Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 11, 2023

I’ve completed research on supply chain planning (SCP) boutiques. We are teaming up to bring you the coolest supply chain boutiques, listed alphabetically, that we identified through those studies. Clarkston Consulting is focused on the Consumer Goods and Life Sciences industries. What is a boutique?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

October 21st – 24th Supply Chain & Logistics News Round Up This past week, I returned to the Tampa Bay Area to visit family and see the lasting effects of back-to-back hurricanes. From a sustainability and supply chain perspective, this situation is incredibly challenging to comprehend. Nauto and Beans.ai

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Supply chain costs often represent a considerable percentage of the sales price of a good or service. If net profit on sales is 5%, for example, a reduction in supply chain costs from 9% to 4% (or from 12% to 7%) will double net profits. What Does Your Supply Chain Cost You Today? Manufacturers <6.8%

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2024

However, the lag in the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) cycle exacerbates issues like inaccurate forecasting, reduced agility, higher error rates, increased costs, limited scenario planning, and sustainability challenges, ultimately undermining supply chain performance and eroding executive confidence in the supply chain as a value driver.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Failure to effectively filter, prioritize, and analyze data can lead to “analysis paralysis,” where data volumes hinder timely decision-making. Implementing connected fleets requires a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis to assess how long-term savings and improved productivity align with these initial expenses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 23, 2024

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Choice” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. This article comes from Greg Quirk, Product Marketing Manager at Kinaxis and looks at AI in supply chains. Data is the lifeblood of AI in the supply chain.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Next time you enjoy a delicious slice of fresh-baked bread, think about the complex supply chain that brought it to you! Modern bakeries are increasingly focused on reviewing and optimizing their distribution operations for the AI-driven supply chain era. People have been baking bread for thousands of years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 28, 2024

In late 2023, Descartes conducted a survey of 1,000 supply chain and logistics decision-makers across North America and Europe across three sectors: manufacturing, distribution and retail; carriers; and logistics services providers. The study also provided insight into what companies are doing to address it. Let me know.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 7, 2022

As many noticed, the supply chain came into the prime spotlight when it was prominently mentioned in U.S. However, when the speech and the underlying fact sheet is studied more closely, it unfortunately contains a range of misconceptions about how the shipping industry works. Multiple elements are mixed into the same “bag.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2023

The marijuana supply chain is an interesting market to follow. Like any agricultural product, there are ebbs and flows to its supply and demand. However, from a purely supply chain standpoint, the marijuana market strikes a similar delicate balance to other perishables.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, a recurring theme that I saw was about using supply chain data to improve the customer experience across the entire value chain. Here are the ones that stood out to me, especially as it relates to supply chain data. This new dashboard gives retailers a lot of supply chain data to see where they stand.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Supply chain network design (SCND) is a powerful tool for improving business operations. It can be used to solve a wide variety of supply chain problems. Simulation techniques can fill those gaps and allow for a more holistic view of a company’s supply chain. But it has gaps.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Like any industry, in Supply Chain and Logistics we have a lot of Acronyms and Abbreviations. 4PL 4th Party Logistics – A step beyond 3PL, 4PL providers manage the entire supply chain for a client. COA Certificate of Analysis – A document that confirms a product meets its product specification.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Shippers, brokers, carriers, news organizations and industry analysts rely on DAT for trends and data insights based on a database of $150 billion in annual market transactions. He is responsible for driving strategy, customer engagement, and industry analysis.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 13, 2022

Logistics Industry Outlook with John Larkin. John Larkin and Joe Lynch discuss the logistics industry outlook. Clarendon remains 100% focused on the transportation & logistics industry, broadly defined. Brown and Sons’ transportation team, AVP – Planning and Analysis at CSX Transportation, Inc.,

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TransAudit

MAY 14, 2024

In today’s interconnected global economy, supply chain disruptions have become a prevalent challenge for businesses across various sectors. The Cost of Supply Chain Disruptions Recent studies, including one conducted by Accenture , have highlighted the staggering costs associated with supply chain disruptions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For companies that want to go beyond the traditional spreadsheet, which cannot handle this ocean of information efficiently, statistical methods such as cluster analysis can help. What is Cluster Analysis? Cluster analysis is a statistical umbrella term for methods that classify data points according to their attributes.

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Fleet Overcapacity The container shipping industry has experienced significant growth in recent years, leading to an increase in vessel capacity. However, the economic slowdown has left many shipping companies with excess capacity, exacerbating the problem of overcapacity in the industry. Source: Clarksons, ING Research 3.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2024

If you’ve considered a career in supply chain management, you’re stepping into a field that keeps the world moving. The supply chain industry is the backbone of global commerce, ensuring that goods make their way from production to customers effectively and efficiently.

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IoT World Today

MAY 21, 2020

Key Takeaways from This Article: COVID-19 has unveiled the fragility of a global supply chain predicated on lowest-cost principles. Increasing supply chain data visibility is a priority for logistics organizations looking to improve resilience. The COVID-19 crisis has hit the global supply chain from all sides.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Last year, many in the supply chain technology industry were warning companies all over the globe to prepare for the unknown. There is optimism around the corner, but a sunny outlook isn’t enough; it’s past time for supply chain leaders to transform their supply chains to become more agile.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 8, 2023

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the supply chain management industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

Container xChange has released a Container LogTech predictions report for 2023, which highlights important global trends that the shipping and supply chain industry will witness in 2023. In that case, it will cause disruptions in global supply chains. ‘‘Two, The overall outlook for the year 2023 remains gloomy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I work in supply chain. If I had done due diligence, I’d have seen the warnings – the retailer had pretty pictures on their website, but their supply chain failed them, creating an eleven-month saga and unhappy customer. The failure was in supply chain orchestration – connecting planning to execution.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain. you have to make your supply chain successful too. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers Now for those statistics I mentioned. If you want business success (and who doesn’t?),

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 6, 2023

The marijuana supply chain is an interesting market to follow. Like any agricultural product, there are ebbs and flows to its supply and demand. However, from a purely supply chain standpoint, the marijuana market strikes a similar delicate balance to other perishables.

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MTS Logistics

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Some of the risks and unknowns noted at the beginning of the year were supply chain delays, inflation, geographical conflicts, elections (India, U.S., policy is over, and all industry stakeholders are positioning themselves according to the potential disruptive policies in the horizon. East Coast port strike.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 17, 2023

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the supply chain management industry.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2024

BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) has revealed new research exposing the magnitude of software supply chain cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the UK public sector. Worryingly, it took more than two in five of organisations more than a week to recover.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MAY 19, 2020

The supply chain industry has also been affected severely. 12,000 clicks of that survey and the analysis and a 95% engagement rate told us that in times of strife, people want to come together, understand what is going on and help each other out of this situation. Eric Johnson (Host) Senior Editor, Technology – JOC.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

Belcorp’s Maturity in Supply Chain Design. Belcorp Corporation has actively worked to be a leader in ensuring that their people can effectively use a complex type of software known as supply chain design. It requires a company to further leverage the supply chain design philosophy.

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Trinity Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2024

Businesses constantly seek innovative solutions for their supply chains to streamline operations, reduce costs, and enhance customer experience. I’m going to answer that question for you as well as offer some practical insights into how you should be implementing Generative AI in your supply chain. What is Generative AI?

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 22, 2023

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the supply chain management industry.

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MTS Logistics

MAY 3, 2024

Across all industries, women are stepping into leadership roles previously only held by men. In the world of supply chains, an increase in the percentage of women participating in managerial processes is driving institutional change of the male-dominated status quo. What is the history of women in the supply chain industry?

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 18, 2024

Every industry, from retail to construction, relies on its supply chain for processes and operations to be successful. Wincanton , experts in infrastructure logistics, have provided insight into how to anticipate issues within the supply chain. These disruptions can have a huge impact later down the supply chain.

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TransAudit

JUNE 27, 2023

The supply chain, an integral part of modern commerce, continues to evolve, learning from the impacts of industry trends and global events over the years. In the realm of supply chain management, machine learning’s capabilities are indispensable. It thrives on reliable, high-quality, and timely information.

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