Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

MODEX is the leading trade show for supply chain, logistics, and material handling solutions in North America. NLP can also help robots to access and process information from various sources, such as manuals, databases, or websites.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2022

Earlier in 2022, we conducted a survey of 8,000 consumers across North America and Europe to get a better sense of their ecommerce experience and how they were reacting to retailer performance. Source: Descartes & SAPIO Research. Source: Descartes & SAPIO Research. Source: Descartes & SAPIO Research.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With 30% of respondents indicating their organizations are suffering from an inability to assess risk across suppliers, many are investing in new strategies to minimize the frequency and impact of disruption. The study was conducted by Forrester Consulting in March 2022 on behalf of Ivalua. About Ivalua.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 16, 2023

Featuring over fifty Gartner experts and more than 140 research-driven sessions, this year’s conference gathered over 3,700 supply chain professionals from across North America and beyond. Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo 2023 has wrapped up its 3-day event in Orlando, Florida. Looking for a snapshot of the key highlights?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index). He genuinely cared for the organization and prided himself on forging clever strategies. We started the conversation with sourcing. What to do? Drive change.

Procurement Analytics 217

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 26, 2022

This report cited informed sources indicating that the State of Oklahoma is being considered as a location for this facility but that there are no guarantees that an agreement will be reached. Part of Broader North America Based EV Supply Network Investments. based production facility. Paid subscription required).

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

The paradigm is shifting from foundational visibility to real-time decision-making, with positive implications for supply chain teams spanning sourcing & procurement, to production, to yard & DC operations and beyond. Why is this shift such a big deal? We don’t have to think back very far.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index). He genuinely cared for the organization and prided himself on forging clever strategies. We started the conversation with sourcing. What to do? Drive change.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Building strategic relationships, enhancing collaboration with logistics providers or 3PLs, and internalizing 3PL/4PL functions to gain more control over logistics operations are all strategies that contribute to supply chain resilience. These issues are further compounded by heightened customer expectations and increased market volatility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2021

When you’re ingesting and synthesizing data from dozens or hundreds or millions of sources (as most sophisticated platforms do nowadays), you will see duplicated records, incomplete fields, formatting inconsistencies, different languages, different units of measurement. And better data science leads to better business outcomes for customers.

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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. GM’s Latest Financial Performance.

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USC Consulting Group

JUNE 3, 2020

“It is imperative that our federal government now begin to lay out a strategy for ensuring the continued operation of the critical infrastructure industries,” Anderson said at the time. The post Food and Beverage Industry Reevaluating Strategies to Combat Coronavirus appeared first on USC Consulting Group. Back to top ?.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 25, 2020

Will the trend toward a return to “regional manufacturing” boost volumes in over the road transportation in North America as manufacturers move away from Asian overseas operations? This strategy is not without its risks though. As a result, a new focus on network resilience and the idea of more regional manufacturing emerged.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

We’ve seen firsthand the many positive effects of collaboration based on real-time transportation visibility data, as partners and even competitors — working off of one source of the truth — find efficiencies that benefit multiple partners. The ROI will only multiply with visibility into supplies and goods from end to end.

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Logility

OCTOBER 7, 2021

ArcherGrey will be tasked with identifying and consulting with key Logility customers to solve for these new challenges and enabling a longer-term competitive strategy by combining their talent with the Logility ® Digital Supply Chain Platform.

Logility 130

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Synovos

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

From balancing costs to reliability, sourcing the right PPE to developing maintenance strategies, data on total cost of ownership to evidence of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG), their concerns represent both longstanding issues and newer ones. I have learned a lot about the challenges they face.” The solution?

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

We are chasing around North America trying to find other suppliers—at much higher rates,” the CEO of an Edmonton food manufacturer told the CBC. The vulnerability of these three regions highlights the complexity of factoring climate change into sourcing decisions. If so, when?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

billion has been raised from an initial public offering, with corporate strategy aiming to focus on acquiring adequate manufacturing capacity and demonstrating capability and actual delivery of designed vehicles to the market in order to garner a first-mover advantage in the EV market segment. Thus far, $13.7

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ivalua

MAY 9, 2023

Such broad priorities require new supplier strategies, new information and a delicate balancing act between competing objectives. 30% are applying supplier collaboration as a top strategy for combatting the effects of inflation. Furthermore, their rapidly shifting nature requires a new level of agility. It is also a major risk.

Optimal Sourcing 130

Optimal Sourcing Study Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software 130

ivalua

JANUARY 18, 2022

Redwood City, CA January 18, 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions , and Optis Consulting , a trusted implementation partner, today announced that Parkland Corporation has deployed Ivalua’s Source-to-Pay suite. We are excited to celebrate our deployment of another leading brand in Canada.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This growth was primarily attributed to the long-term project business, and regionally to North America and western Europe. This validates our strategy and intensive standardization activities in the field of fully automated case picking and piece picking solutions as full-service provider.”. Lee Partners.

Supply Chain Software 270

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The report indicates that while strategies that former CEO Clark initiated for this start-up to be a broader services and logistics execution provider will continue, a renewed emphasis on cost cutting was essential. Specifically noted: “ We can still be a growth company even in a declining market.” All rights reserved.

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

Key findings include: 97% of advanced procurement departments say procurement strategy is well aligned with overall business strategy versus only 14% of beginners. . 51% of advanced procurement departments measure performance weekly or biweekly, versus only 26% of beginners. .

Optimal Sourcing 130

Optimal Sourcing Study Procurement Cost Reduction Strategies 130

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Cardinal Health Supply Chain Cardinal Health’s medical segment manufactures, sources and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical and laboratory products. The medical segment’s supply chain consists of 61 North American distribution centers and 27 global manufacturing plants. This was unique. Mr. Bennett and Ms.

Supply Chain Planning Software 175

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

Along their journey they provide feedback, which with industry and technological advancements, backs our ongoing innovation strategy. Sources: 1 Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems,” Brock Johns, Oscar Sanchez Duran, Carly West, Manav Jain, 27 March 2024. Those savings and efficiencies have continued to grow.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Our strategy was to lead with shippers, then onboard their vast networks of carrier, broker and 3PL partners. Diversity of sources (carriers + vendors + customers). Numbers matter when it comes to supply chain data networks. trillion terabytes of new data every day.).

Supply Chain Network Software 194

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights an additional strategic sourcing announcement involving the future production of electric powered autos and vehicles in North America. Announcement. South Korea based LG Chem announced this week a planned $3.2 and other global regions. That further adds to fulfilling U.S.

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QAD

AUGUST 23, 2022

I also got the opportunity to sit on a strategy meeting during the development of Auto Supply Chain Prophets , a new podcast hosted by my mentor, Terry, along with Cathy Fisher of Quistem and Jan Griffiths of Gravitas Detroit. I had a ton of questions for them and got many insightful answers.

Gartner 95

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Source: Gartner, Forecast Snapshot: Prescriptive Analytics Software, Worldwide, 2019. Source: Gartner, Market Guide for Supply Chain Analytics Technology, May 28, 2019. Prepare for adoption with a change management strategy . We turned 30 this year. What’s driving prescriptive analytics adoption? .

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

While many companies assemble great sourcing and procurement teams when it comes time to renegotiate freight contracts, they often fail to provide good documentation that allows them to negotiate from a position of strength. Once that’s in place, CFOs will notice: Improved margin by lowering your cost of goods sold.

Waste Reduction 197

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 3, 2023

Luciano Sieber, Vice President of End-to-End Supply Chain for North America at Colgate-Palmolive, sums up the need to recognize and master volatility: “Resilience has a clear definition at Colgate: thriving in a world of uncertainty.” Sieber notes that resilience has become one of the pillars of the company’s strategy.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 21, 2023

While these environmental consequences have been short-term, they have been enough to attract the attention of world leaders, industries, and governments to develop aggressive environmentally sustainable strategies to curb energy usage and reduce product waste.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Amazon’s Mission Its unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction is at the heart of Amazon’s logistics strategy. Amazon’s Virtuous Circle One of the key elements of Amazon’s logistics strategy is what they refer to as the “virtuous circle.” Billion US Dollars), followed by Europe and potentially Asia.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 79

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

In a reported effort to cut additional costs and increase needed cash flows, the provider announced intentions to cut upwards of 800 jobs within its North America support teams and eliminate its company operated warehouses. based manufacturing strategy, with a decision to source manufacturing at a CMS provider located in Taiwan.

Inventory Reduction 52

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Likewise, labor can’t do its thing when there are severe equipment shortages, and rectifying those shortages requires difficult-to-source raw materials. It means making smart investments in everything from network modeling to ocean trade lane analysis, from securing equipment to potentially rebalancing nearshoring and offshoring strategies.

Supply Chain Planning Software 184

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In North America, according to an IHL research report sponsored by Blue Yonder , retail loss due to out-of-stocks increased by a huge 17.7% Retailers can layer their own eligibility rules, safety-stock policies, selling channel configurations, supply and inventory segmentation strategies, and future supply plans on top of this data.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

So do you have a strategy for managing Freight and Logistics or are you spinning your wheels? Cost is a very important reason to ensure that you have a robust Freight Management strategy. With all of that considered Freight Management can be a source of competitive differentiation and an enabler of strong financial performance.

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