Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 14, 2023

Home delivery and sustainability are two topics that I have written about quite a bit in the last few years, and Descartes just released its home delivery sustainability consumer sentiment study, so the timing seemed perfect. And this spans across a wide range of product categories. The main driver for home delivery is convenience.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2019

Why is this an important topic? Item rationalization is an important initiative to improve agility and drive a balanced scorecard of business results. In contrast, the group killed an item if they could not make the business argument. Category one products formed the long tail contributing sales of less than $30,000/item/month.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

Gartner calls this solution a Multi-enterprise Supply Chain Business Network. Gartner defines a multi-enterprise supply chain business network as a “community of trading partners that need to work and communicate/collaborate on business processes that extend across multiple enterprises, with an end-to-end/shared focus.”.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, organizations across industries are realizing the immense value of effective procurement practices. The demand for qualified individuals keeps rising as businesses increasingly understand how important procurement is to their overall strategy.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 2, 2024

As President and CEO Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions (RSCS) , Todd Imhoff is responsible for all aspects of RSCS’s business strategy, overseeing the quick-service restaurant industry’s largest supply chain cooperative. At the outset of COVID, the business literally shut down, but in ~3 short weeks, it all shifted.

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crisp

JANUARY 24, 2024

E-commerce is one of the fastest growing areas of Walmart’s business – up 27% in 2023 thanks to customers embracing pickup and delivery services, Walmart has said. E-commerce is one of the fastest growing areas of Walmart’s business – up 27% in 2023 thanks to customers embracing pickup and delivery services, Walmart has said.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Had no hesitations about applying AI to their business operations (85%). It’s industry giants that (in the words of the Harvard Business Review ) “operate at the leading edge” of AI and analytics. To survive, businesses need to move forward with AI — and do it fast. Businesses slow to embrace the changes will fall behind.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 9, 2018

For Quintiq, this program has resulted in some exciting sustainability avenues to pursue for our R&D team, and has enhanced our employees’ sense of pride that Quintiq and Dassault Systèmes are leading the way on such an important topic for mankind.”. It showcases the power of Quintiq and what makes us special. ”.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Yet business leaders have a choice as to the nature of this disruption. First, businesses must add rigor to their supply chain risk assessment approach. How to properly assess risk is itself a complex topic which I can barely scratch the surface of here. One that takes a portfolio view of category supply risk.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Few topics in logistics are getting as much attention today as cold-chain storage, distribution and transportation. Terence Leung (TL): It’s impossible to ignore all the headlines and media attention focused on the topic of cold chain recently. But LSPs who want to compete in the cold-chain sector face even greater challenges.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

For example, a clothing retail website may have an IA that includes main categories such as men’s clothing, women’s clothing, and kids’ clothing. Within each of these categories, there may be subcategories for different types of apparel (e.g. When grouping content, consider both the topic and the tone.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now let’s dig deep into how you can achieve high OLFR, efficiently , to meet business objectives for freeing up working capital, cutting waste and holding costs, and hitting profitability goals. This established, family run business was initially resistant to doing so because it was running profitably with ABC inventory planning in place.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Kevin Nelson, a chief procurement officer and senior vice president at BD, agreed to be interviewed on this topic. Before committing to do business with Everstream, BD asked Everstream to map the supply chain for one product line. We want them to manage a category, but also have a product view,” Mr.

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Logility

DECEMBER 1, 2021

But a new layer of complexity now presents another existential topic: the chain of custody. Across the fashion industry, brands debate whether it’s best to track the journey of materials across product lines or trace the chain of custody on a specific product category. However, neither approach accomplishes the same objectives.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 17, 2022

The ongoing chip shortages continue to be the hot button topic when it comes to supply shortages in the automotive industry, but traditional components are also in short supply. But now shoppers have shifted spending to categories like services and travel, leaving warehouses overflowing. That’s all for this week.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

JANUARY 23, 2023

They start by considering eight essential risk categories relating to individual supplier risk, country/region risk, and industry risk. Critique While I like the article, I have one issue with how they introduce the topic. They suggest the use of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), which allow one to quantify and compare risks.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The reason is that for the non-food categories in a supermarket halal certification is still very new. Three halal retailing business models can be differentiated: 1. Some universities in Indonesia and Malaysia have already started with offering halal topics in their university curricula.

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QAD

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Improving collaboration and sharing additional information with suppliers is imperative in order to make sure that your supply chain is resilient , a word that has been incorporated as a top item in many business agendas. Consumers Want to Buy from CSR Compliant Companies. How will your organization monitor and manage suppliers?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As I think about this topic, I find it useful to listen to this song from 1963. This week, I received this email from a financial institution questioning why business leaders are not harnessing more insights and redesigning processes based on analytics. Certainly, Campbell’s foray into its c-Fresh business ended in tears.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 3, 2021

Digital transformation of CPG operations is at an inflection point driven by new consumer and personalized health demands, including the demand for science-driven innovation, which has been impacted by the shift in category spending and connected experiences with personalized health. Where are you on the journey to transforming your lab?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The subject of logistics is not one that often reaches the uppermost levels of business media headlines. But, in the current international atmosphere of supply chain troubles and widespread shipping congestion, the topic is a timely one. There is no more time-sensitive category of commercial goods than perishables. Perishables.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

lu explained that fruit and vegetable is harder to plan because spoilage and write-offs lead to lower inventory accuracy in these categories. The solution looks at how similar products in the same product category have sold. Solvoyo, which forecasts the velocity of sales, will be able to implement this as a business rule.

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HICX Solutions

AUGUST 5, 2022

As environmental concerns continue to take centre stage, businesses are under more pressure than ever to act sustainably. Encouragingly, sustainability is now a topic for many boards. Good supplier data enables sustainable business practices. By Anthony Payne, Supplier Experience Manager specialist. Read full article.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Lord says that while three broad categories of inventory - structural, operational and situational - can overlap, each category should first be examined separately ( Supply Chain Leaders Must Orchestrate Three Decision Categories for Inventory Excellence , 9 April 2018, Paul Lord).

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Logility

MARCH 22, 2022

Logility VPs Dario Fischli and Jonathan Jackman recently hosted a webcast on overcoming ever-increasing business disruptions today while building a sustainable supply chain for tomorrow. Indeed, today’s supply chain disruptions are occurring more frequently, narrowing the window of opportunity for business leaders to respond effectively.

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Logility

DECEMBER 19, 2021

A hot topic; smart, articulate panelists – I recuse myself – with relevant experience; and a moderator who keeps the event on track yet understands that the audience is there to hear the panelists. Where should businesses start? All the panelists expect that achieving sustainability goals would yield far-reaching business benefits.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The best way to understand the difference between procurement and purchasing in a business is to consider the process involved in buying a car, says Logistics Bureau’s procurement specialist, Trent Morris. Note: Sometimes in smaller businesses, procurement and purchasing might be the same thing. Category Management.

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The Network Effect

MARCH 11, 2016

Customer centricity is achieved when an organization places the customer at the core of their business strategy. The four categories of consumer expectations are: Price: the cheaper the total price the better. These four categories continue to evolve and so too must your supply chain to assure a total focus on the consumer.

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ivalua

APRIL 12, 2019

When IVA delivers a chart back to the user, it is then easy to change the axis or the time period or drill down into category spend. That again covered AI, although with the title of “Enabling Smarter Procurement”, there were other topics too. The questions from the audience got into some further interesting issues though.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2019

How do you translate global supply chain visibility into actual business benefits? Julian provided three general categories for what people consider the goal of supply chain visibility. A second category is small-to-medium sized companies that are reshaping themselves through acquisitions. The first is reliability.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 30, 2017

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Pick ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. Take advantage of this and ensure the processes are the same in every part of your business.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Background Multi-industry supply chain management teams are increasingly tasked with supporting the basis of required business and supply chain transformational needs. They need to prepare their businesses and various functional teams to be able to flourish from or mitigate the next crisis as-well.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Supply Chain is just one of our five main categories we are covering all this week, which consist of: Logistics, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Freight, and Transportation. As you can see, or if you work in the industry, you know that all five of these categories and the functions and processes around them are central to each other.

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Unleashed

MAY 1, 2023

We met with five supply chain experts to discuss how crucial demand forecasting is for mitigating risk, and what businesses can do to improve forecast accuracy. Katherine Rowlatt – Head of Operations for AFP Services Ltd , business services for food and drinks brands based in Kettering. near Exeter. It’s a real shame.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. We will resume the series and finish the remaining three categories on December 28th. As always our goal is to educate and inform.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2016

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). I encourage you to scroll through the main four categories blogs or the Cerasis blog in general so you can catch some great content. Our last post covered the Top 5 Logistics blogs of 2016.

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crisp

AUGUST 4, 2022

At AdWeek’s Commerce Week, Crisp’s SVP of Sales Stacy Bohrer and Business Line Leader Tony Miller took the stage with John Schorr, Managing Director of Commerce at OMG. The topic: how marketers can leverage real-time, store-level data to drive revolutionary results for brands. Watch the recorded session.

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