shipping season as companies prepare for holiday inventory builds. Expect tight capacity across North America. This is a seasonal event.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Consumers became more loyal to retail brands, and retailers increased the number of products manufactured and marketed as house brands. I usually sit in the back of the room, and watch the event with a wry smile on my face. Current State of Perpetual Inventory. Replenishment is fueled by an effective perpetual inventory signal.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Weather events might also be factors. In addition, retailers are struggling to move inventory initially ordered in the first quarter of 2022 to make way for back-to-school and holiday merchandise. Bottlenecks from future COVID-19 variants are possible. We’ve seen how the lockdowns in Shanghai snarled global supply chains.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

By improving coordination and management of suppliers, which includes manufacturers, logistics providers and even customers across vast geographies, resilient supply chains minimised the ripples of shocks and disruptions. These include Inventory vs. Service; Local vs Global Sourcing; Multiple Depots vs. Single Distribution Centre.

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Beef, poultry and pork producers from Europe and North America all share a similar challenge: how to get the most value out of an animal. Just as important is the ability to immediately calculate and understand the impact of events across your entire supply chain. Offer high service levels while keeping inventory levels low.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 14, 2015

Pat Smith, Vice President of ToolsGroup North America, then illustrated the growth of the long tail and drove home how to combat the challenges posed by it. But fast moving consumer goods manufacturers are now seeing about 50% of their revenue from the tail. Customer service must come from inventories.”. Pareto is dead”.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. Will the supply chain ever catch a break?

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Enterra Insights

MAY 10, 2022

Giles notes, “Unpredictable events happening outside an organization can be negative or positive, but either present greater VUCA, which makes it more difficult for leaders to make decisions.” Taiwan manufacturers 60% of global semiconductors. Semiconductor manufacturing consumes 10% of the island’s water supply.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2017

If existing scenarios and events have triggered an assessment of your supply chain flow, you’re operating with a reactive design. If on the other hand, you’re considering events that aren’t in the process of happening right now, you’re proactive instead. Times Have Changed For Supply Chains.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

BOSTON (Sept 5, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, shared details of its participation with Optimas Solutions, a leading global industrial distributor and service provider, in the North American Supply Chain Summit (NASCES19), taking place September 10-11 in Chicago. . On September 11 at 11:40 a.m.,

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

This annual event explores supply chain management and how logistics can succeed in a fast-changing environment. The automotive industry is a complex ecosystem comprised of dealers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), multiple tiers of suppliers, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs).

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

1] For many automotive manufacturers and suppliers, the initial shutdown of manufacturing in China due to the pandemic fully halted production in 2020, which exposed the risk of a single-country dependency model for many companies. Automotive Manufacturer Drives Profitability. Normalize Demand History & Evaluate Scenarios.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 26, 2023

His successor as CEO , Koji Sato, who previously led the auto maker’s Lexus luxury vehicle division, subsequently called for an “ EV-first mindset ” including the accelerated development of supply chain and manufacturing methods optimized for EV vehicle platforms.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Note that neither company is making progress at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. Performance of BMS and Merck at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin. Orbit Chart for Novo Nordisk at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the period of 2006-2015.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4 Trucking disruptions in these areas threaten the flow of inbound and outbound inventory. . Because of this, both Inventory Costs (91.0)

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI™ reported a value of 57.3

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

Supply chain planning technology provider ToolsGroup announced the acquisition of Onera , a provider of real-time inventory availability and fulfillment software solutions catering to retail industry needs. Reportedly, ToolsGroup will add Onera ’s inventory availability and fulfillment technology to its retail planning suite.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

The July PMI report further pointed to current inventory levels being at their lowest point in the history of this index, and based on July data, is still an ongoing process. Maersk indicated that retailers continue to pare excess inventories in a destocking effort that is expected to continue through the second-half of this year.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 21, 2023

Retailers who proactively anticipated such trends and resized their inventory stocks seemed to have fared better. North America segment operating income was $3.2 Shoppers reportedly spent upwards of $12 billion during that event. The retailer reportedly further trimmed inventory levels to adjust to muted consumer demand.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

BOSTON (Sept 5, 2019) – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, shared details of its participation with Optimas Solutions, a leading global industrial distributor and service provider, in the North American Supply Chain Summit (NASCES19), taking place September 10-11 in Chicago. . On September 11 at 11:40 a.m.,

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RFgen

AUGUST 18, 2021

The automotive industry manages complex inventories in addition to facing vast outside pressures. Inventory management shouldn’t be a nightmare. Inventory management shouldn’t be a nightmare. Automating inventory processes can help reduce overhead costs and increase customer satisfaction for good. Read the Full Story ».

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 8, 2022

Consumer products manufacturers are learning the practical benefits of forming tighter connections via digitalization. The company has shortened its overall bid times, rapidly implemented new rate structures and even introduced monthly “mini bid” events to address new lanes, changing volumes, capacity shortages, and other disruptions.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 7, 2020

Simon Ellis, Vice President of IDC Manufacturing Insights, observes, “The supply chain continues to undergo almost unparalleled levels of change. “Spurred in part by the Internet of Things, supply chains are increasingly integrating data from sensors, GPS and weather patterns to see events and witness scenarios as they occur.

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