ToolsGroup

JANUARY 6, 2022

Predicting demand was never easy (with or without an astrologer), and, looking ahead, the challenges of global supply chain disruptions continue in 2022. Tip : Unlock the Planner’s Playbook to Supply Chain Disruption and get more tactics to successfully manage your supply chain in 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Pivot Toward Internal Manufacturing Presence.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. While Facebook is looking at virtual reality, Alibaba and Amazon are looking more at freight. More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 19, 2022

With supply chain disruptions, low capacity, and skyrocketing fuel costs, manufacturers and shippers are facing monumental hurdles. Among these openings, durable goods manufacturing is one of the sectors with the most unfilled job openings compared to skilled workers – a shortage that creates challenges for supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 20, 2022

As developments regarding industry supply chain disruptions continue unabated, businesses now increasingly face the sting of higher supply chain and transportation driven costs impacting the bottom line. One of the high-flying start-ups that is addressing the needs of smaller regional fleets is Uber Freight.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 21, 2022

Of all the details shippers and businesses have to manage and track, transportation costs and freight audits can be the most overlooked and impactful. The pandemic brought massive and sudden changes to how consumers were shopping and spending their money, shifting supply chains from local lines to imports in numbers never seen before.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

This fact drives us to innovate when it comes to our Supply Chain Execution solutions. Along their journey they provide feedback, which with industry and technological advancements, backs our ongoing innovation strategy. We were able to make better decisions via automation, while also eliminating days of manual effort.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience. Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel.

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QAD

JUNE 17, 2021

If the pandemic and other global events of the past year have taught us anything, it’s that supply chains are fragile and easily disrupted. Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises understand that integrated supplier management can reduce supply chain risk and improve business performance.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2023

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solutions Marketing team explores new business challenges and innovation solutions to change the game and manage disruptions. Salim: What we are seeing on the supply side is complexity with increased volatility and uncertainty. Can we get the supplies from an alternate source?

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

… Authorities have now imposed restrictions on Beijing, while the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, a gateway for air freight, also limited the movement of people in May.” Since China is home to seven of the world’s 10 biggest container ports, lockdowns could disrupt supply chains well into the foreseeable future.

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Taulia

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic directly resulted in unpredictable shifts in demand, labor shortages, and bottlenecks in manufacturing and distribution. Agile supply chain management prioritizes flexibility, adaptability and the ability to respond rapidly to changes in supply and demand in an unpredictably dynamic environment.

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Unleashed

MARCH 25, 2024

Consolidation warehousing is a strategy that allows your business to reduce transportation costs and improve customer service by combining shipments from various sources into a single truckload. Private consolidation warehouses are owned and managed by the business that uses them, such as a retailer or a manufacturer.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solutions Marketing team explores new business challenges and innovation solutions to change the game and manage disruptions. In this Part 2 blog post, we will continue to explore how automotive manufacturers are carrying out effective supply chain initiatives and their innovative solutions.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2020

Companies That See Supply Chain Disruptions as Challenges. Some US manufacturers, however, have resorted to airlifting supplies from China at a premium price. General Motors: Has airlifted supplies for its North American truck production. The Auto Industry. The Electronics Industry.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2024

Onshoring and nearshoring will become increasingly popular to shrink supply chains globally. Businesses need the flexibility to sense real-time changes to pivot sourcing, production, and logistics accordingly. That would enable the rerouting of goods quickly as country-level disruptions occur.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 23, 2020

Across industries – and in the wider public – leaders are waking up to the fact that Supply Chains are about more than just moving stuff around. They diversify supplier bases to reduce risk, provide massive cost savings, allow companies to quickly offer new products, and find sources of innovation through closer supplier collaboration.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented global supply chain disruptions, impacting the flow of parts and finished goods around the world. The disruption caused by COVID-19 is unique in that it impacted supply chains across all industries. Adapt to the next-gen supply chain model.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 19, 2022

How well a company manages its supply chain processes can directly impact its bottom line. In a 2021 Statista survey, over half of businesses surveyed found the supply chain disruptions to be extremely challenging , with faster response time as the most difficult hurdle to conquer. The bottom line.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Rivian will reportedly continue to provide EV delivery vans to Amazon through 2030 as part of the company’s 2019 supply agreement to provide 100,000 Amazon branded EV vans by 2030. Delivery of these innovative vans began in July 2022. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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6 River Systems

JULY 9, 2019

Data-driven SCM provides visibility from end to end for monitoring the flow of information, services and goods from procurement to manufacturing and delivery to the end consumer. For instance, 87% of companies believe they could reduce inventory by 22% if they had a better understanding of risks in their supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

Acknowledgement was made that rates are at historically high levels, with trans- Pacific freight costs rising by 200 percent in 2021 and with trans- Atlantic costs rising by 100 percent. There is no cost for paid CSCMP membership, or the report can be purchased for $249 by non CSCMP members. Bob Ferrari.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

True resiliency is achieved when supply chain leaders can predict issues and dynamically respond – from sourcing and manufacturing to final delivery – with agile solutions. To cultivate true supply chain resiliency, the concept of end-to-end supply chain visibility should not be limited to freight shipment transparency.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 14, 2022

The point was driven home in a 2022 post by Financial Post , highlighting the stress that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the supply chain and how it has contributed to employee burnout. The Great Resignation and Shifting Focus on Supply Chain Personnel and Staff Burnout in Logistics.

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Gravity Supply Chain

JULY 1, 2020

Gravity partners with Vizion to help businesses make data-driven decisions, increase shipping reliability, reduce risks, and supply chain disruptions.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

In Part Two of this blog series , we provided highlights our third prediction, that supply chain management teams will continue to exercise more direct control of direct materials sourcing, and these efforts will be a prominent element of business strategy for CSCO ’s and CPO ’s this year. Prediction Implications.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

The retailer has partnered with the Bengaluru-based cargo airline Quikjet to launch its maiden air freight service in the country, which it said will enable the firm to speed up its delivery. India is the third market where Amazon has launched its freight service. Uber is continuing to look at innovations to stay ahead.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

In this, the first of our supply chain news posts, you’ll find updates on the following current stories in global supply chain and logistics operations: The Ukraine war and its impact on global supply chains. Lenovo’s innovative sustainability work with Maersk. Ukraine War and its Supply Chain Impact.

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PINC

MARCH 24, 2020

In an uncertain world where supply chain disruption is becoming a certainty, here’s how good inventory management enabled by automation can help companies gain the supply chain visibility they need to keep the wheels turning. Now here we are, dealing with the impacts of COVID-19 around the world. economy. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

Kraft Heinz wants to solve its supply chain problems — in the metaverse. Ford expedites freight to alleviate supplier disruptions in China. Biden to announce 3D printing initiative to boost US supply chain. Amazon recruiting mom-and-pop shops for rural deliveries. Unilever to pilot mobile ice cream shops.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 9, 2020

These figures indicate the extent of Australia’s exposure to the severe supply chain disruption being experienced in China, following the outbreak of the Coronavirus epidemic in December. As with exports, the Chinese lockdowns and quarantines have disrupted Australia’s inbound supply chains and played havoc with imports.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Source: Evan, Flikr. “I I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. SophiaTX Open Source Platform to Integrate SAP, Blockchain. Maersk and IBM Unveil First Industry-Wide Cross-Border Supply Chain Solution on Blockchain.

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