Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Well, how often do you hear industry analysts say they underestimated a market’s growth rate? I picked a good time to cover what is now well-known to be a hot market. Vanderlande is a member of Toyota Industries Corporation within the Toyota Advanced Logistics Group. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

An analysis of improvement, performance, and value of over 500 public companies in 28 industries over a decade. (I However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. Customer-centric Innovation Drives Value. ” Compare the results to the industry trends. I posted my working summary.)

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 16, 2024

While many industries have undergone a significant digital transformation to improve workflows and lower costs, that is not the case for most supply chain and procurement professionals, who are left to the mercy of disconnected software tools, utilizing spreadsheets to try and form actionable insights from complicated and disjointed data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

I propose it’s high time we acknowledge the futility of the “new normal” conversation and put it to rest, once and for all. Things have changed, for good, and the environment we now work in is one of constant volatility. Closer to home for supply chain professionals, driver shortages continue to plague the industry.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 27, 2021

On the surface, it seems like the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry performed better than most during the COVID pandemic. Consumer goods e-commerce sales for example increased 91% year over year according to a NielsenIQ analysis. Make Sure Your Inventory is Healthy. Read more of Granarolo’s story here.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 13, 2022

Weather delays can affect shipping lanes, manufacturers face product shortages, demand continues to spike for certain products, containers are difficult to acquire, and the trucking industry faces a driver and capacity shortage, just to name a few. High value goods. High market demand goods. Systems access.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

There are also promising technologies that we expect will deliver great value. Finally, there are technologies that do generate value that few people have heard of. Hyped technologies are getting a lot of publicity but have little proven value. Are they worth piloting? Or can companies safely ignore them? Hyped Technologies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Employee scarcity and high worker turnover are of critical impact to the efficiency and productivity of the nation’s warehouses, particularly when factoring in the costs of continually replacing and training new employees –which can equate to almost 25% of a worker’s average annual salary. Helping to Move Goods and to Do Good.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

The supply chain industry is on a years-long digital transformation journey, and one of the key objectives that industry leaders almost universally aim to achieve is true end-to-end (E2E) visibility across their complex global networks of suppliers, partners and customers. It’s the right goal.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

If you have been through this process at least once, you already have a good idea of what supply chain design is about: optimization. A company can choose to maintain a high level of costly inventory to ensure short lead times, and a family can decide to live farther away from work and school but buy a bigger house.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

trillion by 2027, according to latest figures by This surge is nothing short of transformative in the dynamic eCommerce sector, enabling merchants to provide a diverse range of goods and services to satiate a multitude of consumer needs, all accessible at the touch of a button.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 31, 2023

The food and beverage (F&B) industry has always been highly responsive to changes in consumer behavior, but rising food prices have brought about new challenges—pushing manufacturers to search for new ways to adapt and remain competitive in a rapidly changing market. What is an example of sustainable food?

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

percentage points higher that the December 2023 ending value. Further reported was that the upturn in output broadened within all three production sectors, which being consumer, investment and intermediate goods. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI® (renamed in December) climbed to a noted 16-year high level of 59.1

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Inflation in the grocery sector has remained stubbornly high and consumers are changing their behavior in response. ” Consumers are Looking for Value During the height of the Cold War, the military coined the term “more bang for the buck.” However, value is a subjective concept.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To examine supply chain management priorities, performance, and anticipated trends, APQC conducted its 10 th annual Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research, including a survey of more than 350 supply chain professionals from around the world and across multiple industries. For more information on the research, click here.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, OMRON Corporation is a multi-billion-dollar, diversified company with business units producing industrial automation products, device & module solutions, healthcare, and social system solutions. Fascinated by the world of industrial automation technology. What potential does Industry 4.0

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 15, 2023

Afterwards, Mr. Lewis spoke in more detail to industry analysts. They offer multiple customers across different verticals access to warehouse space, technology, and value-added services that includes e-commerce shipping and returns. The company generates $9 billion annually and serves customers across a breadth of industries.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Just-In-Case Supply Chain Model Several years ago, when the pandemic became a full-blown global crisis, most supply chains used the “just-in-time” model, which relies on resources and goods being available right when they’re needed. Industry Week, 26 January 2023. [4] Cavanaugh , a business process design consultant at Uniorg Inc.,

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Enterra Insights

JULY 13, 2023

A strong consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector is essential for a healthy U.S. Consumers are looking for higher quality foods and goods, more ESG-friendly options, and bigger values. Brad Cook and Steve Hewitt , partners at Wipfli, report, “Consumer spending accounts for nearly 70 percent of U.S. economic activity.”[1]

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cooper successfully coped with the crisis, but the high costs they had to pay for critical supplies and the late nights searching for those supplies convinced the organization that there had to be a better way. The volume of goods needed to serve their patients is also significant. They’re valued, yes, but not strategic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

ProMat is the first public exhibition of this product, although it is currently live at a customer site in California for the unloading containers filled with dry goods. And the product is a 32 foot high autonomous case handling robot (ACR) that is easy to see across the exhibition floor. Let’s swing over to the South Hall.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2021

Emerging technologies play a role in managing disruption and are driving change in the transportation and logistics industries. So when we talk a lot about Industry 4.0 Information Driving the Transformation of Value Chains. What applies to personal information, also applies to information sharing across business value chains.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Tive ‘s solution provides data generated by its industry-leading trackers allowing clients to actively optimize their shipments, improve their customers’ experience, and unlock supply chain insights in an actionable real-time manner. About Tive. Key Takeaways: The Tive Story. Chemicals Condition Monitoring. Handling Damage Monitoring.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. The company sells their goods in over 125nations and has approximately 1300 company owned stores.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Ecommerce giants like Amazon are setting the bar high. What progress can we expect to be made in carbon-neutral and reduced-carbon shipping, and how much greener can the industry hope to go, while still operating profitably? LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CARBON REPORTING ARE ON THE HORIZON. How can it be done?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 10, 2021

Vulnerabilities when exposed, are high risk – uncertain delays can create doubt in even the most loyal customer. But good solutions can transform risks into opportunities. In Fashion, the value of having reserve stock on hand, can be negated quickly. The changing trends dictate consumer preference. Joseph Lim.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

APRIL 12, 2024

A reliable partner can significantly enhance efficiency, streamline operations, and ultimately reduce costs while ensuring the timely delivery of goods to your customers. Evaluating Potential Trucking Freight Partners Reputation and Reliability Maintaining a good reputation and ensuring reliability reign supreme in the logistics industry.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The upcoming Tee Yih Jia facility consists of three warehouses — two cold rooms and one ambient temperature dry store — and features rack clad high bay warehouse with an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) which allows the automated placement and retrieval of high-volume loads from TYJ’s storage locations.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

50 world-leading companies from various industries are gathering to showcase how they are developing activities and evolve business models towards a more sustainable future. This logistics expert brings extensive experience from many industries and a broad portfolio of innovative products and solutions.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2022

billion industry that is already making big changes to the way we understand and use immense databases for a wide range of purposes. Members of Forbes Technology Council have identified a number of industries (and functions within those industries) that have been or will be revolutionized by machine learning.[2] ”[1].

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Metcalfe’s law states that the value of a network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system. Nulogy, for example, is a platform for collaboration between consumer goods brands and their copacker and comanufacturing partners. In automotive, the OEM says “jump” and the suppliers asks “how high?”.

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crisp

APRIL 25, 2024

Like many of his peers, General Mills CEO Jeff Harmening noted inflation is stabilizing, supply chain disruptions are dissipating, and consumer confidence is improving thanks to wage growth and a strong labor market – all of which is good for the CPG industry.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Factoring PMI reporting for the month of November, the second month of the final quarter of 2023, the various published actual and leading indicator indices indicate some stabilization in consumer goods production but continued contraction in intermediate goods production. the highest value in six months. reported in October.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2024

The manufacturing industry thrives on efficiency gains. This system requires accurate demand forecasting and involves receiving goods only as they are needed in the production process. It ensures that goods are produced only as they are needed. Here’s how it works. What is just-in-time manufacturing?

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BlueYonder

MARCH 12, 2024

Manufacturers of consumer products — including packaged goods, food and beverages, and life sciences — face both opportunities and challenges. Product sales figures are on the rise, with the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector realizing 10% growth in 2023. But much of this growth can be attributed to price increases.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 18, 2023

By effectively managing contracts, organizations can maximize the value of their procurement activities and minimize potential issues. Importance of Contract Management in Procurement In the realm of organizational operations, procurement plays a vital role in acquiring goods, works, and services for various purposes.

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