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 304

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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 468

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 14, 2025

Businesses are now managing goods and information across multiple locations, time zones, and partner networks. Orchestration tools help keep everyone working from the same information, reducing the chance of miscommunication between departments or suppliers. In most industries, supply chains have become increasingly complex.

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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.

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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 212

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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

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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 228

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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

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.

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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.

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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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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 200

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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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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 397

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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 333

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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 315

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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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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

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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 386

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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

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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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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The metrics were not aligned. I was never asked or informed about the project but was asked to support it. Map the different metrics and incentives in the organization to behavior. At that time, Fred started pressuring the organization on the DOI (days of inventory) levels. Don’t dwell on the negatives. You have to do so.

Supply Chain Planning Software 406

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2025

V2X is not simply a standalone tool, it is the connector for IoT infrastructure that drives informed decision-making. Track KPIs, Not Buzzwords Evaluate V2X based on tangible logistics metrics: fuel savings, delivery times, accident rates, and emissions. Focus on what drives profit and safety, not just innovation.

Supply Chain Network Software 147

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Bristlecone

MARCH 26, 2025

How can change managers effectively harness the hidden potential of informal networks that exist beyond formal governance structures? Mapping these relationships is crucial, as it illuminates information flows and provides tangible measures of transformation success. interviews) with quantitative metrics (e.g.,

Supply Chain Network Software 85

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Organizations that embark on Scope 3 emissions-reduction initiatives in their value chain encounter a number of hurdles; the challenge lies in having the right information at the right time and knowing what to do with it, as well as needing to rely on and work closely with external parties to gather Scope 3 data.

Cost Reduction Strategies 264

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Logility

APRIL 28, 2025

Agents drastically reduce information latency. Unlike traditional GenAI tools that provide general information, LEA comprises a set of specialized agents that understand the business, the data, and the specific goals of each user. Then comes augmentation. Finally, there’s democratization.

Supply Chain Planning Software 147

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A comprehensive assessment provides a solid foundation for informed scaling decisions. Production Capacity Analysis While traditional testing methods can be time-consuming and offer incomplete data, focusing on key production metrics within the manufacturing process provides more actionable insights.

Material Savings 92

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