Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Five Year Performance on Business Goals (2019 – 2023) Looking at 2024 Priorities When it comes to organizational priorities across supply chain functions for 2024, APQC finds that supply chain planning remains in the top spot for the fifth year (selected by 90 percent of organizations).

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ModusLink Corporation

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Supply Chain Management In the ever-evolving world of freight and logistics, volatility has become the new normal. Procurement experts face transportation costs, customer demands, and high pressure on global container and air freight rates. But what does that mean for future strategies in procurement ?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 1, 2022

Accurate BOM improves inventory flow, and material planning, giving a business the unique competitive advantage it requires. Here’s how BOM can help you manage your inventory. Procurement planning : It has to do with ensuring that business purchases arrive promptly and in the right quantities. BOM within your ERP.

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

In most cases, their legacy ERP or supply chain solutions cannot support the real-time, frequent forecasting and inventory planning needed to get ahead of margins pressures, rising costs, and shifts in consumer demand. Kelly-Moore achieved 20% less overstock and avoided $1 million in purchase orders after reallocating sundries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2023

PO Collaboration involves close coordination with suppliers to procure materials based on order specifications, tracking delivery timelines, and aligning production schedules to meet customer delivery expectations. Make to Order: Here, products are manufactured based on specific customer orders. Nari Viswanathan is currently Sr.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Without the right inventory management solutions in place, it’s almost impossible to maintain optimal stock levels, minimise costs, and improve overall efficiency – all of which are essential to ongoing business success. In this guide: What are inventory management solutions?

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 16, 2022

A roadmap towards achieving demand-driven inventory replenishment planning. Demand planning is a key requisite for holistic supply planning as it involves building an accurate forecast of future demand based on supply drivers, to meet customer needs as precisely as possible. Why demand – driven replenishment?

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Ivalua Blog [ivory-search] Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience February 8, 2023 | | Manufacturing by Doug Keeley In the face of an unprecedented global crisis, Procurement stepped up to become a crucial driving force for business continuity. Work to achieve 100% supply chain visibility.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Note in Figure 1 the gaps from recent research between supply chain planning and manufacturing, logistics, and sales. The gap between logistics and procurement; and logistics and customer service increases process latency. Inventories increased by 44% due to supply chain volatility. See the pattern?

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Precoro

APRIL 18, 2023

This can be achieved by improving supply chain visibility. In this blog post, we'll answer the following questions: What is supply chain visibility? What do high-visibility supply chains look like? How can supply chain visibility be achieved?

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My Office Apps

JANUARY 16, 2024

In this ultimate guide, we’ll show you how to elevate your business operations, from procurement and logistics to manufacturing and more, ensuring a path to operational excellence and strategic success. Operational Excellence with Cloud-Based ERP Procurement Management Efficiently manage your procurement processes with ERP.

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Demand-driven Inventory Replenishment Planning. A Demand-Driven Inventory Plan enlists both strategy and execution for resilience and profitability in the midst of economic upheaval. Need for Replenishment Touchpoints in Supply Chain Management. 5 Inventory Replenishment-Planning practices to drive profitability.

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Bristlecone

JUNE 24, 2019

Real-time collaboration tools that fuel visibility, improve compliance, deliver actionable intelligence and reduce inventory and expenses. How SAP Ariba’s Supply Chain Collaboration platform provides direct procurement capabilities.

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Turvo

AUGUST 31, 2021

With all the volatility that still lingers in the modern supply chain, the need for high-quality data analysis, solid procurement planning, good profit margins , and streamlined scheduling systems all remain crucial for shipping and transportation providers. Why Poor Visibility in Grocery Procurement Plans Lead to Big Issues.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

What Is Visibility? In our recent survey on analytics, today 74% of companies are attempting to improve supply chain visibility (as shown in Figure 1). Projects Being Implemented as Part of a Digital Supply Chain Transformation Project. Visibility means many things to different people.

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement to discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Procurement. When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Closer to home for supply chain professionals, driver shortages continue to plague the industry. Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. And we’ve yet to experience all of the possible repercussions of the conclusion of China’s zero-COVID policy.

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RFgen

MARCH 23, 2015

End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility. Supply chain visibility is an increasingly important factor in today’s manufacturing industry. The seemingly most successful firms are open and honest about their supply chain operations and practices, leaving little room for outside discrimination.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

But now we are seeing an entirely new type of services firm in the supply chain world – a service provider that does the planning and takes ownership of the inventory. This model comes from a partnership between GEP and Eliant Inventory Solutions. The inventory is stored at a few inbound hub warehouses managed by 3PLs.

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RFgen

MARCH 23, 2015

Supply chain visibility is an increasingly important factor in today’s manufacturing industry. The seemingly most successful firms are open and honest about their supply chain operations and practices, leaving little room for outside discrimination. Procurement: selected and targeted information is in demand.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

It appears that operational and procurement risks for beneficial cargo owners or shippers, in the short term, are minimal. The areas that will be deliberated in future articles are ocean shipping market landscape, freight procurement, reliability & visibility and the competitive landscape.

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Ware2Go

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

By improving these areas, you will create a more efficient and flexible supply chain that can adapt to changing market conditions. Visibility Supply chain visibility means having real-time access to information about the flow of goods and funds throughout the supply chain.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed in late 2020 by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement. When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity. Why is visibility so important?

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

By employing these technologies, Walmart gains valuable insights into customer buying behavior, sales trends, and inventory levels. The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 29, 2024

Inventory management Effective inventory management allows manufacturers to coordinate the actions and requirements of the business so that stocks are maintained at the right place, at the right time, and in the right quantities to satisfy customer demands and the production process.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 9, 2023

The network can also provide visibility to whether the supply chain network has enough inventory across their sites and on inbound shipments. SAP has a large procurement network, so if a supplier can’t deliver the number of items needed this solution can make it much easier to find an alternative supplier.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 15, 2023

The so-called “retail apocalypse” was deepened by the pandemic, then came inventory overload and inflation. Transforming Inventory Management. Young observes, “[In recent years, retailers have experienced] product shortages and overstuffed inventories in rapidly changing consumer markets.

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

Choosing the right strategy is critical, however, because the wrong choice could cost your business market share, good relationships with consumers and supply partners, and profitability in the long run. Agile supply chains enable manufacturers to approach unpredictability with speed and flexibility.

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Bristlecone

MAY 19, 2021

In order to reduce supply chain risk, it is essential to know what is happening in other nodes of the supply chain in real time. This is where the need for supply chain visibility becomes indisputable. In a networked supply chain, every business is dependent on multiple partners.

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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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Talking Logistics

APRIL 22, 2019

Even our most popular post, which dealt with excess inventory and yard management, had a transportation bent to it. Excess Inventory? Overall, the first quarter of 2019 proves yet again that there’s never a dull moment in this industry. No Problem. You Have Trailers In the Yard.­

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Precoro

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As part of the larger procurement process, sourcing involves finding and evaluating suppliers for goods or services that need to be purchased. Strategic sourcing involves the meticulous evaluation of suppliers and the overall procurement process to extract maximum value from both. Create a purchasing process.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

We’re currently on the cusp of a big incremental change in the industry’s transformation journey, as the value of real-time supply chain data is increasingly being felt far beyond transportation logistics. The entire supply chain industry was caught flat-footed by the seismic disruptions wrought by the pandemic.

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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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

We will build one demand signal and produce one supply plan,” Mr. Bailey said. The supply plan will include the procurement plan for their raw material supplies (Tier 2) needed for their finished goods suppliers (Tier 1). There will be one view of inventory across the entire distributed network.”. Conclusion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Those shipments can move directly to customers or move to several regional distribution centers (DCs) that serve as forward inventory locations and consolidation hubs servicing customers and channel partners. Molex Realizes it Needs Better Visibility. That increases the value of the analytics used by the procurement team.

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