Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2022

In this special edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech we highlight two significant developments involving supply chain management focused technology involving providers Shopify and Panasonic Corporation. Major Acquisition by Shopify. wide fulfillment centers. billion.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group highlights a 2024 prediction of added labor activism continuing across industry supply chains in 2024. Of most concern was the tactic of targeting a company’s vulnerable supply chain points in labor stoppages, which was adroitly practiced by the United Auto Workers (UAW).

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EazyStock

JANUARY 27, 2021

2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends for the US. Here we are, one year later, trying to determine the 2021 supply chain and inventory management trends to adopt. in May 2020 compared to May 2019, especially affecting exports from the US, Japan and the EU. Automation. Cloud-based Technology.

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Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

Looking back a few months, no one could have predicted the current state of the global supply chain. Although maybe we should have been better prepared, after-all this is not the first major supply chain disruption faced by most companies. Yes, every disruption tends to challenge the supply chain in different ways.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

At the Supply Chain Global Summit 2018 , Francois discussed the impact of digitalization, Industry 4.0, and L’Oréal’s approach to business that has allowed the company to continuously rank as a Supply Chains to Admire winner for four consecutive years. Supply Chains to Admire Methodology.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 13, 2020

Numerous reports confirm the coronavirus pandemic has motivated business leaders to consider new ways to leverage technology and automation to lessen their company’s exposure to human-related crises. technologies are also gaining momentum. Digital Supply Chain. ”[1]. Industry 4.0 And Industry 4.0

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Unleashed

JANUARY 31, 2023

Supply chain disruptions are the enemy of product businesses. Lean logistics is a strategy designed to optimise supply chain efficiency by cutting out waste and maximising customer value. Product companies implement lean logistics to eliminate downtime in the supply chain and give customers better value.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 5, 2014

You have a supply chain risk management strategy in place. This scenario played out for thousands of companies after the Japan earthquake, the Thailand floods and numerous other smaller scale disasters. The problem is most companies are relatively immature when it comes to Supply Chain Risk Management.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Companies need to be fully aware of global climate change conversations and how they will impact their supply chain in the near future. 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.

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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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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 12, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our April 12, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. MSC Mediterranean Shipping.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

For too long, supply chain risk management has been mostly confined within supply chain circles. CEOs and government agencies were more than happy to let a few experts deal with supply chain challenges. Thanks to a rise in cyber attacks, supply chain risk management is receiving attention in all quarters.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

According to this year’s survey by Harvard Business Review Analytics Services, the top business drivers for adopting cloud and hybrid-cloud technology are: Business agility/flexibility – 49%. billion parcels followed by Japan (9.4B), Germany (3.0B), UK (2.2B) and France (1.5B) – so the growth of the number of parcels is huge.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In addition to new product hardware and some services announcements, the lead up to the event has provided some supply chain related news. Pricing Strategy Relative to overall pricing business and industry media reports note that this year, Apple has avoided across the board price hikes in the U.S.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 19, 2017

by Alexa Cheater If there’s one thing you can count on in supply chain, it’s that things will change. It could be as relatively small as a last minute order or engineering change, or as big as an industry-wide shift that sends your end-to-end supply chain spinning in an entirely new direction. The customer.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

We are pleased to continue our 2021 fire-side chat series with key people in the supply chain industry, and it is with particular pleasure to catch up with Stuart Whiting, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Planning at Schneider Electric, based in Singapore but with a global functional responsibility.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Unpacking expected disruptions across the supply chain for manufacturers and distributors.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Single Point of Failure in Supply Chain – Baby Formula! A major reason for the extensive damage caused by the breakdown of Supply Chains during the pandemic was because of broad based single points of failure. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Whereas the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. One of the reports that I am writing is on the state of Supply Chain Planning (SCP). In the recent study of the Voice of the Supply Chain Leader , we find that the gaps are large, and growing.

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The Network Effect

AUGUST 25, 2014

No company has ‘truly’ modeled the full relationship set between how companies interact with other companies upstream and downstream in the supply chain. Even companies who have invested in building an accurate database of their direct suppliers know very little about the next tier of suppliers upstream in the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Two commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published at the beginning of 2022. Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing. Geo-Political and Hybrid Government Policy Dimensions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 31, 2024

The Japan based automaker thus retains its global automotive industry’s recognition as the global leader in vehicle sales for four consecutive years running, outpacing rival global competitor Volkswagen. Global based auto producer Toyota Motor has retained its overall recognition as the top selling global automaker.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 2, 2017

by Melissa Clow Frequent Kinaxis blogger Madhav Durbha was recently honored as a Supply & Demand Chain Executive ‘ Pro to know ’. Madhav’s experience and educational background show his passion and enthusiasm for supply chain and the role it plays in making the world a better place. Check out his responses.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2020

To provide insights into the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and its impact on supply chains around the world, we are delivering a blog series to help anyone looking for support and advice. Our experts, who have spent years in the supply chain industry, share their insights. All non-essential businesses shut down.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Read on to hear Craig’s expert insights on the current landscape and what companies can do to accelerate supply chain resilience in the midst of increased supply chain disruptions. Tell us a bit about your background in Life Sciences. How is the Life Sciences industry different post-COVID?

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights published reports indicating that leading semiconductor fab and device manufacturer TSMC is eyeing a second fab production presence in the U.S. Supply Chain Matters Perspectives. Specifically noted: “ We are really at the tipping point right now in the semiconductor supply chain.”.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

While flexibility increased as technology accelerated throughout the 2010s, business cultures of presenteeism and profit persisted. Unlike any other cohort before them, Gen Z are natives to technology. Their formative years are guided more by technology rather than tradition, cultural or rudimentary closed door education system.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 28, 2023

This is the second guest blog from Craig Lukasik , an MBA supply chain graduate from the Poole College of Management’s supply chain program. Looking at the finished product with your eyes barely conveys the awesome complexity of the supply chain involved in bringing it to life.

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Unleashed

MAY 10, 2020

As governments and hospitals work to stamp out Covid-19, manufacturers are also struggling to manage the virus’ impact on their supply chains. Just-in-time (JIT) is a lean management strategy that minimises the inventory held in order to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Is the lean system at fault or is it something deeper?

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 23, 2022

The OECD also doubled its forecast for inflation among its members — which range from the United States to Australia, Japan and Latin American and European nations — to 8.5%, its highest level since 1988.”[1]. 6) Rewiring of the global supply chain. 7) A breakdown of global technology standards. ”[1].

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 4, 2022

On this Friday , the Supply Chain Matters blog provides our global supply chain news capsule follow-up, a revisiting of prior developments related to supply chain management as well as themes that we have highlighted for readers. . EV Start-Up Rivian Encounters Order Fallout From a Price Hike Decision.

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MIT Supply Chain

OCTOBER 30, 2014

There is no better way to show the impact of major disruptions on supply chains than to convey the level of risk involved through a clear, impactful, visual device. MIT CTL researchers Ranjana Mary Ninan and Christopher Sean Wang created such a device for their SCM Program thesis Visualizing and Quantifying Global Supply Chain Risk .

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2014

If you’re a supply chain or logistics executive and you’re looking for ways to improve as a leader this year, here are my five recommendations: 1. Supply chain management is risky business — and the risks are growing every day. whenever you’re discussing supply chain strategy or decisions.

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o9 Solutions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

In our previous blog , we outlined the reality that APO users are missing out on significant strategic and competitive advantages because of their continuing reliance on outdated, on-premise technologies to do supply chain planning. An even greater benefit of a cloud solution is the holy grail of supply chain planning.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2023

Global contract semiconductor chip producer TSMC announced this week plans for its first European based semiconductor facility as an extension of an evolving production regionalization strategy. Likewise, Japan has been addressing added domestic investments in advanced semiconductor materials and components. All rights reserved.

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