Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2016

As digitization continues to modify the global supply chain landscape, its unprecedented data sources and solutions will lead to not only the demise of disparate information systems, but to the rise of true, end-to-end, supply chain visibility. Improve lead times and performance.

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Bristlecone

JANUARY 19, 2021

Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 disruption, I have come across many organizations and ‘initiatives of the month’ focusing on improving supply chain visibility. This got me thinking about the nuances of supply chain visibility – what is it and why should organizations care about it, at this moment in time?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

FourKites , the global leader in real-time supply chain visibility, has launched a Sustainability Dashboard where companies can see miles traveled to create a baseline for emissions. FourKites Sustainability Dashboard also enables companies to identify the highest source of freight-related emissions across the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2021

One example is an alert that a truck will be late based on a GPS feed. Four Kites and Descartes are examples of software companies whose solution provides this type of alert. There are supply chain visibility solutions for Risk, Source, Make, Deliver, and Returns/Recalls. – mentioned above.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 31, 2023

What is an example of sustainable food? Some examples of ready-to-eat and ready-to-drink products include pre-packaged salads, protein bars and energy drinks. For example, some companies have implemented sustainable packaging solutions that use biodegradable materials to reduce their environmental impact.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

Of the professionals surveyed, 59% saw the gap between procurement/sourcing and supply chain to be a major disconnect, and the most pressing pain point. MSCN solutions provide supply chain visibility, network-based applications, and network analytics across an extended supply chain.

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synchrono

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Supply Chain Market reported the closest any manufacturer can get to the magic bullet is supply chain visibility. Supply chain visibility is needed to achieve a manufacturers’ goal of saving money quickly and inexpensively. After all, financial performance is what pays the bills.

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Precoro

APRIL 18, 2023

This can be achieved by improving supply chain visibility. In this blog post, we'll answer the following questions: What is supply chain visibility? What do high-visibility supply chains look like? How can supply chain visibility be achieved?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 16, 2022

SCCN is a collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a public cloud – many-to-many architecture – which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. SCCN solutions provide supply chain visibility and analytics across an extended supply chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Supply chain data can be challenging to manage due to its unstructured or semi-structured nature and the need to integrate new data sources. Table 1 details some examples of areas of application of generative AI for different supply chain participants.

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RFgen

MAY 13, 2024

TL;DR Unilever’s Global Reach : Manages a complex supply chain with over 280 factories, 500 warehouses, and sources from 52,000 suppliers in over 150 countries. Sustainability Initiatives : Commits to reducing environmental impact through sustainable sourcing, packaging, and waste reduction.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A MSCN is a collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a many-to-many architecture which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. MSCN solutions provide supply chain visibility, network-based applications, and network analytics across an extended supply chain.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 7, 2024

Enhancing supply chain resilience as well as supply chain visibility is crucial in today’s interconnected world. Supply Chain Resilience refers to a supply chain’s ability to withstand and recover from unexpected events.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The pandemic tested the supply chain across all industries, so how can medical device supply chain leaders implement strategies and plan for potential risks in the post pandemic “new normal”? Broadening Multi-Sourcing and the Use of Near Shore Suppliers. Expanding supplier relationships.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Source: [link]. The United States, for example, wastes about 40% of their food , amounting to about 125 to 160 billion pounds—much of which is perfectly edible. By creating greater transparency throughout food supply chains, manufacturers can identify where the wastage happens and solve the problem at the source.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Cameron Bailey, EVP of Global Supply Chain at VF Corporation, did not disappoint. Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

ARC’s definition is that a supply chain collaboration network is a “collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a public cloud – many-to-many architecture – which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. A SCCN Promotes Supply Chain Agility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2023

For example, real-time planning, end-to-end planning, control tower, integrated business planning (IBP), and digital brain are oxymorons while discussions on innovation bounded by a required ROI is a juxtaposition. .” Current planning taxonomies do not plan across make, source, and deliver answers bi-directionally.

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ModusLink Corporation

APRIL 22, 2024

Quality Assurance Across Borders: Stringent quality control protocols enforced throughout the global supply chain. Supply Chain Visibility and Transparency: Real-time tracking of components and assemblies across multiple geographies. Compliance with international quality standards and regulatory requirements.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

For example, Millennial Marketing shared J. During the e-commerce checkout process, any insight into the supply chain is crucial to ensuring customers go through with their orders. If a company has complete visibility of its supply chain and warehouse management, it should share the important details with consumers.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

For example, Millennial Marketing shared J. During the e-commerce checkout process, any insight into the supply chain is crucial to ensuring customers go through with their orders. If a company has complete visibility of its supply chain and warehouse management, it should share the important details with consumers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

including digital control towers fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), data science and analytics, strategic product segmentation, inventory management, operations intelligence and analysis, strategic sourcing, and effective pricing and promotions management. A Positive Example.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

As shown in Figure 2, there are many variants of visibility. Examples include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Warehouse Management (WMS_ or Advanced Planning (APS). In contrast, visibility does not. These sources while functional are difficult to connect. This is a form of visibility.) Procter and Gamble?

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Logility

APRIL 29, 2021

For example, governments may enact new laws that affect worker rights. Supply chain disruptions such as these may force a business to find new inshore or offshore suppliers, all of whom must be thoroughly vetted for compliance with regulatory and corporate standards.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

And a FourKites survey of 350+ supply chain leaders tells us that the past few years of supply chain disruptions — including COVID-19, market volatility, global political conflict, material shortages and extreme weather events — drove 73% of respondents to begin investing in supply chain visibility, with 46% planning to invest more in 2023.

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

Now it takes one person three days to roll out a forecast that provides a more accurate foundation for inventory and replenishment planning across our business,” explains Joe Tocci, senior vice president of Global Sourcing and Supply Chain at IPG.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 27, 2018

While there have been numerous examples of how AI can boost profits in supply chain execution—most notably in the form of autonomous vehicles and smart robotics—the benefits related to supply chain planning have largely been ignored. Machine learning.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Extending supply chain visibility by looking for patterns in point-of-sale (PoS), promotion, social media, NPI, weather, IoT, internet search and economic data to make near-term improvements to your forecast and inventory placement. For example, you may have inventory available, but in the wrong place.

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Procurement Academy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Elevating Procurement Excellence Through Targeted Training Role-based procurement training is ideal because procurement and supply chain roles often come with role-specific challenges. Sourcing managers play a vital role in a business’s procurement process by identifying, evaluating, and selecting suppliers.

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QAD

JULY 6, 2023

Supply chain planning is a key component of digital supply chain management. It involves the process of identifying, sourcing, and allocating resources to create a product or service with a goal of better balancing supply chain demand. What are some of the benefits of digital supply chain planning?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 2, 2016

In this week’s Ripped from the Headlines segment, another example of how many companies still have poor visibility and control of their end-to-end supply chains. As I’ve said many times before, there is no silver bullet for supply chain visibility. poor training); and Process issues (e.g.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This is a key technology for improved collaboration across an extended supply chain. MSCN solutions provide supply chain visibility, network-based applications, and network analytics. One example is the demanding practice of delivering components to an OEM factory just-in-time, just-in-sequence.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. They are demanding more supply chain transparency. ” You might be thinking, “That sounds like supply chain visibility. Visibility into: internal operations.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 29, 2024

Sign Up for SCMDOJO Pro Membership Importance of Effective Supply Chain Management Supply chain management is not just about moving products from point A to point B – it’s a strategic approach that encompasses the entire network of processes involved in delivering goods and services to customers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Let me give you example. Recently, I was presenting to a supply chain team in Europe. Aligned across the organization, the process focus is on executing the supply chain strategy. The advancements in analytics–open-source, cloud, internet-of-things (IOT), and cognitive computing–are very promising.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Here are eight critical activities that can help procurement organizations build and maintain chain resiliency in a post-Covid-19 world: Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility. Digital transformation will lead to the evolution and digitization of key procurement processes, from source-to-pay.

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ModusLink Corporation

JULY 22, 2011

Companies have invested millions of dollars in systems and processes to track supply chain activities through their own operations. Do we now need to look beyond this to increase supply chain visibility across multiple customer and supply tiers?

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