Unleashed

MARCH 21, 2023

New research suggests that manufacturers will be able to significantly improve cash flow as they recover from the inventory crisis of 2022. Last year, data from 4,500 manufacturers using Unleashed inventory management software revealed firms were typically spending twice as much on stock as they were before the pandemic.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. The next posts in the series will break down metrics and issues to consider in SQM by industry and conclude with a case study on the application of SQM.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

Continued fallout, including transport congestion, limited air freight and rail freight transportation in the Asia-Europe lanes, because of the Russia/Ukraine conflict. Supplier visibility provides analytics and insights to inform your strategy. Global supply chains are suffering from what a recent research article from J.P.

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Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software 94

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It touches many departments, from production, procurement, shipping, accounting, and finance to marketing, warehousing, research and development, and sales. For example, a member of the sales team could apply to become a purchasing agent, based on her experience of negotiating sales deals. Why Choose a Job in the Supply Chain Industry?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As physical stores opened, shut down and re-opened again, consumers became more flexible in the way they shop for, and purchase, just about every product. Blue Yonder commissioned a study to examine the real-world financial benefits of advanced supply chain solutions, and the benefits are clear. The study projects a risk-adjusted $31.2

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Enterra Insights

MAY 3, 2018

Consumers now take the digital path to purchase more often than not; but, they don’t care what retailers call their shopping journey or what strategies companies use to make the shopping journey a seamless one. ” Once a consumer completes his or her digital path to purchase (i.e., ’ They simply just shop.”[1]

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

GEON Performance Solutions purchases plastic pellets and add plastic compounders to make products of different strength, resilience, and flexibility. Mr. Sorenson has studied integrated business planning for many years. Dean Sorenson concurs.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2014

All metal fabricators realize that they have to do some analyses before the company purchases equipmen t or hires new people, but now there seems to be a new intensity about the process. Experienced fabricators have become quite good at predicting what the future holds, but still sometimes they don’t foresee what the future holds.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Recent studies have shown organizations are beginning to invest in robotic process automation (RPA) technologies for a wide variety of processes. ”[3] Even so, he notes, RPA can improve supply chain operations in a number of ways: It eliminates the manual input of purchase orders and other administrative tasks. ” 4.

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ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Carrier rates are declining across the board, and Seatrade Maritime News reported an “expected trough of freight rates to mid-2023 from 2024 with a lower demand forecast and a higher than expected effective capacity increase due to the unwinding of congestion. Carriers Will Lower Rates But Keep Many Others.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 29, 2021

To ensure that this particular type of product is delivered successfully, thorough data tracking and logistics analytics are essential. Knowing other details such as the latest product and pricing information, pharmacy inventory, and drug purchase history of the consumer aids companies in mitigating mistakes, ensuring stability.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 29, 2021

To ensure that this particular type of product is delivered successfully, thorough data tracking and logistics analytics are essential. Knowing other details such as the latest product and pricing information, pharmacy inventory, and drug purchase history of the consumer aids companies in mitigating mistakes, ensuring stability.

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Pharmaceutical Prescriptive Analytics Software Shipping Analytics Software 52

3rdwave

AUGUST 7, 2019

These challenges are: Information Accessibility – visibility, reporting & analysis, communication. Transportation Cost Management. The same is true for carrier performance, invoice details, and basic reports. The same is true for the information required to execute reports or analysis around transportation.

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Global Transportation Transportation Management Purchasing Skills Negotiating Skills 75

ShipBob

APRIL 15, 2024

That means you must see a sufficient return on your inventory investment. In other words, you need to make more money selling your inventory than you spent to acquire, store, and fulfill orders with it. That’s why you need to closely measure metrics such as gross margin return on investment (GMROI).

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Unleashed

MAY 19, 2020

Case study 1: Epic Brewing Company. Case study 2: Zeffer Cider. How many stock-outs, an event that caused inventory to be exhausted? Don’t purchase any supply chain solution that is not Cloud or SaaS based. Shipment/availability dates can be predicted with confidence and customer satisfaction is increased.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Speaking at a recent event in Las Vegas, Patton said, “ This business model is hurting to a degree where my company individually has to see change from FedEx Ground,” according to reporting from SupplyChainDive. So the shortage will continue, but for some sellers, the problem will be too much inventory.”. imports totaled 2.53

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Retailers have instituted appointment times, must arrive by dates, and OTIF metrics to measure a brand’s ability to make timely deliveries and get its product to the end destination when it is needed. As soon as you know what your buyer has purchased, begin working on securing transportation.

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ShipBob

MARCH 30, 2020

Ecommerce logistics refers to the processes involved in storing and shipping inventory for an online store or marketplace, including inventory management and the picking, packing, and shipping of online orders. Fulfillment is one of the most critical pieces of ecommerce logistics, which includes: Inventory management.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2018

The Uberization of Freight. People are trying to automate as much of the order-to-cash process as possible - however, there are hurdles that make the fully automated “Uberization of Freight” difficult for both buyer and seller. Predictive analytics will alter the future of the supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2018

” Transactional data : “Post-business-process information such as purchasing inventory records or sales volumes by region.” ”[5] He notes a new study concludes, “A.I. It largely relates to material master, supplier master, customer identities, product material specifications, etc.” ”[3].

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2020

Delivering on-time and in-full is essential to success and a metric used by retailers when evaluating partnerships with vendors of all sizes. But first, let’s look at the background of OTIF metrics and why they came to be. If unable to find a product in store, consumers are quick to turn their attention online and purchase goods there.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2015

Editor's Note: As a third party logistics company with a focus on better Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) freight management, we have several shippers who are in the manufacturing industry. In today's post, we share 5 Golden Manufacturing Metrics that all manufacturing companies should understand to improve plant operations quality.

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Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Metrics Manufacturing 120

Zipline Logistics

JULY 13, 2021

Challenges brought on by COVID-related disruption are forcing shippers to adjust supply chain strategies to accommodate fervent demand, rising logistics costs, and scarcer trucking capacity. As we hit the back half of 2021, let’s explore what current retail trends are doing to the freight market and how CPG brands are affected.

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Requis

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Supply chain is a relatively new discipline that rose out of the procurement, logistics, and operations disciplines. Procurement, logistics, and operations were seen as separate – but that perspective isn’t helpful today. If you buy in larger quantities, you sink more working capital into inventory, and add warehousing costs.

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Requis

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Supply chain is a relatively new discipline that rose out of the procurement, logistics, and operations disciplines. Procurement, logistics, and operations were seen as separate – but that perspective isn’t helpful today. If you buy in larger quantities, you sink more working capital into inventory, and add warehousing costs.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Supply Chain Planning Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Predictive Analytics Software Procurement Solutions 40

Cathy Roberson

MARCH 21, 2022

A Pitney Bowes study forecasts ecommerce shipments to double by 2026 and that 90% of US consumers expect free two-to-three-day shipping. However, it took a pandemic to 'discover' the last mile as many providers failed to deliver on time, and shipping costs increased. Where's my package? I wear a number of hats these days.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Without it, your inventory stays on the shelf, and your customers look elsewhere to get what they need. Inventory management techniques. It involves: Inventory management. Other items that are heavy or bulky must be shipped via freight , and that requires access to a whole different network of specialists. Warehousing.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

In transportation news, the American Trucking Associations reported that its advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 0.9% Looking ahead, Costello is concerned “about the high level of inventories throughout the supply chain [that] could have a negative impact on truck freight volumes over the next few months.”.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

more near-shoring and larger, less frequent shipments to minimize transportation costs). How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. 82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2015

Furthermore, the use of robotics in the order fulfillment, specifically the “item picking” processes , could help foster a faster purchase-to-delivery timeline. Cantaloupe System uses the IoT to help monitor the temperatures of their vending machines, detect thieves, and monitor inventory. Automated Data Transfers.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In general the customer – or the importer – is liable to pay certain costs including any taxes or duties payable in their jurisdiction, along with freight, insurance and other handling costs. Under this threshold, items purchased overseas can come into the country without incurring any duty or customs charges.

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New Zealand Australia Purchasing Skills Negotiating Skills 98

EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Do your homework and study them. You will develop the business relationship directly with them and will enjoy better terms as you make more purchases. Their business model, after all, is the buying and selling of goods. Landed costs can quickly be a headache when you’re importing goods at different times.

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EMERGE App

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Do your homework and study them. You will develop the business relationship directly with them and will enjoy better terms as you make more purchases. Their business model, after all, is the buying and selling of goods. Landed costs can quickly be a headache when you’re importing goods at different times.

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Purchasing Skills Negotiate Pricing Negotiating Skills Manufacturing Procurement 40

ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Those disciplines include decision management (including advanced nondeterministic techniques such as agent-based systems) and decision support as well as techniques such as descriptive, diagnostics and predictive analytics.” Why is Decision Intelligence Important in the Supply Chain?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

Let us study major highlights of Supply Chains of the future. Most of the current repetitive processes like (forecasting, reports, purchase orders & Invoicing) will be automated using various technologies. Case Study Agility: ZARA. Case Study Resilience: CISCO. Case Study Risk management: The All England Club.

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