6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Nippon Express owns more than 31.7

Warehousing 111

Warehousing 3PL Company Third Party Logistics 111

Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

It currently has no limits on truck emissions, unlike other countries such as the United States, China, Japan and Canada, which already have truck fuel efficiency standards. In 2010, Walmart announced its goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015.

Cost Reduction Strategies 100

Cost Reduction Strategies Material Savings Modeling Software Sourcing Strategies 100

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 7, 2025

Marrying Bitcoin and MonaCoin: Japan’s Native Cryptocurrency Explored! Risk Management and Value at Risk (VaR) Value at Risk (VaR) is a critical risk management metric. Cryptocurrencies have become a focal point of the financial world due to their meteoric rise in popularity and volatility.

Modeling Software 59

Modeling Software Modeling Optimization Modeling Distribution 59

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

We wanted to see which companies were driving the fastest rate of improvement on the supply chain metrics that matter. For example, the luxury division in Japan does not have the same needs as the customer service division in Brazil. We studied this pre and post-recession. They adapt by region. The Body Shop is a standalone division.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 150

ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the company that makes the majority of latest-generation chips for Apple products, has committed to increasing capacity by spending $100 billion across the next three years, and building new factories in Arizona and Japan. Wall Street Journal ). Deloitte Global). Wall Street Journal ). Deloitte ).

Material Savings 207

Material Savings Purchasing Skills Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement 207

Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Jobs told Cook that he visited many manufacturing companies in Japan and he would like Cook to implement the JIT system for Apple. Steve Jobs invited the Tim Cook to help to improve Apple''s Supply Chain in 1998. Intel ''s new product development is done by the process called Technology Roadmap. .

Case Study 239

Case Study Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Study 239

Resilinc

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

While some of the increase was due to growth in our customer base and the number of suppliers monitored (more factories = more potential for factory fires) the trend line was rising at a much faster clip than business metrics would account for. Supplier risk assessment. Risk monitoring.

Study 62

Study Buyer Training Japan Supply Chain Risk Management 62

Kinaxis

MARCH 2, 2017

This is very important, as well executed supply chain technology investments are proven to yield double digit percentage benefits in various financial and operational metrics. Kinaxis provides the technology to enable such near real time planning supported by scenarios to combat this rising complexity and volatility. Success breeds success.

Supply Chain Planning Software 0

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Planning 0

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 27, 2020

You can’t really rank crypto exchanges unless you’re ranking by very specific metrics. Although it is also available in the US, Canada, and even Japan, among many other European countries. Cryptocurrencies Beyond Bitcoin! Some clearly win in terms of transaction volume. Kraken has been around since 2011.

Currency 88

Currency Japan Just-in-Time Canada 88

Arkieva

AUGUST 8, 2016

In 2011 Japan’s earthquake and tsunami amidst the loss of lives brought many worldwide production plants in Japan to a standstill. and elsewhere was halted when the parts flow from Japan was interrupted. The end result was that when another earthquake struck Japan in April 2016, GM was much better prepared. Source: EBN.

Sourcing Strategies 60

Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software California 60

USC Consulting Group

JUNE 18, 2019

This makes sense considering that they both emerged from the same location: the original Toyota Motor Company production plant located in Toyota, Japan. Imai cataloged, organized, and formalized the strategies deployed at Toyota and published them in his landmark 1986 book, “Kaizen: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success.”

Waste Reduction 67

Waste Reduction Continuous Improvement Japan Exercises 67

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JULY 5, 2022

The index draws on over two dozen metrics reflecting global transportation costs and regional manufacturing surveys across 7 regions: the USA, China, the Euro area, Japan, the UK, South Korea, and Taiwan. GSCPI: A Single Index Measuring End to End Supply Chain Stress.

South Korea 52

South Korea Supply Chain Planning New York Global 52

Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

China ranks number one as the country from which companies are reshoring, followed by Mexico, Canada, India, and Japan. are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea. plastics manufacturer who said that his company would require its supplier to report sustainability metrics on a scorecard. That’s good news.

Manufacturing Procurement 62

Manufacturing Procurement China South Carolina Arizona 62

Unleashed

JANUARY 31, 2023

This approach to supply chain management is a child of Lean Thinking – a business methodology that originated in Japan in the late 1980s. Use warehousing metrics and KPIs to evaluate the effectiveness of any changes you make to your processes. Reduce downtime Nothing is more wasteful than doing nothing.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 98

Aera Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

After days of manually pulling data from a diverse set of systems and painstakingly interpreting the information, we finally had a solution: move inventory from Japan to China to mitigate the near-term risk of a stockout. Ultimately, we were actually able to meet demand in all geographies, but we were very lucky.

Pharmaceutical 40

Pharmaceutical Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Data 40

Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 15, 2018

The $7.5bn Kemper power plant once drew officials from as far as Saudi Arabia, Japan and Norway to marvel at a 21st-century power project so technologically complex its builder compared it to the moonshot of the 1960s. It’s promise? Energy from “clean coal.” “I’m

Saudi Arabia 40

Saudi Arabia America Norway Japan 40

Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Further, Japan based shipping line Mitsui OSK Lines indicated a belief that this disruption could extend thru the balance of 2024. Scenario and simulation based planning methods that quantify and weight various short and longer term impacts of global events toward key business metrics.

Transportation 52

Transportation Supply Chain Planning Software Panama Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 6, 2024

5 S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) A workplace organization method originating from Japan. TTS Time To Serve – A metric measuring the time it takes to fulfill a customer order from receipt to delivery. It aims to improve efficiency by organizing spaces so work can be performed effectively, safely, and cleanly.

Supply Chain Planning Software 75

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning 75

4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

And so if you think about it, the analogy would be: in Florida, they grow oranges, they make the concentrates, then they send that concentrate to, say, Japan where it’s blended. And they’ve got strict, you know, strict metrics that they’re working against. The back end is where we blend it into an ink. Mike: Right.

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing Material Savings Just-in-Time Detroit 130

4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

And so if you think about it, the analogy would be: in Florida, they grow oranges, they make the concentrates, then they send that concentrate to, say, Japan where it’s blended. And they’ve got strict, you know, strict metrics that they’re working against. The back end is where we blend it into an ink. Mike: Right.

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing Material Savings Just-in-Time Detroit 130

Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Output reportedly rose in China , India and Brazil and fell more slowly in the Eurozone , Japan and the United States. This metric bears continual observation in the coming months. Business confidence levels reportedly rose to their highest level since April of 2023.

Manufacturing Procurement 52

Manufacturing Procurement South Korea Manufacturing Global 52

Material Handling & Logistics

APRIL 11, 2018

million metric tons of greenhouse gases from being emitted in 2017. million metric tons of greenhouse gases from being emitted in 2017 — the equivalent of taking more than 300,000 cars off the road. which produces solder masks for printed circuit boards in Japan. . Clean energy from suppliers, helped avoid over 1.5

United Kingdom 75

United Kingdom Netherlands Manufacturing Procurement United States 75

Freightos

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

One popular metric – a country’s logistics costs as a percentage of GDP – has China at 18% and the US at only 8.5%. US sellers were already the second most represented seller demographic in Singles’ Day 2016, trailing only Japan and beating out South Korea. This isn’t a pipe dream.

Long Beach 120

Long Beach South Korea China Chicago 120

QAD

JULY 7, 2020

“It” being the Metric system. . When will I return to Japan? That “dog wouldn’t hunt” in the US – not for anyone that had a Mopar logo, or a Bowtie , or a Blue Oval on their shirt. . We dabbled with it, flirted with it, and dipped our toe in it. When will I head to Germany or to England?

Currency 134

Currency United States Germany Cleveland 134

QAD

MAY 27, 2021

A recent survey of our galaxy by astronomers with VERA in Japan has shown that Earth is both moving faster and is closer to the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy than previously thought ( EarthSky , December 2020). How Dark is Your Data? . But don’t worry, our planet is safe!

Procurement Analytics 96

Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement Analytics Software Inventory Reduction 96

EMERGE App

OCTOBER 1, 2018

As a small business owner of a wholesale or distribution business , there are so many metrics that you can apply to your business to assess your relative performance. The order fill rate is one such metric that you need to pay attention to. Thus, this metric needs to be seen in the company of other important inventory ratios.

Procurement Analytics 74

Procurement Analytics Inventory Management Software Sourcing Strategies Purchasing Skills 74

Synovos

MAY 4, 2018

The index looked at several metrics, such as: the environment for innovation, education policies, and labor policies. South Korea tops the list followed by Germany, Singapore, Japan, Canada, Estonia, France, the UK and the U.S. It’s all based on a new index from The Economist magazine. The findings?

South Korea 40

South Korea Estonia Global Singapore 40

QAD

JULY 7, 2020

“It” being the Metric system. . When will I return to Japan? That “dog wouldn’t hunt” in the US – not for anyone that had a Mopar logo, or a Bowtie , or a Blue Oval on their shirt. . We dabbled with it, flirted with it, and dipped our toe in it. When will I head to Germany or to England?

Currency 94

Currency United States Germany Cleveland 94

EMERGE App

MAY 24, 2020

As a small business owner of a wholesale or distribution business , there are so many metrics that you can apply to your business to assess your relative performance. The order fill rate is one such metric that you need to pay attention to. Thus, this metric needs to be seen in the company of other important inventory ratios.

Procurement Analytics 52

Procurement Analytics Inventory Management Software Sourcing Strategies Purchasing Skills 52

Freightera

MAY 9, 2022

Freight trains can be as long as 700 meters (roughly 2300 feet) and can weigh up to 1600 metric tons (over 3.5 Unlike Japan and a few other countries which have trains capable of traveling at 200 miles per hour, the USA has only had one high-speed rail line under construction as of November 2021. . million pounds). .

Purchasing Training 49

Purchasing Training Training Price Mitigation Strategies Freight 49

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2021

This gives Pure real-time visibility to core performance metrics. But achieving supply chain resilience can’t be accomplished just by relying on people or the ability to remotely monitor metrics; the design of the supply chain matters. Monitoring is enabled by the use of EDI and system-to-system integration.

Supply Chain Design Software 291

Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Czech Republic 291

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. There is really nothing wrong with capturing a lot of metrics, especially with today’s powerful analytics software solutions to help. Let me try to clarify.

KPI 96

KPI Guinea-Bissau Virgin Islands Papua New Guinea 96

6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

When Toyota pioneered lean production in Japan back in the 1970s, its suppliers facilitated this by being colocated nearby. Establishing protocols, metrics, organizational owners, and related processes can empower organizations to respond more effectively when faced with a crisis.” ” — Michael Varney and Wil G.

Supply Chain Planning Software 116

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Modeling 116

Unleashed

APRIL 15, 2020

To help you understand the importance of tracking this metric we’ll illustrate several ways the value of your stock can change. A key metric in inventory revaluation is Net Realisable Value. Retailers in Japan have come up with a very popular lucky dip concept. But first, let’s look at some basic definitions.

Inventory Reduction 89

Inventory Reduction Inventory Purchasing Skills Manufacturing Procurement 89

QAD

JULY 7, 2022

All top 100 companies in Japan and Mexico produce an annual sustainability report. Companies are acting, and responding. A 2020 KPMG analysis found that: 96% of the world’s biggest 250 companies produce an annual sustainability report. 80% of all companies worldwide report their sustainability performance.

Purchasing Skills 98

Purchasing Skills Manufacturing Procurement Cost Reduction Strategies Procurement Analytics 98

ToolsGroup

MAY 15, 2024

By proactively assessing potential risks and developing contingency plans, organizations can minimize the impact of disruptions and protect their bottom line, similar to how Toyota quickly diversified its supplier base and enhanced inventory management systems after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Supply Chain Planning Software 177

Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software 177

Elementum

AUGUST 17, 2017

President Bush imposed tariffs of up to 30% on steel imported from Japan and the European Union (EU) which cost 200,000 jobs in steel-involved industries, with the unemployment rate being at 6% by the end of 2002. Implementing strict trade restrictions could also violate International Trade Agreements which are currently in place.

Manufacturing Procurement 60

Manufacturing Procurement Canada Price Reduction China 60