The Lean Thinker

JANUARY 24, 2023

A Breakout Session at the TWI Summit Last year (2022) was “Old friends meeting for the first time” as 2021 had been virtual and the online community really came together during 2020 and 2021. And that community remains. I’m not sure what this year’s vibe will be – every one is different. This happens year-round.

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Conference Presentation Tips Workshop 222

Logistics Management

JANUARY 4, 2022

A UPS spokesman noted that the peak holiday shipping season remains intact, based on the significant—and record-breaking—number of holiday returns it is handling.

Handling 119

Handling Packaging Examples 119

MTS Logistics

MARCH 12, 2025

Congestion is still impacting key transshipment hubs like Cartagena (90+ ships in port and anchorage in mid-December 2024), Freeport (21+ container ships in queue as of December 2024), and Kingston (50% above 2020 volumes and only 9% schedule reliability) these are particularly important hubs for U.S.

Cost Reduction 102

Cost Reduction Reliability Scenario Planning Logistics Network Optimization Software 102

AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Insights from Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020. Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020 offers some guidance. AIMMS in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020. Our recent survey showed that only 17% of organizations make it a priority to invest in innovation. Network Design.

Supply Chain Design Software 166

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 20, 2025

In 2009, The Coca-Cola Company unveiled its 2020 Vision and Roadmap for Winning Together. The system can detect a deviation from a forecast, for example, and yet understand if the deviation is in an allowable range and that an alert does not have to be generated. Snowflake is their BI environment. However, unexpected events do happen.

Supply Chain Planning Software 88

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) and the European Unions Forced Labor Regulation (FLR) are prime examples of this tightening framework. Driver #1: Navigating a Regulatory Maze The regulatory landscape is becoming increasingly complex. Despite facing numerous challenges and setbacks, the industry has seen a wealth of innovations.

Compliance 114

Compliance Supply Chain Planning Software Study Supply Chain Software 114

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2021

COVID-19 caused a global upheaval in order fulfillment processes throughout 2020. For example, the Delta variant of COVID-19 may cause an increase in infection and disruptions to business in the fall. We obtained insights into experiences from the prior year (2020) and expectations for 2021 and beyond.

Optimization Software 128

Optimization Software Optimization Ordering Survey 128

The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Example: Saying “We service the hell out of our freight” then falling flat after 3 months and leaving the shipper hanging. RadioShack Example: RadioShack: You’ve Got Questions.We’ve Got Answers. Apple Example: “Think Different”. Key Takeaways: Why Great Prospects Don’t Become Customers. Have you been inside a Radioshack Store?

Price Reduction 150

Price Reduction Resource Reduction Logistics Network Optimization Software After-sales 150

Now, That's Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2022

In June, for example, Roche was granted EUA for its cobas® SARS-CoV-2 Nucleic acid test for use on the cobas® Liat® System, which can identify an infection within 20 minutes. In 2021 it leased space at the Chicago-Rockford International Airport, for example, and has used this alternate to Chicago-O’Hare as its midwestern US hub.

Supply Chain Design Software 148

Supply Chain Design Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Distribution 148

Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 23, 2021

The interesting findings begin with the changes our respondents experienced in their fulfillment operations during 2020 – a tumultuous year to say the least. Publicly noted examples (external to the ARC survey) include the increase of online order, pick up at store from retailers such as Target and the use of stores as fulfillment centers.

Ordering 118

Ordering Manufacturing Procurement Survey Picking 118

The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

Prior to Via , Israel was the CEO and co-founder of Fleetonomy, an intelligent logistics and fleet management software company that was acquired by Via in 2020. For example, if a person buying groceries online chooses to process the transaction via Shipt, the consumer is using the Shipt app, and interacting with Shipt people.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 195

Logistics Network Optimization Software Procurement Solutions Government Efficiency 195

Trinity Logistics

JUNE 14, 2024

As can see, most of 2019 and the first part of 2020 saw a market where freight volumes were easily handled. Then March 2020 happened. That was quickly followed by a freight injection and for the latter part of 2020, and all of 2021, the market struggled with a lack of capacity to handle the record freight volumes. Figure 2.1:

Freight 118

Freight Capacity Outbound Handling 118

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Nike’s 2020 earnings are another example of costly e-commerce operations’ impact on the bottom line. Recall that we saw very high unit volumes for most of 2020 and the first half of 2021.” Examples include the Shopify Fulfillment Network , Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment , and Zalando Fulfillment Solutions (Europe).

Operations 126

Operations Cost Reduction Vendor Strategies Price Reduction 126

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2021

The year 2020 was far from static. For example, the prior process of 100 unit bulk picks with 10 units going to each store was replaced with an individual item pick-to-tote process followed by direct-to-consumer packing station processes. KNAPP noted that onsite work restrictions in the Spring of 2020 were a challenge.

Supply Chain Software 130

Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Replenishment Resource Reduction 130

The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Then, he acquired and managed Manning’s Truck Brokerage, a 50-year-old, private equity-backed logistics company, which he successfully digitalized and sold in 2020 to FitzMark. ? After, he was the CEO of Freight Mango, a Global Digital Freight Marketplace focused on streamlining and automating global trade. ?

Supply Chain Software 195

Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Technology 195

Now, That's Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

The problem is that the shortage—among other forces—is driving shipping rates up across many routes at a time when global organizations are trying to realign their supply chains after a rough year in 2020. Comparing that to March 2020’s prices, CNBC says freight rates from China to the U.S. rates are up 145% year over year.

Trends 148

Trends Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning Logistics Network Optimization Software 148

Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

Lately they have upped their game and many have in place ambitious goals for 2020. For example, UPS is aiming to have 25% of its new vehicles run on alternative fuel or be an advanced technology vehicle, such as hybrid trucks that uses materials that improve fuel efficiency. FedEx also has ambitious goals. In the U.S.,

Sourcing Strategies 133

Sourcing Strategies Cost Reduction Price Reduction Efficiency 133

Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Nearing the end of 2020, Maersk has remained true to that goal. For example, in effort to combat the scourge of some 6,000 weekly emails and phone calls about shipment changes, Maersk simply added on a $50 fee for manual changes in order to encourage digital bookings. By the end of 2020’s H1, that number had increased to 41%.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 134

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Price Reduction 134

AIMMS

AUGUST 3, 2020

However, one-third of SCP leaders cite “the lack of effective decision making in the S&OP meeting process as the most critical problem to solve for their function’s overall performance” (source: Gartner, Improve S&OP Decision Making Through Scenario Planning , Supply Chain Research Team, 4 May 2020).

Scenario Planning 159

Scenario Planning Supply Chain Planning Software AIMMS Gartner 159

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

One of the companies she holds up as a positive example of a big company addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is Walmart. A few years ago, for example, my oldest child explained to me that Walmart was a malignant force. Rebecca Henerson’s formula for fixing capitalism was a business best seller.

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ShipLilly

JANUARY 25, 2021

From an operational point of view, the 2020 holiday season was more difficult than usual because businesses had to deal with the reality of limited carrier capacity which reduced their speed in processing orders. The fall of 2020, however, introduced additional problems including slowdowns. As the U.S.

Order processing 98

Order processing Ordering Capacity Supply Chain Planning Software 98

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FourKites, for example, can tell one of their shipper clients how long carriers are sitting on average at their warehouses and how this compares to the industry average; Or they can tell a shipper client the appointment reliability at one of that shippers customer’s distribution centers. I attended my first Visibility conference in 2020.

Supply Chains 126

Supply Chains Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Procurement Solutions 126

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. The processing units in an oil refinery, for example, operate at high temperature and high pressure. One example of the value of machine learning in demand planning comes from Mahindra & Mahindra. These constraints need to be understood.

Supply Chain Planning Software 142

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 26, 2024

Blue Yonder, for example, has created a microservice for transportation optimization. For example, during the days of the monolithic solutions, vendors that had both warehouse management and transportation management systems would tout the new logistics efficiencies that were possible because they could provide both solutions.

Supply Chain Planning Software 122

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Events Modeling Software 122

Trans Global Auto Logistics

MARCH 1, 2021

While this example may seem extreme, this incident happened in late 2020, and there have been several other similar incidents since. Of course, most cargo arrives without issues, but if 2020 taught us anything- it is that we should always prepare for the unexpected. Enter: Marine Insurance.

Events 98

Events Packaging Cargo Course 98

Ship Monk

MARCH 11, 2024

And when we feel uncertain, humans tend to look for examples of what others in our situation have done. We’ll give you some examples of social proof, and we’ll even rank them in terms of trustworthiness. Social Proof Examples, Ranked Social proof can take many forms, and they’re not all equal. What is Social Proof? Some of it?

eCommerce 105

eCommerce Logistics Network Optimization Software Case Study Procurement Solutions 105

IoT World Today

OCTOBER 15, 2020

As organizations continue to adapt to the roller-coaster ride of 2020, some leaders’ pre-pandemic IT strategies brought business resilience even as COVID-19 struck. Indeed, according to the 2020 IoT World Today IoT Adoption Survey, 51% of respondents said the virus spurred the need for new digital initiatives.

Waste Reduction 122

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MTS Logistics

JULY 21, 2023

According to a 2020 analysis by the Insurance Information Institute, these disruptions cost firms an average of $1.45 According to a study by the Business Continuity Institute and Zurich Insurance Group, 85% of companies experienced a financial impact from supply chain disruptions in 2020, with an average cost of $1.9

Cost Reduction 97

Cost Reduction Document Expense Reduction Supply Chains 97

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Leading the field are chatbots, which allow text-based interactions, for example, between procurement managers and their suppliers’ systems. The best-known examples are the deployment of robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in the warehouse. They can also answer text-based questions and pull up documents and files instantly.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Optimal Sourcing 98

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 4, 2021

A 2020 SYSPRO survey showed that 60% of manufacturing and distribution businesses were impacted by supply chain disruptions during the pandemic. Here are examples of the tangible return-on-investment (ROI) ERP can bring to your business: Maintain competitive advantage with ERP. ERP reduces operational and administrative costs.

Manufacturing Procurement 119

Manufacturing Procurement ERP Distribution Supply Chain Software 119

MTS Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2024

Wind power, for example, requires favorable wind conditions to generate enough energy for power. Green ammonia works similarly to ultra-low sulphur fuel, which the shipping industry has used to power container ships, especially since the IMO 2020 rule went into effect. Solar energy is easily affected by the weather.

Modeling Software 111

Modeling Software Study Supply Chain Software Sourcing 111

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

For example, reports and analytics in your ERP system can help you identify areas where improvements can be made. In a 2020 SYSPRO survey it showed that 60% of manufacturing and distribution businesses were impacted by supply chain disruptions during the pandemic. For example, evaluate if you are a digital explorer?

ERP 111

ERP Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Vendor Strategies 111

Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

And in the example of invoices, the unwieldy process of cross-referencing and auditing means that fraud in the logistics business is all too common. According to a poll conducted by Deloitte, 39% of consumer and industrial products professionals found at least one instance of fraud or abuse in their supply chains in 2020.

Supply Chain Software 148

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Resource Reduction Cost Reduction 148

AIMMS

JUNE 5, 2019

An interesting example of this is the capability AIMMS has provided in the utility grid business for the last 15 years. Gartner states that “in 2020, 50% of organizations will have sufficient AI and data literacy skills such that they will achieve at least one AI project judged to deliver positive business value.

Supply Chain Planning Software 120

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

According to JLL , the CAGR between 2010 and 2020 was 1.3% So, for example, if the back of a store is picking and packing ecommerce orders, that backroom is a warehouse. To engage in those activities, they do detailed research on commercial markets. Then there is Statista. The CAGR numbers for Statista cover 2010 to 2021.

Manufacturing Procurement 122

Manufacturing Procurement Warehousing Refrigeration Survey 122

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2021

For example, even though consumers expect free and fast delivery of products, companies will charge for certain types of delivery options, such as expedited or for large items. For example, for inexpensive items, or large and bulky items, the cost associated with shipping the item back is too expensive.

Purchasing Skills 111

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EazyStock

JANUARY 27, 2021

Last year’s list of supply chain and inventory management trends to look out for in 2020 included things like “greening” the supply chain (that is, the growth of environmentally-friendly practices in every step of the supply chain), the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning and globalization for small- and mid-sized businesses.

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