Freightos

JULY 7, 2025

The Logistics Data Challenge The logistics sector is awash with data, from shipment volumes and freight rates to sustainability metrics and supplier performance. “You really need to make [data] actionable… use it to manage your suppliers, to drive supply chain improvements. Esch cited a study by a U.S.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 156

Logistics Network Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software 156

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2025

An efficient supply chain strategy is one that takes every aspect of your supply chain into account, from inventory management and warehouse design to freight tendering and transport optimisation. Let’s look at some of the best ways to make your supply chain more efficient.

Supply Chain Design Software 98

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 98

IQMS

APRIL 4, 2025

But geopolitical rivalries and an emerging wave of tariffs are introducing new levels of supply chain uncertainty. Compounding the challenge are information gaps across supply chains that can cost manufacturers lost time, productivity, margin erosion, price reductions, and missed shipment dates.

Price Reduction 52

Price Reduction Material Savings Vendor Strategies Inventory Reduction 52

Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 23, 2025

Packaging systems play an integral role in supply chain operations, from manufacturing to distribution of products to end users. This supply chain article will focus on the importance of packaging in businesses to help you determine the best packaging systems for your brand. The first step is making a sustainable choice.

Packaging 59

Packaging Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing 59

Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Still, it can be just as disruptive to supply chain performance. Fleet management is a long game — budget cycles, replacement planning, technology roadmaps. Preventive maintenance derails, compliance filings are missed, and work orders begin piling up. Disruptions in decision-making.

Negotiating Skills 91

Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Planning Software Pricing Training Optimal Sourcing 91

My Office Apps

OCTOBER 21, 2024

VRM can also include essential features such as vendor GL (General Ledger) setup, multiple contacts, email integration, multi-location management, and vendor notes—making it an even more powerful tool when integrated into ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and inventory software. Why is Vendor Relationship Management Important?

Vendor Strategies 98

Vendor Strategies Procurement Solutions Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software 98

SCMDOJO

JUNE 22, 2025

Businesses can’t afford slow or rigid supply chains. As such, this guide breaks down the essential strategies for designing a warehouse layout that strengthens supply chain agility. As such, this guide breaks down the essential strategies for designing a warehouse layout that strengthens supply chain agility.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Modeling Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Optimization 52

SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Introduction As global supply chains evolve, ensuring cost efficiency is crucial. One way to assess the cost performance of any function within the supply chain is through Cost Performance Index (CPI). What is the Cost Performance Index (CPI)? According the research paper by Winanda et. A CPI of 0.83

Negotiating Skills 52

Negotiating Skills Optimal Sourcing Negotiate Pricing Cost Reduction Strategies 52

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Building Stronger Relationship s : Effective Approaches to Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration A chain is only as strong as its weakest link—but what if you can’t evaluate the entire chain? Tier 1 suppliers and their suppliers—and their suppliers’ suppliers—make up an organization’s multi-tier supply chain.

Negotiate Pricing 52

Negotiate Pricing Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Negotiating Skills 52

Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As procurement and supply chain leaders seek to optimize performance, collaboration with suppliers becomes a strategic tool for creating value for the business. This might involve collaborating on capacity planning, logistics optimization, and exploring new sourcing opportunities that align with your expansion strategy.

Optimal Sourcing 52

Optimal Sourcing Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Resource Reduction 52

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 26, 2025

Supply Chain Matters highlights for our readers, particularly business and supply chain leaders, a published report that cites evidence of increased global-wide protectionism. In 2020, multiple industry supply chains were significantly tested with simultaneous product demand and supply network disruptions.

Sourcing Strategies 52

Sourcing Strategies Report Material Savings Global 52

Silvon Software

MAY 6, 2025

Packaged Analytics, KPIs & Reports Ready-to-use reports, metrics, and dashboards that accelerate time-to-insight. Unifies internal and external data Connect data from your ERP, CRM, budget plans, supplier feeds, customer portals, and more.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 89

Prescriptive Analytics Software Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software 89

Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2025

Additional Data Points In our previously published Supply Chain Matters posting relative to the imposition of U.S. Copyright 2025, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters blog. Inflation is now expected to be 2.9 percent in 2026, an increase of 0.8 percent this year, and 2.0 percent in 2026.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Mexico Cost Reduction Strategies Scenario Planning 52

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. Historically, the traditional supply chain focused on improving costs. Today, more mature supply chain teams focus on delivering value. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics. The reason?

Pharmaceutical 221

Pharmaceutical Metrics Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software 221

Logility

AUGUST 7, 2017

Wait, it’s not spring; but does that mean you have to wait another eight months to review your supply chain? Often, it becomes necessary to reevaluate how supply chain performance is measured to ensure healthy operations. Ask yourself, “Are your supply chain metrics bogging you down?”

Procurement Analytics 121

Procurement Analytics Metrics Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software 121

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Because of service disruptions – not being able to buy toilet paper, for example – the supply chain has been more discussed than ever before. It was also a very, very tough year for supply chain professionals working in the grocery supply chain. Supply chain management is not getting any easier.

Supply Chain Performance 284

Supply Chain Performance Inventory Reduction Supply and Demand Cost Reduction Strategies 284

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2021

Each year, we compile a list of top-performing Supply Chains, termed the Supply Chains to Admire. This week, while all my friends are on vacation, I am writing the final report for the Supply Chains to Admire. Our goal is to continually redefine the definition of supply chain excellence.

Supply Chain Planning Software 370

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Design 370

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 25, 2013

Today, I am proud to launch the Supply Chain Index. It is my hope that the readers of this blog will take time to either join us today to listen to the launch of the Supply Chain Index on our webinar or listen to the replay. (We The Supply Chain Index has been two years in the making.

Supply Chain Design Software 310

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 310

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

Life for the supply chain leader is more complex. We are living in a world of rich supply chain case studies. Each day, the Wall Street Journal features a supply chain failure as front-page news. Traditional processes accelerate the bullwhip impact leaving leaders chained and forced into reactive behavior.

Supply Chain Planning Software 397

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Software 397

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

You are pissy and opinionated in this world of supply chain blandness. The term supply chain excellence is easier to say than define. I have been trying to define it as a supply chain analyst for over fifteen years. The Supply Chain Index. I find it refreshing.” I could taste it.

Gartner 382

Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Software 382

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today, we published The Supply Chains to Admire for 2023. The companies with the strongest year-over-year performance (placing in the winner’s circle for six more times in ten years) are Apple, L’Oreal, Nike, Paccar, TJX, and TSMC. Supply Chains to Admire Winners 2023 Examine Your Own Paradigm.

Supply Chain Planning Software 386

Supply Chain Planning Software Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Planning Gartner 386

Logility

AUGUST 18, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving marketplaces, businesses need every advantage they can secure — and often, that edge lies in the effective alignment of executive leadership with supply chain operations. So, how can companies overcome these obstacles and use supply chain operations as a strategic tool?

Supply Chain Performance 189

Supply Chain Performance Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction Supply Chain Design Software 189

Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

by Trevor Miles I have been in the advanced planning and scheduling (APS) space since 1995 when I joined i2 Technologies in Europe. Before that I was in management consulting doing what would be called supply chain design or reengineering today. Let me start with the confusion between planning and execution. Their words.

Supply Chain Planning Software 259

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Modeling Software 259

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define.

Supply Chain Design Software 343

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Cost Reduction Strategies 343

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Manufacturing is the foundation of my interest in supply chain management. Supply Chain and Design. This was the beginning of my journey from manufacturing to understanding larger supply chain concepts. I helped to implement early versions of Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP). (I

Supply Chain Design Software 332

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 332

Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

When I started my business in 2012, I frequently wrote about the future using the moniker of Supply Chain 2020. We had just recovered from a recession, and my goal was to help supply chain leaders create a better supply chain by the end of the decade. At that time, Supply Chain 2020 seemed so far away.

Supply Chain Planning Software 418

Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Forecasting Software Modeling 418

Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

Supply chain excellence is easier to say than to explain. Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. The supply chain is a complex non-linear system. Now, I view the company as a supply chain laggard.

Procurement Analytics 369

Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 369

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 283

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Forecasting Software Optimization Software 283

DELMIA Quintiq

JANUARY 14, 2014

How do supply chains fail even when they appear to succeed? Dan Gilmore, editor-in-chief of Supply Chain Digest, has an interesting take on this question. In an article entitled ‘ Metric Strategies and Supply Chain Performance ’ Gilmore suggests that many companies have KPI targets that are too low.

Supply Chain Planning Software 222

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain Strategy 222

Kinaxis

JUNE 7, 2018

by Alexa Cheater Wouldn’t it be nice if your supply chain actually performed the way you designed it to? Supply chain perfection just got one step closer with the Self-Healing Supply Chain and its ability to improve supply chain design assumptions. Enter the Self-Healing Supply Chain.

Supply Chain Design Software 130

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Performance Supply Chain Planning Software 130

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

Over the course of the last two years, we at Supply Chain Insight s have worked on a methodology to gauge supply chain improvement. We named it the Supply Chain Index. We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During Background on the Supply Chain Index.

Case Study 305

Case Study Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 305

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 13, 2013

In the process, I discovered that the average process manufacturing company has reached a plateau in supply chain performance. I believe that we have reached a plateau and that supply chain performance is declining. In the second report, I wrote about the current state of supply chain technologies.

Supply Chain Planning Software 230

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning 230

Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

The four key methods here will help you drive more success as you bring the metrics to life on your warehouse floor: 1. Understand “All Green” Does Not Mean “All Good”: Leadership is about solving problems, so it can feel counter-intuitive to seek out issues if you already are performing well.

Metrics 157

Metrics Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning 157

Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

The supply chain is a complex system with increasing complexity. Few companies manage their supply chains end-to-end; and as a result, cannot manage inventory holistically. The supply chain leader manages performance at the intersection of inventory turns, operating margin and customer service.

Inventory Reduction 413

Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Management Software 413

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

In the supply chain, the questions do not change; but the answers do. Quote from a Supply Chain Leader at a Conference in Europe. Yesterday, Peter Bolstorff, Executive Director, APICS Supply Chain Council, called to discuss the use of the Supply Chain Index by APICS to measure supply chain improvement.

Supply Chain Design Software 339

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Inventory Management Software 339

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2017

Supply chain excellence. The answer makes or breaks a supply chain leader’s career and defines corporate value. If the arrow is red, the industry is moving backwards on a metric. Is this because this value chain is a laggard? It is easier to say than define. Getting it clear is important.

Supply Chain Planning Software 0

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Supply Chain 0

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 22, 2015

I was moving from a position where I led a manufacturing operation to being a part of a team to design supply chain software to improve planning decisions. The tension I felt reading the brochure on the plane is what I believe every supply chain leader feels every day. I remember the plane ride well.

Inventory Reduction 361

Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Inventory Supply Chain Planning Software 361