The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2023

Bart is Chief Industry Officer at project44 where he drives supply chain industry thought leadership and supports customers with their logistics and supply chain strategies. He also leads the Sustainability strategy and roadmap at project44. Bart is also a member of the WEF, SCLA, CSCMP and TIA.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The data can be used to identify inefficiencies in the supply chain, improve inventory management, and streamline operations. Data can also be used to generate reports and insights that can help distributors improve their business regarding everything from pricing and product selection to marketing and sales strategies.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 16, 2025

Just as your body needs multiple defense mechanisms to fight off illness, your supply chain needs various strategies to handle disruptions, whether they’re local supplier issues or global crises. When we talk about building a resilient supply chain, we’re not just discussing having backup suppliers or extra inventory.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Is supply chain inventory the problem?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2025

Global supply chains have been tested repeatedly by a series of disruptive events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S.-China The prevailing strategy was to produce goods in low-cost countries and distribute them globally, optimizing for economies of scale. China trade disputes, and natural disasters.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2025

For example, with a data gateway, a supply planner gains accelerated access to customer orders, inventory levels, and transportation schedules, all in one place, to increase the user experience of making the right choice to identify inefficiencies and make better, more informed decisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2021

Promotion Management is defined as optimizing the utilization of tools, strategies, and resources to promote a product that will generate additional demand. Why should we consider Promotion Planning in Inventory Management? Whether it be e-commerce, brick-and-mortar, or both, retail companies care about the inventory they keep.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

Each client may have unique workflows, inventory characteristics, and throughput requirements. Handle Peak Demand Demand spikes, such as those during holidays or major promotional events, can overwhelm unprepared warehouses. High throughput ensures swift inventory movement, reduces time to market, and enhances cash flow.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

Effective inventory management has become increasingly crucial for businesses in this fast-paced and rapidly evolving era of ecommerce. Moreover, the ecommerce explosion has brought new and unique challenges that complicate inventory management for enterprises selling online.

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EazyStock

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Inventory Control Techniques that use Stock Optimization Best Practices. There are hundreds of inventory control blog posts on how to organize warehouses, track goods and pick and pack efficiently. Firstly, let’s get a few definitions: What is inventory control? 6 Inventory Control Techniques to Optimize Stock Levels.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 25, 2025

MES and MOM in Industry Strategy and the Smart Factory Many advanced manufacturers have an industry strategy that aligns and supports the overall business strategy and its objectives. However, it should be noted that certain vendors refer to MES because it is familiar. What is an MES?

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2025

Whether you’re managing a distribution center, coordinating fleet operations, or shaping global supply strategy, understanding how to deploy and scale digital twins may be your next competitive edge. Static workflows based on outdated assumptions are no match for todays rapidly shifting inventory demands.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JULY 11, 2024

Whether it’s the seasonal spikes or sudden increases due to events, being able to predict and adjust to these fluctuations is key. Grasping Demand Dynamics In food and beverage shipping, demand can vary significantly based on factors like seasons and events.

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Camelot 3PL Software

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Anticipated shifts in trade policies, regulatory frameworks, and economic strategies will directly affect 3PL operations. For instance, proposed tariff hikes on imports could lead to increased shipping costs and necessitate adjustments in inventory management strategies. The 2024 U.S. Recent labor strikes at U.S.

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Log-hub

JANUARY 8, 2025

From new tech breakthroughs to changing customer expectations and unexpected global events, businesses need to stay flexible and ready to adapt. Thats why its more important than ever to focus on strategies that work and make them part of your plan moving forward. Why it matters?

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Stord

MAY 8, 2024

Deploying Modern E-Commerce Strategies Leveraging modern e-commerce strategies like pre-orders, influencer marketing, order consolidation (combining multiple orders into a single shipment), bundles, and upsells is currently a major operational and technical challenge for most DTC brands.

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3PL Links

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

With logistics, labor, and inventory costs on the rise, finding targeted ways to reduce expenses can have a significant impact on your bottom line. Here are seven proven strategies every supply chain manager should explore to streamline operations, boost efficiency, and drive profitability.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This will involve diversifying supplier bases, increasing inventory buffers, and leveraging digital twins to simulate and prepare for various scenarios. By fostering closer relationships with suppliers and partners, businesses can ensure a more agile response to unforeseen events.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Inventory management is a crucial aspect of supply chain management, and effective strategies can help businesses reduce costs, improve customer service, and increase profits. But what does a great inventory management strategy look like? Amazon did not invent the random storage approach.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

So everything in the retailer’s Supply Chain strategy needs to be focused on the customer, and of course the shareholders, that goes without saying. Effective retail supply chain management also helps to manage inventory levels, reduce waste and ultimately customer satisfaction. COGs will go down, but inventory levels will go up.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Your organization’s ability to anticipate disruption, adapt to events, and build resiliency is rooted in how you maintain operational continuity. A wide range of events could prevent your supply chain from operating normally, but not all events have an equal impact. The average cost of a data breach reached $3.86

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Amul, a household name in India, owes its success to several key factors: strict hygiene standards, high-quality products, product diversification, effective marketing strategies, and efficient supply chain management. GCMMF relies on strong-recall advertising rather than heavy expenditures. through net-enabled kiosks in the villages.

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TransAudit

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Companies that rely on reactive strategies risk falling behind, while those that prioritize resilience are better equipped to thrive. Reactive strategies focus on addressing issues as they arise, but these approaches: Lack foresight to predict disruptions. fill rates, inventory accuracy, and forecast reliability).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2024

Situation Companies are increasingly confronted with complex planning scenarios due to predictable events such as mergers and acquisitions, category expansions, supplier changes, and distribution evolution, as well as disruptive events including demand volatility, material shortages, capacity constraints, and logistical surprises.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

Overlaying a dynamic layer on top of the WMS can sometimes be the the best and most efficient strategy. AI-driven tools optimize batch assignments by analyzing pick paths, order priorities, inventory, and travel costs in real time.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2021

Whether it’s a pandemic, severe weather events, trade disputes and tariffs, economic upheaval, or even unexpected surges in customer demands, you can’t prepare for every eventuality. Large companies with a supply chain risk strategy already in place couldn’t fully cope with the impact of the pandemic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It is important to have a robust incident response plan in place for your distribution operation in the event of a cybersecurity breach. This plan should outline specific steps to be taken in the event of a breach, including who to contact and how to contain and mitigate the damage. It should also include regular testing and updating.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

But for that special class of disruption, the low-probability, high-impact events like natural disasters, epidemics and other upheavals, organizations don’t know how to mitigate the risk and successfully manage their supply chains, and are now trying to find their way through the minefield of issues and challenges with no clear solution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

Take events into consideration: Machine learning uses historical trends and events that can impact transit times, and use this information to provide predictions. These can include traffic conditions, port congestion, storms, and holiday closures. Derek has 27 years of experience in supply chain software.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 21, 2017

At the next Logistics Bureau Free Executive Breakfast (which will take place in August), I’ll be discussing the alignment of supply chain and business strategy along with eight other important levers for supply chain performance improvement. The Failing Kmart Business Strategy. The first Kmart store opened way back in 1962.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2021

Disruptions were caused by a wide range of issues, including shutdowns driven by country/state/regional requirements or shutdowns due to health events at the supplier’s site. Poor granularity means shippers do not know where to prioritize their fulfillment strategies, and that may be more likely to disproportionately distribute inventory.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

This ensures the secure, high-capacity, and bi-directional transfer of essential information such as master data on products, customers, production-distribution infrastructure, transactional data on sales, inventory status and position, transportation execution data, external data e.g. competitor pricing, weather, recommendations, action triggers.

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FreightWaves SONAR

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The freight market continues to battle the freight recession that has been ongoing for over two years, and there have been signs that the market is slightly more sensitive to outside events. With tools like SONAR, tracking across all the various modes, it becomes easy to identify when others in the industry are changing strategies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

A study by E2open – the 2021 Forecasting and Inventory Benchmark Study: Supply Chain Performance During the Covid-19 Pandemic – provides the answers. The company provides demand and inventory planning solutions based on a public cloud architecture. During the pandemic, extreme error events rose to 38%. 2020 was different.

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IoT World Today

MAY 21, 2020

Practitioners must develop a data analytics strategy that gives them insight into supply chain aberrations before catastrophe sets in. “If But with a black-swan event, it just magnifies the risk.”. No one wants to hold inventory. Sign up for virtual event updates here. ]. Legacy systems couldn’t talk to one another.

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ECW

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Our discussion spanned various critical areas, including the distinguishing features of these commodities, the impact of global supply chain dynamics, and the essential strategies for managing risks and operational challenges. Were all dealing with the same issuesgeopolitical instability, economic fluctuations, and extreme weather events.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 25, 2021

These disruptions, which will only get more frequent in the coming years as major weather events wreak havoc on freight transportation, have supply chain stakeholders scrambling from crisis to crisis. For retailers, supply chain sustainability is part of the conversation about inventory.

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