Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters blog we provide highlights and insights regarding SAP SE’s 2022 Sapphire ASUG Now customer conference held last week in Orlando, Florida. . Enterprise Cloud software provider SAP SE conducted its 2022 North America Sapphire Now customer conference last week. More on that later in this commentary.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

There is a known problem for manufacturers in synchronizing their supply chain. The shop floor to top floor disconnect reflects the difficulty of synching the plans finalized in an integrated business planning executive meeting with what the shop floor is capable of manufacturing in the short-term time planning horizon.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 24, 2020

IBM purchased Sterling Commerce. GXS purchased Inovis, OpenText purchased GXS, Descartes Systems Group purchased numerous assets to form the GLN (Global Logistics Network), and TrueCommerce purchased Datalliance. (If Also, Value-Added Networks (VANS) morphed. Also, Value-Added Networks (VANS) morphed.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 5, 2024

As cars become more connected, autonomous, electric and configured to order, automotive manufacturers are increasingly becoming software companies. Software companies operate much differently than traditional manufacturers. This represents a significant change from their historic approach.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 29, 2015

That is one of the most important, yet often overlooked, questions shippers should ask before implementing a Transportation Management System — specifically if they’re implementing a traditional, behind-the-firewall solution. How will you establish and manage electronic communication with carriers and other trading partners?

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QAD

APRIL 14, 2022

Pollution from the internal combustion engine (ICE) and the sapping of natural resources needed for farming by urban sprawl, climate change and others. . The benefits could provide solutions to many disruptive forces currently impacting agriculture, farming and food manufacturing. Reduced Overall Total Transportation Costs and Time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

The second goal was to work with a fourth party logistics (4PL) partner that had invested in cutting-edge transportation management and visibility solutions. A 4PL is a company that plans and executes transportation on behalf of their customers. The company chose 4Flow to do transportation planning and execution in Europe.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

There are three reasons why: Vertical excellence—having the best manufacturing, procurement or transportation function—has not worked. What percentage of retail out-of-stocks could be prevented by the manufacturer in these industries? What does an investment in SAP mean for a company? ” Yes, I said.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

SCaaS will guide companies to achieve strategic value by improving Manufacturing as a Service, Fulfillment as a Service, and Warehousing as a Service. Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) is a new approach to managing the complex process of getting products from manufacturers to consumers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. Molex has more than 80 manufacturing facilities around the world supported by an 18,000 strong supplier eco-system that provide raw materials, electronic components, and services. This involves a lot of long-haul transportation.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

These sources while functional are difficult to connect. Most deployments focus on functional excellence–manufacturing, transportation, customer service or procurement. In this shift, the legacy SAP Business Warehouse (BW) implementation are especially problematic. Figure 1 is a picture from a client.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 11, 2019

The transportation industry has long discussed blockchain with a healthy dose of skepticism or has taken a wait-and-see approach to its adoption. A modern, multi-modal Tier 1 TMS can now take data from all sources, cleanse it and use it. Small but mighty. There are more than 500,000 TL carriers in the U.S. with eight trucks or less.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Don’t expect to plan for every disruption; instead, develop a strategy to overcome supply chain disruption, regardless of the source. Capacity constraints and transportation delays. Trade disputes and tariffs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Capacity constraints and transportation delays.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Note in Figure 1 the gaps from recent research between supply chain planning and manufacturing, logistics, and sales. The gap between logistics and procurement; and logistics and customer service increases process latency. These results herald upcoming issues for future manufacturing reporting earnings calls.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlighted reported candid remarks from the CEO of aerospace manufacturer Airbus regarding the challenges of revised production and aircraft delivery plans on the company’s global supply network partners. What To Expect In The New Normal- Fostering More Connected Manufacturing And Supply Network Synchronization.

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ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The decline in container rates will precipitate further declines across other transportation modes and in all geographies. According to SAP, a 58% decrease in revenue has contributed to additional financing and missed payments across the supply chain. Sector profitability is set to hit bottom in second half 2023.”

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Vinculum

AUGUST 17, 2022

The software is designed with robust features allowing end users to monitor supply chain analytics, supply chain management, planning, transportation, sourcing, and procurement. Oracle Supply Chain Management software helps users transform their businesses from planning and sourcing inventory to delivering products.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. In 2007-2014 Terra added inventory management, multi-tier demand sensing, transportation forecasting, and long-term forecasting. The Company has a checkered past. The Path Forward.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

The third issue is the lack of understanding that global processes–to maximize the economies of scale in transportation and material buying–need strong governance. This allows shared services of procurement and transportation to function smoothly to achieve the economies of scale. Planners need time to plan.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 27, 2021

He explains, “The circular economy aims to eradicate waste — not just from manufacturing processes, as lean management aspires to do, but systematically, throughout the life cycles and uses of products and their components. Simulate the CO 2 footprint of the plan through procurement, production, and transport.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

For years Campbells strove to grow the soup category only to lose share in the soup category due to limited manufacturing capacity for the Swanson’s brand. Demand latency is the time from channel purchase to order receipt.) For example, Campbells Soup is struggling to keep up with the demand for soup, potato chips, and cookies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2018

However, companies like JDA, Logility, Oracle and SAP are hamstrung by software maintenance upgrades, promises to customers and evolution. One of the largest blights in the market is the SAP evolution of APO and the lack of clarity of the roadmap. Shifting and aligning manufacturing load across factories is critical.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Descartes Integrates Transportation Messaging and Customs Filing with SAP®. The company said on Wednesday “that soaring online purchases have caused delays in its distribution network,” according to Reuters. Chinese firm JD.com pitches Trudeau on drone fleets to deliver seafood (Globe and Mail). Walmart is in the same boat.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Mindy Davis , SAP’s Vice President of Global Marketing for the Digital Supply Chain, explains, “Supply chains need to be risk-resilient and efficient. As Davis notes, “Risk-resilient supply chains integrate design, planning, manufacturing, logistics, maintenance, and service.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. The design of transportation and supplier networks.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Today, 7% of order and purchase order flows move through business networks. Last night, I was sitting with a friend that got transportation updates every hour from the GPS on the truck that he had tendered earlier that day on his cell phone. The event will be invitation only for fifteen manufacturers and fifteen technologists.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In this push, Oracle, SAP and INFOR became revenue market leaders in APS, but under-served the market in the delivery of innovation. Spiraling transportation costs, tariff shifts and increased expectations for customer service sparks new interest in supply chain planning. Sadly, it did not. The inverse occurred. Reference Figure 1.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior. The transformational wave is slowly transforming the automotive industry from a focus on selling “rides” versus the purchase of an automobile.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

Despite numerous acquisitions and product development efforts, SAP and Oracle are much larger industry giants. In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. SAP and several other companies passed on the opportunity. It is clear.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Source: Laurie Cus. Amazon Buys Thousands of Its Own Truck Trailers as Its Transportation Ambitions Grow (Re/code). SAP Launches Enhanced Supply Chain Execution Software for Faster Logistics Planning. October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). SMC³ Unveils New Version of BatchMark XL Analysis Tool.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 21, 2017

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). Logistics Platform Haven Sets Sights on SAP with Launch of Haven TMS. MacroPoint Announces Platform Integration with JDA Transportation Management Solution. Source: Amazon patent.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

The majority of manufacturing and retail companies want better performing supply chains. My view is that both SAP and the large consulting organizations perpetuate a very functional view of supply chain management which is detrimental to building effective value networks. A Critical Review of the Contract Manufacturing Model.

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Shipsy

JANUARY 28, 2021

SCM is the management of the flow of goods or services from source to destination by following activities like demand planning, raw material procurement, production, inventory management, order management, movement and storage, and transportation and logistics. Manufacturing. Minimize the overall supply chain cost.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Working for a large manufacturer, she was trying hard; but failing, to integrate Ariba, Elemica, and GT Nexus. To help, I set up a series of dinner meetings for Maddy to speak to other manufacturers working on similar problems. Knowledge of arrival times improves transportation routing and reduces fines/penalities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?” A common issue in financially-driven companies is the heavy utilization of manufacturing assets past reasonable limits throwing the supply chain out of balance. Background. 4 Maximize Buffers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2017

At the time, I was working with two large manufacturing companies that were not clear on the definition of supply chain visibility. Examples include E2open, Elemica, GT Nexus (now owned by INFOR ), and SAP Ariba. As shown in Figure 2, few orders and purchase orders flow hands-free. Investments in ERP are not the answer.

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