Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Even before the pandemic, businesses have struggled to keep pace with rising customer demand and provide on-time, in-full (OTIF) deliveries faster and at lower costs. As consumers and B2B customers increasingly expect more for less, businesses are challenged with offering faster shipping options, broader product assortments, and lower prices.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 22, 2021
While the terminology evolved, the underlying thesis of S&OP has stayed the same, i.e., bridge the divide between sales forecasts and operational plans while respecting the budget. Then the process was put to test in recent times, as increasing demand and supply side shocks caught companies flatfooted.
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Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience? I am not clear on the White House mission.
Unleashed
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
The onset of COVID and the rapidly changing environment of a pandemic-hit world has meant demand planning has become more difficult – and as a result, more critical – than ever. What is demand planning? Demand planning is the process of predicting what customer demand will be for a certain product.
Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium
However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation.
Vanguard Software
JULY 20, 2021
And before that, in 2001, Nike also had a demand planning blunder that led to a $100 million loss in sales. These examples show how imperative a proper process for demand planning and supply planning is to an organization’s overall health and profitability. Download Brochure.
GlobalTranz
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Multimodal shipping represents how companies can find new value within their supply chains and augment efficiency without dramatically increasing landed costs. While multimodal continues to change in the wake of disruption from the pandemic this year, interest in new shipping strategies has exploded.
Speaker: Hannah Testani, COO, Intelligent Audit
You've probably noticed that shipping costs are going up. Have you ever wondered if your transportation spend is as optimized as it could be? It's 2019, and consumers are expecting shipping to be cheap and quick, but that can turn into a real headache from the shipper's side of the equation if you don't make the appropriate changes.
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