Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2021

I was excited to place the order right away so my present would arrive in time for Father’s day. Why should we consider Promotion Planning in Inventory Management? During promotional management, especially for big events around special days and holidays, inventory levels need to be adjusted to meet the peaks in demand.

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WorkWave

JANUARY 21, 2025

Supply chain: Proposed tariffs on foreign imports could lead to increased costs for uniforms, supplies and equipment. This is particularly important during periods of heightened security needs, such as holidays, major events or during peak business seasons.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2021

Marisa Brown, Senior Principal Research Lead, Supply Chain Management at APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center) recently gave a presentation at ARC Advisory Group’s Supply Chain Forum. In her presentation, Ms. Map your supply chain. Create scenario plans. Create plans B, C, and beyond.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

It was a pleasure to attend this month’s Supply Chain Insights Summit in Philadelphia. The conference, organized by Supply Chain Shaman Lora Cecere and her team, was structured around a compelling theme: “imagine the supply chain of 2030.” It’s clear that industry professionals recognize that supply chains: .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

Large swings in supply and demand for different product categories and changes in distribution patterns left logistics managers grappling with the biggest challenge of their careers. Increased lead time accuracy reduces risks involved in transportation and logistics, improving your overall supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.; Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 12, 2025

Weather events will continue to impact in 2025. years on planning and operating through a hub model. For sure, these three carriers have plans on improving the cargo fluidity despite the current shipping environment. Forecasting for advance planning. Mitigating further congestion-related disruptions in 2025.

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MTS Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Global supply chains face numerous challenges impacting the efficient movement of goods and services worldwide. Disruptions and Resilience Natural disasters, such as pandemics (like Covid), geopolitical conflicts, and labor strikes cause supply chains to be vulnerable to disruption. Some of the key challenges include: 1.

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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 Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Dematic invites food retail professionals and experts to its upcoming hybrid event, “What’s in Store for Europe’s Food Retail” on Thursday, 26 October at Dematic UK headquarters in Adderbury (90 minutes from London). The event kicks off with a look at current trends and where food retail is heading.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 27, 2020

Supply chains are evolving fast. To keep up with the fast pace of supply chain evolution it is important for supply chain planners to upgrade their skills and step up their business planning and forecasting techniques. It is about creating a planning process that is agile and flexible enough to integrate future events.

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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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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 5, 2015

For supply chains, this advancing technology enables the building of a framework in which rapid responses and solutions in an increasingly intricate network can be designed and implemented quickly and easily. 11 Improvements by the Deployment of the Internet of Things in the Supply Chain. equipment uptime. Improve service levels.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 3, 2016

At the SAP Insider SCM CRM 2016 event in Vienna this month, Ulrich Mast presented the current status and the planned future for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS), including SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer PPDS (SAP APO PPDS) within the SAP Supply Chain Management suite (SCM) and S/4HANA.

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AIMMS

MAY 28, 2015

This month, I had the pleasure of attending Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix. The theme of the event was “ The Art of Supply Chain: Creative Solutions for the Next Generation.” Planning, innovation and strategy are the areas with the most critical mass and continue to attract a lot of interest.

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MTS Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

COVID-19 and Hanjin’s bankruptcy both have had significant impacts on the global supply chain and share commonalities in the following ways: Disruptions to global trade: both events led to delays and increased costs for shippers and manufacturers who had to find alternative ways to transport their goods.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

It was a pleasure to attend this month’s Supply Chain Insights Summit in Philadelphia. The conference, organized by Supply Chain Shaman Lora Cecere and her team, was structured around a compelling theme: “imagine the supply chain of 2030.” There is an appetite to embrace new technologies to create value in the supply chain.

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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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Talking Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

In fact, at one conference this spring, after delivering a keynote presentation that had nothing to do with technology, the very first question I received from the audience was “What do you think about blockchain and its potential in supply chain management?”. IBM Watson Supply Chain Summit.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 14, 2021

Here at Benchmarking Success, we exist to help our customers improve supply chain performance. Still, since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and the devastating impact it had on many businesses, especially in the initial surge of the virus, supply chain leaders’ attention has been captured by a new performance measure—resilience.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

He also spoke at the ARC forum in 2023, and this article is based on that presentation as well. The Celanese Supply Chain Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a global chemical and specialty materials company with revenues of over $10 billion. The chemical industry has a complex supply chain.

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CH Robinson Logistics

JUNE 18, 2021

And while this market does not lend itself to a silver-bullet solution, there are things shippers can do to keep their supply chain afloat: Be open to hyper flexibility. We need to build resiliency around supply chain and continue to have options to navigate. Prepare for ultra-prioritization. Don’t dismiss historical data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 24, 2022

In May, I attended the Kinaxis Kinexions event in San Diego, CA. At the conference, I was fortunate to see a presentation from Brent Wilson, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Qualcomm. Qualcomm uses the Kinaxis Rapid Response solution for concurrent supply chain planning.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2023

There have been product shortages, supply chain disruptions, and often times, a pullback in investments in research and development. In fact, the company is pledging to push harder in those efforts as it reimagines the supply chain of the future. Angove’s keynote was a deep dive on how the company is planning to invest in innovation.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.; Takeaways from the IBM Watson Supply Chain Summit.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 21, 2015

In order to avoid incidents of mismatch between supply and demand, establish more efficient manufacturing and lower costs, it is necessary to establish an environment of consistent supply chain visibility. One of the often missing links, however, in supply chain visibility, is transportation management.

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Logistics Manager

MARCH 10, 2020

Gartner has released a report detailing how to secure supply chains amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. As global leaders and health officials track the strain and make decisions regarding containment, supply chain leaders need to assess and plan for how the virus will impact global supply chains.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 6, 2018

Supply chain risk is at the forefront of supply chain executives’ minds. Proper risk management can help supply chains navigate the complexities of post-hurricane recovery and increase productivity. Supply Chain Black Swans Are Perceived as Minimal Risks Supply chain black swans are considered inescapable threats.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Supply chain conferences are an excellent way to connect with industry professionals, learn about new technologies, and refine your operation through the experience of others. It is up to your organization to decide which conferences to attend and how you will leverage the information presented. GET YOUR COPY HERE.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 13, 2022

Twenty-seven percent of supply chain leaders have conducted a climate change risk assessment to identify their most critical supply chain risks, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. According to the survey, 44% of respondents have a general sense of potential climate change risks based on previous events.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

JUNE 1, 2023

In this captivating article, we delve into the annals of history to explore the most important events that paved the way for the extraordinary development of logistics as we know it today. It required the establishment of reliable supply chains, leading to the emergence of trade caravans, rest stations, and security measures.

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Locus

MAY 12, 2023

The Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo has once again, exceeded our expectations, leaving us inspired and engaged We had some thought-provoking conversations with stakeholders on the latest industry dynamics, pain points, customer expectations, and innovative supply chain strategies.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

I’ve never given a supply chain presentation in Spanish. Here’s a short video I recorded in Spanish highlighting the topic of my presentation: If you plan to be at the conference, I look forward to learning and networking with you. Elemica Partners with DHL Resilience360 to Better Mitigate Supply Chain Risk.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

It was a pleasure to attend this month’s Supply Chain Insights Summit in Philadelphia. The conference, organized by Supply Chain Shaman Lora Cecere and her team, was structured around a compelling theme: “imagine the supply chain of 2030.” There is an appetite to embrace new technologies to create value in the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. 5 Supply Chain Predictions for 2023 ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa Software ) So much has changed in a year! Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2023 ; Clint Reiser Welcome 2023!

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Bringg

AUGUST 29, 2018

Over the months of September and October, the Bringg team will be attending multiple events around the world. If you or one of your colleagues is planning to attend any of these events, get in touch so we can meet. LogiPharma is the top resource for hundreds of senior level supply chain executives within Life Sciences.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The conference as a whole was fantastic, from the location and networking events to the conversations I had and sessions I attended. Elenjickal noted that over the last 36 months, supply chains have become more complex than ever before. This leads supply chains to continue to operate in silos, rather than in a connected manner.

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