Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. These efforts will have broader Amazon and industry deployment trials in 2023 and beyond.

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QAD

AUGUST 26, 2021

In his white paper , “ No Matter What You Call It: Industry 4.0 Means Manufacturing in Transition”, QAD’s Glenn Graney, director for the Industrial and High Tech markets, reflects on artificial intelligence: “Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already transitioning from an academic exercise to an impactful business proposition.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. The goal here is to remove the drudgery of data management.

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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. Further announced was an assessment of owned retail operations in the U.S.

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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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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

which makes Internet-connected exercise bikes, but also for more traditional manufacturers such as the athletic footwear and apparel company Nike Inc.”[3]. Distributed Warehousing. ” By that, he means, you have to locate warehouses closer to customers. Patenting is also highly concentrated in supply chain industries.

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o9 Solutions

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Supply chains stretch from sourcing to the final product. The announcement of the availability of o9 Integration for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management on Microsoft AppSource highlights how technology platforms can transform supply chain, commercial, and integrated business planning capabilities across industry verticals.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2024

The supply chain industry is vital to the global economy with its complex network of activities, people, organizations, information, and resources. Here are six essential tips for students to enter and thrive in the supply chain industry. It isn’t just about stocking up on cool facts but bringing fresh, impactful ideas.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, organizations across industries are realizing the immense value of effective procurement practices. SCMDOJO’s courses are all available online, taught by leading industry Experts with years of professional experience on their roster.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 8, 2024

By seeing the relationship between profit and planet more clearly, decisionmakers should be convinced of investments beyond them just being a tick-box exercise. This more bespoke approach is likely to lead you to more diverse manufacturing network formulation with alternative sources, make-and-buy optionality, or nearshoring possibilities.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As we noted in our specific 2023 prediction focused on the global transportation industry sector , entering 2023, industry perspectives were on the ability to be able to maintain higher rates by basis of multi-year signed contracts executed at the height of shipping rates.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Closing the planning automation gap After more than hundred years of automating our physical assets in the supply chain, we now have automated warehouses, trucks, productions plants and delivery drones. It will likely depend on industry and function. Or would it start with a blank sheet and reimagine IBP? Some go as far as 80%.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 21, 2023

With 15,900 followers, he has carved a niche for himself by using fitness-related analogies and exercises to explain complex supply chain concepts. His content focuses on equipping aspiring professionals and existing practitioners with the necessary tools to excel in the supply chain industry.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

At the original Thanksgiving feast, the pickings were much slimmer and all ingredients were sourced locally. 1] She note there are only two known historical sources describing the three-day long feast shared by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag natives at Plymouth Colony in 1621.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 4, 2018

Globalism has been a boon to the supply chain by expanding sourcing, opening new markets, accelerating growth and highlighting opportunities to save money. IoT, in fact, is being imagined as the next big thing to happen after the industrial revolution. The cyber-insurance industry is likely to respond sharply to this.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2022

West Coast ports and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) formally begin this week, prior to the July 1 deadline to the current labor contract. Labor contract talks among the Pacific Maritime Association , representing a multitude of U.S. Supply Chain Matters would not at all be surprised if U.S.

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crisp

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reporting for organizations emitting over 25,000 metric tons of GHGs per year, and those in specific industries like vehicle manufacturing and industrial gas. This system has tracked and helped reduce roughly 85% of the nation’s direct emissions.

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Precoro

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Procurement is a complex and dynamic process involving strategic planning and several stages of execution, from sourcing to paying and reporting. These should be considered regardless of your company’s size or industry. A procurement management tool is a trustworthy source of data for spend analysis and performance evaluation.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). Simply put, I admit upfront that my supply chain and logistics predictions below are biased and flawed, but I make them anyway because it’s a fun exercise, and also because I hope it generates some thoughtful conversations and ideas.

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20Cube Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

It offers the stakeholders a comprehensive report across the supply chain from warehouse to destination of delivery, instead of showing the shipment in transit; it shows the exact location of the shipment. In companies like 20Cube wherein it’s quite a complex supply chain (different cargo sourced across dissimilar suppliers and locations).

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BlueYonder

MARCH 24, 2022

The State of Supply Chain Sustainability study shows that today’s sustainability pressures come from several sources, both inside and outside companies. The pressure and expectations from investors and industry organizations are increasing the most, but also from customers, consumers and legislators. Transparency and visibility.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The demand planning and forecasting process The process of demand planning and forecasting can be extremely difficult, as it involves multiple teams across an organisation and data points from both internal and external sources. In a fast-moving industry such as consumer goods, a shorter timeframe may be preferred.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

If so, due to its size and buying power, the partner will likely be able to provide goods or services at an advantageous cost to you compared to the costs of sourcing internally. Additionally, a large-scale supplier can typically spread fixed costs over a larger production volume, reducing the price per unit.

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Logility

AUGUST 25, 2021

Logility customers can now access warehouse and Accelerated Growth in Cloud Services Annual Contract Value and Subscription Revenue. powers the digital supply chain to enable apparel brand owners and retailers to maximize revenue and profit by accelerating lead times, streamlining product development, and optimizing sourcing and distribution.

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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. Identify shortage and quality problems along the supply chain.

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

However, they are not only an inconvenience to consumers but also a substantial source of lost revenue for both retailers and vendors. And while this has been a widely discussed topic for the past few years, its prevalence in the industry has been further exacerbated by the effects of COVID-19. How to Hit Retail Delivery Standards.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ). How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment?

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 27, 2022

According to analysts at McKinsey , “Most of the data generated in a supply chain falls outside the scope of just one enterprise or entity,” a dynamic that makes it hard to know if you’re dealing with good or bad data or even the original source. Does the data come from a variety of different sources? Gain Clarity into Shipping Data.

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Vinculum

JANUARY 8, 2021

Before the advent of digitization, businesses traditionally used a paper-based system to track their warehouse operations. Thanks to technological developments, environmental factors, and productivity improvements, more companies are starting to move to a paperless warehouse. A paperless warehouse is a more accurate warehouse.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

the fifth edition of supply Chain Movement’s 3pl subway Map of europe doesn’t appear to show many changes in the competitive landscape, but start-ups – both from the netherlands and abroad – are the source of the real innovations in logistics nowadays. 16 | Profile Susanne Hundsbæk-Pedersen, Novo Nordisk. 36 | Visualization: logistics 4.0.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

However, such pivots will take several years and will be extremely capital intensive in some industries such as semiconductors or pharmaceuticals. As demand for last mile logistics intensifies, warehouses become the prime candidates for automation. AI plays a significant role in harnessing the power of this.

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Requis

AUGUST 13, 2020

12 trillion: the annual procurement spend by the Global 2000 (our estimate based on several sources, see image below). $3 One of the Requis team’s primary industries is energy, and here we can offer an even more focused picture of the potential gold mine in asset disposition that most operators haven’t tapped into yet.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How 3PLs Can Gain Visibility and a Competitive Advantage Offering Automated Billing and a Self-Service Interactive Customer Portal It’s hard to imagine a third-party logistics (3PL) business today operating without some form of a warehouse management system ( WMS ) connecting the digital dots. To learn more, visit Open Sky Group today.

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Vinculum

APRIL 15, 2020

In such cases, organizations can gather information from a variety of sources like shipment impacts, export levels across regions, and facility exposure by industry and parts groups. While estimating the inventory, companies can use the above supply chain transparency exercise.

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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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NC State SCRC

JUNE 27, 2017

While this can be an interesting exercise, it oftens fails to answer the direct of question “how should the procurement process be improved?” > Warehouse ownership. > This is effectively a “snapshot” in time. and “What is the potential return on investment?” > Comparing interest accrued/investment to revenue. >

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2015, Nestlé discovered that fish products it was procuring from Thailand for use in its cat food brands were sourced from suppliers engaging in forced and slave labour.

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