Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Recessionary environments cause disruptions in the manufacturing industry around the globe, leading to long lead times, shortages, rising prices, and complications in transportation lines. And future supply chains will rely on effective data collection, advanced analytics, automation, and control towers augmented with AI/ML technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Snowflake is a cloud computing–based data cloud company that offers a cloud-based data storage and analytics service, generally termed “data-as-a-service.” Retailers can make changes to the lead times, predict supply chain disruptions, change a store to an e-commerce site, and see what will happen across the supply chain network.

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Silvon Software

APRIL 29, 2022

Inventory can be a manufacturer’s most important asset. Key performance indicators (or KPIs) help to facilitate these requirements and drive higher inventory optimization outcomes as a result for manufacturers, distributors and other supply chain-centric businesses. The Basics of Inventory Management KPIs. Sales KPIs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Supply chains must be connected and collaborative so all links can align to business strategy and oriented toward a common set of the most important metrics (and not functional metrics that drive siloed behavior). Animals that try to take a bite out of a cactus seeking food or moisture will get bitten back by those thorns.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

Lockdown of cities and manufacturing plants have significantly impacted many industries’ supply chains. retail, e-commerce, food production). The rush to stockpile basic needs like food, beverages and toilet paper led to a dramatic increase in sales at retail outlets such as supermarkets. Agility and visibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), predictive analytics and robotics once seemed incredibly sophisticated and out of reach — but today they’re easily accessible to every company. The study predicts that a $10 billon company can realize over $31.2 Warehouse Task Automation. billion in 2020 to $15.79

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

The Port of Shenzhen –a central manufacturing and export hub including the Yantian terminal that handles 25% of all U.S.-bound Still, the manufacturing plants and distribution centers are closed. Taiwan manufacturers 60% of global semiconductors. Semiconductor manufacturing consumes 10% of the island’s water supply.

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ThroughPut

AUGUST 24, 2021

However, the pandemic upended all processes that involved manufacturing, supply, and delivery of goods. Food & Beverage giants like Kellog’s reported on the state of breakdown in supply chain management. AI can help conduct a market gap analysis to better predict what products can be integrated into an existing product mix.

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Unleashed

APRIL 1, 2024

Commonly it refers to food, drink, and medicinal products. Pest and grime control Rodents, insects, birds, mould, and other harmful interlopers love perishable stock such as food and plant products. It’s common among perishable goods manufacturers, in particular pharmaceutical companies. What are perishable goods?

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BlueYonder

MAY 18, 2023

Blue Yonder laid out a vision of how supply chains can take advantage of recent breakthroughs in technology to shift the work of supply chain management from “reactive” to predictive. This is not only an environmental risk, but also creates undue costs and losses for companies.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 25, 2022

From the extremely visible and immediately felt increase in crude oil prices, the conflict is disrupting everything from food (wheat, corn, and sunflower oil exports), automotive (various metals including copper and iron) and semiconductors (90% of neon comes from Russia). How to Align Supply Chain Action to Your Business Strategy.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The algorithms iteratively query data with many using constraint-based modeling to find the core set of factors with the greatest predictive accuracy. One of the most challenging aspects of managing a supply chain is predicting the future demands for production.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

It involves all the activities related to the sourcing and transportation of raw materials needed in the manufacturing process. Meanwhile, the downstream supply chain involves activities post the manufacturing process, which would mean getting the finished goods to the end consumer.

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IQMS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) enable supply chain networks and manufacturing to stay synchronized, scale and flex to fluctuations in demand. The best MES implementations bring greater accuracy, control, scale, and speed to shop floors and are one of the strongest growth catalysts any manufacturer can have.

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ShipBob

JULY 2, 2021

By using a combination of technologies like AI, machine learning, and predictive analytics, online brands can manage complex supply chains by automating warehouse operations, improving delivery times, easily managing inventory, optimizing third-party communication, and creating new customer experiences that increase satisfaction and boost sales.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 28, 2023

This second in this series provides a specific focus for the now growing importance for increased operational excellence and efficiencies for companies whose products are anchored in process and batch manufacturing process environments.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 16, 2018

The company also plans to utilize its Whole Foods locations’ parking lot space as distribution centers, placing fast delivery ahead of the in-store shopping experience. Among the moves to reduced costs, Amazon is building 140 fulfillment centers to get closer to its customers to reduce shipping costs , achieve even faster delivery.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Smartwatches, drones, jetpacks, robot housekeepers, a food replicator and even a flying car that could transform into a briefcase. 3D Printing and Manufacturing. Those on the manufacturing side will likely need to build new models that accelerate product development and reduce cycle times while finding new ways to lower cost.

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It involves assessing how the overall supply chain performed, analyzing metrics, and how well you managed exceptions. Developing an agreement – For CPFR to work, manufacturers, retailers, and suppliers should agree on how communication will be carried out. It also helps you make more accurate predictions about your requirements.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, were recognized among Food Logistics’ 2021 Top Software and Technology Providers. The annual FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers honors leading software and technology providers that ensure a safe, efficient, and reliable global food and beverage supply chain. Logility, Inc.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 30, 2020

Automotive manufacturers are remobilizing to produce ventilators. Currently, in the advanced analytics space for supply chain, I have the flexibility to help eliminate bottlenecks for some of the world’s largest canals while also ensuring things end up on Mars in one piece.

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Demand Solutions

JULY 31, 2013

Making Sense of Business Performance For the typical manufacturer or distributor, supply chain business intelligence is a double-edged sword. Which metrics are most important to track? If you try to do without it, you’ll never have enough data about your overall business performance. How should you interpret the data you get?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

As I wrote last June, investments are rising in Supply Chain Operating Networks and Descartes is a prime example of this trend in action — a trend that I predict will continue to gain momentum in the months and years ahead. Business Intelligence, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence: We’re in the middle of an evolution here.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods by giving customers more visibility and greater confidence to accurately predict delivery times. The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In its simplest form, fourth-party logistics is a model in which manufacturers hand over the entirety of the organisation and oversight of their supply chain to a 4PL provider. the digitisation of manufacturing. This outsourcing allows the company to focus on its core manufacturing business and higher-value projects.

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In April Smithfield Foods closed a few large US meat processing plants for several weeks due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Pinpoint the biggest profit-makers in your planning system and then commit to only offering the most predictable and reliable products until the disruption has passed. Global or local supply chain bottlenecks.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 10, 2017

as well as the Industrial Internet of Things , manufacturers are using technology to enhance their operations in ways they never before thought possible to get manufacturing efficiency. A System of Smart Labels and Sensors To Enhance Manufacturing Efficiency. and the IIoT have also taken hold among automobile manufacturers.

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IQMS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Bottom Line: Food & beverage manufacturing’s future is being defined by the over 60 customer quality audit requests a typical manufacturer receives every year, combined with the need to excel at FDA audits and compliance to stay competitive. Quality Audits Need To Become Routine For Food & Beverage Manufacturers.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 18, 2021

Reverse logistics is the process of goods returning to their point of origin – back from the purchaser to the manufacturer or supplier. Today, reverse logistics can no longer be an afterthought for manufacturers, but is instead an integral part of supply chain planning. What steps make up the reverse logistics process?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

I had touched some nerves with my five predictions for 2020: Digital, Outside-in Value Networks. While the companies in the post event discussions, liked the predictions and were ready to take the jump, they struggled on the how. We are beginning to design and implementing outside-in processes that will fuel growth agendas.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Analytical innovation and digital transformation drove step-change capabilities within the office and marketing. There is the need for an analytics strategy that can power outside-in, real-time processes using structured AND unstructured data. Build a scrappy, cross-functional team to test and learn using new forms of analytics.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

So the CSR score too is more of a popularity contest than a consistent metric. Also, for whatever reason, Gartner limits the scope of the Top 25 to companies in the manufacturing, retail or distribution sectors. In other words, these companies are all multinational giants in their respective verticals. Media Image. transactionID.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

JULY 8, 2021

Imagine that Amanda (a completely imaginary person) is a demand planner at Kool Komfort Foods ( a completely imaginary company , also branded as K2), a nationwide producer of healthy comfort foods. What metrics should I use to measure forecast accuracy? Metrics and Measurement. How should I consume the forecast?

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Shipsy

JUNE 20, 2017

Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and advanced analytics have been some of the most disruptive technologies that leaders are adopting. In the last five years there has been a triple-digit growth in the implementation of industrial robots in manufacturing and warehousing especially in North America, Europe and Asia.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Here are some common examples of dead stock: Perishable stock that has passed its use-by date, such as fresh produce used in food and beverage production. Dead stock: 5 common causes Dead stock typically occurs when a business is no longer able to sell an item or consume a production material at the same velocity as predicted.

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Manufacturing sites have been rationalized in terms of, “we don’t need five factories in this country, we only need three, then two, then we don’t need them at all, we’ll move them to China”. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

He discussed the adoption of the steam engine and the electric motor in the manufacturing sector. Today, we take these technologies for granted, but the electric motor was the genesis of the horizontal manufacturing plant. I used history to predict the future. They are walking with their feet to fresh and prepared foods.

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