CHAINalytics

MAY 1, 2023

Leaders must often contend with disruptions driven by internal value chain failures and market events. The ongoing pandemic, global and regional conflicts, and economic turbulence are just a few pervasive supply chain risks impacting critical customer, operational, and business metrics. appeared first on Chainalytics.

Just-in-Time 148

Just-in-Time Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Metrics 148

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 18, 2022

After months of rumors, Amazon held its new deal event, Prime Early Access Sale , from Oct. To help uncover the latest consumer trends for the Early Access sale, Blue Yonder surveyed over 1,000 consumers who participated in the event to explore the potential impact on the holiday season, how it compared to the July event, and more.

Optimal Sourcing 77

Optimal Sourcing Price Reduction Purchasing Skills Inventory Reduction 77

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

That processing event determines when the goods need to be delivered to the next stop. A 95% on time delivery metric – very high performance – is just not good enough for Simmons. When it comes to delivery to their own production facilities, “on time” is defined as the truck being at the dock at its appointment time.

Procurement Solutions 203

Procurement Solutions Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing 203

ToolsGroup

MAY 16, 2023

Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2023 has wrapped up its 3-day event in Orlando, Florida. These often included: Collaborating more effectively with suppliers: More organizations are embracing a more holistic supply chain strategy by knowledge-sharing with suppliers to align on lead times, forecasts, and buying projections.

Gartner 283

Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Inventory Reduction 283

Adexa

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Perceived Small Events in Manufacturing Execution can have a Large Impact on the global Supply Chain Imagine if you left home only 1 minute earlier than you intended to catch the train to work. So called small events can have enormous impacts. We are not capable of finding such associations and causality of many events.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Modeling S&OP 52

BlueYonder

JULY 2, 2021

As many consumers return to “normal” spending habits, this year’s annual event was in many ways the retail industry’s first big test on its road to recovery. However, Prime Day is no longer just for Amazon. Amazon remains the first place consumers look when they are seeking discounts.

Survey 102

Survey Trends Purchasing Skills Supply and Demand 102

BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In fact, the event that we now call Halloween was based on the Celtic festival of Samhain, marking the end of summer. Today, British children dress in costume and carve pumpkins in what many regard as an imported American event. Clearly, events change over time. Same event, but an entirely different effect in each market.

Forecasting 55

Forecasting Supply Chain Software Supply and Demand Big Data 55

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2024

Unexpected events occur. What One Network offers, and what Blue Yonder will get from this acquisition, is the ability to reoptimize plans when unexpected events occur. Provides “real-time visibility across the supply chain, allowing customers to take immediate action via upstream and downstream collaboration.” More than 5.6

Supply Chain Planning Software 217

Supply Chain Planning Software Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Network Software Supply Chain Software 217

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

“At the Digital Supply Chain event at SAP. I just went live this year with a Fortune 25 company, and their factories book against their orders online. ” Followed by, “We just implemented an end-to-end solution at Unilever; the results are impressive.” In my writing, I try to get clear on definitions.

Optimal Sourcing 335

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement Modeling 335

Stord

MARCH 24, 2020

How do you prepare your supply chain for events that you can’t forecast? So how do you prevent inventory stockouts when your demand forecasting didn’t allow for an event like COVID-19? Access a flexible supply chain network Emergency events require urgency -- there usually isn’t much lead time to prepare.

Supply Chain Design Software 78

Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Management Software Supply Chain Network Software Forecasting Software 78

BlueYonder

JULY 14, 2022

And neither were the retailers that planned to ride the coattails of the annual shopping event. At the same time, many retailers have found themselves with excess inventory because of the shifting consumer shopping behavior. With inflation at a 41-year high of 8.6%

Trends 52

Trends Purchasing Skills Inventory Reduction Price Reduction 52

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

At the same time, their relative independence supports the third-party objectivity that is so valuable to companies embarking on strategic projects. It morphed into solving customers’ call center volumes by providing a self-serve portal to address issues that occurred in real time.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 219

Logistics Network Optimization Software Rail Software Supply Chain Software Vendor Strategies 219

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2024

The companies with the strongest year-over-year performance (placing in the winner’s circle for six more times in ten years) are Apple, L’Oreal, Nike, Paccar, TJX, and TSMC. The industry is awash with ex-execs advising companies, speaking at events, and consulting. How Do You Define Excellence?

Supply Chain Planning Software 287

Supply Chain Planning Software Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Gartner 287

ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The event will welcome over 40,000 attendees and feature 1,000 exhibitors. The dynamic pricing strategy, a new approach to price optimization, maximizes margins and revenues and reduces waste by automating optimal lifecycle prices for each SKU in each channel – and it’s just one example of the powerful benefits of responsive AI.

ToolsGroup 156

ToolsGroup Waste Reduction Price Reduction Resource Reduction 156

ToolsGroup

MARCH 28, 2024

Pace first saw the value of the ToolsGroup solutions at the time when he was CEO of PittaRosso, another large Italian retailer of shoes, an experience which has eventually been published as a Harvard Business School case study. Within just two months of adopting ToolsGroup’s AI-driven solution, PittaRosso experienced a remarkable +14.3%

Italy 156

Italy ToolsGroup Inventory Reduction Price Reduction 156

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Aside from cutting down trees to make the straws, it turned out that the straws were not recyclable, so there was just as much waste. With Apple’s big event last week, the company claimed that the new Apple Watch will be carbon neutral. Over the last few months, I’ve heard the term greenwashing over and over again.

Los Angeles 222

Los Angeles Material Savings Logistics Network Optimization Software Waste Reduction 222

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Your organization’s ability to anticipate disruption, adapt to events, and build resiliency is rooted in how you maintain operational continuity. Your supply chain must be capable of adapting to all types of threats.

Supply Chain Planning Software 309

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Software 309

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2022

At that time, I wrote about the COVID pandemic, and how similar events occur that elevate the uncertainty of the market. At that time, I wrote about the COVID pandemic, and how similar events occur that elevate the uncertainty of the market. These events make accurate forecasting very difficult.

Forecasting 218

Forecasting Modeling Supply and Demand Scenario Planning 218

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

This can cause massive flooding for coastal cities, impacting manufacturing and shipping times. Day in and day out, my newsfeed is full of headlines about companies that are looking to make sustainability an integral part of their business. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions.

Resource Reduction 206

Resource Reduction Supply Chain Strategy Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain 206

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2023

Traditionally, planning processes are designed to serve specific time horizons – Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) for short term horizon, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) for the mid-term horizon and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) for long term strategic horizon.

Supply Chain Planning Software 204

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Supply Chain Design Software Prescriptive Analytics Software 204

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Often times at Logistics Viewpoints, we like to look to the future and highlight the key trends that we see in a given market, or make predictions about what technologies will emerge as game changers in the new year. 2021 was the trough with in-person events severely limited. Some provide what I consider to be the best content.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 246

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Predictive Analytics Software 246

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

And agility is about reacting quickly and hopefully effectively to the actual disruptive event. But the event might not be disruptive at all if you had planned for it. Historically, companies assumed suppliers would be able to supply raw materials or that the lead time from China to deliver those materials was three weeks.

Supply Chain Planning Software 193

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning Modeling 193

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

” Accurate transit time predictions have become more crucial than ever given customer demands and expectations, the cost impacts of late shipments, and dynamic nature of today’s supply chains. Shippers and logistics service providers are faced with multiple challenges when trying to determine accurate shipment transit time estimates.

Predictive Analytics Software 345

Predictive Analytics Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Modeling Inventory Reduction 345

Adexa

APRIL 15, 2024

Adexa plans and responds in real-time using stochastic modeling and machine learning, removing manual and time-consuming intervention by the users, ” said John Hosford COO of Adexa. “ In just the past four quarters, Adexa has increased its customers by more than 30% across these industries.

Los Angeles 52

Los Angeles Modeling S&OP Supply Chain Planning Software 52

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For those engaged on digital transformation, Sulaiman Abdulla of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority provided some useful and timely advice, emphasising that it is a journey from Paper to Automation to Digitalisation and to Artificial Intelligence. But just what is an intelligent control tower?

Supply Chain Software 231

Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Network Software Demand Planning Software 231

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As physical stores opened, shut down and re-opened again, consumers became more flexible in the way they shop for, and purchase, just about every product. They need to deliver the right product to the right location at the right time, flawlessly, to fulfill ever-more volatile demand patterns and shopping behaviors.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 187

Logistics Network Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling 187

Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2023

Some reality television shows, like the History Channel’s Alone , feature contestants who volunteer to live rough for a period of time. 3] They go on to note, “The human diet is highly dependent on just four grains: rice, wheat, corn, and soy. .”[2] Fortunately for them, they know their situations are temporary.

Security 130

Security Food Argentina United States 130

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

When it comes to real-time visibility, the market is becoming more important and more robust than ever before. Billions of venture capital dollars of investment are being poured into companies that can integrate real-time visibility data with transportation to provide a more informed ETA for shippers and carriers. In-Transit to Port.

Rail Software 199

Rail Software Real-time Visibility Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Network Software 199

Logility

AUGUST 31, 2022

The big events – COVID, weather and climate events, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – dominate the news cycle. These events have become more common, and to react to new disruptions, real-time adjustments are needed. These events have become more common, and to react to new disruptions, real-time adjustments are needed.

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Disruption Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction 130

Enterra Insights

JANUARY 18, 2024

As we tackle the rise of AI-generated data, organizations will need to spend time and oversight validating the data or risk hallucinated results.”[3] Imagine being able to anticipate customer demand, optimize your supply chain and make informed decisions in real time. With AI, we can do just that. AI-enhanced Automation.

Trends 264

Trends Predictive Analytics Software Modeling Software Optimization Software 264

Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 3, 2024

Major Earthquake Senior business, procurement, information technology or supply chain executives with the responsibility for the assessment and mitigation of business related risks can often contemplate various impactful risk events. They can be events that are geopolitical, industry or natural disaster in scope. According to the U.S.

Taiwan 59

Taiwan Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software Material Savings 59

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Calls are increasing for a return to just-in-case (JIC) policies, with some citing this trend as a risk. Change can creep imperceptibly, so sometimes it takes a major event to wake us up.

Inventory Reduction 290

Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning 290

Enterra Insights

APRIL 18, 2024

Some call the new era “localization” or “glocalization.” ” Some people, including me, prefer the term “regionalization.” ” I started writing about the movement towards regionalization back in 2008. But as the costs of transportation increase, the length of supply lines is beginning to decrease.

Global 130

Global Cost Reduction Strategies Expense Reduction Inventory Reduction 130

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The biggest challenge in the transport sector today: there just aren’t enough drivers. This requires complete transparency across all steps and events along the entire supply chain. Big data for real-time optimizations in transport logistics. Real-time insights allow the operation to rapidly make informed decisions.

Big Data 250

Big Data Logistics Network Optimization Software Transportation Data 250

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2023

Third, what is the impact of real-time data on supply chains? So, when geopolitical events and the pandemic struck, things that you were expecting to happen, didn’t happen. For example, for parts that would typically arrive in five days, you might get a lead time of five weeks.

Supply Chain Design 167

Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Supply and Demand 167

BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Logistics teams have a hard time optimizing warehouses for cost, service, sustainability, and other metrics even in the most stable business environment. These questions were the focus of a recent LinkedIn Live event called “Warehouse Execution System: A New Competitive Imperative.” What exactly is a WES? And why do companies need one?

Supply Chain Planning Software 95

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Warehousing Optimization Software 95

The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 7, 2023

It is published 6 times a year, providing regular updates and insights into the industry. Alexis Mizell-Pleasant and Joe Lynch discuss the next frontier in food logistics. Alexis is Managing Editor at Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive. In the podcast interview, Alexis and Joe discuss the next frontier in food logistics.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 234

Logistics Network Optimization Software Food Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Software 234