Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Or they may have expertise in manufacturing processes and have flexible capacity to allow contract manufacturing for new product introduction. An example of this is Vendor Management Inventory and Capacity Collaboration for contract manufacturing. Nari Viswanathan is a six times SDCExec Supply Chain Pro to Know award winner.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

These tariffs, implemented to counteract what the EU perceives as unfair subsidies, do not apply to hybrids, prompting manufacturers like BYD and Geely to focus on plug-in hybrids and conventional hybrids for the European market.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The session is open to manufacturers, retailers, consultants, and academics. At this session, we will launch the “supply chain fundamental score” (a simple measurement to determine value generated by the supply chain as compared to the peer group). Drop me a DM on LinkedIn if you want to attend.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

An interest group of the Singapore-based Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society (LSCMS), the Shippers Council is a professional association that counts members from organizations with a vested interest in logistics, including end users, technology and service providers, government and academia.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Process-based companies continue to focus on manufacturing efficiency (OEE) and discrete on procurement (PPV) without designing the supply chain to balance transportation, manufacturing, and procurement to a balanced scorecard. I define supply chain excellence as the ability to outperform an industry peer group during a time period.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 24, 2025

The Losers Are the Global Multi-National Supply Chain Teams As I work on the Supply Chains to Admire report, that will publish soon, I wince at the performance of large strategic customers of the supply chain planning vendors when compared to their peer groups. The methodology is now 20 years old. Let’s have an honest discussion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

Collin Masson, Director of Research at ARC Advisory Group. This puts pressure on other device manufacturers to follow suit. Retrocausal : Develops AI-powered solutions for manufacturing, focusing on real-time error detection and process optimization to improve quality control and reduce operational costs. billion in funding.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Companies are proactively acquiring electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, battery storage providers, and related infrastructure firms to embed sustainability into their operations. imports from China declined by 10% year-over-year, while domestic manufacturing investments surged by over $100 billion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Supply chains, which facilitate the movement of products from manufacturers to consumers, have historically encountered issues such as inefficiency, fraud, and a lack of transparency. This group now includes luxury brands globally, offering enhanced utility, transparency, and traceability.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 15, 2024

About LeadCoverage LeadCoverage is the premier supply chain go – to – market consulting group, dedicated to driving revenue growth for their clients. She is an Ironman triathlete and lives in Atlanta with her husband and two girls.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Warner Music Group was an early adopter. They also cover supplier managed inventory, quality collaboration, manufacturing line collaboration, and asset collaboration. While SAP has had procurement analytics solutions, last year at Spend Connect Live, SAP announced the Spend Control Tower.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 15, 2023

If you would like to participate in a current research study, we would love your help and participation in the contract manufacturing study. We are trying to assess the value of a network in managing contract manufacturing.) One of the alignment gaps that is growing and is unfortunate is the gap between procurement and manufacturing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2025

Blue Yonders modern supply chain innovations and unmatched industry expertise help more than 3,000 retailers, manufacturers, and logistics service providers to confidently navigate supply chain complexity and disruption. blueyonder.com Blue Yonder is a trademark or registered trademark of Blue Yonder Group, Inc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

One of my insights from doing the industry analysis for the Supply Chains to Admire each year is that smaller and less well-known companies outperform larger and better-known manufacturers. While companies that supply chain leaders believe are top performers– J&J, P&G, and Unilever– do not outperform their peer group.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 30, 2024

A recent supply chain planning market analysis released by the ARC Advisory Group suggests EY has picked up on a trend. They also cover supplier-managed inventory, quality collaboration, manufacturing line collaboration, and asset collaboration. EY and ARCs research suggests that at many companies, that opportunity is receding.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2025

In April 2024, we asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — if they had experienced cargo theft or other types of freight fraud in the past year. Almost half said they had experienced theft or fraud, and.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 29, 2024

At the forefront of this change is the circular economy – a framework that’s reshaping not just vehicle manufacturing but the entire automotive aftermarket. Enhanced Visibility : Allows manufacturers to adapt quickly to changing demand patterns and support sustainability goals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

According to a survey by ARC Advisory Group, only 10% of industrial companies are ready to apply artificial intelligence/machine learning. The company has 55 manufacturing sites across the world. The risks associated with chemical manufacturing include the storage and transportation of raw materials, finished products, and waste.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

First, overreliance on a narrow group of suppliersespecially those in politically sensitive regionsexposes companies to risk when trade relationships shift. When a critical Tier-2 supplier is affected by a tariff policy change or regional shutdown, the ripple effects often catch manufacturers by surprise.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2025

and lower manufacturing activity were reported in the months preceding the talks. The working group will address broader issues including tariff policy, market access, non-tariff barriers, state subsidies, and intellectual property rights. In the U.S., In China, a decline in exports to the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Only four percent of companies compared to their peer groups improved balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, and inventory turns. Both companies outperformed their peer groups. Henkel is underperforming its peer group. The first story is about a large regional food manufacturer. What can we learn?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2024

During the 1980s, I was on a management team for a large manufacturer. The Company was attempting to gain economies of scale by grouping manufacturing technologies within a common infrastructure to reap the benefits of a co-generation facility, a centralized warehouse, and a talented administrative team.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 14, 2025

This year, why not resolve to increase your companys returns on Blue Yonder software, improve your supply chain results, and find a like-minded community of peers by joining a Blue Yonder User Group? In addition to business-to-business networking, User Groups provide a direct channel for Blue Yonder solution feedback.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

manufacturer I know saw their import costs jump overnight, forcing a rethink of a decade-old sourcing strategy. based manufacturers shifting sourcing to Mexico instead of Asia traditionally took advantage of USMCA trade benefits while maintaining supply chain agility. For example, U.S.-based

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

The Salesforce.com model is primarily a pipeline management tool suitable for discrete markets but not process manufacturers. Relex will continue to do well in the retail market but will struggle to be a serious player in manufacturing due to the lack of thought leadership. Will this change the market? I don’t think so.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Now let’s get to the Supply Chain News: Descartes Acquires Sellercloud Descartes Systems Group, a standout provider in logistics solutions, announced its acquisition of Sellercloud, a US-based provider of omnichannel e-commerce solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2022

If you answer the survey, I will gladly give you a custom analysis of your organization against the peer group. The financial teams, and the Information Technology (IT) groups, did not see alignment gaps, but the supply chain teams felt them and viewed them as a critical performance issue. To respond, follow this link.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 4, 2025

Tyler is CEO of Express Logistics Group, a T-Rex Prestige Worldwide company, based out of Cincinnati and Chicago. About Tyler Hildebrand Tyler Hildebrand is CEO of Express Logistics Group, a T-Rex Prestige Worldwide company, based out of Cincinnati and Chicago.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2025

As my colleague Colin Masson pointed out – Colin is ARC Advisory Groups expert on industrial use cases for AI – at ARCs Industry Leadership Forum in 2024, end users were largely observers who were eager to learn about things like Gen AI, agents, and industrial use cases for using AI. We are descending the AI hype curve.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 9, 2023

The panel group is sourced from my group of LinkedIn followers. As a result, with the lack of clarity on supply chain excellence, the group flounders. It also supports that companies with strong manufacturing scheduling capabilities in process-based companies score better on S&OP. My goal is to help.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. Also, warehouse automation excludes similar systems such as airport baggage handling, manufacturing-line automation, and manually driven forklifts. SWISSLOG is a business and reportable segment of the KUKA Group.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 10, 2025

Instead, the alignment between operations and commercial groups grew three-fold. Technology can automate role-based views up and down the river of demand for all roles: marketing, sales, finance, manufacturing, procurement, transportation, and human resources. A function within a functional organization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

Bob Gill, General Manager of ARC Advisory Group (right), presented the award to Dave Ching, Head of Sales for Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand (left). Cubic storage solutions from AutoStore and Kardex continued to attract interest, particularly for their ability to maximize space utilization and support high-throughput operations.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This sector is driven by several factors, including the ageing vehicle population, the rise of e-commerce platforms , and technological advancements in vehicle manufacturing. With a vast number of part numbers and vendors, manufacturers must balance maintaining high service levels while controlling inventory costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 25, 2024

My definition of a network is the bi-directional information exchange of manufacturing, procurement, quality, and transportation signals across multiple tiers of trading partners in a many-to-many trading partner information exchange with minimal latency. Less than 1% of companies in this value chain outperform their peer group.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 17, 2024

Over the past decade, the main battleground for China’s WMS market has been in the consumption industry; but more recently the battleground has returned to the manufacturing industry. In terms of revenue, the manufacturing industry creates about 1/5 of the overall market for WMS.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Interestingly, in Q3 2023, 38% of manufacturers, distributors and retailers missed their target for revenue guidance for the quarter. The result was restatement.

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