FLS Transport

AUGUST 20, 2020

Of course, the boost in consumer spending hasn’t been distributed evenly across industries… but it has been in favor of the industries that require freight. I’m sure you’ve felt the pinch… and pretty much all analysis points to data that says it won’t change through the end of the year. PMI grew from 43.1%

Manufacturing Procurement 52

Manufacturing Procurement Capacity After-sales Optimal Sourcing 52

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

Let’s put a major multinational – Saint-Gobain – under the microscope to illustrate how this kind of analysis. Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions for the construction, mobility, healthcare and other industrial application markets. Who is Saint-Gobain? Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A.

Material Savings 124

Material Savings Cost Reduction Price Reduction Expense Reduction 124

Tradewinds

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Also, over the course of two days, we will facilitate opportunities to drive revenue through introductions to potential customers and partners. Stocked Robotics designs and builds self-driving retrofit kits to automate electric lift trucks for manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution.

Supply Chain Design Software 20

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Too much leads to resources being monopolised on gathering tons of data and a subsequent risk of “paralysis by analysis” Cost to Serve (CTS) is an approach that helps you avoid both extremes. It can of course also be used to make an already profitable relationship even more profitable! This sounds like common sense.

Purchasing Skills 88

Purchasing Skills Cost Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 88

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the course of updating our annual research on the supply chain planning market , I talked to executives across the industry. Since then, virtually every supplier I talked to in the process of updating this year’s Supply Chain Planning Market Analysis Study has said they are investing in this area.

Supply Chain Planning Software 169

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 6, 2018

Sure, every facility has plans, like min/max levels for SKUs, replenishment schedules and maybe even some local labor planning to assess if a distribution center can meet a peak season rush. The trick, of course, is how to make S&OP more effective, and thus more beneficial to managers in the trenches. S&OP spans horizons.

Supply Chain Planning Software 28

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Too much inventory in your distribution network? The second is when you implement segmentation of the SKUs in your portfolio based on Pareto analysis. The products are dispatched straight from the factory and typically arrive within 48 hours of raising a purchase order. Inventory costs too high? Are profits too low?

Inventory Reduction 114

Inventory Reduction Inventory Optimization Modeling Optimization Software 114

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

At AGCO when there is an allocation of supply decision to be taken, there is just one person communicating with a particular supplier and telling them how the tight supply will be allocated among the AGCO factories. From Mr. Toornman’s perspective, you can’t have a playbook for every possible risk contingency.

Supply Chain Planning Software 144

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Distribution of goods prior to purchase. Each of these elements more traditionally handles by outsourcing analysis of processes to supply chain consultant. Inventory location and management. Raw material suppliers and logistics. Transportation modes used in procurement and shipping. Demand fluctuations.

Supply Chain Design Software 115

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Automotive Logistics

JULY 13, 2018

Of course, Volvo is not alone in these kinds of ambitions. Software provider Llamasoft’s approach involves the creation of a ‘digital twin’, a software model representing suppliers, factories, distribution networks, inventory flows and transport. You can do all kinds of scenario analysis and ‘what-ifs?’

Supply Chain Planning Software 43

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The JCB 35-22E Teletruk is fitted with JCB’s LiveLink telematics system as standard allowing real-time measurement of energy consumption and detailed analysis of machine utilisation.

Materials Handling 32

Materials Handling Modeling Software Factories Trucking 32

247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

A little more than 20 years ago, I was doing some consulting for a company called Indiana Glass, then a division of Lancaster Colony, at its Dunkirk, IN factory just outside of Muncie. Alas, it appears the factory was shuttered more than a decade ago. • The growing army of robots used in distribution.

Supply Chain Planning Software 28

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2016

Using AI driven product nature of being and smart attributes, data can be structured to support the needs of ERP applications as well as strategic sourcing and Value Analysis activities , all from one data set. These super-intelligent machines are already taking over factory workers, stock traders, data processors, even news reporters.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 56

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