GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Supply chain leaders have faced significant challenges in the past, and in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic spotlighted the need for supply chain resilience and integration. Among these, an integrated return management strategy can make or break successful operations. Contact Our Reverse Logistics Team Today.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2014

What if you could accurately predict how your supply chain will perform in the future? Know how a strategy change will impact your service levels or costs? Predict when you will stock out or be late with a shipment? To do this you need ESP. Not extra-sensory perception, but it’s the next best thing from […].

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Procurement Academy

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Elevating supply chain performance through skill proficiency A large proportion of the businesses Skill Dynamics partners with are focused on supply chain and procurement. The post The Impact of Employee Skill Proficiency on Business, Innovation, and Supply Chain Performance appeared first on Skill Dynamics.

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Logility

APRIL 20, 2022

If resilience is the panacea to today’s supply chain challenges, it seems that everyone has a different prescription. Every industry article, news segment, analyst research paper, and boardroom conversation offers varying perspectives on the real issues impacting supply chain performance and the best way to fix them.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. Supply chain strategy, process, talent and enabling technologies each play important roles. Change of Leadership and Overall Business Strategy.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 19, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Supply Chain Renaissance Has Begun! Strategies to improve your Supply Chain article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. The supply chain is a significant part of your overall business strategy and inventory management.

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Zipline Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Download the free white paper to learn more about how data can be used to reduce logistics spend while improving supply chain performance. Because average on-time delivery performance in the CPG space hovers in the 70% range, successful logistics data programs remain the only consistent way to close the gap. Contact Us.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Importers will look for near-term strategies to move their shipments away from congested trade lanes or process containers further inland to minimize the impact of lead time variability that has dramatically increased in 2021. Online buying will fuel home delivery growth, challenges and new strategies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

The discussion of customer-segmented supply chains happens often. When I hear companies discussing the implementation of a customer segmentation strategy, I ask a series of questions: Who is your customer? What are you trying to accomplish through the execution of a customer segmentation strategy? This makes me yawn.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Based on my research, I write about four strategies that drove value over the last decade. In this Forbes article, I write about my insights from the Supply Chains to Admire Work , an annual assessment of balance sheet performance, and a hard look at supply chain performance. A Clear Strategy.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2016

About twice a month, companies ask me to review their strategy documents. Frequently, I see the goal of “build a customer-centric strategy” or define an “end-to-end vision to deliver on the customer promise.” It requires a careful execution of strategy and the connection of strategy to execution.” I am proud of Clorox.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The best way to safeguard your supply chain will be by building resilience into your operations. Supply Chain Performance: Reviewing 2020. Take the time to reflect on your supply chain’s performance this past year. Prepare for Upcoming Supply Chain Risks. Optimize Inventory.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 27, 2015

With such a tight deadline, you can’t afford to waste time combing through lengthy reports to come up with fresh strategies that could or could not work. You need immediate insights – from people who’ve experienced the same problems in their supply chain planning. All-access pass to profit-boosting strategies.

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QAD

AUGUST 4, 2021

Automotive companies must take action now to transform their supply chain in order to survive (and even thrive) in a scarce market environment. . Here are five strategies your automotive company should consider moving forward: . Become Supply Chain Focused. OEMs, suppliers and industry groups must take action now.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 15, 2023

Join Mark Crouse (COO of The Logic Factory) and myself (DELMIA Marketing & Strategy Directory) as we discuss the signs, the strategy and the options for moving to a more advanced and mature Supply Chain Planning processes in the Food & Beverage industry.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Over his 30+ year career in the supply chain, Richard has worked with manufacturers around the world in operations, supply chain, and lean strategy roles to develop systems that can manage complex supply chains on a global scale. Richard previously founded and led Factory Logic, Inc. acquired by SAP).

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2015

An important component of that foundation is defining and implementing an effective transportation strategy – a topic that I discussed with Eric Meister, LeanLogistics’ former COO, in a follow-up episode. Key questions include, what is the variability of your demand and supply? How predictable is your demand and supply?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 26, 2022

Many analysts report that shippers are increasingly looking at digital solutions to improve supply chain performance. This strategy begins much earlier in the supply chain process for optimal results. If those strategies are ineffective, shippers may see an increase in rejected tenders by core carriers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

Best Practices and Recommendations for Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and the Baltimore port closure are examples of the types of disruptions that supply chains face in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 27, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we reflect on Amazon’s announced senior leadership changes last week and what they may portend in strategies going forward. Supply Chain Matters is of the belief that the appointment of two existing long-term executives portends a two-pronged strategy moving forward.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2018

Here are my top 10 tips to boost your Supply Chain performance towards Best in Class. OK, why do so many organisations struggle with the same old Supply Chain Challenges? I’ve compiled a hit list of my top 10 focus areas that will help you boost your Supply Chain performance and that of your teams.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2023

MILAN and BOSTON – June 6, 2023 – ToolsGroup , a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is thrilled to announce it has been selected by D.I.MAR, an Italian leader in the frozen food industry, to heighten its supply chain performance, bolster supplier relationships, and drive enhanced business results.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

The potential for supply chain performance declined in each of these industries. In fact, in our Supply Chains to Admire analysis, we find that this is true in twenty-five of twenty-eight industry sectors studied. Functional Intitiatives Without Clarity on Supply Chain Strategy. The reason?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

import volumes may not be as high as they were at the height of the pandemic; however, if they remain above 2019 numbers, the shift away from West Coast ports persists, the labor situation doesn’t get resolved, carriers continue to use blank sailings and importers will continue to see uneven supply chain performance.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

35% of respondents are lacking systems to enable effective, scalable collaboration to empower supply-chain partners in support of their CSR strategies and policies. This is followed by a lack of systems to enable effective, scalable collaboration.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 16, 2015

Inventory optimization has always been a challenge while designing and planning a supply chain. A variety of barriers can impact an effective inventory strategy, such as working in functional silos and demand/supplier volatility¹. Asking the Right Inventory Questions. Do I have the right ordering frequencies and lot sizes?

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 31, 2024

In that same Supply Chain Matters commentary, we called reader attention to a published report from The Wall Street Journal that specifically concluded with the Akio Toyoda statement: “ Japanese industry strength in the EV era will come from practical car making “over a long period of time and from experiences of failure.”

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 18, 2020

In the process of implementing new strategies, companies may overlook these aspects that can affect supply-chain performance.

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Unleashed

MARCH 6, 2024

Agile supply chain management is especially important in today’s dynamic business landscape, where customer expectations, technological advancements, and environmental uncertainties are constantly evolving and creating new challenges and opportunities for supply chain performance. Let’s dive in.

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Even the largest shippers have taken note and begun working with 3PLs to create strategic partnerships that accomplish more through the supply chain. Some the country’s biggest CPG brands are leaving the old strategy of transactional shipping behind in favor of strategic logistics partnerships. How do we know this?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Ever increasing costs in Asia, geopolitical tensions and trade tariffs are further de-stabilising supply chains. The three colossal ‘Black Swan’ events of recent years – COVID-19, the Suez Canal closure and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine – are being supplemented with numerous economic challenges.

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ivalua

JUNE 15, 2022

Learn how Körber leveraged Ivalua’s software tools to automate and streamline tactical activities while keeping strategy front and center. The global supply chain is undergoing an incredible transformation that will change the way we do business. Centralized and decentralized procurement & supply chain organization.

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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.

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Logility

MARCH 21, 2023

Such alignment enables finance and supply chain leaders to fully understand each other’s challenges, goals, and opportunities and create mutually beneficial strategies that move the business toward greater compliance, higher profitability, and ongoing growth.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2024

This report comes after the company reported an upwards of ten percent reduction in its global workforce , along with the departure of two rather significant executives, and a revised vehicle development strategy for the coming year. The overall production process has been reported as being rather challenging.

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