The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2024

Tom Moore is a visionary entrepreneur with a track record of establishing and growing thriving supply chain software companies. His multifaceted background uniquely makes him a leader who understands the challenges and opportunities within the supply chain ecosystem.

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Cyzerg

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In today's interconnected world, supply chain disruptions have become a common challenge for businesses across industries. In this article, we will explore the strategies and solutions that businesses can employ to navigate these stormy waters, overcome disruptions, and orchestrate the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 23, 2024

As we reflect on the past year, the logistics and supply chain industry has undergone significant transformations, driven by technological advancements, evolving market demands, and a renewed focus on sustainability. As we close out 2024, we extend our warmest wishes for the holiday season and look forward to a prosperous and innovative 2025.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 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 Solvoyo and looks at the importance of a control tower. What is a Control Tower? This prioritization leads to overall efficiency improvements.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Key Challenges in Fresh Grocery & Supermarket Supply Chains. Original article: Key Challenges in Fresh Grocery & Supermarket Supply Chains. Grocery retail supply chains have known a not-so-subtle secret for a number of years now: fresh is in. The State of Fresh Grocery & Supermarket Supply Chai n.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

According to Bloomberg , the coffee supply chain is struggling with constrained supply and increase in prices is inevitable. Traditional, linear supply chains struggle to adapt. This article explores how adaptive supply chains can help businesses thrive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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. Today’s article comes from Greca Manuzzi, Senior Expert Product Marketing at Kinaxis, and explores breaking down silos in material and transportation planning.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 16, 2025

If you’ve ever tried to buy a new car during the chip shortage or waited months for furniture delivery, you’ve experienced firsthand what happens when supply chains break down. Supply chain resilience is your business’s ability to bounce back when things go wrongand in today’s world, things will go wrong.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2022

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 is from Asena Denizeri & Anil Gurbuz at Solvoyo and examines the challenges around supply chain planning for 2022 and beyond.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

When companies want to digitally transform their supply chain capabilities, moving to an integrated business planning process (IBP) is often at the heart of the transformation. The roots of IBP are in sales & operations planning (S&OP). Mr. Sorenson has studied integrated business planning for many years.

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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. Here are two scenarios that demonstrate the differences.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2025

Thats what well explore in the article, both as a general indication of the supply chains impact on future business performance, and a guide for potential investors. Which Supply Chain Approaches Will Drive ROI for Investors?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Companies implementing supply chain planning (SCP) have traditionally been very big companies or companies with complex supply chains. Neither of the customers highlighted in this article fall into that category. Supply chain planning is not just for the big boys.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2023

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 is from Patrick Byers, DevOps Engineer at Lucas Systems, and looks at cybersecurity planning frameworks. To read the full article, click HERE.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Now more than ever, organizations must prepare their supply chain for the present and the unknown challenges and opportunities in the future. Integrating external factors like consumer price indexes, GDP trends, climate change, and others into the forecast can improve signaling for supply chain design.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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. Today’s article is from Ahmad Jiwani at Coupa and looks at supply chain design. How often do you revisit and update your supply chain designs? Once a year?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Many large enterprises use one form or another of a supply chain application to help manage their supply chains. Supply chain vendors have been touting their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) for the last several years. Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2023

Companies and supply chains continue to face unprecedented challenges and, in some cases, unprecedented opportunities. To be successful in this volatile environment leaders must focus on supply chain planning and more specifically Integrated Business Planning (IBP).

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IoT World Today

MARCH 27, 2020

From shortages of personal protective equipment to a variety of grocery items to electronics and apparel, coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) has hit the global supply chain in expected and unforeseen ways, and it seems likely that it could take many months to recover. But 44% of respondents didn’t have a plan to deal with it.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, weve stressed the importance of simplicity in distribution network design , and we will return to that topic later in this article. It’s not a short list, so we’ll set it down here as a summary to help you with plans for analysis.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

Has your company ever suffered problems with, implemented, or even considered implementing a sales and operations (S&OP) planning process? More to the point, though, for S&OP to be effective, it matters not whether a company uses Excel spreadsheets or the latest best-of-breed sales and operations planning software.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This article will focus only on outsourced warehousing contracts, including those related to fulfillment centers. Research has shown that up to 80% of Supply Chain costs may be locked in at the design stage of the Supply Chain. This will protect your business interests and the integrity of the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Supply chain resiliency and sustainability are top priorities for CEOs today. To achieve these goals, corporate leadership must focus on two key areas: shift from internally focused supply chains to collaborative supply networks and actively design their supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 13, 2023

Pharmaceutical companies run two types of supply chains. There is the commercial supply chain where drugs that have been approved for use on patients are shipped to distributors, drug stores, and hospitals around the world. Then there is a clinical trials supply chain. The clinical trials supply chain would be much smaller.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our website, check them out: Sales and Operations Planning: The Interpersonal Element What is Sales and Operations Planning What do you need to have an effective one? Watch the full video below as we discuss what makes the S&OP work.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2021

This article was written to concisely aggregate and communicate that information from a supply chain perspective. The Covid-19 supply chain is incredibly complex, involving large volumes and numerous partners. McKesson is serving as a centralized distributor of the Moderna vaccine and the associated supply kits.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 24, 2024

Today’s article is the fifth part in a series featuring surveys from APQC on supply chain topics including ESG in supply chain , environmental sustainability , last mile , digital transformation. In May 2024, APQC gathered insights from supply chain professionals on Robotic Process Automation in supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2021

This article was written to concisely aggregate and communicate that information from a supply chain perspective. The Covid-19 supply chain is incredibly complex, involving large volumes and numerous partners. McKesson is serving as a centralized distributor of the Moderna vaccine and the associated supply kits.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

There are some young supply chain technologies that are getting a lot of buzz. In this article, the main hyped, promising, and solid solutions but widely adopted technologies in supply chain management are discussed. We continue to see companies pitching their blockchain solutions in the supply chain realm. Blockchain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2023

In February 2023 I wrote the article What Does 2023 Have In-Store for Global Supply Chains? It introduced the survey we had just launched to determine the perceptions, priorities, and strategic initiatives of today’s supply chain and logistics executives. Meanwhile, labor constraints are as binding as ever.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 29, 2022

Original article: The First 50 Speakers Confirmed for Manifest Vegas 2023. The program will address the most pressing issues across Global Logistics Operations & Supply Chains. Planning is well underway for Manifest 2023, the premier event for the Global Logistics and Supply Chain tech community.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

But the fact of the matter is, industry leaders who want to avoid crashing their business on the shoals need to balance the daily hand-to-hand combat with some serious, long-term planning. When you look back 18 months to the start of the pandemic, the first shock waves to hit global supply chains were all related to demand.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 4, 2023

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. Today’s article comes from Erin Sun at Oracle and identifies five supply chain success factors CPG companies need to know for increased profitability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2022

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 is from Zheyuan Du at Kinaxis and discusses unconventional solutions to excess inventory challenges. To read the full article, click HERE.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

ARC is getting ready for our Supply Chain Forum on February 16 th and 17 th. End users – supply chain practitioners working for manufacturers, distributors, or retailers – can attend for free. So instead of giving a speech on this, I am repurposing this content into an article. I was originally scheduled to speak.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 10, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions to global supply chains. The pandemic has shown us the fragility of commercial supply chains; it gives us a reason to think about what a disruption to supply chains might have for the outcomes of military operations. Supply Chains.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 10, 2020

To the uninitiated (which included me at one stage), these industries are same or similar and it might come across that there is no difference between Maritime, Shipping, Freight, Logistics, Supply Chain and Trade. Top 10 Countries supplying seafarers. Top 10 Countries supplying seafarers. By Deadweight Capacity. Officer Rank.

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