AIMMS

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

We put together a survey with our partners at Districon to better understand these challenges and offer ideas for improvement. Industries that deal with lots of daily fluctuations were among the most heavily represented in our survey. The survey shows that volatility may have something to do with this staggering disparity.

Scenario Planning 124

Scenario Planning Supply Chain Planning Software Operations Optimization Modeling 124

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Knowledge Graphs are emerging as an important tool for building advanced AI capabilities. According to a survey by ARC Advisory Group, only 10% of industrial companies are ready to apply artificial intelligence/machine learning. The occurrence of any of these events disrupts the global supply chain and can deeply impact profitability.

Packing 72

Packing Supply Chain Design Software Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Planning Software 72

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. Trade disputes and tariffs.

Supply Chain Planning Software 131

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 131

AIMMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This promises to be a very eventful year. Dubbed YAFO, the modeling tool also helps users understand how forests will adapt to a changing climate, drawing on data from multiple European countries. . Governments are also relying on AIMMS-based tools to assess the costs and benefits of renewable energy subsidies.

Supply Chain Planning Software 103

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Scenario Planning Supply Chains 103

3PL Insights

JANUARY 29, 2017

Survey: Product Management Tools. What tools and technologies do you use for product management? I’m conducting a survey of b-to-b product managers and what applications they do (and don’t) use. Take the 2017 SiriusDecisions Product Management Tools Survey now ! How well do they work?

Production 40

Production Tools Survey Blog 40

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

When my fiance heard about the price, he advised that I find a local hairdresser and set up a frequent-shopper account with them for a few months until the tool is back in stock. We can say things have changed, and the pandemic is not just an anomaly event after all. Network bottleneck identification. Response to disruptions.

Supply Chain Planning Software 133

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Optimization Software Scenario Planning 133

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. Agility to act on transparency.

Supply Chain Planning Software 131

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Scenario Planning Supply Chains 131

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.

Supply Chain Planning Software 55

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Modeling Software 55

GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Use External Benchmarking Tools. Many suppliers and manufacturers may have existing, internal analytics tools, but using these tools for benchmarking processes may be ill-fated. Internal tools have a way of making the company appear better than it truly is. Create a Near-to-Consumer Means of Managing Parts Procurement.

Manufacturing Procurement 102

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing Material Savings 102

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To examine supply chain management priorities, performance, and anticipated trends, APQC conducted its 10 th annual Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research, including a survey of more than 350 supply chain professionals from around the world and across multiple industries. For more information on the research, click here.

Supply Chain Planning Software 129

Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Software 129

3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The ATA creates the tonnage index through a series of surveys of its members. The anonymity of the survey and companies participating prevents us from understanding the percentage of tonnage each company accounts for or the type of freight being shipped.

Trucking 92

Trucking White Paper Procurement Analytics Trends 92

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

2021 was the trough with in-person events severely limited. Last year brought in a revival of events, but with a few still either provided virtually or postponed for one more year. This year I believe we will not only see a return to the prior number of events, but also record attendance.

Supply Chain Planning Software 125

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Optimization Software 125

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Because switching from JIT to JIC is at best only a tool to address short-term problems and risk. Change can creep imperceptibly, so sometimes it takes a major event to wake us up. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising.

Inventory Reduction 131

Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Inventory 131

GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 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. Prepare your supply chain for different types of disruption.

Supply Chain Planning Software 82

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 82

Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 17, 2023

Good intentions aren’t enough Three years on from Covid-19 caused widespread economic and social disruption, the new Board Planning Transformation Benchmark Survey asked 2,450 decision makers across the UK, US, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Australia and Singapore how they are faring in light of a series of economic ‘unprecedented’ events.

Supply Chain Planning Software 54

Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning Supply Chain Software Supply Chains 54

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. A skills assessment survey was done to measure potential gaps against a pre-determined skills matrix. The 2017 hurricane season,” Mr. Herzog said, “was a big event on our journey.

Supply Chain Planning Software 126

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 126

Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Email vs. Other Forms of Communication For many years, email has been the gold standard of communication tools for DTC businesses. Direct mail, while not as eco-friendly and far more expensive, can be used to deliver a coupon to infrequent shoppers, or communicate big events, such as an annual sale or new product drop. The downside?

eCommerce 105

eCommerce Tips Procurement Solutions Logistics Network Optimization Software 105

Transporeon

AUGUST 8, 2018

To find out more about the transformational journey of digitization in the chemical industry, Transporeon Group recently joined forces with Germany’s largest technical university, RWTH Aachen, to conduct a unique survey of the current status and future of digital logistics. “In

Supply Chain Planning Software 83

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Digital 83

GoShip Blog

JULY 7, 2021

According to the Institute for Supply Management , 75% of the 600+ businesses surveyed in the United States experienced supply chain disruptions. It will also be best to build up your inventory and find backup suppliers from different locations in the event of a disruption. Partnering with a Logistics Expert.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Logistics Network Optimization Software 98

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.

Supply Chain Planning Software 116

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Sourcing Strategies 116

Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2019

According to the 2017 MHI Annual Industry Report , released in April 2017, 80 percent of executives surveyed believe that digital supply chain will be the predominant model within five years. We’ve seen the logistics industry transform from the days of spreadsheets and manual processes to increasingly rely on technology and tools.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 72

Logistics Network Optimization Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software Digital 72

Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2022

Solace , a leading enabler of event-driven architecture for real-time enterprises, has affirmed its ongoing Event Horizon commitments with the unveiling of a new set of product enhancements, partnerships and foremost an expansion of the popular EDA Summit Program, devoted to the advancement of event-driven architecture (EDA) in business.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 59

Logistics Network Optimization Software Events Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Software 59

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Capacity can be easily ramped up or down due to product seasonality, holidays and of course global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In a McKinsey surveyed, 59% of participants stated that a lack of executive vision was a significant obstacle to the digital transformation of their organization. [2] The payoff is well worth it.

eCommerce 109

eCommerce Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software 109

MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The industry that had been the slowest to embrace the change was at the forefront of adopting the latest technologies and advantages they had to offer, mainly as a result of once-in-a-generation events and black swans that occurred one after another. The Change. The Acceleration or Deceleration? Conclusion.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 113

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Software Tracking and Tracing Logistics 113

AIMMS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

While this creates tremendous value , it also br ings the inevitable risk that certain event s can have far-reaching consequences that influence supply chain s more than ever before. Most often , these events force demand and resource usage to fluctuate. This leads to insightful and resilient thinking.

Supply Chain Planning Software 62

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Scenario Planning Supply Chain Software 62

GlobalTranz

JUNE 29, 2017

In order to reduce the likelihood of inaccuracies, it is vital to implement extra measures like adding picture capture, GPS location and time stamps to recorded events. There are no old surveys to throw out or extra printing costs. And certainly, no one left using an old version of the survey. Solution: REAL TIME DATA.

Data 77

Data Waste Reduction Sourcing Strategies Expense Reduction 77

Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This type of data must be actively gathered by researching market trends, analyzing the competitive landscape, conducting consumer surveys and focus groups. Accurate data forecasting requires accurate data, robust data analysis tools, and people who understand how to use them. Qualitative data is more subjective.

eCommerce 105

eCommerce Operations Inventory Reduction Modeling Software 105

AIMMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This promises to be a very eventful year. Dubbed YAFO, the modeling tool also helps users understand how forests will adapt to a changing climate, drawing on data from multiple European countries. . Governments are also relying on AIMMS-based tools to assess the costs and benefits of renewable energy subsidies.

Supply Chain Planning Software 62

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Scenario Planning Supply Chains 62

Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

As a result, this industrial workforce requires the right tools and technology to meet increasing customer demand. In Samsara’s State of Connected Operations report surveying over 1,500 operational leaders, 54% of all respondents cite easy-to-use technology as a key factor in how they recruit and retain employees.

Supply Chain Design Software 65

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Events 65

AIMMS

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

We put together a survey with our partners at Districon to better understand these challenges and offer ideas for improvement. Industries that deal with lots of daily fluctuations were among the most heavily represented in our survey. The survey shows that volatility may have something to do with this staggering disparity.

Supply Chain Planning Software 62

Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning Operations Optimization Modeling 62

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A survey by boom! of supply chain professionals found that their number one wish to increase work satisfaction is better, integrated tools. Disruptions often interrupt these patterns and produce rare events, which challenge the algorithms designed to learn from prior patterns.

Supply Chain Planning Software 111

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Digital 111

Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In fact, in November 2016, a survey of shippers published by the Journal of Commerce found that shippers didn’t “appear to believe capacity will tighten considerably in advance of a federal electronic logging mandate for all interstate truck drivers scheduled to take effect next December 1.” That’s assuming there are no major economic events.

Capacity 79

Capacity Freight Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Software 79

Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2022

They have also reintroduced Pit Stops – a semi-monthly event where drivers are invited to stop by the terminal for a free lunch, a gift item, and a moment to reconnect with the team on the ground. They want to get home safe every single night, and we are offering the education and tools to help them do so.”.

Groups 57

Groups Logistics Network Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing Networks 57

Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

For this reason, the Alpega Group , the leading logistics software company offering modular solutions to cover all transportation needs, backed by 35 years of experience in the market, conducted a macro-survey where more than 1.200 logistics and transport companies across Europe participated through its freight exchanges, Teleroute and Wtransnet.

Study 44

Study Transportation Price Reduction Optimization Software 44

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Planners are buried in tedious tasks using legacy, fragmented technology, which 48% say doesn’t help them do their job effectively, according to a survey by the boom! Asthma rates by region could be relevant for a life sciences company, whereas for a retailer festivals and events near stores might be more predictive. Global Network.

Supply Chain Planning Software 122

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Scenario Planning 122

Locus

OCTOBER 21, 2022

According to McKinsey’s latest consumer pulse survey, Spending in March 2020 was down by 18% as compared to two years later. Now almost two years since the black swan event, the trend continues, evolving into much grander, ‘revenge festivities’. Talk to Our Experts. What to anticipate during year-end festivities?

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Supply Chain Planning Software Meeting Optimal Sourcing How To 52

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 9, 2024

Today’s CFO wants to build internal resilience rather than worry about external events outside their control. ERP systems aren’t just tools — they’re catalysts for innovation and growth. Beyond crunching numbers, today’s CFOs must have insight into a complex web of operational challenges.

ERP 52

ERP Manufacturing Procurement Inventory Reduction Optimal Sourcing 52