ShipLilly

JUNE 23, 2021

When the flow of goods in and out of factories is controlled through AI, there is increased productivity in terms of processing times for orders. For example, a comparative analysis of sales and inventory will raise red flags if there are shortages or gluts. The use of automated tools allows for early and consistent planning.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

These operations are more like factories than stores, requiring an intelligent understanding of the steps and costs associated with complex manual tasks. A ‘pick’ in a distribution centre may have 30 or more time-study elements. Vitesse is a vital tool that generates actionable insights, and cost savings, in real time. “On

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

Let’s put a major multinational – Saint-Gobain – under the microscope to illustrate how this kind of analysis. In Brazil, across 16 business units, they operate 56 factories and 126 distribution centers and outlets. The Coupa tool provides a much more efficient way to conduct cost saving/sustainability studies.

Material Savings 125

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

SYSPRO ’s 2020 survey, The Inflection Point for the Factory of the Future , showed that only about one-third (38%) of manufacturers’ business systems had enabled them to meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, a 2021 study from McKinsey showed that just 19% of companies that had adopted Industry 4.0

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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. The tools for determining Cost To Serve include standard spreadsheet applications, such as MS Excel, and network design modeling software.

Purchasing Skills 89

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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. The premise of the study was interesting. The goal should not just be to close the existing gaps.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

The slideshow that follows, then, is our coverage of Gartner’s rankings, which includes both comments from Gartner’s analysts as well as our own analysis, based on independent reporting. As Gartner notes, BMW has developed a 3D digital twin of its factory that it uses for plant modifications and performance calculations. Media Type.

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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. But there is one image I will never forget from my time there.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The volume of product damage occurring in between manufacturing and retail is substantial - a 2008 study by Deloitte estimated “unsaleable” product cost manufacturers $15 billion annually or 1-2% of gross sales. Our folks have spent much of the last 45 years on factory floors across America. Root cause.

Waste Reduction 80

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

. Sheffi starts, for example, with the extreme pressures coming from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), notably Greenpeace, about which one environmentalist says “When Greenpeace reaches for its toolbox, it tends to find only one tool, and that’s a mallet.” Julie Leonard.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 15, 2017

The volume of product damage occurring in between manufacturing and retail is substantial - a 2008 study by Deloitte estimated “unsaleable” product cost manufacturers $15 billion annually or 1-2% of gross sales. Our folks have spent much of the last 45 years on factory floors across America. Root cause . Among the challenges: .

Cost Reduction 48

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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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