The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The digital twin allows for internal operations as well as customers to view the various processes, along with detailed metrices throughout the facility. Today, DB Schenker is the #1 air exporter in Singapore and has one of the largest warehousing footprint in the country. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

However, this mature team found the technology insufficient. They gave lip service to the need for IT standardization, but ran their process on a custom built model that enabled reverse bill of material, and profitability analysis. Organizations can align to drive value despite the allegiance to functional metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?” To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

So when the warehouse team threatened to unionize, I transferred into a distribution, warehouse environment. Warehouse Management and Transportation Management were in their infancy. Supply chain design looks very different by company. So, how do companies get good at supply chain design? The year was 1985.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

While most consultants and technologists want to sell technology, and are eager to slap in a new piece of software, my caution is to slow down and better understand root issues before having a technology discussion. When a company contacts me to help them with their supply chain, the pain is usually a gap in customer service.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2016

I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. Slowly, as shown in the image of the consumer value network, supply chain leaders expand the scope of their supply chain operations from the customer’s customer to the supplier’s supplier with a clear view on the customer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Warehouses are full and shelves are empty. Change internal metrics to a balanced scorecard and force the functions to work better together. The design, and redesign, of supply chains needs to be continuous based on market data. Invest in network design technologies. Volume is up. What to do? What to do?

Analytics Software 195

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Warehouses are full and shelves are empty. Change internal metrics to a balanced scorecard and force the functions to work better together. The design, and redesign, of supply chains needs to be continuous based on market data. Invest in network design technologies. Volume is up. What to do? What to do?

Analytics Software 195

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Locus

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This is because 3PL providers have better resources in terms of manpower, technology etc. 5 ways logistics and network optimization software benefit supply chains. The primary tech tool that assists businesses to handle the last-mile is a logistics optimization software. to handle on-demand deliveries consistently.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The advent of transportation management systems (TMS) in the 1990s introduced near-infinite metrics and data points into the supply chain yet brought with it more questions than answers: How do we centralize the data? Dale McClung is Director of Design Solutions at CLX Logistics, LLC. How do we analyze it efficiently?

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Machine Learning and its core constructs are ideally suited for providing insights into improving supply chain management performance not available from previous technologies. The machine learning algorithms in IBM’s Watson platform were able to determine if a shipping container and.or References.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. PepsiCo products then reach shelves through its operating subsidiaries and a complex network of fleet operations. Technology is used to help in this endeavor. PepsiCo’s Internal Supply Chain.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 8, 2023

If there’s any piece of technology or analytics that can help with the most advanced data-driven decision-making in the supply chain right now, that’s prescriptive analytics. These analytics techniques serve as essential tools to transform descriptive metrics into actionable insights and informed decisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

In particular, Ferguson’s supply chain is built for speed and to provide high service levels. Driving an excellent supply chain depends on how people are recruited and managed, processes, and the technology used. The company also does internal climate scores of employees at corporate, the branches, and the warehouses.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Sustainable warehousing. Although often overlooked, warehouses and storage centers use huge amounts of energy in supply chains. For companies that aim to implement greener practices, sustainable warehouse management is an important area to consider.

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Arkieva

JANUARY 20, 2017

The need to transport parts also drives inventory up, creates a need for space to store those parts, and uses energy for more forklift time and warehouse heating. Read Also: 10 Warehouse Productivity Tips for Reducing Downtime Today! Right Service. Request a Demo of The Arkieva Supply Chain Software Suite. Right Quantity.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 31, 2013

They are saying “we need to down the analytics platform, and define the roles and responsibilities of that area.”. It is viewed as “putting the platform out there and making it easy for people to create their own analytics.”. We have heard from people on both sides. Another individual from a newly formed mfg.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

I want to understand why some companies outperform on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter while others do not. The Delta Medallion customer service agent told me that she had never seen anything quite like it. Reliability is the hallmark of great customer service. All winners received their digital images this week. )

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

For example, suppliers heavily invested in entertainment or travel-related service sectors may have issues, as may aerospace tier suppliers. Network Design. Any combination of owned distribution centers, channel partners, fleets, and logistics service partners may comprise a company’s network.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Philosophy: What approach to supply chain fits the industry, culture, time, technology, capabilities and objectives of your organization? . My first Monday in, I asked for a full report of all our supply chain metrics, and my analyst told me he could get it to me by Friday. Tom then had to design the rules to visualize data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

On Monday, I would speak in Orlando Florida at the Terra Technology event; and on Wednesday, present the keynote at the Logistic Summit & Expo in Mexico City. Brain storm the impact of the collaborative economy, eCommerce, and shared service models. As you think about the products/services sold embrace new business models.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Paid only when the wheels are turning, the asset-intensive carrier base struggled with wait times and warehouse inefficiences. Each requires design and fine tuning. In parallel, inflation, currently at 6%, is climbing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Supplier and Company Manufacturing facilities, Warehouses, Distribution Centres, Retail outlets, Return and Repair operations and Consolidation points are all Supply Chain nodes which use resources to perform their processing activities. Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Reduction.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Paid only when the wheels are turning, the asset-intensive carrier base struggled with wait times and warehouse inefficiences. Each requires design and fine tuning. In parallel, inflation, currently at 6%, is climbing.

Supply Chain Design Software 195

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Paid only when the wheels are turning, the asset-intensive carrier base struggled with wait times and warehouse inefficiences. Each requires design and fine tuning. In parallel, inflation, currently at 6%, is climbing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 7, 2012

For the purpose of this discussion, I define agility as the design of the supply chain to deliver the same cost, quality and customer service given a level of both market volatility and process variability. It requires design. Additionally, through network strategies, be sure to design your warehouses for flows.

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 23, 2021

Outsourcing logistics services has become a common practice among CPG brands. But as the industry continues to evolve, specialization is emerging as a differentiator that brands should use to evaluate their logistics services partnerships. Let’s explore why it is difficult to find that with a bundled logistics services provider.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 10, 2018

When I became a warehouse leader at Clorox to manage bleach and salad dressing in the same warehouse facility, I struggled with the marked difference of the rhythms and cycles of the products being managed in and out of the same warehouse facility. Instead, we were forcing multi-packs through a network designed for single-packs.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Customer Service. There can be few companies today that don’t see customer service as a business fundamental, but did you know that it’s actually one of the most important supply chain basics too? On the other hand, progressive companies have learned how to leverage their supply chain as a customer service enhancer.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

New technology aims to make the supply chain more efficient, yet investing in the wrong technology further complicates productivity while hindering profitability. Sebastian Jungels @seb_jungels Sebastian is a co-founder at KAPUA , an enterprise SaaS provider, where he helps companies to improve their forecasting accuracy and speed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

And, once again, it will be incumbent on logistics teams to deliver better, faster service, at a lower cost, to get products to market in the face of these continuing issues. Following is a discussion of each of these competitive imperatives for 2022, and a look at the role of technology in helping logistics teams achieve these objectives.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. Today, there are many top 3PL warehousing companies that handle warehousing, fulfillment, logistics and distribution services for companies of all sizes. Revenue: €63.3 billion/$72.43

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 9, 2016

Right Service. The need to transport parts also drives inventory up, creates a need for space to store those parts, and uses energy for more forklift time and warehouse heating. Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) measure how well the shipper-transportation provider does in daily continuous improvement.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

To give you an idea of what this is doing, the classic retail metrics, “same store sales” and “sales per square foot”, are no longer being reported by Macy’s department stores. To have this capability, involves having the technology integration to make it look like my event…not somebody else’s event.

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