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Can You Have Too Much Supply Chain Visibility?

Talking Logistics

Read more The post Can You Have Too Much Supply Chain Visibility? The phrase popped into my head the other night as I helped myself to another serving of ice cream. In case you’re wondering, you can’t have. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Another Reason to Expand Definition of Supply Chain Visibility

Talking Logistics

For several years now I’ve been arguing that the scope of end-to-end supply chain visibility must go beyond the tracking of orders, shipments, inventory, and assets in motion. It must also include visibility to greenhouse-gas emissions and forced labor across the supply chain.

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So, You Want Supply Chain Visibility…Why?

The Network Effect

Supply chain visibility is great, but how useful is it really? You need a lot more than visibility to have a high performing supply chain.

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Transportation Visibility vs. Supply Chain Visibility – What’s the Difference?

Talking Logistics

Read more The post Transportation Visibility vs. Supply Chain Visibility – What’s the Difference? As consumers and B2B customers increasingly expect more for less, businesses are challenged with offering faster shipping options, broader product assortments, and lower prices. If keeping pace consistently and profitably.

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Ocean Supply Chain Visibility: Adapting and Thriving in a Rapidly Changing Global Economy

The entire global supply chain was upended by COVID-19. Among its myriad impacts, the pandemic exposed profound vulnerabilities in both the global supply chain structure and the various technologies that underpin it.

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Supply Chain Visibility: From Buzzword to Business Benefits

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published recently, “Realizing the Full Business Benefits of Supply Chain Visibility.” Read more The post Supply Chain Visibility: From Buzzword to Business Benefits appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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What Do You Mean By Supply Chain Visibility?

Logistics Viewpoints

But in my mind, it is the growing granularity of the visibility that FourKites provides that is most noteworthy. In 2020, the visibility had just expanded beyond tracking shipments to providing yard visibility. The post What Do You Mean By Supply Chain Visibility? But the message is now much bigger.

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2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Real-time Transportation Visibility Platforms

The 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms (RTTVP) is here. Are you evaluating supply chain visibility for your business but not sure where to start?

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Why Digital Twin-Enabled Control Towers are Game Changers

At the later stages of a digital supply chain journey, a company will want to converge end-to-end decision making with end-to-end supply chain visibility. This will result in the coalescence of its digital supply chain twin initiative with its control tower initiatives.

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Smarter Networks for Customer Fulfillment

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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A Business Case for Automation in Your Supply Chain

Speaker: Cathy Morrow Roberson, Founder and Head Analyst, Logistics Trends and Insights, LLC

Most companies publicly communicate the belief that automation is a valuable asset for supply chains. Because supply chain managers continue to struggle to communicate and quantify the value of automation -- and this lack of clarity causes unintentional misunderstandings and misallocation of budgets.

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Navigating the Road to Successful Automation - A Process Driven Approach

Speaker: Jon Leposky, Director of Operations and Logistics, Z Customization

Automation can be an incredibly powerful tool to lower costs, increase capabilities, and enable scaling. However, the road to implementing automation can be long and challenging, even when all the proper steps are taken.

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Automated Order Processing and Proactive Inventory Management

Speaker: Irina Rosca, Director of Supply Chain Operations, Helix

Organizations need to focus on demand driven supply planning, utilizing real time information on customer orders from all marketplaces (e-commence, Amazon - or other online retailers, and point of sale data from brick and mortar). Focusing on this information once per month during the S&OP meeting is too late for all business units to align.

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Parts Town: An O2C Journey from Manual Processing to Digital Transformation

Speaker: Sarah Gibson, Platinum Operations Manager

The order-to-cash (O2C) process is often considered the lifeblood of an organization. It’s why so many business leaders are looking to next generation of O2C solutions to unlock value across their enterprise — value that’s necessary to remain competitive.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Supply Chain Visibility

Today’s environment spotlights the significance and importance of real-time supply chain visibility. Gain insight to respond quickly to marketplace events and take actions that ensure supply chain performance. What are the barriers? What’s the solution?