The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Prior to that, Allen served as SVP, North America Sales & Service at CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG) where he led a team of more than 300 sales, service, and operations professionals during the company’s most expansive growth period. GxP-compliant: Tive’s solution follows the guidelines of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).

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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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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

The list includes the best of our blog and news items, our latest webinars and most recent case studies. Chris Gordon, AIMMS VP North America, discusses this on our blog. We’ve put together a new reading (and watch) list for this summer to help you gather some refreshing ideas as you gear up to plan for 2018.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2021

His primary research stream examines firms’ logistics operations, with an emphasis on studying motor carrier safety, productivity, pricing dynamics, and driver turnover. The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

Last week both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal reported the departure of yet another senior manufacturing executive at Rivian Automotive as well as an overall reorganization. As noted in our January update, the manufacturer announced the news that the Chief Operating Officer had departed the company in December 2021.

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AIMMS

JULY 19, 2017

The list includes our best supply chain analytics blogs and news items, our latest webinars and most recent case studies. Chris Gordon, AIMMS VP North America, discusses this on our blog. It’s the perfect companion for an inspiring holiday break! .

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2019

In Figure 1, I share a case study from a client engagement. One of the most read case studies written for my first book, Bricks Matter, is a case study on managing item complexity. It is frequently requested, so I wanted to reshare this case study with my readers. Appliances within the kitchen are a fashion statement.

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QAD

MARCH 31, 2020

It’s a niche industry, but also one of the cornerstones of discrete parts manufacturing. They’re complex machines assembled from thousands of parts, many purchased from highly specialized manufacturers. Our full case study provides details of how the QAD Supplier Portal helped ANCA streamline their purchasing processes.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

On top of this, after demand has been adjusted, demand simulations can be run to study the behavior of your resources over time as demand continues to increase or decrease. . You can study optimal sourcing locations while minimizing both production and distribution costs. Evaluating Potential for Reshoring .

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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 Is At An Inflection Point.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

In attendance are manufacturing representatives from BASF, BerryGlobal, Corning, Covestro, Grace, Evonik, Intel, Monsanto, and Smith’s Detection. Technologists and manufacturers working together to try to define multi-tier processes to redefine B2B. There is an active group in Europe and North America. The reason?

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Elementum

JUNE 6, 2016

Mexico may become the global manufacturing nerve center if the country plays its cards right. According to Deloitte’s 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, Mexico ranks number eight out of 40 countries including Canada, Sweden, and Vietnam. Looking Deeper. Mexico has its share of challenges, of course. Branching Out.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

Working in partnership with Blue Yonder, I’m confident we’ll get there,” according to a Transportation Manager, Kimberly-Clark ( read the case study ). With this new tool, manufacturers, retailers and logistics service providers (LSP) can benefit from Blue Yonder optimization tools via integration to their existing TMS.

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Locus Robotics

JUNE 26, 2020

Since 2014, LogiMed has served as the largest gathering for medical device and diagnostics supply chain heads in North America. This is the only forum that brings together Heads of Supply Chain from both manufacturing and providers to share best practices, benchmark, and learn from peers. See Case Studies Learn More.

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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. Did you attend Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

Despite the improvement, the group says it is continuing to develop studies, processes, and regulations to decrease the number further, saying that lost containers affect the safety of container ships and their crew, shore-based workers, and the environment. And Rhode Island said last week that it plans to move forward with its own rules.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A new study, “ The Fight Against Corruption: Insights Into Ethical Performance in Global Supply Chains ” found that the world’s average business ethics score is 42.4, A new study by EcoVadis, based on more than 20,000 company assessments conducted by from January 2017 to June 2018, across 100 countries and 150 industries. industries.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Companies like ELIX Polymers and Fresenius Medical Care North America have chosen SC Navigator because it makes powerful prescriptive analytics accessible and allows them to quickly answer very specific questions about their business. Browse case studies to see how leading companies across industries make use of the technology

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 26, 2022

This week, in conjunction with General Motors reporting of Q2-2022 financial performance, the auto maker disclosed that it had secured strategic supply agreements to support one million electric powered vehicles in North America by 2025. or North America presence. Some Broader Context.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 26, 2018

Engineering & Manufacturing (E&M) companies are advancing their business models to focus more on providing services and capability to their customers, a practice known as “servitization.” Service type activities already make up from one-third to more than one-half of manufacturing employment in some industries. Description.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Forty-one percent of respondents in a recent digital transformation in supply chain planning study expect more productive planners, and they won’t likely be disappointed. George Fowler, Group Vice President, Spinnaker Supply Chain (North America). Robots will elevate supply chain humans. Data analytics will get simpler.

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 29, 2020

For one manufacturing client, a recent diagnostics assessment identified key opportunities in supply chain planning process improvements, logistics optimization and reporting enhancements. Read Case Study. Recent highlights include: Go-lives across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Process Design.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Companies like ELIX Polymers and Fresenius Medical Care North America have chosen SC Navigator because it makes powerful prescriptive analytics accessible and allows them to quickly answer very specific questions about their business. Browse case studies to see how leading companies across industries make use of the technology

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Synovos

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They were a new company that had taken over an existing manufacturing plant and lacked the infrastructure needed to keep the facilities in good working order, whether that was buyers to order parts or an accounts team to manage the purchasing process. It’s a juggling act between the finance and manufacturing side of the business.”

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 11, 2018

They had previously been relying on dropshipping from their manufacturers, but that left them with little flexibility to improve their delivery promise. Get the PDF of Lull’s case study >> Challenges to Order Fulfillment. They turned to FLEXE. By the Numbers: 51% reduction in delivery times—from 3.5 6X increase in SKUs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Consumers became more loyal to retail brands, and retailers increased the number of products manufactured and marketed as house brands. I have studied the building of collaborative processes and written about the shifts and highlighted where we are gaining value. This all changed with the disintermediation of national media.

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ivalua

MAY 7, 2020

And sellers in the Japanese market, such as Australian mining companies, had to find new customers to replace those Japanese manufacturers who were forced to halt production due to the quake. However, the same study found a large gap between advanced orgs and their less mature peers.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

In some key trading routes, such as Asia–Europe and Asia–North America, the rate spikes are even higher and the delays more frequent.”[4]. ”[9] Regionalization is more in line with Howells’ call for rebalancing manufacturing strategies than it is with national reshoring policies. ”[4]. Ferguson, Jr.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

Mr. Sorenson has studied integrated business planning for many years. In one article , Mr. Sorenson points out that IBP works better for small manufacturers than large ones. The company has 11 production facilities across North America and China. Dean Sorenson concurs. These plants, in turn, produce roughly 2000 products.

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IQMS

JUNE 4, 2019

99% of mid-market manufacturing executives are familiar with Industry 4.0, Mid-market manufacturers getting the most value out of Industry 4.0 Those factors are what makes the latest BDO study, Industry 4.0: Defining How Mid-Market Manufacturers Derive and Deliver Value. Delving into the specifics of Industry 4.0

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 3, 2011

At the same time, the report indicates an average of 42 percent of total logistics expenditures being spent on outsourcing, the same as last year’s study. The 2012 Third-Party Logistics Study is based on over 2,250 responses from both shippers and logistics service. About the 2012 Third-Party Logistics Study. Whilst some.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Each year at Supply Chain Insights we study performance and improvement of companies in each industry. Sharing this story is the goal of this case study. Given the level of industry maturity within pharmaceutical manufacturing, Novo Nordisk has a strong foundation in manufacturing. A Closer Look at Results.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

The saga of fitness hardware and services provider Peloton Interactive took yet another turn last week with an announcement of the pending closing of the company’s owned North American warehouses and the shedding of field customer support teams, along with other moves. That charge has now resulted in an $800 million restructuring plan.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

The shortages in PVC and other materials are even shutting down automotive production lines, as well as other manufacturers that I’ve been speaking with. For one of the high grade ethylene required, there is only one manufacturer in North America, who is in Texas (Eastman Chemical).

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 24, 2015

UPS Brings Technology and Logistics Expertise to Study of Drone Use in Humanitarian Response. AWS revenues grew 49 percent in Q1 2015 compared to Q1 2014, while the rest of its North America business grew 22 percent. Amazon Reveals Just How Huge the Cloud Is for Its Business ( Wired ). billion by the end of this year.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

The study analyzed supply chain performance at manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers throughout 2020. According to the report , the largest brands in North America reported an 8% decline in on-time in-full (OTIF) delivery performance at retail customers throughout 2020.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2021

Whether it’s deforestation from farming grains or livestock; carbon emissions from transport and production plants; or chemical waste produced manufacturing household products, it’s important for a business to understand all the ways in which it impacts the environment – and to take action to minimize its footprint.

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