Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Autonomous Supply Chains In this competitive environment, a CPG manufacturer needs to fight to get space on retailer shelves in each region, keep those shelves stocked, compete and collaborate simultaneously with e-commerce, and maintain its operating margins. each with discrete plans generated typically in sequential batch runs.

Supply Chain Planning Software 287

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

The company sources goods from 34,000 suppliers out of 30 nations. Driving an excellent supply chain depends on how people are recruited and managed, processes, and the technology used. The company has shown sustained improvement on this metric. During COVID, many companies were struggling to get supply.

Supply Chain Design Software 305

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel. Reason #5 Not having a supply chain risk management process. Reason #7 Making decisions based on bad data (supply chain data accuracy).

Supply Chain Planning Software 240

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2023

Current planning taxonomies do not plan across make, source, and deliver answers bi-directionally. Or unclear on the definition of supply chain excellence? Integrating data does not align an organization motivated by functional metrics. .” And most are linear progressions devoid of sensing. I don’t think so.

Supply Chain Planning Software 365

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. For businesses of all sizes, the digital transformation of supply chain planning became the most important initiative. . This includes internal and external data sources.

Supply Chain Planning Software 290

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Precoro

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To enhance their competitive edge, companies across industries are adopting a key tactic: strategic sourcing. Strategic sourcing is a holistic approach to supply chain management that includes tactics for optimizing the total cost of ownership, improving supplier relationships, and ensuring long-term value creation.

Negotiating Skills 105

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2023

By effectively addressing the challenges in PO Collaboration, organizations can mitigate disruptions, reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, and gain a competitive edge in the marketplace.

Manufacturing Procurement 272

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 14, 2021

According to the UN Environment Program’s Food Waste Index, 923 million metric tons of food is wasted globally every year. Source: [link]. By creating greater transparency throughout food supply chains, manufacturers can identify where the wastage happens and solve the problem at the source.

Waste Reduction 296

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Supply chain data can be challenging to manage due to its unstructured or semi-structured nature and the need to integrate new data sources. To ensure successful integration, they should create a plan with timelines, resources, and evaluation metrics (refer Figure 2).

Optimal Sourcing 244

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Logility

JULY 9, 2021

When it comes to our vision for digital supply chain twins, advanced analytics, and alignment of planning decisions, Logility is given high praise. ERP providers take a generalist, add-on approach to improve supply chain visibility. Logility’s Feature Updates and Roadmap Are Highly Favorable.

Supply Chain Planning Software 208

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Logility

APRIL 29, 2021

Supply chain disruptions such as these may force a business to find new inshore or offshore suppliers, all of whom must be thoroughly vetted for compliance with regulatory and corporate standards. Accurate data you can use to assess and mitigate risks up and down the supply chain is critical.

Optimal Sourcing 204

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

The most interesting thing that Blue Yonder is doing from an OMS standpoint is driving promising and pre-sourcing to retailers. The data is all anonymous, but retailers can look at metrics such as time to fulfill, pack time, conversions, and ship versus pick-up, to name a few, across hundreds of Active Omni customers.

Supply Chain Planning Software 302

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Key elements to include: Sustainability Goals and Metrics: Define clear sustainability goals aligned with the company’s overall objectives. Introduce relevant metrics for measuring environmental impact like carbon emissions, water usage, and waste generation. Consider minimal packaging designs to reduce waste.

Waste Reduction 40

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2017

For years, supply chain leaders have struggled to achieve a sophisticated level of supply chain visibility that would drive continuous improvement, optimize spend and reduce risk. Most systems are flexible enough to merge data from external sources into the algorithm architecture. Performance Optimization.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 154

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 2, 2016

As reported in USA Today : [In a sourcing practice nicknamed “China plus one”], big brands like Rip Curl send their specifications — what they want made and how much they’re willing to pay for it — to sourcing agents, who find factories that agree to fulfill them. How do you begin to improve supply chain visibility and control?

North Korea 100

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Keelvar Keelvar specializes in autonomous procurement and supplier negotiations, making sourcing more efficient and cost-effective. Analyzes IoT sensor data, weather forecasts, and vehicle performance metrics. Provides end-to-end supply chain visibility and real-time insights.

Optimal Sourcing 62

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Enhancing collaboration pays off, both by increasing transparency with suppliers and improving the bottom line through multi-tier supply chain visibility. Leveraging advanced analytics : You can use analytics to identify top-performing suppliers as well as address any issues based on supplier performance metrics.

Negotiate Pricing 52

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Arena Solutions

JUNE 3, 2025

Well-established organizations typically have dedicated risk management teams; however, they often work in a reactive mode, relying on outdated or infrequently updated data sources. THE SYNERGY BETWEEN CLOUD PLM AND AI IN SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT Using both Cloud PLM and AI together significantly enhances supply chain intelligence.

Supply Chain Design Software 52

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

Strategic product segmentation, sourcing and inventory management. Optimize supply chain execution and minimize both delivery time and costs. Intelligence-sensing”, will proactively identify disruptions and recommend early warning resolutions to avoid supply chain risks and vulnerabilities.

Supply Chain Network Software 243

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

According to Accenture, 94% of Fortune 1000 companies saw supply chain disruptions and 75% had negative or strongly negative impacts on their businesses due to the pandemic. As a result of the disruption, cost management and supply chain visibility were suddenly top of mind for executive leadership teams. .

Optimal Sourcing 130

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

Choosing the right strategy is critical, however, because the wrong choice could cost your business market share, good relationships with consumers and supply partners, and profitability in the long run. None of this is possible without a high level of supply chain visibility. “As That means looking at the right metrics.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 98

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

by Trevor Miles For Global Supply Chain Visibility and Faster Decision Making. My earlier blog talked about what the Sensing + Intelligent + Social Supply Chain is. Supply chain globalization has exploded. Today’s supply chains often have data housed in multiple locations.

Supply and Demand 100

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synchrono

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

These improvements in inventory efficiencies then translate into improved financial metrics, including 10% improvement in earnings per share; 5% increase in return on assets; and a 2.5% Reducing the Risk of Supply Chain Disruptions. Supply chain visibility means all partners get access to data in real-time.

Supply Chain Visibility 40

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synchrono

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

ERP systems are capable of managing many business processes within the four walls of their operations, but fall short in providing complete supply chain visibility and collaboration capabilities. The post Supply Chain Visibility and Collaboration – How ERP Falls Short appeared first on Synchrono.

Supply Chain Visibility 40

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2017

is not as bad as in Europe (there isn’t a similar source of “cheap labor” drivers here — or you can argue that all drivers are equally underpaid here), but drivers in the U.S. You have to see and walk your supply chain, from start to finish, with your own eyes and feet. Apparently, those audits aren’t working very well.

Europe 133

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QAD

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The pandemic tested the supply chain across all industries, so how can medical device supply chain leaders implement strategies and plan for potential risks in the post pandemic “new normal”? Broadening Multi-Sourcing and the Use of Near Shore Suppliers. Expanding supplier relationships.

Optimal Sourcing 98

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 20, 2016

There is a great need for improved supply chain analytics. The pace of solution evolution is moving quickly, and it is hard for supply chain leaders to keep up. As shown in Figure 2, these analytical architectures span structured and unstructured data sources and drive new insights. New names abound.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Dashboards, reports and alerts drive employee engagement, while analytics and metrics support continuous cost and service improvements. Blue Yonder’s flexible microservices-based approach allows retailers to quickly deploy our Commerce solutions and start realizing value immediately.

Optimal Sourcing 123

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 7, 2016

I strongly believe that leaders must build their supply chains with new building blocks. This requires bi-directional communication between trading partners in the value chain. The gaps in supply chain visibility as shown in Figure 1, are problematic for most companies. The Building Blocks.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Supply Chain Operating Networks: The building of supply chain applications using many-to-many architectures to connect multiple parties to multiple trading partners to improve multi-tier supply chain visibility, planning and execution to improve relationships in extended value chains. .

Supply Chain Software 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. Customer-Centric Supply Chain Processes. Supply Chain Visibility and Supplier Connectivity.

Material Savings 246

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synchrono

JUNE 19, 2017

Worse still, much of the data that could give manufacturers a complete, end-to-end view of their supply chain already resides within the systems of these partners; as much as 80 percent of it, according to some industry estimates. Supply chain visibility means all partners get access to – and share data – in real-time.

Real-time Visibility 85

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

Do we have the right Service Level Agreement metrics in place? Those are some of the questions supply chain executives are asking — or should be asking.”. Is the mode of transport the most efficient to impact on-time delivery? At what cost?

Supply Chain 145

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2019

Gary began our discussion by pointing out that the Amazon Effect, which he says had a critical turning point during the 2017 holiday season, has sped up supply chains for retailers and consumer goods manufacturers, causing a greater emphasis on sourcing. There is much more involved now than the perfect order metric.”.

Supply Chain Execution 133

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Talking Logistics

MAY 26, 2017

The underlying visibility technology behind this platform was developed in partnership with FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and supply chain visibility solutions. For related commentary, see There’s No Silver Bullet for Supply Chain Visibility. And with that, I’m out of time.

Supply Chain Design Software 20

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

Manufacturers are leveraging big data to provide them with a comprehensive picture of their business thanks to the ability to acquire information from an ever-increasing variety of sources. Supply chain insourcing Supply chain disruption seems to be a permanent condition. Mexico’s proximity to the U.S.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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Talking Logistics

JULY 1, 2015

Analysts, consultants, and others have been telling companies to break down their supply chain functional silos for as long as I’ve been in the business, yet those silos still remain tall and strong at many companies.

Supply Chain Design Software 100

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