RFgen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Picture this: You’re a warehouse manager, and with a few taps on your smartphone, you instantly know the exact location and quantity of every item in your inventory. That’s not science fiction—it’s the power of mobile inventory management. Ready to turn your inventory from a headache into a strategic asset?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 24, 2025

The True Winners are the Technology Sales Reps When the Gartner Magic Quadrant was announced this year, Philip Vervloesem, now the Chief Commercial & Markets Officer for Global Expansion for OMP , taped a video in Florida announcing the win for OMP. The video is captured in front of beautiful yachts and homes on the Florida canal.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

Koganti urged the procurement audience to look for whats referred to as “foresight function” in planning tools, which is capable of enhancing data analysis, scenario generation and trend identification , allowing for more informed and proactive decision-making, albeit with human oversight.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

That includes everything from raw materials and manufacturing to packaging and logistics. Tesco and Walmart have announced procurement policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting sustainability throughout their extended supply chains. Known as Scope 3 emissions, these are also the most difficult to measure and manage.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

They had seen my videos on the website and needed a speaker for their global kick-off meeting. The team was organized around the functional silos of source, make and deliver. Proudly, I had led my division to have the lowest manufacturing costs with the highest Return on Assets. It was a large multinational company. I was wrong.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The manufacturing sector covers such a broad spectrum of products and processes that any discussion about industry trends must take place at a very high level. One of the megatrends that has been driving manufacturing for over a decade is digitization. Manufacturing Trends. And the manufacturing sector overall looks strong.

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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”. 3PL’s, Contract Manufacturing, Suppliers, Logistics providers…. It’s the consumer. Where is the supply chain nodes?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Over the last six years, we studied the connection between business results (growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)) and the link to company characteristics. We like the metrics of growth, on-time and in-full orders, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 15, 2025

The regulation is designed to provide European consumers with extensive data about the provenance of the items they purchase, all the way back to the sourcing of raw materials. Time to Start Preparing for the Digital Product Passport SCB FEATURE Selling Into the EU?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Featuring Our 10 Best Inventory Management Articles! Manufacturing SMBs article and permission to publish here provided by Alina Akk. Inventory management is a holistic and logical methodology for handling both raw materials and finished products. You can’t manufacture shiny new goods without raw materials, after all.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Procurement has never played such an important role in the increasingly globalised economy. Has procurement fundamentally changed itself in the past 10 years? Strategic Procurement can mean totally different things in different industries and sectors. The time when Procurement was almost a synonym to Purchasing has long gone.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

In manufacturing-based companies, 70-80% of costs are in the processes of source, make and deliver. While the practices of finance are over 200 years old, in contrast, supply chain as a cross-functional practice (the combination of make, source and deliver) was recently defined in 1982. Is talent a cost or an asset? Talent Gaps.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 20, 2025

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

RELATED CONTENT RELATED VIDEOS Last Mile Delivery Logistics HR & Labor Management Related Articles Airbus Reaches Deal With Canada Workers, Averting Lockout Threat Postal Workers Strike in Canada, Disrupting Holiday Shipments DHL Express Canada Offers Flat-Fee International Shipping SupplyChainBrain J.B.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

We were discussing the results of the planning benchmarking work that we have just finished, and I was sharing some insights on inventory management when one of the panelists emphatically stated, “Inventory is a waste to manage. We feel so strongly about this that we do not have an inventory planning role.”

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

A global marketplace is emerging that represents a huge opportunity for manufacturing. But the market is segmented, demanding specialization that will be tough for traditional manufacturers to handle. Technology and Manufacturing: It is a Part of the Cerasis DNA & How we Empower our Manufacturing Shippers.

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Precoro

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

This month, we continue our Procurement Basics series and would like to introduce our readers to yet another set of often misused business terminology. As both sourcing and procurement are related to obtaining supplies for the organization, confusing these two terms is easy. Procurement. What Is Procurement Process?

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BlueYonder

MARCH 17, 2025

And it provides retailers and direct-to-consumer (D2C) manufacturers with limitless access to shoppers around the world. The explosive growth of e-commerce also creates significant logistics challenges for retailers and D2C manufacturers. They must track inventory, orders and returns in real time, at all times.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. We look at 6 core areas that manufacturing companies will take a long look at as they gear up for a successful 2016. E-Commerce for Manufacturing. Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

While lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts when they were introduced, agility and resilience must be taken to an entirely new level post pandemic. Most manufacturers have ranked increased transparency and collaboration as one of the key aspects permanently and positively impacted because of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

“Run” will include using the platform for inventory optimization and to support interesting internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects. For a more comprehensive explanation of this project you can view the video of the panel. HarbisonWalker International Manufactures and Distributes Refractory Products.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Breaking Boundaries: Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Supply Chains Supply chains encompass many interconnected activities, from procurement, production, and inventory management, to logistics and distribution. These activities involve numerous stakeholders, such as suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 17, 2021

There is a range of manufacturing software now available to help businesses streamline their processes and maximise efficiency. Here we look at 15 types of manufacturing software, and for each answer three questions: What are the main functions of this software? What are its advantages and disadvantages?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

In addition, there are disruptions in the manufacturing of parts and supplies of raw materials. As we have seen in 2021, businesses automated and integrated supply chain planning capabilities, including demand-sensing , dynamic safety-stock management , inventory optimization , and external collaboration.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2025

Today’s digital networks enable continuous real-time optimization where demand signals update instantly across all nodes, inventory positions adjust dynamically, and transportation and warehouse plans reconfigure automatically in response to changing conditions. Second, visibility is expanding from enterprise-centric to ecosystem-wide.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 2, 2014

As we countdown the days, I’m remembering our fascinating customer videos. This global manufacturer of surface-cutting tools, with headquarters in western Pennsylvania. The challenge is becoming even more daunting as Kennametal moves into the developing world, its most promising source of new business.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 17, 2023

The new AI revolution presents a great opportunity for manufacturers to retain their staff and attract younger employees by providing new skills for the future world of business where the role of AI will play a greater part. The impact of AI on manufacturing is that the skills used will be more advanced.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Below are some key points from our discussion as well as the full video interview. These retailers are making sure that consumers know what inventory is available so they can shop to match their needs rather than buying something that is simply available. Are charges known at time of purchase? The State of Parcel Shipping.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. 82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 20, 2016

This morning, I happened upon a video presentation from MPI and Rockwell Automation titled A deeper dive into the industrial internet of things on the Industry Week website. The video was a report out and analysis of a survey that MPI had done on Internet of Things in the supply chain. So what is the Internet of things?

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 18, 2022

Tom is the CEO and Co-Founder of SourceDay , a company that integrates with ERPs to automate purchase order (PO) changes and enable supplier collaboration. Tom Kieley is the CEO and Co-Founder of SourceDay, an Austin based technology company that automates purchase order (PO) changes and enables supplier collaboration.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Excess inventory – it’s taking up your warehouse space, tying up working capital, and limiting your planning team’s range of motion. It’s time to Marie Kondo your supply chain by eliminating excess inventory and learning how to avoid it in the first place. Let’s talk about: What Excess Inventory Is. What Causes Excess Inventory.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 2, 2015

by Melissa Clow SupplyChainBrain attended our annual Kinexions user conference, and while there, they completed a number of video interviews with customers , analysts, and Kinaxis executives. At Teradyne, many components have a lead time stretching over two quarters, and require 26 weeks to procure. And, we’d like to share them!

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

It also requires detailed inventories of hazardous materials; To support developing countries, IMO has organized various workshops on ship recycling to raise awareness of the Convention internationally.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

In their time lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts. Supply chain execution is required to distinguish between the high runner purchases and the slower-moving products customers are willing to wait for. Manufacturers need to extend visibility and collaboration beyond their own walls to avoid any disruptions.

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