Enterra Insights

MAY 30, 2018

Logistics have always been data driven. Historically, logistics data can be found on cuneiform tablets, pieces of parchment, and paper. Most supply chain professionals understand this, which is why the interest in blockchain technology is growing. Complexity adds another layer of difficulty to the logistics picture.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 18, 2014

I watched a TED Talk video by Philip Evans, from Boston Consulting Group and shuddered to think that all our traditional fulfillment and inventory models can be drastically transformed by the “consumer”. As a supply chain practitioner, do you notice something missing? Where is the supply chain nodes?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

Inventory Management Assessment- Samsung Electronics. We noted in our editorial likely needs for comprehensive inventory management assessments especially given the risk of higher working capital costs are a result of higher interest rates. Samsung ’s inventory balances reportedly reached the equivalent of $36.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

When Cooper began putting their vendors into the platform, they began to see that with certain product categories there was concentration risk. If that Tier 2 supplier had a problem, most of their vendors for that product group would be unable to deliver the goods they needed.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

This week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , with sponsors Penske Logistics and consulting firm Kearney , released the 33rd Annual State of Logistics Report to organization members and the industry as a whole. business logistics costs reportedly rose by 22.4 For 2021, U.S.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

.” They added, “The Omicron variant has worsened the logjams by forcing workers, in many industries and the logistics business that weaves them together, to quarantine. The staff at My Logistics Magazine explains, “The labor shortage in many logistics sectors around the world remains severe. ” Inflation.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Industry professionals have put in tireless hours and taken strategic measures to keep the supply chain moving and meet customer demand. Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. Reason #5 Not having a supply chain risk management process. Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. There can be multiple reasons.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. Earlier this month, the forecast was revised to an expected 2.5

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

For some customers, they manage the inventory using a vendor managed inventory program. In some case they manage inventory at the customer’s site. “We We don’t have one supply chain,” this vice president of supply chain explained to me, “we run very customized supply chains.”

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 8, 2024

Capabilities include end-to-end synchronization, what-if decision making and smarter collaboration among various business and supply chain focused user groups. We at the Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and our affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog have been honored to be a part of this partnership and journey since 2009.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This Ferrari Consulting and Research Group advisory brief provides added perspectives on premium personal fitness equipment and services provider Peloton Interactive , the litany of events that have surrounded the company, and some lessons acquired. The company’s inventory levels of unsold equipment have reportedly swelled to over $1 billion.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 12, 2020

No one knows this better than supply chain risk managers. Bowman, Managing Editor of SupplyChainBrain , asks some important questions: “In a complex modern-day global supply chain, how can companies assess which suppliers present the highest level of risk to business continuity?

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares samples of individual prediction snapshots that will be included in our Annual 2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains Research Advisory publishing later this month. Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2024

and global wide headlines, not only for the significance of such a tragedy, but as a fresh reminder that events of such magnitude are now part of the landscape of supply chain and logistics risk. What is clear is that the incident serves as another reminder of fragility of global supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

Logistics Managers Index. Warehousing and Inventory metrics continue to buoy the logistics sector. Inventory Levels remain high (and are responsible for dragging down U.S. GDP in the second quarter), and warehouses continue to struggle to hold and manage the volume.”. Additional Data- U.S. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 18, 2022

This Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech commentary provides highlights and added perspectives on this week announcement regarding Kinaxis’ s completed acquisition of supply chain execution B2B SaaS platform provider MPO. Background. Customers span not only Europe but North America.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights two additional May 2022 indicators of supply chain volatility as well as logistics services trending. In an update published earlier this month, we highlighted various quantitative data related to global and regional supply chain PMI indices for May.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Logistics Start-Up Loop Announces $35 Million Series B Funding Logistics industry audit and payment services platform provider Loop has announced that the start-up has raised $35 million in a Series B investment round co-led by J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners and Index Ventures.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Specifically for retail and consumer goods focused supply chain management teams, a short-term tactical concern is the ongoing management of excess product inventories, which in many cases, need to be trimmed before the end of the year. Taking Advantage of Transportation and Logistics Market Dynamics.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2023

Two previous related news items related to supply chain management focused technology included a report that Alibaba Cloud infrastructure unit will cut its workforce , and that the ongoing U.S. freight and logistics industry recession continues with hopeful signs of recovery in the second half of this year.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Three commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains made available at the beginning of 2022, and specifically addressing supply chain cost inflation implications.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

If so, I invite you to attend two of the sessions that I am participating in, both related to transportation management: TMS 4 SMB: A Case Study with Carhartt. Speakers: Sharon Perry, Vice President of Logistics, Carhartt; Gregg Lanyard, Director, Product Management, Manhattan Associates; Adrian Gonzalez, President, Adelante SCM.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Gracie Myers, a researcher with Research Optimus, writes, “Predictive analytics is being applied toward all facets of business operations and processes to help anticipate events, avoid risks, and create solutions. ” Predicting patterns in user behavior. .”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2014

As background for the new reader, I have been an analyst in the supply chain management market for 12 years. First I was employed by Gartner Group and then by AMR Research. This was followed by a short stint at Altimeter Group which led to starting-up my new company Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 16, 2022

The Logistics Managers Index for May indicated that inventory costs are now one-third higher than they were last year. The Logistics Managers Index for May indicated that inventory costs are now one-third higher than they were last year. Neither is reducing the quality or variety of products wise.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

Leading this round was Morgan Stanley Investment Management with added participation from StepStone Group and Columbia Capital. Everstream ranked number three in the data science category for its application of AI and predictive analytics to global supply chain risk. million in Series A financing.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

The second half of the year has traditionally been the busiest period in material, transportation and logistics flows. But this upcoming period provides even more uncertainty that industry supply chain teams will need to understand and mitigate. State of Global Transportation and Logistics. One Perspective. and Europe.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2022

Also highlighted was that purchasing activity, stocks of purchases and finished goods inventories collectively rose in July. There are signs of new orders softening- cited in 16 percent of general comments, compared to 17 percent in June- as panelists are increasingly concerned about excessive inventories and record high lead times.”. .

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 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. Background. Prediction Background. Prediction Implications.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2023

Many supply chain operations workers were declared essential to public health and to emergency response. Online retail has become essential as has online customer fulfillment logistics. Such capabilities will provide added acceleration to logistics in-transit visibility at some point in the near future.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

Historical events like Pompeii (2014) are omitted, assuming supply chains were relatively less connected way back then. Logistics-themed disasters ( Poseidon Adventure, Airport, Airplane!, White House Down (2013) A paramilitary group seizes control of the White House in this action-thriller.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The orders-to-inventory ratio fell to another multi-year low last month as excess capacity continued to build at factories. Of particular concern, the New Orders sub-index declined more than 4 points, reaching a contraction value in September while the Inventories sub-index was 2.6 percentage points higher.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This is not only true for financial investments, but also for supply chain and logistics predictions. Like I said last year, making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target: sometimes you get lucky and hit the mark; other times you miss the bullseye by a mile.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

Noted in the June report was that among the five sub-indexes that constitute the manufacturing PMI , the production index, new order index and supplier delivery time index were all above the 50 threshold, and the raw material inventory index and employee index were all below. for June, compared to a reported value a value of 48.1

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Transportation and Logistics Disruptions. In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen the important role that logistics plays in the supply chain.

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