Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 27, 2024

This article comes from Carlos Díaz Madero, Subdirector Marketing at netLogistiK , and looks at the key trends that are transforming supply chain management. In this context, it is crucial to be aware of the emerging trends transforming the supply chain management field. ” – Sam Walton, CEO, Walmart.

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WorkWave

MARCH 27, 2025

A few reasons why: Enhanced Analytical Capabilities Built-in analytics tools, such as those featured in WorkWave Wavelytics’ Data Factory, allow businesses to conduct complex analytical queries without the time-consuming process of manual data preparation.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 4, 2015

Jabil sponsored a global Dimensional Research survey to capture hard data on current experiences, challenges and trends with the supply chains of electronics manufacturing companies. The results show some of the biggest supply chain management trends in supply chains for 2015.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Factories serve local markets. We have all our factories, both in-house and outsourced, all of our distribution centers, and our transportation network on the Blue Yonder foundational system. The sales team can go have those conversations, with real-time lead times and even the factory the product will ship from, with customers.

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WorkWave

MARCH 5, 2025

A pre-built, fully managed solution , such as Wavelytics Data Factory, significantly reduces development and deployment time, while ongoing maintenance and updates ensure optimal performance, data security, and compliancewithout any additional effort on your part. Enhance decision-making : Near real-time insights enable proactive strategies.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Current industrial manufacturing trends show the new administration is pushing for reshoring among the nation’s biggest manufacturers, and new technologies are revolutionizing how companies respond to growing skepticism and scrutiny by the public and government oversight as well. The "First Five" Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It is a brilliant tool.” This solution allows human resource managers to review performance against over 50 external workforce key performance indicators, access global market intelligence (including rates, talent supply and demand, and time-to-hire trends), and track progress across diversity and worker health and safety initiatives.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

As we head into a new year it is a good time to take a look at the coming year and see what it may hold in the way of trends. We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. Do you have the right people in place?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

Apple Intelligence demonstrates a clear push for on-device AI processing, with new AI-driven tools enhancing productivity across their operating systems, with a heavy emphasis on privacy and Edge AI. The battle for general purpose AI software platforms is intense with all major cloud providers offering a variety of tools and platforms.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

A Fortune 500 retailer, for instance, reduced its procurement cycle time by 30% by leveraging an AI-driven tool to analyze supplier data efficiently. By leveraging integrated scenario planning (ISP) tools, procurement teams can model potential disruptions and develop contingency plans in advance.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. Manufacturing Business Technology recently wrote the 5 e-commerce trends for 2016 for manufacturers to look at that include: Manufacturers will seek to increase their share of aftermarket parts sales. E-Commerce for Manufacturing.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 27, 2018

Believe it or not, Industry 4.0 — the latest specialization for modern factories and manufacturing plants — does factor into the design and factory layout. And ultimately, the design and factory layout influence all these elements. The Trends that Will Forever Shape Manufacturing in 2018 & Beyond. enabled factories?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2017

While this example may still be a few years off, it is important that you understand how the top emerging trends in automation will shape supply chains and transportation processes in the coming years. This includes billing, generation of bills of lading, compliance reports and even movements throughout a factory or warehouse floor.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2018

The 3 Most Important Tools for Lean Manufacturing Strategies 1.) The Trends that Will Forever Shape Manufacturing in 2018 & Beyond. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post 3 Tools to Minimize Waste: A Boon to Lean Manufacturing Strategies appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. Download eBook.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 2, 2024

Recommendation tools: help workers identify the best methods for tasks, e.g. creating maintenance instructions. The smart factory is an environment, enabled by digital technologies including AI, to monitor and control the physical processes of the factory and provide data for decision-making. ML models learn from data.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 27, 2015

Now, let’s look at the sales data in the last 4 years and see how that fits into the trends for the previous 15 years in the graph below. As we all remember recovery was in full swing in 2011, but since then we see a slow downward trend in equipment sales. US Manufacturing Equipment and Machine Tool Sales at all Time Highs.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In the late 1940s the industrial engineers turned this craft production system into a factory system with the tasks divided between three shifts. Their conclusion, in short, was that the new work organization was built around the paradigm of a factory assembly line without regard for the variation of geology. See a trend here?).

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IoT World Today

MARCH 27, 2020

These tools will become the foundation on which supply chain managers gain insight into their markets and erratic supply and demand trends. And “it’s a great tool,” but there are more sophisticated, more accurate tools to do sourcing. About 82% that use advanced analytical tools, according to Supply Chain Quarterly.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 15, 2018

When it comes to inventory management, new trends are demonstrating that less is more. Having less inventory on-hand increases liquidation, allowing for a more agile response to shifting consumer trends. Getting the Right Tools for the Job. This is never more necessary than when preparing for the holiday season.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Ralf Duester, board member of the Bochum-based SCM software specialist Setlog, shows which trends will be important in 2024. His statements are based not only on discussions with experts from the industry and research, but also on data from Setlog customers who use the SCM tool OSCA. At a glance: The top ten SCM trends in 2024 1.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Ralf Duester, member of the board of the SCM software specialist Setlog, shows which trends will shape the year 2023. His statements are based not only on numerous conversations with economic experts and scientists, but also on data from Setlog customers who use the SCM tool OSCA. Collaboration will be implemented.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2016

Yesterday we began our two part series on 2016 supply chain trends that will drive supply chain management into the future. As with most trends we all have read over the last few years, the focus was on technology. Supply Chain Trends 2016: 5 Additional More Areas of Focus. We listed the first 7.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

While the concept of reshoring, also known as onshoring, has been a growing trend over the past decade, when the pandemic hit it introduced risk in a way that wasn’t previously considered. Tools and moulds will need to be retrieved and intellectual property (IP) rights are tricky when it comes to ownership.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

INFOGRAPHIC: 3D Printing and the Supply Chain to Drastically Alter Manufacturing: Who would have thought that modern manufacturing could be done without a factory? Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing has been synonymous with factories, machine tools, production lines and economies of scale. Read Full Post.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

If you are a regular reader of the Cerasis blog, you know our goal is to educate and inform those in the manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, logistics, and transportation space with best practices, trends, and industry news so that we can create a community of people. 20 Manufacturing Blogs You Need to Be Reading.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 20, 2022

With a web user interface, staff are not tethered to their offices and can oversee production wherever they happen to be, giving them the visibility they were used to when they were in the factory. Robotic automation in factories and warehouses has been advanced as a way of making manufacturers and distributors less people-intensive.

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The Logistics Academy

AUGUST 2, 2016

I remember reading an MIT paper on manufacturing technology trends a couple of years ago. ” (Key trends in smart manufacturing and supply chain). The next key trend I see coming is a more prominent role of Internet of Things (IoT) in extended supply chains. Forecasts by their very nature are inaccurate.

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Now, That's Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2018

In the “smart factory” scenario, employees and systems can anticipate and act before issues or challenges arise, rather than simply reacting to them after they occur, according to This includes identifying anomalies, restocking and replenishing inventory; identifying and predictively addressing quality issues; and monitoring safety concerns.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2015

Take a look at how the IoT supply chain is changing the landscape in terms of equipment functionality, shipping processes, invoicing and payments, and analysis of trends. Analysis of Trends and Recommendations. In some cases, human intervention and input will be completely eliminated. IoT and Machine Functionality.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Ultimately, these raw materials must be obtained from suppliers and transported to the factory. Will it include multiple factories, regional distribution centers, and lengthy marketing advertisements? The answer is closely linked with how a company markets and contacts suppliers and vendors, reports Srikanth Pinagali.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2021

Those factories with essentially zero inventory of critical components were forced to close or drastically scale back. For example, GlobalTranz’s Cost Prediction Model provides intelligence on pricing and market trends via a live dashboard. Pricing may vary significantly based on carriers and lanes and capacity constraints.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In a SYSPRO-led research study 37% of businesses agreed that their business systems lacked those basic planning tools that could adjust to day-to-day changes in the environment. With a reliance on manual processes and legacy systems, manufacturers simply could not respond quickly enough to industry disruptions and customer requirements.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As a critical business tool, ERP systems are under attack. Attacks have also moved from individuals with malicious intent to organized groups with state-of-the-art skills and tools whereby the threat is growing faster and at an exponential rate. The expanding role of the CISO.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

Those materials flow into over 170 factories in over 40 nations. A supply chain is mapped, where components are source from, how they flow through a supply chain to factories and out to customers. Then key terms are identified, terms like “factory fire,” “bankruptcy” are married to the names of suppliers and ports and partners.

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CH Robinson Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2021

At year-end, we typically see a jump in demand as shippers meet quarter-end quotas and prepare for the upcoming Lunar New Year, during which many factories in China shut down. Finding common trends and themes in your cyclical data can give you an information advantage to make smarter decisions for your supply chain. Final Thoughts.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Dynamic slotting modules and workflow organization systems are also important tools for streamlining your warehouse operations. A good WMS system has a number of other useful tools for managing orders, inventory, and shipments. Also consider your automation options to make everything run smoother. Analyze Everything.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Calls are increasing for a return to just-in-case (JIC) policies, with some citing this trend as a risk. Because switching from JIT to JIC is at best only a tool to address short-term problems and risk. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising.

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