Talking Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2021

Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (August 20, 2021). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (August 20, 2021) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. It was nice, just focusing on the near and now, completely disconnected from what was happening beyond the fog.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 5, 2016

Now companies have started outsourcing supply chain business processes like planning, direct procurement, order management, inventory optimisation and reverse logistics. For more information, pelase contact the authors: Eric Kingwill is managing director at ToolsGroup Africa with extensive across the board supply chain experience.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

In episode six of Be Ready for Anything, ToolsGroup’s Pre-Sales Manager for Europe, Birger Klinke, talks about what retailers should expect in 2021 and how they can leverage probabilistic forecasting and automation to adjust to a changing marketplace. Check out the video below. Or listen and follow on Spotify. Transcript.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

” However, staff members at Material Handling & Logistics (MH&L) provide support for Mortson’s assertion. They report, “Only 7% of companies are reaping the benefits of digital transformation of supply chain planning, according to a new study by ToolsGroup and Spinnaker.” ” Banker is correct.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

More e-commerce orders mean a big increase in transportation requirements. Alex Achour, a Sales Engineer with ToolsGroup, insists various forms of AI, like machine learning, can help brands and retailers better cope with the volatility of the holiday shopping season. Leveraging artificial intelligence during the holidays. Footnotes. [1]

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As we head into the holiday season, supply delays, logistics constraints and inflation are looming over shoppers and retailers—and the manufacturers and distributors who keep them in supply. The 2021 supply chain shortage is the story of our lives today, as the enormous bullwhip effect of COVID continues.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’ve worked in the supply chain for 30+ years, working for major retailers including Kmart, Michaels and Five Below, as well as on the 3PL and logistics side with companies including FedEx, where I was Vice President of Global Transportation, and UPS, where I worked as Vice President of Supply Chain Design.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 28, 2016

Working with the Chartered Institute of Logistics Transport, we created a 4 minute video showing the UK blood supply chain and the new system, which I think you will find interesting. If you are in the healthcare industry, it’s a unique application with distinctive healthcare features and implications for countries around the world.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 5, 2019

We are faced with immense logistical difficulties that range from unpaved roads to armed bandits.”. The challenges can be multi-faceted: High logistical costs. We are faced with immense logistical difficulties that range from unpaved roads to armed bandits.” fast food or retail) are rapidly expanding. Transfer taxes.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 13, 2021

We hope you enjoy the blog, which represents predictions and observations from across our global ToolsGroup community. Of course trade-offs of higher manufacturing costs are balanced against reduced inventory costs, lower freight/logistics costs, lower duties and taxes, etc. Here’s to a healthy and prosperous year ahead! environments.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. From customer support and transportation to storage, processing and discounts, returns cost retailers a pretty penny.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

This is not just my personal observation but the consensus of leading financial experts around the world who are regularly briefed by manufacturers, logistics providers and retailers. For the first time in history, supply chain disruptions are directly responsible for some pretty harrowing inflation figures around the world.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 24, 2019

Global supply chains boomed thanks to bountiful cheap labor, dramatically less expensive communications, and lower-cost transportation. Of course trade-offs of higher manufacturing costs are balanced against reduced inventory costs, lower freight/logistics costs, lower duties and taxes and all the other parts of “total cost to serve”.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 17, 2016

That’s never going to compete with Amazon—not only its existing footprint, but in light of its new investments in logistics that include localized fulfillment sites, global trade services, and even sea and air cargo transport—like its May 5 announcement of plans to double its fleet of leased Boeing 767 freight jets for package deliveries.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 19, 2023

They ingest information like transportation plans or shipment delays and model the implications of unexpected events. This would increase efficiency, lowering inventory and logistics costs while still meeting customer demand. They enable planners to perform scenario planning, which is essential in the age of unified commerce.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Material Handling & Logistics ). Material Handling & Logistics ). Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. In December 2022, The United States Department of Transportation awarded grants totaling over $241 million to support ports. (

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

You should be interested in applying disruptive technologies in your supply chain not only at a physical level, like in transportation and logistics, but also at a more virtual level in your supply chain planning. And you should be thinking about them now, because disruptive technologies have a first mover advantage.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In its official earnings release , Amazon Prime’s vice president Jamil Ghani cited “the continued expansion of Prime member benefits as well as the rise in wages and transportation costs” as the reason for the price increase. Shipping and Transportation Costs. workers to over $18 an hour. You name it, there’s a subscription for it.

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 30, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 30, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 31, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 30, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 29, 2009

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 29, 2009

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

Included in this June 14, 2022 edition are updates featuring the following providers: ToolsGroup and Onera. ToolsGroup Acquires Onera. Reportedly, ToolsGroup will add Onera ’s inventory availability and fulfillment technology to its retail planning suite. GreyOrange. Freightos Limited. Oracle and Cerner. Panasonic. .

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ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2023

ToolsGroup has a long history of innovating with our customers in mind. It’s also why so many of our customers are eager to share their supply chain success – and have even won awards of their own in partnership with ToolsGroup! ToolsGroup has also been named a FeaturedCustomers 2023 Top Rated Software and Hot 100 Vendor.

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Supply Chain Digest

MARCH 6, 2009

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ToolsGroup

JULY 11, 2017

It’s a problem of “lost in translation”—the differing lingo used by the finance side versus planning, supply, production and logistics. 3-9% reduction in transportation costs as a percentage of sales (overhead costs and profitability). The language of finance is numbers, but they’re different numbers than the ones used by supply chain.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 1, 2016

The reading audience is global, and spans a wide variety of roles: procurement, supply chain strategy and planning, product management, logistics and transportation, customer service, and others. What is the makeup of your blog audience?

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