Kinaxis

DECEMBER 12, 2014

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Still, it can be just as disruptive to supply chain performance. Preventive maintenance derails, compliance filings are missed, and work orders begin piling up. Vehicles are sidelined, drivers grow frustrated, and delivery times slip. What Happens When Fleet Leadership Is Unstable Losing a fleet manager isn’t just an HR issue.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 31, 2022

In this blog series, I’ll take a look at the current state and future evolution that can be expected within the world of supply chain planning software through the lens of Dassault Systèmes DELMIA. What is supply chain planning? Why do manufacturers need an effective supply chain plan?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives by Luc Kremers , Vice President – Asia Pacific, BCI Global Reshoring is accelerating as American and European companies want to de-risk their supply chains from geopolitical developments and supply chain disruptions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over the last five years, I have helped two companies, Sonoco Products and Owens Illinois (OI) with their selection of technologies to improve Sales and Operations (S&OP) planning. Both companies provide packaging materials to the food manufacturing industry. Here I contrast their results. The decision was a political tug of war.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Global supply chains are built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of transportation resources, and low variability. Supply chain leaders have little history to use as a guide to prepare. Before the pandemic, supply chain leaders experienced relatively free trade across borders in 2017.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Through the acquisition of IQMS , we extended the 3D EXPERIENCE platform to small and midsized manufacturing companies seeking to digitally transform their business operations. We looked into the profound societal transformation underway, and how virtual experiences enabled by digital technology are ushering in an Industry Renaissance.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2020

ToolsGroup supply chain planning software allows Allopneus.com to improve inventory quality while reducing storage space at its national distribution center by almost 20%. Moreover, the supply cycles of manufacturers who are very far away can be quite long. NEWS RELEASE. A complex and constrained market.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 24, 2025

Personalized badges help attendees feel recognized and included, while also serving as a helpful tool for networking and access control. Whether it folds like a brochure or is inserted as a booklet, this handy tool helps keep your attendees in the know and on time.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 10, 2024

Charlie is Founder and CEO of CS Recruiting , a recruitment company that specializes in the logistics, transportation, and supply chain verticals. Charlie founded a third party recruiting firm in 2010 with the goal of connecting employers and professionals within the Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain industry.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Community: Focuses on leveraging the QAD Redzone customer base to introduce young people to Manufacturing and STEM careers through speakers and on-site tours to show them what careers exist in STEM and Manufacturing. Gateway STEM focuses on developing skills needed to support a career in science, technology, engineering or math.

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Provenance

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

74% of the UK public think clothing brands should be responsible for what happens in their supply chains, but only 11% feel they are kept well-informed about the impacts of clothing manufacturing on the environment and people. – The Changing Markets Foundation, January 2019. BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE. Why attend? SIGN UP NOW.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 13, 2022

Supply Chain Job Boards are aplenty, but how do we classify the ones worth our time as SCM Professionals? To help answer this question and reduce time wastage going through multiple platforms, we ran a survey based on recommendations provided by several professionals on supply chain job boards, including those I have tried over time.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

I am facilitating a workshop between supply chain business visionaries and technology innovators. At the session, together through education, sharing case studies, and reviewing research, we will explore the opportunities to build a Network of Networks to improve B2B supply chain connectivity. There is hope.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 26, 2025

It also requires detailed inventories of hazardous materials; To support developing countries, IMO has organized various workshops on ship recycling to raise awareness of the Convention internationally.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2013

I’m always on the lookout for companies that are using social networking technologies to enable business processes other than marketing and customer service. It turns out that the use of social networking technologies by Baby Boomers and seniors is growing very rapidly. These results coincide with my own experience.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2015

A researcher of sorts… When I started the work that I do at Supply Chain Insights, I termed myself an analyst; and while everyone wants to put me in the consulting bucket, I resist. To me a consultant works with a company on a project basis to implement processes or technology. Over time, it has morphed.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A segment of the workforce that will help close the skills gap and talent shortage in manufacturing are women. Women  Women pursuing careers in STEM and specifically manufacturing are imperative to the economic growth we desire and expect. The whole facility, from plant manager down, has a women-only workforce.

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 15, 2022

While the worst of Covid-19 seems to be over, manufacturers are still reeling from the after-effects of the disruptions caused by the pandemic. Many organizations are moving towards digital technology adoption with functions for Big Data, advanced analytics, human-machine Interfaces, and digital-to-physical transfers.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 18, 2013

auto manufacturing market melted down, I was conducting value stream mapping workshops at tier one suppliers (Magna, TRW, Yazaki, Johnson Controls, etc.). When mapping a supply chain, I would always put a big red circle around the warehouse. These companies are technology focused and would rather not invest in warehouses.

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QAD

MAY 30, 2025

Selecting the right ERP software for your business is an important decision that takes broad and deep research to know which one is best for you. Design Next, QAD holds business process workshops. During the business process workshops, we review how closely the customer enterprise follows these industry standard processes.

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BlueYonder

MAY 6, 2024

The event brought companies from across the medical device and diagnostics supply chain together. Attendees included medical device and diagnostics manufacturers, hospital systems, raw material suppliers, software providers, and logistics service providers (LSPs).

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

The rings are “one of the first pieces of wearable technology to be deployed by Walmart Canada,” the company said. The company’s hope is to bring the technology to all of Walmart Canada’s 408 stores. More than 1,500 of the rings have arrived at more than 130 stores, Walmart Canada said in a corporate blog post.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 9, 2021

” If manufacturers didn’t believe that truism before, they certainly believe now it — thanks to 2020. ” If manufacturers didn’t believe that truism before, they certainly believe now it — thanks to 2020. “Pilots were fruitful enough to convince manufacturers about the importance of data. .

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IT Supply Chain

JULY 7, 2025

It’s the Connection That Counts What matters is not which tool you use, but how you use it. Cold Email: What Works Better for B2B Leads? - LinkedIn vs. Cold Email: What Works Better for B2B Leads? And honestly? It’s a fair question. They use cold email to cover more ground and LinkedIn to build stronger relationships.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 16, 2015

and the UK the fandom regularly gathers at beer festivals, pub crawls, workshops, and exhibitions – even scavenger hunts! While there are a lot more aspects and business-wide dynamics associated with turning craft beer into big beer, I will focus my discussion on supply chain planning. So, how can you turn local into global?

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

5th Annual Life Sciences Supply Chain Summit EU. Adapt to regulation change & manage increasing costs in your Life Sciences Supply Chain. The Life Sciences Supply Chain Summit is the only event that brings together all segments of the European life sciences supply chain. URL: [link].

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Warehouse automation isn’t positioned to replace your workforce, but will augment your existing labor with crucial performance accelerators. Lately, there has been a major emphasis on new technology that helps automate supply chain processes while improving transparency.

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o9 Solutions

JUNE 12, 2025

They could take a call in a private space, join a hands-on workshop, or swing by a partner booth. The workshops were at capacity. That kind of engagement is hard to manufacture. You can read the top takeaways of the Retail & Manufacturing sessions here. Didn’t want to attend a session? Sessions That Stuck With Me 1.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 24, 2019

This event focuses on Supply Chain, Logistics Excellence & Innovative Technologies. Don’t miss our Workshop session on Day1 of the conference from 11.45am to 12.15pm. Maximize value in Direct Material Procurement through effective Supply Chain collaboration.

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o9 Solutions

JUNE 12, 2025

They could take a call in a private space, join a hands-on workshop, or stop by a partner booth. The workshops were at capacity. That kind of engagement is hard to manufacture. Patrizia described how business and IT worked together with o9 during co-design workshops across regions. “We This conference was ambitious.

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Arkieva

JULY 1, 2016

A Critical Insight to Successful Supply Chain Planning from IBM and Intel Understanding Levels and Components in the Demand Supply Network. Software tools such as PL-1, APL, MPSX, GDDM, Graftstat, etc. Introduction. would be the pioneers for what is now standard practice. Levels and Components.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 9, 2023

Since 2015, PTC has hosted LiveWorx , a global forum that brings together manufacturing executives, engineers, product designers, quality leaders, supply chain partners, and other like-minded individuals who are focused on harnessing disruptive technologies to manage uncertainty and transform their business.

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ivalua

MAY 17, 2023

After some coffee and mingling, we dove right into workshop sessions and a rooftop reception. This year, our discussions covered Invoice Automation, Scope 3 Emissions, Contract Management, Supply Chain Collaboration, Indirect/Services Procurement, and Supplier Management–Customer of Choice. Stay “tuned”.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Like any industry, in Supply Chain and Logistics we have a lot of Acronyms and Abbreviations. 4PL 4th Party Logistics – A step beyond 3PL, 4PL providers manage the entire supply chain for a client. APS Advanced Planning Systems – Software tools that use complex algorithms to optimize supply chain planning.

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ThroughPut

MAY 22, 2024

An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a suite of integrated software applications that helps organizations manage and automate their core business processes. An effective ERP manages day-to-day business activities such as accounting, procurement, project management, risk management and compliance, and supply chain operations.

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QAD

MAY 6, 2025

This skepticism extends beyond technological concerns; it is deeply embedded in organizational inertia and a limited understanding of the long-term benefits that a Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) solution can offer. The team felt overwhelmed and unsure about how to use the tools effectively.

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