The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Mark spent over 7 years in leadership with the second largest freight brokerage in North America, Total Quality Logistics. About Mark Vickers Mark Vickers is a leading expert in domestic and cross border transportation risk management and insurance. During his tenure, they went from $500M to $3B in sales.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2017

The United States aerospace manufacturing industry is a highly competitive one. These factors make aerospace manufacturing companies highly valued partners, even internationally. These heavy-duty robots play a key role in many manufacturing processes, ensuring uniformity and safety. Fuselage Fabrication. EMI and EMC Testing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

According to McKinsey, an auto manufacturer, on average, has around 250 tier-one suppliers – and 18,000 across the full value chain. Aerospace manufacturers have an average of 200 tier-one suppliers and 12,000 across all tiers. Which brings us back to the work that is still ahead. Global supply chains are mind-bogglingly complex.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Scott is the CEO of DHL Supply Chain , the largest contract logistics company in the world and North America. Scott Sureddin is the CEO North America, DHL Supply Chain. Scott manages all operations within the US and Canada, as well as central functional teams supporting the entire Americas region.

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IQMS

MAY 27, 2020

Mar-Bal operates four manufacturing facilities in North America and a sales office in Shanghai, China. They manufacture thermoset composite products essential to the appliance, electrical distribution, and industrial marketplaces. Mar-Bal continues production under the guidelines set forth by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 7, 2021

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

Some examples: Procurement and Co-manufacturing : What is the impact of inbound transportation issues on materials? Instead, they have to wait and hope, only to find out when the order arrives at the warehouse that they are missing 1/3 rd of the order, or there’s a quality issue.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s announcement from athletic footwear designer and manufacturer New Balance of the grand opening of this company’s fifth production facility in North America. was more expensive, New Balance Chairman , Jim Davis provided a strong commitment to localized manufacturing.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

“We’d like to thank FCL for their trust and our partners for a rapid deployment of this innovative solution that helps avoid supply disruptions in times of crisis, improve the quality and efficiency of savings from strategic sourcing, but also drives supplier innovation and enhances ESG programs“, said Dan Amzallag, Ivalua’s COO.

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Ware2Go

JUNE 20, 2023

Ocean Freight Shipping: What to Watch For In 2023 When it comes to ocean freight decision making, emerging businesses should keep an eye on manufacturing costs, ocean freight rates, and supply chain disruptions. Manufacturing Costs Manufacturing costs in North America are higher than those in other global areas, such as China.

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IQMS

JULY 2, 2018

72% of manufacturers say real-time monitoring is essential for streamlining and making inventory reconciliation more efficient. 72% of manufacturers say real-time monitoring is essential for streamlining and making inventory reconciliation more efficient. Real-Time Monitoring’s Many Benefits Are Fueling IoT Growth.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Manufacturing equipment lead times were 19 months. Instead, most companies manage based on functional metrics—lowest manufacturing, procurement, or transportation costs. A Zealous Focus on Cost.

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QAD

AUGUST 18, 2022

Pharmaceutical manufacturers and their supply, contract packaging and distribution partners are under constant pressure to comply with government requirements while maintaining high standards for patient safety, product quality and innovation. What are the Two Parts of the Drug Quality and Security Act?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Manufacturing equipment lead times were 19 months. Instead, most companies manage based on functional metrics—lowest manufacturing, procurement, or transportation costs. A Zealous Focus on Cost.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2022

Current supply chain snarls, often associated with overseas factories and logjammed ports, have made manufacturing reshoring a hot topic. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor.'”[2] manufacturing capability, and increasing their inventory positions.

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RFgen

JANUARY 2, 2019

Key Takeaways: Process and discrete manufacturers face increased pressure in today’s highly competitive, volatile marketplace. Process manufacturers can leverage traceability technology to meet compliance regulations. Process manufacturers can leverage traceability technology to meet compliance regulations. trillion) of the $75.2

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

HarbisonWalker International Manufactures and Distributes Refractory Products. But refractories are used in a wide variety of industries, particularly manufacturing industries with high temperature or corrosive production processes. It also includes information taken from HWI’s web site. Monolithics are unshaped refractory products.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The disruption has cut off a major trade route for Canada’s exports of minerals, wood fiber, food products, and other products to Asia, and it has created a supply chain nightmare for Canadian manufacturers. “We Should companies that rely on suppliers in the Pearl River Delta shift their sourcing to safer regions? If so, when?

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Logility

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Possessing a core Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Supply Chain competency, our professional services organization is one of the largest dedicated implementation practices in North America made up of proven certified consultants. About Logility.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Covering wide ground on manufacturing. At the manufacturing track, the speakers covered various topics on production optimization, from constraint-based planning to analytic adoption to an insightful firsthand account of Quintiq’s business operations-supporting capability.

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

” The survey was conducted online among professionals from a variety of industries, including industrial manufacturing, food and beverage, retail, CPG and pharma. The majority of respondents are based in North America and Europe and they hold mostly director-level and managerial positions in supply chain.

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The survey was conducted online among professionals from a variety of industries, including industrial manufacturing, food and beverage, retail, CPG and pharma. The majority of respondents are based in North America and Europe and they hold mostly director-level and managerial positions in supply chain. . ” .

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Logility

MARCH 13, 2020

These are questions everyone from manufacturing to retail must analyze now. We can quickly look at options to ramp up manufacturing and model how changes in our workforce may impact our ability to satisfy demand. In early 2015, Continental Mills knew the North American Avian Flu might disrupt its supply of eggs in the coming weeks.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

With rising supply chain complexity, organizations are racing to improve the pace and quality of decision-making. We started seeing a broader range of industries using optimization in the last ten years, like manufacturing, beverages, education, and more. To do this, many are relying on prescriptive analytics.

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Synovos

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As corporate finance and consulting giant KPMG argues, “The starting point – and critical enabler – for any business process optimization is high-quality data.” Peter Olejniczak, General Manager for Operations in North America at RS Integrated Supply, a global Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) supply chain solutions provider, agrees.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

More specifically, it took 83 days for container transport from Europe to Asia, and 88 days from North America to Asia. Simply put, the quality of an AI decision depends on the extent of the data available – to recognise patterns and glean insights.

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Synovos

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

I have spent a great deal of time talking to engineers, maintenance and procurement professionals involved in MRO,” says Will Brummett, Vice President of Sales, North America, for RS Integrated Supply. “I The lean manufacturing model can no longer provide the continuity of supply for critical parts that businesses need.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

In one article , Mr. Sorenson points out that IBP works better for small manufacturers than large ones. The simplifying assumptions small companies make don’t significantly impact the quality of the plan produced. The desired operational outcomes include delighting customers with the price, quality, services, and delivery performance.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

During her 24 years at Honda of America, she helped implement many of the supply chain best practices that have now become renowned, including cost modeling, supplier development, supplier quality assurance, lean manufacturing, and many others, which evolved under the original North America leadership of Dave Nelson.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Every day has felt like a major squall, from natural disasters closing down manufacturing facilities and ports, to container shortages and labor issues, to rising costs and the ongoing pandemic. And the one after that, and the one after that, until you’ve managed to steer your way through to blue skies and calm waters.

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DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Beef, poultry and pork producers from Europe and North America all share a similar challenge: how to get the most value out of an animal. To maximize value, the right quality and cuts need to be assigned to the corresponding demands. The left hand does not always know what the right hand is doing.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

With rising supply chain complexity, organizations are racing to improve the pace and quality of decision-making. We started seeing a broader range of industries using optimization in the last ten years, like manufacturing, beverages, education, and more. To do this, many are relying on prescriptive analytics.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Diageo North America , the world's leading premium drinks business, did the same. A third company, a Fortune 500 global consumer packaged goods manufacturer , not only improved fill rates to above 99 percent in one division, but remarkably simultaneously reduced average finished goods inventory by about 24 percent.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2015

After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order. Other emerging markets include South America (not including Mexico), India, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Mexico.

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IQMS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Like manufacturing, warehouses, and the systems that manage them, are going through an inflection point. A recent survey completed by IQMS of 151 North American manufacturers found that the fastest growing manufacturers can orchestrate analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), mobile and real-time monitoring to grow 10% faster than their peers.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 21, 2020

The study encompasses over $250 billion in annual sales from global manufacturers across a variety of industries, including consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, animal care, chemicals, and oil and gas.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2015

They tie together raw materials providers, suppliers, manufacturers, ocean carriers, retailers, and 3PLs. She is a subject matter expert in ocean data quality as well as creating internal efficiencies for carriers and customers through operational process improvements. This also opens the door to a broader way of thinking.

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