Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2023

In this conversation, Asena and I talked about autonomous planning in supply chain. Second, what is autonomous planning in supply chain, and what are some practical examples? Third, is autonomous planning feasible for all companies of all sizes? And finally, how does a company achieve autonomous planning?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

According to one survey , only 27% of leaders believe that they have the talent needed to meet current supply chain performance requirements. What should supply chain leaders be looking for to close the talent gap? AGCO Logistics Team Accepts Prestigious Supply Chain Award. Mr. Stevens talked about their supply chain initiative.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

It’s not a short list, so we’ll set it down here as a summary to help you with plans for analysis. “What-if” data: Scenario simulation to assess the impact of design options under various conditions. Things can become more challenging when designing improvements to an existing network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In the supply chain arena, the need to make course corrections is exploding. This lifecycle is essential where timely and accurate decisions can significantly impact supply chain efficiency, safety, customer service, and profitability. Currently, suppliers of supply chain technologies support 25 AI-based supply chain use cases.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This solution allows human resource managers to review performance against over 50 external workforce key performance indicators, access global market intelligence (including rates, talent supply and demand, and time-to-hire trends), and track progress across diversity and worker health and safety initiatives.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2022

My recent conversations with the supply chain practitioners are dominated by supply chain risk — specifically geopolitical risks in light of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Even companies that serve markets and rely on supply chains that are not directly affected by the conflict are starting to feel the effects of the war.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Transportation is, of course, a major source of green house emissions. A transportation management system (TMS) allows a shipper or carrier to plan the most cost-effective set of shipments that meets service level goals. For example, Oracle is using average emission from a 5-ton truck, or a bulk tanker.

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The Lean Thinker

JULY 2, 2024

Of course, a high stock price enriches those people who already own shares, and makes options and stock grants more valuable, but they didn’t get into that either. They used those times to build what were essentially Gantt Charts of the production plan for each worker.

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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

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Looking to real-life examples for inspiration, we can ask, ‘Who does reverse logistics well?’ Reverse logistics, while not being the opposite of forward logistics, is still about products moving backwards in the supply chain. A plan is necessary, possibly based on one of the following strategies.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Global supply chains suffer from limited visibility and a general want for supply chain intelligence in carrier sourcing , freight tendering and all other processes. Fully 70% of companies say their supply chain is either very or extremely complex and only 6% of companies have full visibility within their supply chains.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

That can make it difficult to meet your delivery times unless you take proactive steps now to minimize the risk in your supply chain. With all of the regular disruptors, it’s best to be as proactive as you can in your planning. Which means that, as it does every year at this time, space is about to get very tight. Final Thoughts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course – or worse, sink you – it’s understandable that long-term thinking can get chucked overboard like so much extra ballast. So let’s plan for it. A “planful” way forward. It’s all about plowing through the next wave.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2022

It occurred to me that many of you are also responsible for navigating this dynamic environment of post-pandemic demand shifts, inflationary pressures, supply shortages, rising interest rates, and a potential economic downturn. For example, interest rate hikes tend to deter lower priority investments and those that require debt financing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Getting started with AI in supply chain might not start where you think. Some try delving into deep learning or a crash course in generative AI (GenAI), but I don’t recommend starting there. Instead start with the foundation of your AI strategy, which should be an understanding of your company’s supply chain and your data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2023

Franklin Sports needed to protect sales in this category by improving their pickleball supply chain. To achieve that, Franklin Sports supply chain needed to be improved significantly. For example, pickleball has been the fastest growing sport in America for 3 years. It also did not make for a reliable supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

In 2018, DHL Supply Chain announced its plans to deploy emerging technologies in 350 of its North American facilities. Of course, we subsequently share interesting insights in Logistics Viewpoints articles. DHL Supply Chain has instituted a well-defined process for vetting and adopting warehouse technologies.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

Planning a Warehouse Network and Design: Key Factors to Consider. Some Tips for Multi-Warehouse Network Planning. Let’s begin with a look at network planning, because whether your company requires one warehouse or five, your service, efficiency, and costs will be influenced heavily by your choice of location and capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In February, Klaus Niebur, the director of global supply chain risk management at Autoliv, and Jan Thiessen, the managing director at targetP!, spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management at ARC Advisory Group’s Digital Transformation in Industry conference. in turn, is a boutique procurement consultancy.

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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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Material Handling and Logistics

AUGUST 31, 2018

The solutions to supply chain problems boil down to the right combination of three factors—technology, data and processes. In the supply chain, problems are often overcomplicated. However, manufacturers, 3PLs and others in the supply chain often get lost in the details. That’s not true. Trouble finding skilled labor”.

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Log-hub

DECEMBER 10, 2024

One crucial yet often overlooked aspect of the supply chain is reverse logistics. At its core, reverse logistics deals with the flow of products moving backwards in the supply chain. Furthermore, the process involves sorting, inspecting, and determining the best course of action for each item, which demands significant time and effort.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Anytime you have a chance to talk to an executive vice president in charge of the global supply chain of a nearly $12 billion corporation, you know you will learn some things. Cameron Bailey, EVP of Global Supply Chain at VF Corporation, did not disappoint. Achieving Agility with Regional Supply Chains. Bailey exclaimed.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

Massive supply chain disruptions are being experienced around the globe, and the causes are many and complex. Factors affecting the supply chain. There’s no doubt that the pandemic, with its harsh lockdowns and impact on economies worldwide, has played a dramatic role in the supply chain disruptions being experienced by manufacturers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 25, 2022

Of course, change is always occurring. But it has certainly been more pronounced recently within the supply chain world. This is evident from the widespread global supply chain disruptions that we all read about daily. Brian provided some specific omni-channel examples with easy to envision benefits.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 2, 2021

Whether you’re planning to benchmark your supply chain or simply trying to improve how you measure its performance, it makes sense to know a little about the most commonly used KPIs for each supply chain component. A lot will depend on the nature of your industry and the categories of supplies that you receive.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 13, 2020

You already know the biggest supply chain disruption of 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic. With that said, how can you keep your supply chain running as smoothly as possible in the meantime? The prevailing effects of COVID-19 are uncertainty and disruption; the key to planning ahead for 2021 will be to analyze the effects of 2020.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. The company bought a risk solution that provides real-time alerts to potential supply disruptions. We knew exactly what we couldn’t get.”

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 23, 2017

Call it a cop-out if you like, but seriously, predicting which logistics and supply chain trends will make a difference to businesses in any given year has become notoriously difficult, given the speed at which technology in particular can suddenly disrupt the way things are done. The 6 Supply Chain Trends You Can’t Afford to Ignore.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Well, not just for benchmarking, but also for maximum visibility of your supply chain and logistics performance. In answering that question, we’re not going to provide you with a list of possible supply chain KPIs to use in your business—at least, not in this article. How hard can that be?” I hear you ask.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Change can be a good thing, particularly when it comes to getting a better handle on your supply chain spend. Managing supply risk is not a new concept; however, with growing dependence on suppliers paired with more complex global supply chains, it comes with greater challenges. Digitization is Your Friend. How do you do that?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 16, 2018

If supply chain and logistics executives were granted one wish to make their work lives easier and more productive, most of them would probably say, “I wish I had end-to-end supply chain visibility.” Why has end-to-end supply chain visibility been so difficult to achieve? Supply Chain Visibility: The Elusive Goal.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

As you’ll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2024

The complexities associated with an enterprise resource planning system’s available-to-promise functionality can lead an ERP system to be unable to process an order, requiring time-consuming human intervention before an accurate promise can be relayed to customers. This writer has been covering supply chain management for over 25 years.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

So, you are thinking about a career in supply chain? While this article is intended as an evergreen resource, to help you navigate in your search for a supply chain job, and is not a COVID-19-specific guide, the pandemic has galvanized attention on the industry and its criticality. What is the Role of the Supply Chain Worker?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Risk permeates supply chains. The best-laid plans to avoid as many risks as possible often fall on deaf ears in supply chain management, but supply chain executives who take the time to understand the greatest threats can successfully position their companies to overcome such risks. In the short-term future.

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