Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

When the pandemic started in 2020, no one could foresee the impacts of the global supply chain disturbances would last this long. Now the new norm is constant change, and agility is the name of the game when it comes to supply chain planning. Critical inventory disruptions/deficiency anywhere in the supply chain.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Insights from Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020. Supply chain professionals know it can be extremely challenging to drive day-to-day operational excellence and pursue innovation at the same time. Our recent survey showed that only 17% of organizations make it a priority to invest in innovation. Network Design.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

His expertise includes strategic planning, brand positioning, advertising, public relations, website strategy and design, and development of white papers, case studies and other content. These buyers now have access to a wealth of information and do their own research on how to solve supply chain problems, and what providers can do to help.

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Supply Chain Brain

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In a survey of 258 supply chain leaders, 88% said that they expect to see a "moderate to very high" positive impact from scenario planning around geopolitical risks.

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AIMMS

MARCH 16, 2020

The world of supply chain has changed. Fast-forward to today, and you’ll find that external factors like changing consumer tastes, geopolitical shifts and global disruptions like the coronavirus outbreak have a much deeper impact on demand, complicating planning. Has your supply chain planning process evolved with the times?

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AIMMS

JULY 13, 2020

Integrated Business Planning (IBP), as defined by its creators at Oliver Wight , is “the business planning process that extends the principles of S&OP throughout the end-to-end supply chain, product, service and customer portfolios, customer demand and strategic planning, to deliver one seamless management process.”

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Key Challenges in Fresh Grocery & Supermarket Supply Chains. Original article: Key Challenges in Fresh Grocery & Supermarket Supply Chains. Grocery retail supply chains have known a not-so-subtle secret for a number of years now: fresh is in. The State of Fresh Grocery & Supermarket Supply Chai n.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 19, 2025

More than 90% of professionals also said that global tensions are part of their companies' long-term planning for their supply chains.

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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. What is supply chain visibility?

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Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When sales forecasts are accurate, companies know they’ll have enough product supply to meet customer demand for those goods. When forecasts are wrong, or when organizations don’t take the time to plan them out in advance, the exact opposite occurs: product outages surface and issues can’t be solved in time. Planning is King.

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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. What should supply chain leaders be looking for to close the talent gap? AGCO Logistics Team Accepts Prestigious Supply Chain Award. We need people that are adaptable.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 14, 2021

Companies around the world are urgently seeking ways to better plan around demand uncertainty and improve supply chain resilience and agility. CSCMP and ToolsGroup will reveal analysis from a crucial new global survey which reveals: What planning challenges are top-of-mind for supply chain leaders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

There are numerous indications that supply chain is more critical than ever. Results from The Conference Board’s C-SUITE OUTLOOK survey showed supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and rising inflation to be 3 of the 5 high impact external factors on the minds of CEOs. Here are some preliminary survey results thus far.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 17, 2019

A new survey finds that 85% of retail and 79% of consumer products companies surveyed plan to be using intelligent automation for supply chain planning by 2021.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Many companies struggled to link longer term plans with unexpected short term supply and demand issues. With increasing disruptions and uncertainty, teams need a way to continuously monitor and balance demand and supply in order to fine-tune operations. 2020 was full of surprises. Namely, manufacturing, food, and healthcare.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

When companies want to digitally transform their supply chain capabilities, moving to an integrated business planning process (IBP) is often at the heart of the transformation. The roots of IBP are in sales & operations planning (S&OP). Mr. Sorenson has studied integrated business planning for many years.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

The survey was conducted by ISACA and the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) in August 2018, captured responses from 167 participants from across ISACA, DMDII and Manufacturing Extension Partnership stakeholders. Three-quarters of U.S. manufacturing firms have fewer than 20 employees and 98% have fewer than 500.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 24, 2024

Today’s article is the fifth part in a series featuring surveys from APQC on supply chain topics including ESG in supply chain , environmental sustainability , last mile , digital transformation. In May 2024, APQC gathered insights from supply chain professionals on Robotic Process Automation in supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 8, 2023

Traditionally, planning processes are designed to serve specific time horizons – sales & operations execution (S&OE) is used for short term horizon, sales & operations planning (S&OP) for the mid-term horizon, and integrated business planning (IBP) for long term strategic horizon.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Typically, we make it at least one month into the new year before we have to revise our plans. However, it’s only early February 2024, and we already have several major disruptions impacting supply chains. This is an important time for the supply chain profession. For more information on the research, click here.

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IoT World Today

MARCH 27, 2020

From shortages of personal protective equipment to a variety of grocery items to electronics and apparel, coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) has hit the global supply chain in expected and unforeseen ways, and it seems likely that it could take many months to recover. But 44% of respondents didn’t have a plan to deal with it.

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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. planning offers an alternative to swinging the pendulum and as the strategy that provides the supply chain resilience leaders seek.

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AIMMS

APRIL 21, 2020

These are trying times for supply chain planners. Supply Chain Dive reports that 75% of firm s in the US alone have reported supply chain shocks as a result of the pandemic. Do supply chain professionals believe they have a planning process that is robust enough to absorb these shocks and prepare for the future?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2023

In February 2023 I wrote the article What Does 2023 Have In-Store for Global Supply Chains? It introduced the survey we had just launched to determine the perceptions, priorities, and strategic initiatives of today’s supply chain and logistics executives. Meanwhile, labor constraints are as binding as ever.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The most recent McKinsey Global Survey on AI shows a 25% increase in use by companies over the prior year, a trend that shows no signs of slowing. Do we even need supply chain planners, or can we turn out the lights and go home, because we now live in a world of autonomous planning? At this pace, have we entered the Age of AI?

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 29, 2024

Overall, the report found most executives are feeling optimistic about business. Less than 10% of respondents expected sales to decrease year-over-year.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

Be a catalyst for change – take part in Körber’s new Supply Chain Software Survey. The supply chain landscape is shifting at an unprecedented pace – and with increasing complexity. As a leader in supply chain solutions, Körber is committed to steering customers effectively through these challenges.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The majority of supply chain organizations surveyed in October and November — 77% — claim to be prioritizing sustainability or to have plans to prioritize it in the coming year. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 25, 2021

The global supply chain is routinely beset by challenges, both large and small, but the past couple of years have delivered a string of significant logistics disruptions that have threatened to upend the tightly choreographed dance of global freight transportation. Regulations may be more of a driver in the future.

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AIMMS

JUNE 25, 2019

You have tough decisions to make about your supply chain network design. About 38% of supply chain professionals say it takes weeks and 18% say it takes months to get the answers they need. What are the top 5 barriers to supply chain network design adoption? . The following obstacles bog companies down: .

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Talking Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

The post highlights results from a survey conducted recently with members of Indago’s supply chain research community on unified transportation and distribution management. Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a guest blog post by Adrian Gonzalez published by Manhattan Associates.

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CLX Logistics

APRIL 22, 2024

How to Elevate Your Logistics Operations with AI & ML Technology Global supply chain organizations are embracing digitization to propel their supply chain planning to new heights. What is Supply Chain Planning? Data informs transportation capacity and rates.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Delegate research conducted by Netradyne at the Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit has revealed the untapped potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to boost fleet safety for greater precision and profitability in supply chain logistics and transportation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2022

Having an effective supply chain practice has always been a difficult balancing act, even in relatively stable times. The pandemic has exposed flaws in business practices across industries, which have been acutely felt in their supply chain and procurement operations. Gap between supply chain and procurement.

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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. Because of the pandemic, risk management surrounding sourcing has become top of mind in supply chain organizations. Background.

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