OptiProERP

JANUARY 8, 2020

With cloud ERP you have easy access to the exact information you need to give an accurate and rapid reply, knowing the material you have on hand, machine availability, impact on downstream scheduling, and so on. Can you turn it around in time? Customers might need to change the quantity or the kitting of your product on the fly.

Manufacturing Procurement 101

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

According to a report from The Information , the company is imposing this fee on returns when return options at Whole Foods, Kohl’s, or Amazon Fresh locations are closer or at the same distance as a UPS Store return location. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Employment at U.S. Warehousing and storage employment fell to 1.91

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Companies effected: Information on what companies have been affected is very limited as of this writing. In Georgia, operations at the Ports of Savannah and Brunswick will be closed for three days slated September 9. Price spikes haven’t been seen yet because companies are still burning through existing inventory.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Ukraine in the news: War in Ukraine disrupts ships around the globe. The world’s biggest container ship operators, A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and Mediterranean Shipping Co., No information was available about who was behind the attack, nor the motive. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S., for example, compared to shipping state-to-state. Errors in interpretation of product specifications, shipping documents, and other critical instructions, due to language barriers are reduced. energy costs have dropped.

Cost Reduction Strategies 120

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. ScottsMiracle-Gro is consolidating the warehousing and distribution of its bagged products that are shipped to home center stores.

Customer Service 87

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2015

In the mid 1950s, this concept was extended to transportation management with the development of intermodal containers together with ships, trains, and trucks to handle these containers. The communication capabilities have fundamentally changed the way we think about communications and information sharing. was released in 1995.

Supply Chain Planning Software 120

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In the mid 1950s, this concept was extended to transportation management with the development of intermodal containers together with ships, trains, and trucks to handle these containers. The communication capabilities have fundamentally changed the way we think about communications and information sharing. was released in 1995.

Supply Chain Planning Software 93

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2015

Outside of the times that I am being ignored when the games are on, our dinner conversations have involved the following topics of conversation: “Hey mom, did you see Hunter fall off his chair when Georgia State won with a buzzer beater?” or “Wow, I can’t believe Maryland lost… it was because they lost Trimble!”

Warehousing 40

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

It’s also very efficient, meaning it will allow your employees to process more orders on a hourly basis with virtually impossible odds of shipping the incorrect products to your customers. Define normal parameters and fine-tune the physical inventory system. Once the method is working, standardize it. Robin Schwartz, PHR.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 23, 2023

The fulfillment center is the second of four next-generation facilities that aim to bring the powerful combination of people, technology and machine learning together to achieve faster shipping and delivery, while increasing Walmart.com order fulfillment capacity. Information-sharing on threats within the industry has been patchy.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

At CSCMP Edge 2017, Kenco hosted a roundtable of supply chain leaders from companies like Coca-Cola, ChervonTechnologies, Georgia-Pacific, Kids II, and Sealed Air to work through the challenging but critical road ahead. There’s both an art and science to how we drive innovation in our supply chains and drive it we must.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Procurement planning functionality (essentially the planning of future purchase orders) is typically a subset of broader supply planning applications that plan manufacturing work orders, inventory levels, shipments, as well as purchase orders, to meet demand.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

of east coast and Gulf of Mexico imports in September, according to an article from the Business Information Industry Association. As if the situation wasn’t bad enough, Hanjin, the huge shipping company, was already in bankruptcy as of early September and putting a delay in the arrival of goods well before the hurricane.

Supply Chain Risk Management 275

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Fund the Georgia Port Authority pop-up container yards project by reallocating more than $8 million . QAD CMO Carter Lloyds recently wrote about three major industry disruptors , starting with shipping. QAD Supplier Management manages all supplier information to reduce discovery, onboarding and qualification cycle time.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 31, 2012

« Indicators from the 2012 Holiday Buying Period Point to Significant Change and Fulfillment Challenges | Main | Information Driven Innovation in Supply Chain » The Learning from the 2012 Holiday Buying Season: Balanced Investments in Online and Physical Supply Chain Fulfillment Capabilities.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Often, the broader the assortment, the larger the volume of inventory, which leads to more potential waste if a product doesn’t sell as anticipated. Having demand signals coming from stores, e-commerce, distributors, and influencers can leave planners in a jumble of information with no way to sort through how best to place inventory.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Often, the broader the assortment, the larger the volume of inventory, which leads to more potential waste if a product doesn’t sell as anticipated. Having demand signals coming from stores, e-commerce, distributors, and influencers can leave planners in a jumble of information with no way to sort through how best to place inventory.

Pricing Training 40

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

This strategy particularly applies to international shipping, where rates vary wildly. Establishing relationships with reliable shipping companies will allow you the freedom to count on them to charge you the correct rate for the country you’re delivering to. Inventory requirements for all raw, WIP and finished goods.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

MARCH 10, 2023

However, manufacturers continued to produce goods and inventories began to rise dramatically toward the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022. Inventories were drawn down over the next several months and without increases in consumption which did not occur, this reduced demand for truckload capacity.

Freight 98

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