The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Breaking Boundaries: Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Supply Chains Supply chains encompass many interconnected activities, from procurement, production, and inventory management, to logistics and distribution. Within Manufacturing Insights, Stephanie conducts supply chain, sustainability, and Industry 4.0

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PINC

AUGUST 3, 2020

and Trading Partner Alliance outline some of the key considerations that should go into developing and using the on-time and in-full delivery metric. Supply chain complexity is increasing as customers demand a wider selection of products, a broader choice of channels, and more promotional offers. Reduce supply chain complexity.

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TransAudit

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Here are three examples of how companies adopted a circular supply chain approach and saw significant results: RUSH University Medical Center saved more than $244,000 by reusing workplan furniture. Emerging technologies like IoT, AI, and machine learning can provide deeper visibility in the overall supply chain process.

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Logility

JANUARY 20, 2021

When it comes to evaluating modern supply chain technologies, it’s important to be well-informed, curious, and realistic. To borrow an analogy from manufacturing, picture a veteran machinist reviewing a CAD drawing for a new product. The same principle applies to supply chain technology development and implementation.

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Logility

AUGUST 4, 2023

Don’t be surprised if your whiteboarding session concludes with a hundred or more metrics and KPIs. From an outcomes workshop, supply chain technology buyers will have a catalog of important outcomes they must set their sights on as they drive the project forward.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 28, 2023

The following is a continuation of a supply chain technology thought leadership education series developed in collaboration with Replan. Such an environment requires manufacturing and supply chain processes to be able to more proactively sense, pivot and respond to market changes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 14, 2013

It was a story where people believed that functional excellence leads to supply chain superiority. Year after year, well intentioned people toiled against improving metrics that reduced, not improved, the effectiveness of the supply chain. Ten-year averages – food manufacturing companies. You got it!

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 12, 2023

The following is a continuation of a supply chain technology thought leadership education series developed in collaboration with Replan. Such an environment requires manufacturing and supply chain processes to be able to more proactively sense, pivot and respond to constant or rapidly changing market conditions.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 27, 2017

From talks of an autonomous supply chain, a robotic takeover, drone deliveries in 30 minutes or less; the future of supply chain management presents businesses with the opportunity to transform their processes into a competitive advantage. This looks at all the businesses’ current manufacturing and supply chain processes.

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 14, 2015

by Carol McIntosh Insight #4 – Embracing Supply Chain Technology as a way to change SCM. I came to the realization that you would get the same reaction from a supply chain executive when discussing supply chain technology. I have been following the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 18, 2022

The Power of the Digital, Connected Supply Chain. The one bright spot over the past several years is the increasing availability and easy accessibility of advanced digital supply chain technologies that enable agility. The Only Numbers That Matter: Your Metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Let me start with a true confession: I am a manufacturing gal. I relished the sound of a manufacturing line when I opened the door of the factory in the morning, and I liked managing inputs so that we could maximize outputs. Manufacturing is the foundation of my interest in supply chain management. Let me explain.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Throughout the next decade, a whole new set of technologies will underpin supply chain success stories. A series of thought-provoking questions focused on the future of supply chain technologies will be put to the panel. Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Learn More. Schedule Meeting.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 18, 2022

The Power of the Digital, Connected Supply Chain. The one bright spot over the past several years is the increasing availability and easy accessibility of advanced digital supply chain technologies that enable agility. The Only Numbers That Matter: Your Metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Tomorrow, I get to deliver this message to a large manufacturing client. Join us next week for our webinar on Supply Chain 2020. In this session, we will share research on the future of supply chain technologies, and I will be joined by a panel of two leaders that will share their insights on what the future means for them.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Further, Ukraine supplies more than one-half of the world’s neon gas necessary for printing circuits on computer chips. With Russia exporting many critical commodities, Deloitte explained, there are insufficient raw materials for supply and manufacturing use. As a result, shipping costs will undermine any potential gains.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 7, 2016

As explained by Supply and Demand Chain Executive magazine, one of the primary ways an organization can meet this demand is by setting a performance review for suppliers. After all, a given distributor cannot evaluate a supplier without being able to see how that supplier has performed in terms of the specific metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 13, 2013

In the process, I discovered that the average process manufacturing company has reached a plateau in supply chain performance. Over the past ten years complexity has increased, and many well-intentioned executives lack the understanding of the supply chain’s potential or how to manage the supply chain as a system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The multinational’s goal is to achieve net zero GHG emissions across their value chain by 2040. PepsiCo’s Internal Supply Chain. PepsiCo has an enormous and complex supply chain. 294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 18, 2022

At the beginning of 2022, our published Ferrari Consulting and Research Group Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains included among others, a prediction that a heightened cycle of acquisition activity among enterprise and specialty supply chain technology providers will occur.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 11, 2022

As Supply Chain Matters readers are likely aware, Kinaxis has been a continuous thought leadership sponsor of our blog. Artificial intelligence and machine learning technology is additionally leveraged to provide a learning pattern of the designated plan which can be referenced for other similar plans.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Here is the list: Supply chain technology implementations have reduced inventory. Companies should implement supply chain best practices. Companies that have focused on collaboration in the supply chain have built competitive advantage. ” I played three lies and a truth with the group.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

From May 2016 through the end of August 2017, “17 CEOs of public Big Food manufacturers and retailers had departed, or announced their intention to,” according to an article published last September in Fortune. There are seismic shifts in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and outsourced manufacturing world.”.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2016

Consider the ways rich data collection can help shape your supply chain towards lower cost and optimal performance. The most common goals of supply chain visibility include the following, but as your company completes this exercise, be sure to include quantifiable metrics: Reduce business and supply chain risk.

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SupplyPike

APRIL 10, 2020

You should also look into implementing short term solutions for limited supplies. You should also prioritize the products you need to manufacture and replenish. The post Supply Chain Best Practices during a Quarantine appeared first on SupplyPike - Supply Chain Simplified. Other considerations.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

By using an advanced AI-enabled data ingestion engine, retailers and manufacturers can quickly build the foundation necessary for successful analytics efforts and/or the intelligent application of AI.

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MAVES

JUNE 24, 2019

Companies that manufacture and distribute goods are relying more and more on the agility of their 3PL partners to provide the appropriate services to keep their supply chain efficient and their customers happy. Advanced Analytics / Metrics. to name a few. Transparency and Data Visibility.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

.” Joe Limbaugh, Motion Industries’ Senior Vice President of supply chain, operations support and marketing, insists, “You do not have to look very far to see a new application or article illustrating the benefits [of smart supply chain technologies].

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Smart machines, more workforce automation, and new ways to improve processes will be in place, but what about the education required to teach supply chain leaders how best to utilize these emerging technologies? 3D Printing and Manufacturing. And of course, we’ll need those delivered same-day. Robotics and Services.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The Supply Chain Is a Nonlinear Complex Adaptive System That We Are Modeling Using Linear Optimization. The first and second generation of supply chain technologies used linear optimization. Based on technological capabilities at the time, it was all that we could do. Digital Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2016

The supply chain technology market is quite lucrative for sales and marketing at technology firms; and when I take a hard stance in the market (which the readers tend to love and the technology vendors tend to hate), the vehement reaction from the vendors amazes me. Sometimes, you receive hate mail.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2017

But technology won’t solve your supply chain problems or help you improve unless you also address the most common culprits of poor supply chain performance: poor data quality, lack of resources and training, lack of metrics and accountability, and poor communication and collaboration with trading partners (see resolution #3 below).

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

For many companies starting a demand-driven journey, adopting SanDisk’s customer-centric strategies would be a great starting point to improve supply chain performance. SanDisk’s Journey to Build a Supply Chain Customer Segmentation Strategy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The digital supply chain is cross-functional and aligned market-to-market. Traditionally, supply chain technologies are batch processes. The digital supply chain enables the use of market data at the cadence of the market. About Lora: Lora Cecere is the Founder of Supply Chain Insights.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 6, 2017

Retailers and manufacturers deploy AI to, at the time of booking, accurately predict inland destination shipment arrival times to allocate volumes across air and ocean and meet inventory demands. This is the power of predictive logistics. . Putting it Into Practice.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

While the rest of the world was deep in a recession in 2008, and manufacturers were struggling with payroll decisions and layoffs, Hadoop innovation was in full swing. This has grown longer with the proliferation of items, personalization of product offerings and the increased complexity of new product launch within the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

There is seldom one technology used within a manufacturing company to connect B2b value networks.) With the larger ocean carriers and the port congestion, GT Nexus becomes more and more important to retail and manufacturing companies. About the Author: Lora Cecere is the Founder of Supply Chain Insights.

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