Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 27, 2024

This article comes from Carlos Díaz Madero, Subdirector Marketing at netLogistiK , and looks at the key trends that are transforming supply chain management. To read the full article, click HERE. The goal is to minimize total operating costs and meet customer service expectations. The customer. ” – Sam Walton, CEO, Walmart.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 12, 2021

Dr. Valsecchi spoke at ARC’s Accelerating Digital Transformation in a Post-COVID World on a 5G panel and then expanded on his thinking after I sent him a draft of the article. Like many other large industrial manufacturers, Covestro has been very interested in 5G as a key enabler of the Smart Factory.

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Material Handling and Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Every article discussed the importance of digitally transforming the supply chain. Production uncertainties are caused by unexpected occurrances, such as yields that are different from forecasts, or factory machines that break down. What can go wrong on the factory floor will go wrong. Everyone seemed to know what it was.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

What Celanese has accomplished is the single best example ARC is aware of employing agentic AI and copilots at scale. He also spoke at the ARC forum in 2023, and this article is based on that presentation as well. Maximizing factory throughput is critical. The company has 55 manufacturing sites across the world. increased to 50.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This article, which is focused on the different types of artificial intelligence used and the types of problems they are solving, is aimed at helping practitioners cut through the hype. Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. Artificial intelligence is beginning to be used to update the data.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 29, 2015

One example of how the IIoT might also pave the way for increased safety can be seen in the video below: Wearables such as Google Glass could lead to not only improved efficiency, but to increased material handling as well. Automation. Automation in manufacturing is not a new concept. Automation in manufacturing is not a new concept.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Article summary. Examples of CSR Programmes. It is always helpful to look at some concrete examples when exploring complex topics. Example #1: Lego. The company says the output from its investments in renewables, such as offshore wind in Germany and Britain, exceeds the energy used at its factories, offices, and stores.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For example, the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals vs. processing liquid waste in the mining industry. In the pharmaceutical example, it is a batch process manufacturing where the products are made as specified groups. Mid-size manufacturers operate mainly in the batch process space and that is what this article focuses on.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 15, 2017

The French automaker Renault, for example, was forced to shut down factories across Europe. Tanguy Deschamps, a 38-year-old who was working at the factory when the virus hit, said the alarms were failing to sound whenever workers tried to alert others to crooked or improperly welded parts.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 12, 2022

As a recent article notes: “for procurement to lead the way, companies will want to reimagine not just what the function does but also how it operates and which new capabilities it will need” (McKinsey – Reimagining procurement for the next normal). This meets all their key performance areas. Agile procurement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 19, 2023

For example, as a picker is moving through the warehouse, their scan gun will read, “go to location XB312 and pick three cases!” This article showed the role eight different technologies play. Companies can invest to make sure their factories are efficient. A WMS tells workers what to do. Let me explain this. It doesn’t.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For example, the longer it takes to complete specific process cycles in the supply chain, the more resources are required to execute those cycles. For example, ocean freight is often the only option for moving large shipments (container loads) of goods internationally. Why is lead time important?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2024

These solutions use natural language processing, for example, to read online publications and other data sources, make sense of what they read, contextualize the data into information, and report supply chain disruptions caused by weather, geopolitical events and other hazards in near real-time.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Importers have been scrambling to find ways to get their cargo from origin factories to their warehouses and ship them out for the Christmas season. For example, the Port of Savannah went from one of the best-performing posts to one of the most-congested in a matter of weeks. after dropping for four consecutive months.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2022

If a supplier’s continued material flow becomes questionable for a wide range of reasons, the way that supplier’s components flow to various factories and nodes in the supply chain is graphically illustrated and the appropriate commodity managers are automatically notified. The full explanation is beyond the scope of this article.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

Because supply chain planning is undergoing something of a technological revolution, this article will focus on o9’s technology and why their CEO believes it is differentiated. When it comes to the constrain-based models, Mr. Gottemukkala continued, it’s not just about modeling the factories and the distribution centers.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Those are the precise questions we’ve set out to answer in this article. For example, you can optimise for cost, profit, or service, but not for all of them. In that case, please read on, as the rest of this article is dedicated to explaining the nine fundamental factors typically contributing to suboptimal inventory levels.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

If you outsource any part of your business to China, consider this article a must-read. On top of factories slowing down in anticipation of the holidays, CNY marks an opportunity for factory workers to reconsider their jobs and seek greener pastures, potentially resulting in a learning curve for when orders start to get processed again.

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Kanban Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2020

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the outsourcing model and the ways it can drive efficiency in your inbound logistics supply chain. By handling inbound logistics yourself, you’re allocating time, money and resources away from your primary goals of increasing factory output and driving sales. What is inbound logistics?

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IoT World Today

MARCH 27, 2020

“Since almost all manufacturing companies have a substantial portion of their supply chain based in China, either directly or through tier 1 or tier 2 or tier 3 suppliers, capacity has dried up because factories are closed or understaffed,” Bailey said. Seifert and Richard Markoff in the article “ Demand for AI in Demand Planning.”.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 17, 2023

In the last few months, however, there has been an avalanche of stories and articles about amazingly powerful AI tools that use everyday language. This time last year artificial intelligence (AI) was an obscure, mainly academic, technology to most of us. The potential and challenges of generative AI are upon us.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 25, 2022

Anyone currently ordering a game console, smartphone or car risks paying more or waiting longer than two years ago (the black market that has been evolving around the ‘new’ PlayStation 5 since September/October is a great example). Building more factories was the most obvious solution. What could be the solution? Why this subject?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

These disruptions occur for myriad reasons, such as factory disruptions in China or ships getting stuck in the Panama Canal. A few examples of where connected ecosystems can make an impact are within sustainability, especially when it comes to measuring emissions, and perfect order delivery.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

On top of all that, billions if not trillions of dollars worth of potential working capital are tied up in illiquid assets such as 90-day invoice payouts or even the real estate value of, say, a warehouse or factory building. a pair of jeans that didn’t come from a sweatshop, for example. Download white paper.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

In this article we’ll go over 5 ways to successfully manage your supplier business so you can fulfill all of these requirements. For example, a warehouse management system (WMS) is crucial to a modern distribution center management. Take Advantage of Technological Innovation. How will your products be stored and how will they move?

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AIMMS

MARCH 2, 2021

Some examples: They have used the same source data, while for S&OP they would aggregate data into monthly and product group buckets , for S&OE they would use the product and day/week level of data. Check out this article if you are curious. What about connections between S&OE and S&OP apps themselves?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

Here are some examples from the past few months: P&G : P&G is undertaking “a multibillion-dollar effort to remake an antiquated and inefficient network of factories, warehouses and offices into a new model that gets goods to stores more quickly,” reported Sharon Terlep in the Wall Street Journal this past February.

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Ship Monk

JULY 28, 2022

This article will show you the difference between these types of inventory and how to calculate Work in Process inventory. If your eCommerce business makes and sells hats, for example, you purchase raw materials such as fabric, thread, leather, ribbon, etc. When Does Inventory Become WIP Inventory? to make the hats.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Thus, if you find out that an expensive transport solution (courier for example) is routinely being used to deliver a low margin product to a customer, you’ll understand that much better if the end result for you turns out to be a loss. Customer-specific services. Returns management. The Value of Knowing Your CTS.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 23, 2017

Summary of other articles. Or a video shot on the factory floor using a mobile phone or a produced training class about an innovative technology. What better way to do that than to start publishing articles about their issues and sending them straight to their inboxes (if they opt in). Podcast or audio. Infographics.

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IoT World Today

MAY 14, 2020

Key takeaways in this article: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, augmented reality may have an immediate impact. Telehealth and teletraining have already benefited from the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) and AR. The idea of a digital twin – having a digital representation of objects – has been around a long time.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Staff in Shanghai Pudong, for example, were required to work for seven days, quarantined at a hotel for seven days, and then quarantined at home for seven days more. Dow, ExxonMobil, and Shell closed down sections of their factories and refineries ahead of the storm. Coronavirus outbreak in India. of year-to-date trade.

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20Cube Logistics

APRIL 15, 2021

In our previous article, we learned about cross-docking (add link), and the benefits it offers to the warehousing companies in India. In this way the factory unit doesn’t have to maintain inventory but can receive it from the manufacturing plant through cross docking.

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

In this article, we’ll take a look at the current warehousing landscape and what you can do to secure storage for your products. A recent article in CNBC looks at the current warehousing landscape in the U.S. Space availability is at an all-time low as both B2C and B2B companies compete for facilities across the country.

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WorkWave

JUNE 10, 2024

In this article, we will outline five steps to help field service businesses calculate their overhead costs effectively. Examples of fixed overhead costs include rent, insurance premiums, property taxes, and salaries of non-production staff. They do not fluctuate with changes in activity levels and are considered fixed expenses.

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Globalior

JULY 3, 2020

Let’s look at an example of a car manufacturer: A car manufacturer may purchase steel from United State of America, plastic resin from China and fabric from India. It may fabricate the steel frame of the car in a factory in France, while it may manufacturer the engine in a factory in South Africa.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 6, 2017

In this article, Cloudwards.net is going to take a look how the Internet of Things works and whether it’s really going to change our lives the way so many people tell us it is. So now some factories basically run themselves, with machines telling each other what they need and when.

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