Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

inflation rate will go down by itself, because the cause is mostly caused by supply chain issues? So, if a recession appears likely, companies need to error on the side of a conservative forecast, be prepared to lay off workers sooner rather than later, and start drawing down their safety stock inventory.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2022

Ukraine in the news: War in Ukraine disrupts ships around the globe. Ukraine invasion and the semi-conductor chip impact. Cyberattack on Toyota’s supply chain shuts 14 Japanese factories. Xerox addresses $300m backlog due to supply shortages. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I thought I understood all the major supply chain implications of the pandemic until I began reading Yossi Sheffi’s new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy beyond Covid-19. Now of course, companies must map out the potential impacts of the Russia Ukraine war. Russia shells Ukraine.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

A Supply Chain Design Solution from Coupa Imagine you’ve just received the job offer of your dreams. If you have been through this process at least once, you already have a good idea of what supply chain design is about: optimization. The interview process is over, but more challenges are ahead.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Driving Sustainable Growth Through Supply Chain Resilience. Every industry sector and every business across the board, in APAC and around the globe have been impacted by the Great Supply Chain Disruption over the last two years, causing a blow out of transportation costs and continuous delays at every stage of the channel.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 23, 2025

The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! But supply chain leaders have been struggling with these challenges long before any signs of a recession emerged. The Supply Chain Turmoil The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains and skewed the demand and supply balance.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ? Recent years have placed supply chains into the spotlight and onto many board agendas. In a world of almost continuous disruptions and intense competition high performance supply chains have become the decisive factor.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 11, 2025

A wave of chaos followed that turned the supply chain upside down, forcing it to adapt, transform, and learn at an accelerated pace. 3 long term changes to the supply chain 1. McKinsey research shows that 73% of companies are now pursuing dual-sourcing , and 60% are regionalizing their supply chains.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2025

In the dynamic world of MedTech, supply chain management is a critical component that directly impacts patient care and organizational efficiency. on March 24 26 brought together industry leaders to delve into the challenges and opportunities that define today’s life sciences supply chains.

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Elementum

AUGUST 29, 2022

The global food supply chain has grown exponentially over the last few decades, creating complexity and challenges that translate into empty store shelves and a lack of basic provisions. Today, we will look at the importance of supply chain management in food production and some solutions to prevent further crises.

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2022

It’s a complex problem, but you can successfully optimize inventory levels with the right approach and technology. With all of today’s supply chain disruptions, and new ones no doubt lurking around the corner, companies without optimized inventory are risking overpaying and underperforming.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 14, 2022

Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine intensifies the product shortage and price rise issues we have come to associate with Covid-19. have predicted owing to the accumulation of inventory in manufacturing. The conflict in Ukraine has accelerated these trends in dramatic fashion. The good news?—?if including myself?—?have

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Logility

APRIL 29, 2022

Visibility across the entire length and breadth of your supply chain is required to predict and overcome supply chain constraints. Too much inventory means demand constraints, too little causes supply constraints. Too much inventory means demand constraints, too little causes supply constraints.

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StockTrim

MARCH 30, 2022

The supply chain for most companies is in a state of flux and it will likely take 2 years or more to heal itself. Added to that is the recent turmoil in the Ukraine with Russia and Belarus being the agitators. It's making manual inventory planning extremely difficult.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Choice ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. This article is from Chetan Chaudhari at GEP and examines the ongoing aluminum can shortage.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2022

The irony of excess inventory. Reporters from Bloomberg explain, “A nationwide inventory glut has led to unexpected bargains for U.S. Excess inventory was also caused by the Bullwhip Effect. ” Optimizing inventory. trillion because of mismanaged inventory.”[7]

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2022

As we watch Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfold, the real cost of this war is plain: lost lives, families that are forever altered, and destroyed communities. Two top European shippers — Maersk and DSV — have warned that freight costs will likely remain high well into 2022, adding to the global supply chain chaos.

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Make over your supply chain to get visibility into potential future disruptions. There’s always a lot at stake in supply chain management. Technology leapt to the forefront as visibility into the entire supply chain became essential. What’s a supply chain manager to do?

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

The Manufacturing Supply Chain Journey through AI and Automation Manufacturing Supply Chains Explained The manufacturing supply chain comprises all the processes a business uses to turn raw materials and components into final products that are ready to be sold to customers, whether these are consumers or other businesses.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

As part of our ongoing commitment to keep our blog readers updated on what’s happening in the supply chain and logistics world, we’re launching a regular industry news roundup, which we’ll release periodically. The grain blockaded in Ukraine. The grain blockaded in Ukraine.

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Logility

MARCH 29, 2022

Truly resilient supply chains can only be built with complete visibility. The COVID-19 pandemic may have been the catalyst for the ongoing supply chain crisis, triggering economic slowdowns, layoffs, and production stoppages, but it is certainly not the whole cause. Recent Supply Chain Disruptions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2023

These scrubbers (there’s one in each store) are equipped with inventory intelligence towers that take more than 20 million photos of everything on the shelves every day. funding before starting new production for Ukraine. crumbling infrastructure and manufacturing. That’s all for this week.

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Logility

AUGUST 4, 2022

Much of the merchandise languishing aboard cargo ships stuck in ports around the world during the pandemic-fueled supply chain crisis has made it to store shelves. One example: egg prices are up 56% , according to the Department of Agriculture, driven up by drought, a bird flu epidemic and the war in Ukraine. Big Box Blues.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 31, 2022

Global supply chains were starting to recover from two years of upheaval caused by the pandemic when the military crisis hit. The further disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could cause major disruptions to the global supply chain and impact South Africa. Supply chain challenges.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 30, 2025

In the hyper-connected global economy of the present day, supply chains traverse continents, cultures, and myriad communication barriers. Having access to an audio translator can be the difference between quick resolution of issues and ballooning interruptions throughout the supply chain.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 17, 2022

Like the rest of the world, I watched with heartbreak as the conflict in Ukraine began. My heart goes out to people of Ukraine, along with their families and loved ones. For those of us who work in global supply chains, we look at these types of situations through a different lens.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 8, 2022

”[1] The following day journalist Steve Ellwanger ( @steveellwanger ) reported that Nestlé warned “supply chain constraints could impact availability [of chocolate] along with other candy come Halloween.”[2] The staff at Logility observes that holiday supply chains are stressed even during the best of times.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Single Point of Failure in Supply Chain – Semiconductor Fabrication! There are a variety of ongoing disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting economic Russian sanctions coming from other countries. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 10, 2022

It’s as true for supply chain planning as it is for battle planning. Joe Bellini, Executive Vice President of Product Management & Marketing at One Network, observes, “In supply chain management, we do our best to develop executable plans. ” Improving Supply Chain Planning. ”[2].

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All Things Supply Chain

MARCH 4, 2022

Brands sever supply chain ties with Russia A growing list of corporate giants in various industries have decided to cut ties with Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine. Airbus…

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Get the insights beverage companies need to meet today’s biggest supply chain challenges. Port congestion, shipping delays, and other supply chain disruptions are affecting industries across all economic sectors, and that includes beverages of all types. Supply Chain Disruptions Affecting the Beverage Industry.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Supply chain disruptions during the pandemic highlighted global dependence on Chinese manufacturing — and those dependencies raised serious concerns among China’s trading partners. As supply chain challenges eased and cooler heads prevailed, calls for decoupling decreased but admonitions to de-risk supply chains increased.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

High and increasing costs, in combination with long recovery times, have triggered many companies to reassess their customer service plus supply-chain strategies and footprints to make them more resilient to any kind of disruption. Reducing risk in supply chains. Ensure supply-chain visibility.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Take supply chain models, a business in which I’ve been a part for most of my professional life, and one that affects nearly every human being on the planet. After all, most of us are consumers of a multitude of products that come from supply chains across the globe. What is a Supply Chain and How Does AI Affect it?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog shares a mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 predictions for industry supply chains published at the beginning of 2022. Economic Outlook Significantly Changed. There is further growing evidence on the U.S.

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