Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 15, 2025

In an era where information travels fast, companies must proactively disclose their practices, achievements, and challenges. Public Reporting: Publishing sustainability reports and ethical compliance metrics to highlight progress and areas of improvement.

Supply Chain Planning Software 298

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

IoT-enabled vehicles generate significant data volumes, requiring robust storage and processing capabilities to manage this information without overwhelming management teams. Protecting sensitive data—such as vehicle locations, driver information, and operational metrics—requires rigorous cybersecurity measures.

Supply Chain Planning Software 297

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Sustainability is rarely a uniform standardized solution; it requires informed trade-offs and a commitment to aligning corporate goals with broader societal needs. Industry leaders must navigate these intersections carefully, balancing priorities and stakeholder expectations to achieve the most significant impact.

Waste Reduction 303

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

billion rate data points monthly to provide the most comprehensive view of the market, helping you identify savings opportunities and make data-driven decisions.

Optimal Sourcing 227

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2025

Schneider Electrics new Environmental Data Program gives logistics professionals unprecedented access to carbon and sustainability metrics, covering over 70% of its product turnover. This move empowers companies to make more informed sourcing decisions, comply with ESG standards, and build greener operations. percent.

Supply Chain Planning 155

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 15, 2023

When I use the research, I keep the information on the respondent–name, company, title, and individual comments–confidential. Use of Supply Chain Descriptors Most organizations are locked into functional silos driven by functional metrics. The metrics defining success in manufacturing and procurement do not align.

Manufacturing Procurement 469

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Real-time Market Insights: DAT provides real-time data on spot market rates, capacity availability, and lane-specific trends, enabling informed decision-making. Advanced Analytics Tools: DAT offers sophisticated analytics tools to help users analyze market trends, identify opportunities, and optimize their freight operations.

Optimal Sourcing 246

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Reward teams for cross-functional metrics. Customer-Centric Supply Chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software 377

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

“If you want to digitize decision-making, you need 100% of the information required for a decision to be made available in a normalized data model. Not all the transactional data, just the data required to calculate a metric or make a decision. We built a technology that allows us to crawl the transactional systems.

Supply Chain Planning Software 290

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Erika is Vice President of Information Security at DAT Freight & Analytics, the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. Currently Vice President of Information Security at DAT Freight & Analytics, she leads the vision, strategy, and execution of advanced security protections.

Optimal Sourcing 210

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Leading organizations are building supply chains that are less exposed to single points of failure, more informed by real-time data, and more able to adjust sourcing, inventory, and routing based on current conditions. Metrics must reflect the new priorities. The Shift Toward Resilience The strategic conversation is beginning to shift.

Optimal Sourcing 218

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

By harnessing the power of data science and analytics, you can gain end-to-end visibility across your entire network, breaking down information silos and optimizing every stage of your operations. Actionable information for smart decisions. In this post, we’ll explore how data analytics can revolutionize your supply chain.

Optimal Sourcing 98

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ToolsGroup

MAY 8, 2025

According to Gartner , early stages of S&OP maturity often lack formal processes, metrics, and cross-functional participation. Gartner also emphasizes the importance of stronger links between S&OP and Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) processes to ensure timely, informed decisions based on real-world operational detail.

Inventory Reduction 156

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RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

We’ll examine the key components of efficient supply chains, explore essential performance metrics, and uncover the fundamental drivers that influence efficiency. Efficient supply chains strengthen collaborative relationships through automated communication systems and shared performance metrics.

Sourcing Strategies 96

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2021

What is the Perfect Delivery Metric? Improving on this metric will always involve a focus on people and processes, but often also includes implementing new, more robust, supply chain applications. The wrong metrics drive suboptimal behaviors and metrics can often be manipulated.

Sourcing Strategies 306

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

billion rate data points monthly to provide the most comprehensive view of the market, helping you identify savings opportunities and make data-driven decisions.

Optimal Sourcing 156

Optimal Sourcing Benchmarking Manufacturing Procurement Procurement 156

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With this information, are you any closer to knowing what to do about it, or have you just enriched your ability to admire your problem and see it close up? And the linked nature of supply chains mean that collaboration is necessary to ensure that a solution to a problem doesn’t meet the metrics for one link but negatively impact another.

Supply Chain Visibility 331

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2024

As regulations across the globe strengthen, the pressure to collect, report, and organize emission-related metrics has never been higher. Across the globe, requirements for stricter reporting on complex metrics are increasing. In 2021, 99 percent of S&P 500 companies reported ESG-related information.

Report 317

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

For example, if an asset issue was detected, solving that issue could involve multiple applications used by multiple people, seeing different information, entering different data, bouncing emails and texts back and forth, and moving information from one place to another. One event could create so much churn, Mr. Al Syed explained.

Negotiating Skills 189

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2022

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. Functional Metrics. To entice you to participate let’s look at the data more closely. Organizational Alignment. The results were striking.

Manufacturing Procurement 398

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2025

A disruption at any point in the global logistics network including the average of 12 touch points from shipment packaging to final delivery can prove disastrous for profits, service levels, customer loyalty, and other key metrics. With the global e-commerce market predicted to reach $8.1

Supply Chain Planning Software 332

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Taulia

DECEMBER 6, 2024

How are companies rethinking their liquidity management strategies in response to the recent degradation across major working capital metrics? In the wake of economic uncertainty, many companies have experienced a degradation in key working capital metrics.

Inventory Reduction 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Like any intelligent system, your LMS is only as smart as the quality of content you feed it and the ability to quantify that information. The latter refers to a single variable standard (SVS), by which one metric, such as cases per hour, is expected to tell all. Solving bottlenecks through informed modifications. Ad infinitum.

Supply Chain Design Software 264

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

The survey’s results suggest a series of misalignments where gaps in process, technology and information flow can be a drag on productivity and optimization. At the simplest level, a buyer might ask a supplier whether the information they have is still up to date. Procurement solutions are often updated with purchased information.

Supply Chain Network Software 314

Supply Chain Network Software Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Analytics Optimal Sourcing 314

ToolsGroup

APRIL 7, 2025

Multi-scenario prediction : Generates diverse forecast possibilities with precise probability assessments for informed decision-making. First, a sophisticated analysis and decision-making process, that incorporates real-time data and requirements.

Inventory Reduction 156

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

The formula for OTIF is: Measuring a supply chain against OTIF metrics is a key strategy that helps decision makers attach a tangible value to the success of their fulfillment and allows them to determine key strategies. Timely information is critical, as data older than a few days can lead to costly supply chain disruptions.

Optimal Sourcing 155

Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software Sourcing Strategies Price Mitigation Strategies 155

ToolsGroup

JUNE 2, 2023

When reference data – such as product codes, supplier information, and warehouse locations – is misaligned across systems, it can cause discrepancies in transactional data, leading to inaccurate inventory levels and unreliable performance metrics. Plus, accurate inventory information is the key to optimal decision-making.

Real-time Visibility 294

Real-time Visibility Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction 294

RFgen

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Mobile Tablets: Tablets provide real-time order processing capabilities, enabling workers to access information, manage tasks, and update inventory on the go. Understanding key warehouse productivity metrics is essential for evaluating the success of system integration. How does mobile technology improve warehouse efficiency?

Inventory Reduction 98

Inventory Reduction Inventory Management Software Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 98

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For companies that want to go beyond the traditional spreadsheet, which cannot handle this ocean of information efficiently, statistical methods such as cluster analysis can help. Since there are often differences in store sizes, a metric representing the size can be added as well for a two-dimensional clustering approach.

Optimal Sourcing 264

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2024

The group’s response is, “Are these supply chain metrics?” ” For many stuck in the myriad of functional metrics, like Operational Efficiency (OEE), Purchase Price Variance (PPV), or transportation cost, a focus on growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is a stretch.

Supply Chain Planning Software 388

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2024

The information in the EPD must be displayed transparently, showing the product’s relevant performance data, which is available via a QR code. It provides customers with auditable data, sustainable achievement metrics, such as energy efficiency, and useful information that can be used for product comparison.

Sustainability 312

Sustainability Industry Industrial Resource Reduction 312

Descartes

JUNE 4, 2025

Forward-looking statements are provided for the purpose of providing information about management's current expectations and plans relating to the future. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes.

Expense Reduction 195

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ivalua

MAY 29, 2025

While procurement operates as a function within the broader supply chain, it has its own set of priorities for strategic sourcing in procurement, performance metrics, and specialized processes. These agreements often include performance metrics, sustainability requirements, and service-level expectations that are continuously monitored.

Procurement Solutions 130

Procurement Solutions Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software 130

GlobalTranz

AUGUST 26, 2021

A collaborative dedicated provider can deliver on critical service metrics and adjust to demand changes, while helping eliminate unfavorable market exposure.” Around-the-clock, anywhere access empowers global operations with advanced metrics and data.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 334

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2022

These include: Challenges getting ESG metrics from suppliers, partners, and other third parties. Time-consuming manual processes to report on ESG metrics. They provide information using dashboards and alerts that are easy to understand and allow you to collaborate with not just internal teams, but also with partners and suppliers.

Material Savings 321

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