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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ivalua

MAY 7, 2020

But the connections between that event and the current Covid-19 crisis are more prominent than most realize. . But few remember the stress the 2011 event placed on global supply chains. . 84% of “Beginner” procurement organizations did not proactively monitor for risk.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The disruption has cut off a major trade route for Canada’s exports of minerals, wood fiber, food products, and other products to Asia, and it has created a supply chain nightmare for Canadian manufacturers. “We While not all extreme weather events can be blamed on climate change—many can. and/or more intense. If so, when?

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 10, 2019

It’s been an interesting decade for supply chain: just when you think things can’t get any crazier, a new extreme weather event, political drama or tech start-up pops up, disrupting entire industries. They drive benefits such as improved business planning and improved sourcing, procurement and supplier management.

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Bristlecone

MAY 31, 2020

Bristlecone has introduced several new fixed-price, fixed-scope offerings for SAP products across supply chain planning, procurement and execution. North America. S/4HANA system support for North American electronics company. S/4HANA and Ariba integration for Germany-based manufacturer. Asia-Pacific.

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2023

They can be physical and natural, like wildfires and tornadoes, or events such as pandemics and economic downturns that are less tangible yet equally, if not more, destructive to our communities and livelihoods. Disasters come in all shapes and sizes.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Ivalua has been developing Procurement Technology for Nearly 20 years and we work with many customers and partners in North America. Visit our booth and ask us about the work we are doing with US Public Sector Organizations and with Manufacturers such as Meritor.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2023

The essence of this report that cites an informed source, indicates that Rivian is about to initiate a manufacturing reorganization that will include the relocation of portions of the start-up’s manufacturing engineering team to be directly resident at the company’s Normal, Illinois production facility. Having burned through $6.6

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Our prior full edition of this column was published on July 14 and featured news related to global battery manufacturer Panasonic and warehouse services start-up Flexe. Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 Expands C-Suite Amid Increased Technology Demand.

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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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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. The right planning system will support every link in the supply chain — sales, logistics, supply chain, procurement, operations, planning, customer service and management.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Weather events might also be factors. Now, it’s also important to realize that produce grown in North America may not be subject to lockdowns in Shanghai, but there’s another factor at play. Bottlenecks from future COVID-19 variants are possible. We’ve seen how the lockdowns in Shanghai snarled global supply chains.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. Source: Statista.com. A series of unfortunate events. Planning : Processes are designed to reduce emissions and meet demand with ethical sourcing.

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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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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

Containers are piling up in ports, international shipping has been hammered, Western companies are battling to source products from traditional suppliers, and disruptions are being experienced throughout the global supply chain. COVID-19 Impact on Procurement. And, according to some analysts, things could get worse—a whole lot worse!

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers. Robinson load numbers.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

As we adhered to shelter-in-place orders from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), each of us were purchasing more products and services online at a faster adoption rate than ever before. Transport costs are soaring to ridiculous levels, especially for those shippers that did not have an organized procurement strategy for freight movement.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2022

Enterprise Cloud software provider SAP SE conducted its 2022 North America Sapphire Now customer conference last week. This was the first time in three years, this was the first opportunity for this particular annual conference to be conducted as in-person event.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2021

Whether it’s deforestation from farming grains or livestock; carbon emissions from transport and production plants; or chemical waste produced manufacturing household products, it’s important for a business to understand all the ways in which it impacts the environment – and to take action to minimize its footprint.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides highlights and perspectives regarding SAP SE’s 2023 annual Sapphire and North America ASUG customer conference held this week both as an in-person and live streamed event. As was the case with last year’s conference, this event was both in-person and live streamed online.

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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 Further, 86 percent of manufacturers indicate disruptions to trucking and shipping networks were impacting their supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Background Perspectives In a prior Supply Chain Matters transportation and logistics industry perspectives, we have updated readers on changing developments concerning global and North America transportation and logistics industries. All rights reserved.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. 82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. Chain Store Age ).

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. News & Events. |. Missing PPM means no demand on raw materials resulting in less procurement leading to reduction in order fill rate. Automotive.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 18, 2013

However, the survey shows that costs are on the rise, greater than 8 percent on average in manufacturing industries. Proactive strategies should include research and development, procurement, production and sales. The event is being hosted by Volvo Group North America. 4. Globalization. 9. New technology.

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

(NYSE: R), a leader in commercial fleet management , dedicated transportation , and supply chain solutions , announced today it has started to take delivery of 125 medium-duty electric panel vans, the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent. New risks emerge from time to time. Media Contacts. David Bruce.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 5, 2012

Industrial Manufacturing. Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. News & Events. |. Michelin presented how they replaced 1000s of their local applications by Maximo in their 70 manufacturing plants. Automotive.

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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. To prepare, stratify your suppliers into strategic, single source and high volume flows. Expect tight capacity across North America. This is a seasonal event.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 8, 2022

Consumer products manufacturers are learning the practical benefits of forming tighter connections via digitalization. At ICON, Rogelio Antillon, Associate Manager of Global Procurement – Transportation, detailed its massive transportation network, which includes over 60 lane owners, 9,000 lanes and 1.2 A North America?n

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

In this edition, we include six added news capsule events that has occurred across the supply chain technology spectrum: Livent Corp. The combined company is to be headquartered in North America and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. America-centric is a big differentiator for us with customers, with investors.”

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

San Francisco -based Onera provides retail technology that connects inventory across siloed systems and transforms them into a single, real-time source of inventory status. Panasonic is reportedly further eyeing increasing the production of batteries and the construction of new factories in North America. .

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 24, 2020

China was locking down hundreds of millions of people and closing manufacturing facilities. As China is the largest manufacturing country in the world the economic repercussions were really starting to be felt. Automotive manufacturers are looking to manufacture ventilators. Supply Chain Lessons.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2023

This week Ford Motor Company in conjunction with a two-day investor event, announced strategic commodity supply deals with four suppliers, two of which are the globe’s largest producers of lithium , a critical strategic commodity for electric-vehicle production needs.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. Additionally, the company’s manufacturing expertise will enable the reduction of production costs. manufacturing facility in 2014.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 9, 2016

The are the 8 Rights of Lean Transportation thinking: Right Materials, Right Quantity, Right time, Right Place, Right Source, Right Price, Right Quantity, and. Perform Transportation Daily Event Management. Cost savings result from disciplined, daily event management and hour-to-hour focus on waste identification and reduction.

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TMC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Or maybe you’re reminded of events that serve free food. This represents every operating truck in North America: Yet not every truck is available every single day of the year. It might be manufacturing , sales, or even customer service that cuts into your truckload lead times. And maybe we should.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 15, 2018

Late last year, prior to passage of the tax bill, financial technology provider C2FO surveyed corporate treasurers and other financial executives about what they would do in the event of a repatriation tax holiday or deep tax cut. Forty-six percent said they would return cash to the U.S. All the same, there are few indications that U.S.

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