Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

That factory also aims to rapidly process the raw materials into product. An RFP is a data intensive exercise. This made the data analysis easier. On the inbound side, it was highly reliant on spreadsheet data. This made the data analysis “painful.” Then the clock starts ticking again.” Is this working?”

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In a conversation with Everstream’s chief data officer, the executive told this writer that the company was using artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data to solve this n-tier problem. The company had access to huge amounts of trade data, for example. It is not enough to have data; you need the right kind of data!

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Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Firstly, it recommended conducting realistic wargames and exercises to reflect threats and the capability of the ‘logistics enterprise’ to respond. Thirdly, it articulated the need to protect logistics data which is particularly vulnerable to espionage and manipulation. Nonetheless, ‘how much logistics readiness is enough?’

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Too much leads to resources being monopolised on gathering tons of data and a subsequent risk of “paralysis by analysis” Cost to Serve (CTS) is an approach that helps you avoid both extremes. If profits start to decline afterwards, your CTS data can offer valuable information about what changed and how to get back on track.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

De Beers’ Tracr can provide provenance data for diamonds and track them from the mine to the retail outlet. The result of the collaboration is the Food Trust Blockchain , a distributed ledger solution capable of recording data associated with more than a million individual products. Big Names are Backing Blockchain.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2022

However, we’re also seeing increased supplier collaboration, where customers are sharing inventory levels and demand data with their suppliers, which historically has been disconnected. Historically, this product ‘footprinting’ exercise was both tedious and expensive. It’s going to get bigger and bigger.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 30, 2020

Once this exercise is completed, your company can then assess the risk from tier-two suppliers onwards. Smart software procurement choices, in areas such as business intelligence, risk assessment, and data management, will allow you to make predictive models for supply and demand in times of local, national, or global uncertainty.

Supply Chain Design Software 64

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

However, remember that products or subassemblies that never made it out of the factory may need to travel backwards one or more stages along the supply chain. As market and buying trend data becomes more abundant and IT systems more connected, retailers can better estimate demand and adapt their ordering. Forecast demand better.

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Blog on Log

AUGUST 19, 2006

However, in reality most strategic planning exercises neither embed foresight, nor create responsive networks. At the lowest level of Transaction Automation, inter-enterprise Collaboration involves data and document exchange through EDI or Web. Last month’s feature article talked about ‘Information Factory’.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

This can mean supply chain data, applications, IT systems, and IT account access. This covers security policies, threat awareness, security training, exercises. Factories and warehouses can be built away from other buildings. Business partner. Goods origination, third-party security, foreign customs are examples.

Supply Chain Design Software 63

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

If your supply chain network design has not been under the microscope, and you care about business success, it’s probably time to consider the benefits of a design review and optimisation exercise. A disciplined approach to the collection, cleansing, and standardisation of supply chain data. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 15, 2019

According to DB Schenker, the programme is based on a total of six exercises – each of which instructs learners about the various steps involved by encouraging ‘playful’ learning. Information like stock coverage, FIFO [first-in, first-out] data and quality confirmation is a very powerful tool to connect the worker with the factory.

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Automotive Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A spokesperson for Audi said that every day, 27 of the electrically powered vehicles navigated routes through the factory halls delivering components, such as the front and rear axles, and the electric motor. The data gathered is entered into a central system.

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Conger

MAY 6, 2019

When collecting data to solve a problem, we ask “why” over and over until we believe we have arrived at the root cause. It was difficult to stock and exercise first-in first-out rules. Problem ownership, therefore, is how we empower our team to get decisions made and create the possibility for meaningful change.".

Waste Reduction 59

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 16, 2018

Over the next few hours, the true severity of the incident became clear: a malicious computer program, dubbed “NotPetya”, had infected thousands of computers across the organisation’s worldwide operations, locking users out and encrypting data stored on hard drives. The real-world impact on Maersk’s business was immediate.

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Conger

MAY 6, 2019

When collecting data to solve a problem, we ask “why” over and over until we believe we have arrived at the root cause. It was difficult to stock and exercise first-in first-out rules. Problem ownership, therefore, is how we empower our team to get decisions made and create the possibility for meaningful change.".

Waste Reduction 40

Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 40

Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Now, by pooling their data and using the data analysis capability of information services provider Experian, they will have better estimations of normal and abnormally low rates of consumption, and therefore where to check for delivery of power that is not being paid for. No properly supportive management.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Logistics Network Optimization Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software 40

Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Now, by pooling their data and using the data analysis capability of information services provider Experian, they will have better estimations of normal and abnormally low rates of consumption, and therefore where to check for delivery of power that is not being paid for. No properly supportive management.

Collaboration 40

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2021

Plastics make every kind of product imaginable — from food packaging, appliances, smartphones, and car parts to exercise equipment and roller skates. Products could be sitting in a factory overseas for months because they can’t get loaded onto a ship. SHORTER SUPPLY + HIGHER DEMAND = HIGHER COSTS.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 14, 2025

The Factory Gate Pricing (FGP) and Primary Freight (PF) strategies, as adopted by major grocery retailers, are causing a shudder up the spine of many retail suppliers. What are Factory Gate Pricing and Primary Freight strategies? Under the FGP and PF models, the retailers collect the products from the suppliers factory gate.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

AI thrives on large volumes of data, so it can scale far beyond our cognitive capacity to crunch through reams of information quickly and synthesize the results. Since bias is primarily a problem of the underlying data reflecting existing human bias, efforts must be made to leverage AI’s strengths and mitigate its pitfalls.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 18, 2022

And a hack does not just mean data is stolen, it could be critical information is held hostage or destroyed. In 2018 it was reported , for example, than an iPhone is assembled by workers at Foxconn’s factory in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou; and made of raw materials and components sourced from 43 nations. Detection and Response.

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