Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 5, 2025

For example, Amazon uses AI to optimize delivery logistics. During the 2024 holiday season, it reduced unnecessary package movement and shortened delivery distances by leveraging AI to strategically position inventory closer to customer locations. Walmart has implemented AI to enhance inventory forecasting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

Many large organizations have multiple systems for order, warehouse, or transportation management that are barely integrated frequently not at all. These steps include sourcing and receiving inventory, storing inventory, order processing, picking and packing an order, shipping the order, and returns management.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Today begins our series about electronic data interchange or EDI in transportation. In this series, we will first talk about how EDI in transportation works and what it is, covering the history of EDI in transportation, the definition, how it works technically, and then some common EDI codes used within the transportation industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Supply Chain Knowledge and Risk Mitigation: Suppliers have a direct impact on direct spend with raw material and transportation costs as two big drivers of operating margins. An example of this is Vendor Management Inventory and Capacity Collaboration for contract manufacturing.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 26, 2018

No one wants to think about lost warehouse inventory, and it can be organizationally frustrating to determine the best process to find, research, and rectify inventory discrepancies. Discrepancies between the physical and systemic inventory levels can make that job tremendously more difficult. Book Inventory Changes Immediately.

Inventory Reduction 275

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The percentage increase describes consumer applications, but the idea of connected vehicles should garner interest from other sectors such as shipping, logistics, and transportation. Leaders in these industries would be wise to plan for a future where AI and the IoT transform transportation management. Streamline Decision-Making.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2021

The supply chain is evolving, and the standards used for managed logistics transportation services today are more data- and technology-driven than those of the past. Shippers should consider the following as indicators for when to add an outsourced managed logistics transportation services provider. Take an example.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

Machine learning (ML) techniques can be applied to provide more accurate transit information and estimated arrival times (ETAs) by analyzing the historical shipment data in your transportation management systems. Increased lead time accuracy reduces risks involved in transportation and logistics, improving your overall supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Political instability has disrupted transportation corridors. Leading organizations are building supply chains that are less exposed to single points of failure, more informed by real-time data, and more able to adjust sourcing, inventory, and routing based on current conditions. Trade tensions have led to abrupt tariff hikes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

While consumers may see some short-term benefit in the form of discounted goods, many retailers have had to reset investor expectations , reflecting the expected hit on margins from carrying so much inventory. Inventory management is challenging enough in normal times. So, what is it going to take to enable better inventory management?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2021

When companies implement a demand management or replenishment system, the goal is usually to improve customer satisfaction while holding less inventory. For example, a warehouse might have a big propane tank they use with forklifts that run on propane. Transportation costs went down by 15%!

Forecasting 250

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 1, 2025

By harnessing the growing power of AI to not only sense demand at a very fine-grain, real-time level, but also to govern decisions about pricing and inventory. AI can help. I’ve been in this industry since 1985, and it feels like the drama increases every year,” says Petro.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 29, 2025

His keynote address highlighted the company’s recent accomplishments, such as the introduction of a new inventory planning solution, substantial investments in research and development, and advancements in artificial intelligence. Management Layer Oversees goods receipts, inventory, and other related tasks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

Top Challenges Faced by Companies: Customer Preferences: Example: An online fashion retailer faces the challenge of constantly changing customer preferences. Supply side shifts: Example: A global coffee manufacturer experiences disruptions due to a natural disaster affecting one of its key suppliers in Brazil due to dry weather.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 15, 2023

When I use the research, I keep the information on the respondent–name, company, title, and individual comments–confidential. Functional excellence throws the supply chain out of balance decreasing results on a balanced scorecard of growth, margin, inventory turns, customer service and ROIC (Return on Invested Capital).

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Expand the “FLOW” program for logistics information sharing to forecast transportation flow. Let me give you an example. I am currently doing research on inventory management. In the research, I ask inventory planners to define resilience. No technology in the market measures inventory health.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2025

For logistics professionals, this translates to smarter warehouse layouts, more accurate transportation planning, proactive maintenance scheduling, and a new level of resilience through cost-to-serve optimization. This article explores how digital twins are being deployed in transportation, warehousing, and network design.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2023

As a result, demand planning is largely manual, inventory management is a series of manual inputs, and production planning is via spreadsheet. Anne is a lean disciple and sees all inventory as Muda. She lacks the appreciation for the need for inventory as a buffer. I advised John to ask for help to improve inventory health.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

This ensures the secure, high-capacity, and bi-directional transfer of essential information such as master data on products, customers, production-distribution infrastructure, transactional data on sales, inventory status and position, transportation execution data, external data e.g. competitor pricing, weather, recommendations, action triggers.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. In the automotive sector, manufacturers are simultaneously reducing inventory costs and delivery times.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2021

Emerging technologies play a role in managing disruption and are driving change in the transportation and logistics industries. Systems infrastructure – Cloud and improved information sharing through social and business networks, often enabled by blockchain. All of these come together in some way with autonomous transportation options.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With this information, are you any closer to knowing what to do about it, or have you just enriched your ability to admire your problem and see it close up? This example illustrates why supply chain visibility isn’t enough. Analytics inform decisions. Why transparency is better than visibility. Agility to act on transparency.

Supply Chain Visibility 329

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation. FourKites is a leading provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions. Not surprisingly, many of FourKites’ users work in transportation operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

AI-powered platforms enable companies to dynamically adjust transportation, routing, and distribution in response to real-time changes such as delays or disruptions. Focus Area: Ciscos Supply Chain Transformation Reducing Exposure to China Cisco offers a clear example of a company successfully navigating the shift toward regionalization.

Modeling 165

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ShipBob

APRIL 9, 2025

From receiving and storing inventory to picking, packing, and shipping orders, there are critical functions that occur within the warehouse that keep your supply chain running smoothly. Ecommerce businesses must navigate a complex web of processes, from receiving and storing inventory to picking, packing, and shipping orders.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The key lies in high performance inventory. Forward-looking supply chain professionals understand that inventory is not an end in itself; it’s a means – to enhanced customer service, increased profitability, and greater efficiency. What is High Performance Inventory? New to probabilistic forecasting?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

Examples of Supply Chain Robots at MODEX 2024 Several exhibitors at MODEX 2024 showcased their innovative solutions for supply chain robotics, demonstrating the diversity and potential of this field. Here are some of the examples that caught our attention.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Third, what are the big trends in warehouse and transportation management? Specifically, there were spikes in demand, and even though there was a lot of inventory available, the demand was surging. For example, Eddie poses the question: “do we ask for every order to be delivered overnight? Order Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Background on Ocean Transport. The need for data synchronization increases with the growth of nodes, the increase of the number of parties handling the freight, and the use of multiple modes of transport. Logink, funded by the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China, is designed to provide visibility information.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

billion inventory write-off in the third quarter, essentially admitting that it too was caught up in the Internet hype that, at its peak, gave the company the highest market capitalization in Wall Street history. For example, Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) has nothing in common with Transportation Management (TMS).

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

For instance, a student struggling with inventory management concepts can receive supplementary materials, interactive simulations, and one-on-one tutoring sessions tailored to their needs. Professionals in this field must interpret vast amounts of data to make informed decisions that enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2024

For example, in Figure A, we share on orbit chart on how Sanofi is underperforming the industry. An average margin of 21% with inventory turns of 1.58 As shown in Figure B, the company improved cash-to-cash through the extension of payables, but never improved inventory levels after the spin-off from Kraft.

Supply Chain Planning Software 386

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 4, 2023

By land, by air, by sea – transit organizations know the competition is fierce for retaining customer loyalty, requiring inventory management strategies that balance consumer needs with sustainability initiatives and business goals. Take airlines as an example.

Inventory Reduction 156

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Over the last six years, we studied the connection between business results (growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)) and the link to company characteristics. Let me give you example. Achieving and obtaining total cost information to drive decision-making is difficult for most companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 11, 2025

Simultaneous impacts in either or both product demand, coupled with corresponding global or domestic transportation and logistics disruptions are among such learning especially during and since the global pandemic. This often results in added inefficiencies, increased costs and lower overall productivity.

Supply Chain Execution 95

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 4, 2025

Real-time supply chain visibility refers to the ability to track, monitor, and analyze the flow of goods, information, and resources across the entire supply chain in real time. Today’s supply chains often span multiple countries, involve various suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors, and rely on intricate networks of transportation.

Real-time Visibility 93

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AIMMS

MARCH 30, 2020

The examples below show you how to do this in AIMMS SC Navigator Apps, but we encourage you to study these scenarios in the tools you have at your disposal. . As transportation lanes become unavailable, the availability of suppliers and components will decrease. Understand Exposure . Study 2: Inspect Demand Trends .

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