Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

That is how I got into logistics management and gained deep warehousing and transportation experience. I moved into the third-party logistics industry just as that was taking off and gained a ton of experience in logistics costing, WMS installation, selling services and technology skills. They used to call it seagull logistics.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

IT’S ALL ABOUT E-COMMERCE. Almost all companies that I speak with are ecstatic over their e-commerce sales, but readily admit that the growth in e-commerce does not offset the decline in brick & mortar stores. E-Commerce sales are showing massive growth YoY, 2. This puts a laser focus on demand forecasting.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

A few of the presentations in London, such as a highly provocative key note by John Philips of PepsiCo are a repeat from this prior event. Digital supply chains enable transition to selling services instead of products: Simon Bailey of Gartner made a very compelling presentation on the opportunities that digital supply chains enable.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 17, 2018

One of the highlights of our SCRC meeting was the presentation by David Quintilio, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at United Parcel Service. David shared how UPS has experienced solid growth in the last few years, and is a cornerstone of the logistics and small parcel industry.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The Supply Chain arranges for the appropriate logistics, and negotiates terms and conditions with Suppliers, audits Suppliers, and deals with quality strategies and issues. From the outbound perspective the Supply Chain also arranges logistics and delivery. Brand #IoT #ECommerce #SupplyChain #SCM #Leadership #Finance #brandprotection.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 29, 2019

Analysts from Adelante SCM rhetorically ask, “Why all the fuss today about digital transformation?”[1] “The coming of e-commerce and the omnichannel has ignited a revolution in the way that goods get to market. ”[4] Just because it may prove difficult, however, doesn’t mean it isn’t essential.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The ”end” they refer to – whether it’s forwarding, fulfillment, or platforms for B2B or B2C sales – remains fairly ambiguous, spanning an acquisition of fashion logistics company HUUB in September 2021 to an investment in rapid fashion production company Unmade. But what does this mean for shippers?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 11, 2019

What is Supply Chain Management (SCM)? “Supply chain management (SCM) is the broad range of activities required to plan, control and execute a product’s flow, from acquiring raw materials and production through distribution to the final customer, in the most streamlined and cost-effective way possible. Subscribe Here!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Check out E-Commerce Delivery: Stop Shipping Air and Empty Boxes! Receiving packages by mail is currently a very impersonal experience—a plain brown box is left at your doorstep and often lacks any variation in presentation. Logistics #Transportation #SCM #SupplyChain #ECommerce #Retail #Infographic. Subscribe Here!

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Locus

JULY 10, 2023

Let’s look at the numbers for a moment: Statista predicts that global e-commerce sales will hit an astounding $8.1 It’s crucial that supply chain managers receive data-driven insights into their logistics operations. trillion by 2026. Read also: Retailer guide to peak season shipping But there’s a catch.

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Supply Chains Rock

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Successful order fulfillment and strong branding are inextricably linked, and the hectic holiday season presents greater challenges than some retailers can manage. But using fulfillment outsourcing can meet and exceed any challenge that Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas gift giving may present. Smart e-commerce.

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SCM Research

AUGUST 9, 2014

Second, in the summer issue, Senz and Revilla present a five-step process started by Cisco shortly after a major risk event: (1) identify strategic priorities, (2) map the vulnerabilities of the supply chain design, (3) integrate risk awareness into the product and the value chain, (4) monitor resiliency, and (5) watch for events.

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The complexity of the e-commerce landscape is compounded by the presence of multiple sales channels, posing challenges to efficient management. Challenges Digitizing your supply chain offers numerous benefits, but it also presents a set of challenges. In addition to the ever-changing marketing landscape, the supply chain often fails.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This is not only true for financial investments, but also for supply chain and logistics predictions. Like I said last year, making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target: sometimes you get lucky and hit the mark; other times you miss the bullseye by a mile. Photo By: MAJ Aaron Haney.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

10 | SCM Consulting Map Europe 2016. Following on from its other two highly popular subway maps of supply chain software vendors and logistics service providers, the quarterly magazine Supply Chain Movement has now published the third edition of the Consulting Subway Map Europe showing the European supply chain consultancy sector.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 8, 2023

That’s the first big mistake I want to address in this article, after which I’ll share information about ten other freight management mistakes we commonly see at Logistics Bureau while working with clients on supply chain improvement. The answer is that the approach could cost your company vast sums of money in unnecessary logistics costs.

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Supply Chain Network

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Early in January of 2012 I found myself struggling with the current terms around multi-channel, cross channel and omni-channel to adequately describe the current retail and e-commerce marketplace reality we all face. Store, locker, home or all of the above? Store, locker, home or all of the above?

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 13, 2015

Without further ado, the seven S’s of SCM are Synergy, Standards, Semantic, Serialization, Synchronization, Sustainability and Social and we will now review each of these at a summary level so you can see where we’re headed. How will these most effectively be integrated into SCM software systems? Serialization.

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Supply Chain Network

JANUARY 31, 2019

For 2019 these are Distributed Logistics , Flexible Automation and Empowered Brands. Distributed Logistics. What is Distributed Logistics? Interesting you say, but why would anyone want to move to a Distributed Logistics network? Flexible Automation.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

A warehouse management system for e-commerce makes managing a giant warehouse 24/7 no easy task. Barcode systems, RFID labeling, hi-tech automated robots for pallet movement, ERP systems, transport management systems, logistics software, augmented and Virtual reality wearables, etc are some of the hi-tech features of WMS.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

The list is presented in the order the responses were received in: 1) Andreas Wieland , Assistant Professor at Copenhagen Business School Successful supply chain management means that organizations are well-orchestrated in an end-to-end value network. Are you scm experts and have something to contribute?

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 27, 2021

Many businesses in the transportation and logistics industry use retail supply chain analytics to predict the future. The right applications can be used to understand what’s happening in the present and what happened in the past. By leveraging historical information and data, experts can predict how to optimize revenue.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 27, 2021

Many businesses in the transportation and logistics industry use retail supply chain analytics to predict the future. The right applications can be used to understand what’s happening in the present and what happened in the past. By leveraging historical information and data, experts can predict how to optimize revenue.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

It is impossible to predict with certainty how AI, robotics and automation will affect SCM employment opportunities and requirements in the future. Clearly advances in automation and robotics have and will continue to reduce or eliminate some SCM employment needs and opportunities.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

The first huge project I was part of at Dell was our transformation from paper documents in the computer boxes for businesses to what we called E-Docs for electronic documentation. S&OP, sourcing maturity, logistics and network optimization, organizational development, and change management are very common areas for our clients.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

I split this off from global sourcing because we had plenty of buyers but not enough planning and logistics so service and documentation was failing. Their mission is to work with our many global buyers, collectively known as Risk Management and Sourcing (RMS), to streamline the buying, planning and logistics.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

I got started just as the dotcom craze was taking off, with new logistics startups coming to market every day (all of them announcing they were “The world’s leading provider of X” even though they were just a few months old). Descartes has 20,000+ customers on its Global Logistics Network, which experienced 21% growth and processed 18.6+

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. e-Banking Consumer. e-Banking Corporate. Do we know any e-retailer who sells grocery online? At present buying grocery online in India is not an attractive option, as compared to other categories. Among the top 20 e-retailers in India grocery is sold by just 28%. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. e-Banking Consumer. e-Banking Corporate. « Collaborative Platform for Enterprise of Future | Main | Key Asset Management trends in Oil & Gas Industry » Importance of Proactive Master Data Maintenance in SAP SCM Support. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Healthcare.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 27, 2018

That was the key message Doug Braun, CEO of BluJay Solutions (a Talking Logistics sponsor), delivered in his keynote presentation at the SOAR 2018 Customer Conference last month. Source: Adelante SCM / BluJay Solutions Research Study. The company announced BluJay University and its new Learning Management platform.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 8, 2024

The topics covered vary from last-mile delivery in logistics, and relationship management in procurement to sustainability and digitalization. Podcast 1: The Supply Chain Show The Supply Chain Show is a podcast by SCM DOJO. They cover supply chain, logistics, and procurement key concepts and also supply chain career-related advice!

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 9, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. e-Banking Consumer. e-Banking Corporate. Present Information Effectively: Data accumulation & management still remains a key ingredient to a successful Visibility program. IT toolbox: SCM community. Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. e-Banking Consumer. e-Banking Corporate. they find it difficult to integrate the requirements and present a holistic picture to the IT vendor. IT toolbox: SCM community. Generic SCM (130). Communication Services. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare. Categories.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. e-Banking Consumer. e-Banking Corporate. « Making Cash on Delivery attractive to E-Retailers | Main | Demand Planning - Practicing the Best Practices (contd.) I will also present my view on how I think a CMMS package could have effectively handled this in the Part 2 of this blog.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 13, 2013

Logistics and Distribution. e-Banking Consumer. e-Banking Corporate. We have seen that due to these reasons, the planners prefer to have both the critical and the non-critical parts being planned in APO and the proposals presented to them in a consistent manner for them to make decisions. IT toolbox: SCM community.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. e-Banking Consumer. e-Banking Corporate. There are two aspects of the requirement presented in Part I of this blog- [link] ; one is the creation of a comprehensive-generic work plan while other focuses on making the generic work plan more specific. IT toolbox: SCM community. Healthcare.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Effectively Amazon has declared that they are officially entering the logistics business. The “Shipping With Amazon” service, albeit currently on a much smaller scale, competes with the logistics service and delivery capabilities offered by UPS, FedEx, and UPS. Simply they ran out of capacity and time. All Rights Reserved.

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