Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

While conditions have eased in North America, port congestion has gotten much worse in China. For example, current congestion at China ports is based on COVID restrictions on cross-province trucking stoppages and port labor COVID lock downs in China that have prevented workers from off-loading and on-boarding shipping containers.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Another use case we see for scenario modeling in the current context is evaluating new sourcing locations. A recent Thomas survey found that 64% of manufacturing companies are likely to “bring production and sourcing back to North America” in view of COVID-19. Network Design does not exist in isolation .

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

And what is sitting in the warehouse. From there, we can upgrade supply planning systems, streamline procurement, revamp warehousing and distribution and, perhaps most importantly, enable collaboration across vast networks of supply chain partners to keep goods flowing. We should know how much product is sitting in the port of origin.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

This is an example of what one of our valued customers is saying about our solution: “We first implemented Blue Yonder’s transportation management platform in 2006. Sources: 1 Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems,” Brock Johns, Oscar Sanchez Duran, Carly West, Manav Jain, 27 March 2024.

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AIMMS

MARCH 2, 2021

This is a guest entry by Sander van Lokven, General Manager at Districon Solutions North America, an AIMMS implementation partner. S&OE] deals with all the issues stemming from actual demand and supply (source: Gartner ).”. How many data sources are typically connected to S&OP and S&OE apps?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Cardinal Health Supply Chain Cardinal Health’s medical segment manufactures, sources and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical and laboratory products. The medical segment’s supply chain consists of 61 North American distribution centers and 27 global manufacturing plants. Indicators of success are critical.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Build the next generation of supply chain solutions, today The year ahead represents nothing less than a golden opportunity to accelerate the creation of automated, interconnected and collaborative global supply chains that span transportation, warehouses, stores, trucks and more. Reduced working capital. Faster order-to-cash.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

For example, the bricks in a pizza oven are refractory bricks. They also have 20 sourcing locations across North America from which they can ship make to stock products. The sourcing centers are key to just-in-time, same-day, next-day deliveries. Making refractory products is complicated and challenging.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Expanding and shifting sourcing Earlier this year, a number of retailers told analysts that they had expanded their sourcing partners to diversify inventories and mitigate risks. Floor & Decor is one of the latest retailers to diversify its countries of origin by moving a large portion of sourcing out of China.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 25, 2023

It can happen simply due to ineffective planning, risk management, warehouse use, or sourcing strategies. It’s a form of supply chain digitization that ensures every element, from sourcing raw material inventory to product delivery, is coordinated and managed through a centralized platform.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Recent studies have shown that among the challenges frustrating warehouse and distribution centre managers this year, rising energy and labour costs are two of the most often cited. We hope the tips and ideas in this article will help you make inroads into warehouse energy and labour cost reduction.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. It is safe to say that if a warehouse operation is not implementing Lean, it is falling behind its competition. These are three examples: Rule 3.1:

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation. Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 3, 2023

This is an example of what our valued customers are saying about our solution: “As the transportation and logistics industry continues to transform, in tandem with sales volume growth in certain regions, we need to make sure we are supporting that growth with improved responsiveness, while remaining efficient.

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Parade

MARCH 28, 2022

For example, with the Turvo driver app, drivers can instantly upload photos from their mobile device of BOLs and PODs, eliminating manual processes in settlement and invoicing, to get paid faster. Today Turvo serves Fortune 500 shippers, brokers, and 3PLs across North America. How Do Parade and Turvo Work Together?

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

The saga of fitness hardware and services provider Peloton Interactive took yet another turn last week with an announcement of the pending closing of the company’s owned North American warehouses and the shedding of field customer support teams, along with other moves. over the coming months.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

So, for example, outsourcing sales activity is not typically a good idea if yours is a retail sales company. For example, US-based companies may be quite fortunate if they have access to manufacturers right on their doorstep in Mexico, a country with far lower labour costs than the rest of North America.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2018

HighJump Launches Warehouse Control System at CSCMP Edge 2018. For Cloud Logistics, this acquisition will help the company expand its solution footprint (which today is mostly over-the-road and intermodal transportation) and grow its geographic presence beyond North America.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

… Beijing’s zero-tolerance approach to Covid has idled factories and warehouses, slowed truck deliveries and worsened container logjams. In some key trading routes, such as Asia–Europe and Asia–North America, the rate spikes are even higher and the delays more frequent.”[4]. The pandemic is only the latest example.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 11, 2019

A modern, multi-modal Tier 1 TMS can now take data from all sources, cleanse it and use it. For example, a carrier posts data to the blockchain and allows customers and agents to use the data. The industry has traditionally struggled with visibility, but there have been some significant advances of late. Small but mighty.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 14, 2020

The empty container supply has also dwindled in regions where China trade has been a catalyst, primarily North America and Europe, this can have a ripple effect if these empty containers do not get repositioned back to China to support the increase demand that is anticipated at the tail end of March into April. Backup sourcing options.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Logistics Managers, Manufacturing Directors and other Supply Chain leaders often rose from the shop floor, from front-line warehousing and transportation positions. Other industries that don’t ship physical goods (for example Financial Services or Insurance) have adopted sophisticated Strategic Sourcing methodology for their Procurement.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

It’s hard to imagine that Cargill began as a grain storage warehouse in Iowa, USA, in 1865. Cargill Animal Nutrition (CAN) is clustered around five major regions: North America; Latin America; EMEAR, including Russia; South Asia and East Asia. What is your responsibility regarding the supply chain?

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2015

Where to Find Supply Chain Innovation (Source: Adelante SCM). He and Mary Meeker wrote the paper on it more than 15 years ago, and although getting to “communities of commerce” took a different path than they had envisioned, we are there nonetheless in the form of Supply Chain Operating Networks.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

The sky and what’s beyond, an endless source of creativity and imagination for kids and adults alike. Warehouses promised lots of jobs, but robot workforce slows hiring (Los Angeles Times). Ryder has a network of over 800 service locations in North America today. Retailer Wal-Mart de Mexico to invest $1.3

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The Women in Supply Chain award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network. Storer is responsible for Berlin Packaging’s North American-based Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Strategic Sourcing functions.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2016

rural vs. city environment, developed vs. emerging countries, inside the warehouse or yard vs. public airspace). Robinson’s in-house screening facility includes approximately 20,000 square feet of warehouse space, state of the art screening machines, and a dedicated air freight team to screen air freight that moves through the facility.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Let’s explore a few examples. percent in North America. Company executives cited good progress in addressing the previously acknowledged overbuild of customer fulfillment and warehousing capacity while overall number of employees was reduced by 6 percent. Consumer Product Goods Industry. percent and volume growth of 1.7

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 28, 2014

He uses the example of McDonald’s investigating automation technologies to replace workers in its restaurants. Not to step into the match, but I write about warehouse and factory automation. Instead, he argues that we should encourage and support vocational education that will train workers for higher paying jobs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

Is it sitting at the warehouse yard, or has it reached the store? Complete visibility requires us to break down the silos between various critical supply change management systems – e.g., warehouse management systems, order management systems, visibility platforms. What’s in manufacturing? What orders are planned versus in process?

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Unleashed

AUGUST 28, 2022

In contrast, examples of other types of materials that may require specialised inventory management strategies are raw materials and finished products. In 2021, the global demand value in North America for spare parts and consumables relating to maintenance and operations reached over USD 150 billion.

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Requis

DECEMBER 11, 2020

For example, it wasn’t called “cleantech” back in those days, we coined the term “sustainable tech” because it just wasn’t profitable yet, or understood very well. For example, you don’t really need a car, you need the services of a car: mobility and transportation. Scott Donachie: I’ll give you an example.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Map your entire supply chain, including distribution centres and transportation hubs, and identify the known risks within your supply chain – for example, suppliers, routes, trade regulations, and other similar considerations. These include Inventory vs. Service; Local vs Global Sourcing; Multiple Depots vs. Single Distribution Centre.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Industrial manufacturers with large product portfolios or aftermarket parts mixes, for example, face unique supply chain planning challenges including lots of slow moving products. Your inventory consists of raw material (the tree) to the finished product in your warehouse. Unreliable Forecasting.

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Vinculum

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

For example, Amazon and others are retailers and traditional brands. In contrast, North America and European counties will gradually shift to a digital platform to serve the shopping purpose in broader aspects. There are some differences among the players ruling the market in terms of sales. A step forward.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2018

For example, let’s say a carrier arrives on time but isn’t allowed on site because the facility is too busy. Another example is when a carrier refuses to accept a load. Yet the consignee hits you with a detention or late charge. The right TMS can flag that as an exception and fight the detention automatically. Conclusion.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

From investing in smart automation solutions like collaborative mobile robots to improve warehouse productivity to route and supplier optimization and outsourcing logistics to a 3PL , there are several strategies that can help companies reduce logistics costs. Now, this does not just come down to the staff in the warehouse.

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