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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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Take, for example, JAGGAER’s On-Time Delivery Predictor , which uses suppliers’ performance history to determine the likelihood that an order will arrive on time, even before it’s placed. However, rather than presenting a threat, it provides a massive opportunity for procurement professionals to take a more strategic role.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

The focus is on the platform; in each presentation, the company struggles to answer the question, “What problem do you solve? At the event, presentation after presentation focused on improving engines. For example, inflationary costs, lead time variability, conversion rates, etc.) And, why should a business leader care?”

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

This is yet another example of how past performance is no guarantee of future success , of how companies cannot succeed anymore despite having all sorts of inefficient practices in place, including having poor visibility and control of their supply chains. Soon, he said, restaurants will have similar scanners to better track incoming items.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On Friday, I presented an overview of outside-in planning to a consulting group. I love the questions when I present. For example, in manufacturing, the shift in focus is away from OEE to focus on first pass yield and schedule adherence.) The reason? The dialogue helps me to think more deeply to explain the concepts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 27, 2023

Transitioning from legacy systems presents hurdles that add to the true cost. For example, monthly subscription fees, any software support charges, and data migration fees. Presenting the case for your WMS Implementation Once you’ve calculated the costs and have a rough idea of the total, you’ve got to make the case internally.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Especially, I would say when we were talking about the Amazon effect I would say now it’s present more than ever maybe even changing the word into the COVID effect. And digitalization is more than present. And I think companies will be happy to be present on that market with production.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Nevertheless, Mr. Ellison presented a fascinating vision centered on how technology can be used to digitally disrupt a 10,000-year-old industry. At last year’s CloudWorld, Oracle presented their vision for transforming the healthcare industry by applying AI to vast amounts of anonymized patient record data. Uber has an ecosystem.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 31, 2023

Some robots are designed with Artificial Intelligence, but at present most are designed without Artificial Intelligence and are aimed at performing repetitive pre-programmed tasks and activities. For example, AI algorithms are used in browser searches, social media, computer engines, etc.

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SCM Research

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Five practical examples of disruptive events are used to demonstrate how current theoretical lenses fail to capture the complexity of supply chain resilience. We argue that the supply chain resilience literature should be expanded to include insights from the social-ecological systems literature.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 10, 2022

Here’s a look at six customer experience examples to help you maximize long-term customer loyalty. 6 Examples of Excellent Customer Experiences. For example: Lyft announced a strong stance against identity discrimination as part of its hiring policies, and aims to make transportation available to all demographics.

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MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 3, 2014

Now the differentiators are more strategic: benchmarking, innovation, and network modeling, for example. For example, improving fuel efficiency tends to reduce engine efficiency which leads to higher costs. While reliable service and low prices are still important, these metrics have become prerequisites for commercial success.

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SCM Research

APRIL 11, 2021

I would like to give an example of a very powerful recent JSCM paper: Touboulic, McCarthy, & Matthews (2020). It is entitled Re-Imagining Supply Chain Challenges Through Critical Engaged Research.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2024

However, complex process manufacturing presents a much more difficult ATP problem than is typical in discrete industries. GP, for example, has also had success in demonstrating that Causal AI can solve difficult sourcing problems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2024

A good example is saying “What are my demurrage issues at the Port of Long Beach?” Infor Nexus’s approach is not to just give a specific answer to a specific question, but to provide the right data visual, in this example a matrix type view of several days of shipments with demurrage risk. Mr. Sorgie calls this “rich visual controls.”

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SCM Research

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In their interesting report, Enabling Trade: From Valuation to Action , the World Economic Forum (in collaboration with Bain & Company) present several supply chains that could be discussed. ” This is where the report delves deeper into examples of practical application.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 10, 2022

SupplyChainBrain is presenting its first issue devoted entirely to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)-related topics — with insights from industry experts engaged directly in the effort to forge ethical supply chains, and in a position to offer practical advice on how others can follow their example.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2022

1-800-Flowers gave a presentation in which they talked about implementing Oracle warehouse management and transportation management systems in the Cloud. OTM is a very mature application, for example. The order-to-delivery process, for example, is much wider than the fulfillment processes supported in a warehouse management system.

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Logility

AUGUST 18, 2023

Each of these hurdles presents its own unique issues that can disrupt alignment and hamper efficiency. For example, executives might underestimate the impact of accurate demand forecasting on reducing inventory costs, resulting in insufficient investment in necessary tools and technologies.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

There are many examples where companies have turned challenges into new opportunity (see the recent article in Supply Chain Dive , From visibility software to pallet picks: How Tillamook planned inventory as demand soared ). Just a few of the brands presenting include: Check out the agenda and register today!

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 11, 2022

It can be made with many different characteristics, for example, different chemical compositions to increase strength, durability, etc. For example, old steel used in an industrial context can be recycled into consumer products such as home appliances, automobiles and more. Steel is one of the most recycled material in the world.

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Logility

DECEMBER 1, 2021

But a new layer of complexity now presents another existential topic: the chain of custody. At any tier of the supply chain, lots can be presented in many configurations – for example, multiple bales can be used in one yarn lot, which is later split across several mills to produce an assortment of fabrics.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Presently, raw materials are mined or farmed and subsequently manufactured into products. Consider the German online fashion retailer Zalando, for example, which primarily sells new fashion. After identifying an item and its present condition, it is resold to other customers as a used item to prolong the product’s life.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

A friend recently told me a fitting example of this: A few years ago, he worked for an AI startup that was invited by a large pharmaceutical company to give a board presentation. The presentation went well, but my friend and his colleague, an AI programmer, were subsequently in a moral quandary. The way is not the goal.

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ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

Automotive parts leader Meritor presents a great example, having digitized the full supplier and product lifecycle to improve collaboration and accelerate the launch of new products. For example, can the system support capturing new data requirements if regulations change? Look at the data model.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The main take aways from the presentation earlier this year were the following: The auto industry has made supply chain risk management a priority since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. Mr. Niebur’s and Thiessen’s presentation was taped in November of 2021 and then played online in February. Soon we will do more training.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions. If you are implementing a warehouse management system, for example, you scan something, you put it away, you store items, you replenish, you build pallets.

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Kinaxis

MAY 30, 2017

Digital disruption is here and now: John Phillips, SVP of Customer Supply Chain, PepsiCo, presented some fascinating examples of getting products into the hands of consumers in unique ways powered by robotics and artificial intelligence. smart refrigerators and Amazon dash buttons).

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Resilinc

APRIL 17, 2024

Single sourcing presents a huge risk for companies in all industries. For example, Mattel moved production of Barbie toys from Asia to Mexico. For example, companies like Apple, General Electric, and Ford have moved some manufacturing back to the US. What are the disadvantages of single sourcing and sole sourcing?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Supported by partners Heriot-Watt University, Pedersen & Partners and RV Consultancy, the full-day agenda featured a stellar line-up of speakers presenting and discussing key issues facing logistics and supply chain management practitioners. Global Assets in a Constantly Shifting Supply Chain. & & Changing Landscape”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2023

Meanwhile, executives are focusing on the present, with an eye to the future a concern for a repeat of the recent past. For example, one respondent stated warehouse visibility had been established and now they are focused on better labor management for capacity planning. And they must be capable of adapting to various demands.

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

As Lora Cecere writes , “RFPs and PowerPoint presentations are the worst way to buy decision support technologies like supply chain planning.” “Most companies ask the wrong questions and consequently have the wrong discussions.” Let’s take some examples. . Consider another example. The next level down might be: .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

ML looks into historical data (for example, transit time statistics of carriers) and data from impactful external factors (such as port congestion, weather or holidays) and uses this information to develop more accurate transit time estimates. Companies are able to allocate resources more efficiently.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

For example, there are a huge number of articles, based on the information in which you can understand the rules of the game. For example, similar material can be found at [link]. For example, you can read the materials that are presented in the table below. Players are in the same club and can watch each other.

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Axway

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Every month, in our “Meet the Griffin” Series , Axway presents an outstanding employee we feel embodies Axway’s culture and is a great example of commitment, achievement, journey, motivation, and work ethic. Previously in our Griffin Series , you met …

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SCM Research

AUGUST 13, 2019

Herein, they presented a framework for SCM as well as questions for how it could be implemented. Now, more than fifteen years later, Lambert & Enz (2017) present an updated version, Issues in Supply Chain Management: Progress and Potential. The authors also present a revised version of the framework from 2000.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

For example, Amazon’s Whole Foods business is now incrementally charging for delivery to offset increased delivery costs. It also presents an excellent opportunity for supply chain and logistics professionals to raise the visibility and value of supply chain strategies and operations.

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