SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 12, 2022

Procurement in manufacturing companies is often not done correctly. With direct and indirect materials making up at least 50% of typical manufacturing costs, the procurement function could be re-imagined so companies can be more responsive to customer demands and more agile when dealing with supply chain challenges.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The law firm Crowell & Moring recently released a survey-based report that looked at how companies are navigating pressures to improve their environmental performance. In effect, some pension funds, seek to improve the performance of the pension by lowering risks across the entire economy.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2020

Perhaps your company is among the half of all enterprises already deploying AI to solve supply chain problems or improve performance. Whether it is or not, though, you might find the following examples of AI application in supply chain operations interesting, intriguing—or even inspirational. AI as an Aid to Procurement Communications.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

Much of this newfound optimism is attributable to a record jobs report in January – and yet we’ve seen a spate of layoffs in tech and other industries. Once that’s in place, CFOs will notice: Improved margin by lowering your cost of goods sold. The big-picture macroeconomic signals we’re getting of late seem to bear this out.

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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. The most interesting thing that Blue Yonder is doing from an OMS standpoint is driving promising and pre-sourcing to retailers.

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CLX Logistics

JUNE 27, 2023

Why Rail Freight Operations are Successful The key to success and safety in rail freight lies in effectively documenting, tracking, managing, and maintaining equipment and assets. CLX Logistics, for example, possesses a deep understanding of regulatory requirements and railroad operations.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 7, 2019

FSMA applies to: Food transported in bulk, where the food touches the walls of the vehicle (Example: juices). Packaged foods not fully enclosed by a container (Example: fresh produce). Food that require temperature control for safety (Example: beef). WMS, TMS, documentation. Continuous improvement. Documentation.

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Dedola Global Logistics

JUNE 9, 2020

Importing goods is an ever-changing field, especially as technology improves and customs requirements change. Document Complexity. The complexity of documents varies widely depending on the industry. For example, agricultural imports require a more thorough set of documents detailing the quality of the products.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 20, 2024

Common issues include: Lack of data-source integration. The ability to gather and compare data from multiple sources is vital to making real-time decisions. Storage costs increase significantly when you duplicate data across multiple sources. In recent years, the amount of data available to most companies has exploded.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Already, half of all enterprises are using AI and/or robotics to tackle problems in the supply chain and to improve its performance. TMS applications, even without AI, have been helping companies improve performance in the following ways: By optimising truckload routes and less-than-truckload shipments. Procurement Communications.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 16, 2023

When correctly employed, supply chain automation can save precious money and time, improve your business’s productivity, and prepare it for the future. Processing documents is one of the most time-hungry tasks in supply chains. Since time is money, a natural by-product of improved productivity and efficiency is lowered costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 17, 2023

Better systems at customs agencies can lead to increases in cycle times for companies that are not on top of the complex documentation requirements associated with trade. In short, customs compliance must become proactive and strategic rather than just focused on having the proper documentation and accurately paying duties.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Editor's Note: As of late you may have noticed we have written a lot about procurement and the future of procurement. A large part of procurement is finalizing the contract and then the follow through of the determined deliverables in that agreement. For example: Inventory Record Accuracy has to be 98-100% accurate daily.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2021

There is much better access to all sorts of information that can be used to improve supply chain processes then there was even a few years ago. An EDI VAN enables the secure exchanges of electronic business documents, such as purchase orders and invoices, with trading partners—via electronic data interchange format.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 14, 2024

Transitioning to a digital commerce platform that integrates with your ERP can enable you to meet customers’ self-service requirements, unlock new revenue sources, and deepen customer engagement and loyalty. Improving your rate of successful transactions bolsters margins and preserves customer goodwill.

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Trinity Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2022

For example, take an area of the supply chain that has had this form of technology applied to it, quite successfully, for many years – route optimization. . Take Gato from DeepMind, a division of Alphabet, as an example. As a 3PL we rely on two primary skills – intelligent use of data and building and maintaining relationships.

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20Cube Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Today, AI plays an important role in modern supply chain optimization. For example, in a warehouse, AI helps retailers to maintain an edge for supply chain operations and product delivery. Improve your supply chain process with AI. Chatbot in operational procurement. Document invoices and payment requests.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

Driver dwell is a key source of driver dissatisfaction and contributes to the driver shortage. Kimberly-Clark knows that making your processes visible is a major step toward improving efficiency,” Ms. K-C needed one solution … to understand where loads are all across the organization” based on “one source of truth.”

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Dedola Global Logistics

JUNE 9, 2020

Importing goods is an ever-changing field, especially as technology improves and customs requirements change. Document Complexity The complexity of documents varies widely depending on the industry. For example, agricultural imports require a more thorough set of documents detailing the quality of the products.

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Dedola Global Logistics

JUNE 9, 2020

Importing goods is an ever-changing field, especially as technology improves and customs requirements change. Document Complexity. The complexity of documents varies widely depending on the industry. For example, agricultural imports require a more thorough set of documents detailing the quality of the products.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

Next, I would have to fine-tune the planning by shuffling orders between the loads until I had ‘optimised’ the routes for that areaon a purely subjective basismeaning that I had to be the sole judge of what was optimal. Automated route planning software is improving in effectiveness and costs are coming down.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 10, 2020

Supply Chain = the whole granddaddy process comprising of all aspects in a product cycle, for example from picking of the fruit at a farm in Point A to delivering the fruit to the shelf at a store in Point B using all of the above-mentioned industries, businesses and services. Improving political relations. Supply Chain. Trillion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 13, 2022

Source: Osha Certified Warehouse Worker. In particular, I am interested in labor as a critical resource at these facilities and ways of improving productivity, with the understanding that workers are people. These changes include both compensation and work environment improvements. Yes, fourth motion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Workers from picking and packing to planning and procurement are in short supply, stimulating interest in increasing productivity of the existing workforce. Consider a planner in Brazil working with the previous lead time prediction example, who has forgotten how to update the parameters.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 24, 2017

You can also use TMS to optimize multi-pick, multi-drop and continuous moves while exploring backhaul options to eliminate empty miles. Optimize modal choices to eliminate extra vehicles. Transportation optimization is another option offered by some TMS providers. Automate processes to reduce reliance on paper.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With the focus in the automotive industry being improving quality, safety, reducing costs, optimizing processes, and ultimately improving time-to-customer throughout the supply chain, having a strong traceability within your organization is a key component to overall success.

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Dedola Global Logistics

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Our over four decades in logistics meant we had the knowledge, systems, and long-established relationships with manufacturers overseas to source and transport the vital PPE. For instance, we know the proper packaging and internal documentation PPE shipments must-have. We take extra steps to optimize the process.

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Image source: iStocks | What is LTL Shipping and How Does it Work? For example, less-than-truckload shipping requires 12 linear feet and pallets ranging from one to six, with a maximum of 10 pallets per truck. They will point out the documents that you need to prepare, such as business invoicing for air or ocean shipments.

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Shipchain

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Blockchain could streamline the management of paperwork and documentation which would lower freight spend for ocean carriers by up to 20%. A combined system will also leverage open-source software to ensure compatibility. It will lower transportation costs, optimize logistics, and enhance food safety protocols.

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RPA Labs

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

It’s important to consider this example when pursuing robot process automation workflow. Other important reports provide alerts of business slowdowns to promote better optimization. When an RPA is not confident about the next steps with a document or data set, this exception gets added to a human employee’s workflow.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It’s the combination of various automated systems such as robotics, sensors and software to streamline warehouse operations, reduce labor costs and improve accuracy. Today warehouse automation is a key part of modern supply chain management, to improve efficiency, reduce costs and customer satisfaction.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 10, 2020

One example is the Australian Strategic Domestic Munitions Manufacturing contract, which allows industry access to government-owned/contractor-operated (GOCO) facilities to produce the most critical explosives and ordnance. These two examples highlight the dependency on just one facility as the main source for a military-specific product.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 22, 2023

Intralogistics has been very successful for years in automating manual activities and thus sustainably improving ergonomics within the internal and external supply chain. How, for example, must future user interfaces or tools be designed? They are the source of ideas and critical testers”, Johannes Schweiger says.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

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. For example, you don’t want to assume that a single logistics strategy and service approach will meet all your customers’ needs. Inventory optimization software.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 30, 2022

For example: Alignment of strategy and cost leads to happy shareholders. They will be pleased to guide, support, and assist you and your fellow supply chain leaders to develop or improve your supply chain strategy, and align it with the cost and service pillars. Why does the C-suite want the three pillars aligned?

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The Lean Thinker

MARCH 23, 2023

During the war there was huge growth and turnover within the industrial base as production shifted from civilian products (locomotives, for example) to wartime production (tanks). Job Methods, teaching the skill of analyzing work with an eye to improve efficiency. War Manpower Commission. It is about the 1944 material.

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