Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

This has led to increased costs, not to mention all the inventory stuck in-transit. For example, let’s say you modeled the lead time from “supplier A” to your manufacturing facility as 7 days. However, this information in most cases does not make its way back into the planning systems. I used lead time as an example here.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 13, 2022

Supply chain disruptions are continuing to occur for a variety of reasons. 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.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Matters provides our monthly highlights commentary and perspectives on published monthly global manufacturing PMI and supply chain activity indices. Now, with September and full Q3 reporting available, global manufacturing activity has officially fallen below the 50.0 The September 2022 J.P.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 22, 2024

Supply Chain Risk Management, or (SCRM for short), is an already expanding industry, and with artificial intelligence becoming more intelligent by the day, it’s going to be an integral part of any supply chain analysis. Disruptions these days can mean unhappy customers, and lead to huge loss of profits.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of February 2023 reported global and regional PMI indices which appear to indicate some stabilization within global supply chain networks. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. United States Two indices of U.S.

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EcoVadis

JANUARY 8, 2015

Now more than ever, risk management is a vital part of the procurement function, and hence the CPO’s responsibilities. One main reason is because supply chains are growing longer and are getting more complex. Conventional thinking about supply chains and supplier risk is outdated.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we highlight published September 2022 indices of global supply chain volatility ( GSPI ) and US Logistics Index ( LMI ) activity trends along with our view of the implications. The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

When Cooper began putting their vendors into the platform, they began to see that with certain product categories there was concentration risk. Many of their suppliers were using the same sub-tier manufacturers. The way a company responds to the risks depends upon the category and the severity of the risk.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 17, 2022

Inventory Management Assessment- Samsung Electronics. We noted in our editorial likely needs for comprehensive inventory management assessments especially given the risk of higher working capital costs are a result of higher interest rates. Samsung ’s inventory balances reportedly reached the equivalent of $36.9

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 25, 2016

If cost reduction is not the only thing to measuring supply chain performance, that begs the questions: "Maybe we should be measuring other Supply Chain Management activities and what would they be?". Inventory measurement is critical and it is money after all in that it took a capital expense to procure.

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ivalua

JUNE 10, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the fact that many supply chains remain inadequately prepared for a crisis. Supply chain management and procurement sit poised on the frontlines of managing global supply risks for their brands. Understanding Supplier Risk Management.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The increased cost of working capital and supplemental inventory levels to mitigate fulfillment risk is likely to revert back to just-in-time inventory management. Manufacturing and Supply Chain Activity Levels- Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. and the United Kingdom.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The August numbers once again signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions as output and new order rates continue to fall. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The three specific regions of concern are the Eurozone, United Kingdom along with Taiwan.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2014

Unfortunately, most supply chain executives and their teams focus predominantly on just two factors, the tradeoffs between cost and service, with risk rarely entering the conversation — until a disruption occurs and then everyone goes into panic mode. And the first step is asking “What are the risks?”

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Bristlecone

MARCH 25, 2020

With AribaRDS, businesses can transform global sourcing, gain visibility, reduce cycle times and start achieving procurement savings with SAP Ariba Sourcing in as little as six weeks with minimal downtime – and at a price point that won’t break the bank. CANDY MANUFACTURER SELECTS BRISTLECONE FOR SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Pivot Toward Internal Manufacturing Presence.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

2023 Prediction Three: More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Multi-tiered Direct Materials Sourcing will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. . based manufacturing facilities had soared by over 116 percent. Prediction Background.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added insights on reported September and Q3 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. With the closing of the third quarter, the numbers once again signal added contraction in global manufacturing output as product demand levels weaken.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

These changes have increased the speed and accuracy of information flow, enabled real-time visibility, and improved collaboration among supply chain partners. Furthermore, talent shortages pose a challenge to supply chain management.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In the specific case of Clorox, the producer disclosed that application systems had to be taken down resulting in the manual procession of inventory restocking orders from retail companies. That directive now requires listed companies to report both a material cyberattack incident and potential impacts to business and financial performance.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Other means were in the ability to manage the headwinds of forecasted reduced global trade volumes thru the mechanisms of either formed multi-carrier capacity alliances metering major trade route capacity, increased blank sailings or additional slow steaming transit times. Earlier this month, the forecast was revised to an expected 2.5

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 16, 2020

While most jobs are not life threatening the level of risk is still prevalent. What are the risks that Supply Chain people deal with every day and what is Supply Chain Risk Management? Supply Chain Risk Management. What is we had a chemical explosion?

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Exiger Perspectives

JUNE 21, 2023

Award highlights Exiger’s AI solutions and their ability to drive supply chain visibility and operational resilience for advanced manufacturing customers. That’s why it’s important today’s supply chains run on collaboration. The results were transformative.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2023

Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , provided a banner headline of renewed contraction as production conditions worsened by the end of Q2. in May to a value of 57.8 in May.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2016

Unfortunately, most supply chain executives and their teams focus predominantly on just two factors, the tradeoffs between cost and service, with risk rarely entering the conversation — until a disruption occurs and then everyone goes into panic mode. And the first step is asking “What are the risks?”

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. Global Wide Production Activity.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 23, 2024

Accomplished procurement veteran and author Tom Linton provides valuable insights into the supply chain risk management landscape in 2024 in this exclusive Q&A. As we move into the new year, there are many questions on our minds about the future of the supply chain.

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DynaSys

APRIL 14, 2021

One of the most complicated processes in any manufacturing business is the supply chain. Regardless of industry; automotive, high tech, life science, or consumer packaged goods, the supply chain (even before Covid-19) was a complicated entity. On any given day, one of the links in that chain could break.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

That would include alternatives to China under the umbrella of either China Plus or de-risking sourcing changes. In early April 2022, economists at Goldman Sachs indicated that supply chain resilience was a top-of-mind topic for manufacturers and retailers and observed that three main strategies were being undertaken.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Specifically for retail and consumer goods focused supply chain management teams, a short-term tactical concern is the ongoing management of excess product inventories, which in many cases, need to be trimmed before the end of the year.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 1, 2022

Responding to various questions from equity analysts, his comments were noted by some in financial media as being brutally honest about the state of supply chains: “ Everybody thinks supply chains are getting better, I don’t think they’ve gotten better at all.”. Everything is a little out of sync right now. ”.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2015

in an effort to streamline its supply chain as it prepared to ramp up manufacturing…UPS said last year it would set up a logistics center in Londonderry, N.H., Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

As inventory-to-sales ratios dropped to near record lows, inter-modal logistics networks were forced to try to manage and synchronize essentially just-in-time material movements which were out of sync in many important dimensions. business logistics costs for 2021. . Specific Highlights. Rising Costs of Warehousing. percent in 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

Now, added published indices that reflect on global supply chain volatility and U.S. Such forces re declining consumer demand, bloated inventory levels, added industry supply chain disruptions and higher levels of cost inflation. Logistics Managers index reflects a lull in imports to U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

In our prior published Supply Chain Matters commentary, we reviewed and provided some added insights on July’s global manufacturing PMI indices which are pointing to declining global supply chain production momentum. and Europe.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 26, 2016

as the advance of e-commerce continues, companies with an omnichannel approach are increasingly implementing specific order management systems. furthermore, because the continuing growth in outsourcing is making global businesses ever-more susceptible to disruptions, supply chain risk management software is also on the rise.

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