Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The problem was that the WMS could not support a combination of strategies and did not utilize AI-based intelligence in doing “system-directed” work. When replacing a WMS makes sense: Your WMS is an older platform which requires specialized technical expertise to keep it running. Supply chain planning tools.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S., Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.;

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Cardinal Health’s senior vice president of global logistics, said of their implementation of the Kinaxis’ supply chain planning (SCP) solution, “I was scared! Pete Bennett, and his co-presenter, Mary Byrne, the vice president of supply and demand planning, spoke during a presentation at Kinaxis’ user conference Kinexions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

At the same time, the A42 multi-layer ACR extracts 6 containers at the same time (one on each level) from the high port system. Addverb Technologies recently entered my radar range. I found Zippy to be a practical, flexible automation system that could be of value to many parcel operations. Let’s swing over to the South Hall.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

When it comes to supply chain design, we’re at another inflection point in the industry. The first one arrived a few years ago when a growing number of companies started treating supply chain design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2021

On Monday, March 8th, a vice president of supply chain for a large retail chain – a chain with over 5,000 stores – spoke at Körber’s supply chain conference Elevate. Körber is a leading provider of logistics software, material handling, voice, and consulting solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2024

A one-number forecast, for example, looks across the range of demand that might emerge in a period and decides to create a forecast that is mid-way between the most and the least demand that is apt to emerge. A probabilistic approach to planning would be better, but our supply chain tools have not supported this approach well.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

One of the trends I’ve been writing and talking about is how the clockspeeds of every industry are accelerating and how companies are having a hard time realigning their processes, organizational structures, and technology platforms to keep up with this rapid pace of change. Excel spreadsheets. What does that mean exactly? “As

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

Plenty of examples of warehousing. But, there are actually many different types of warehouse storage in logistics and supply chains. Companies often choose private warehouses because of the high degree of control that they confer over the handling and storage of goods. Their pros and cons. Let's dive in!

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 11, 2015

We conclude our series on supplier quality management (SQM) today with a look at some case studies and examples of benefits derived from the application of a supplier quality management system. Examples and Case Studies from the Implementation of a Supplier Quality Management System.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Many transportation and logistics software companies were launched in the late 1990s and early 2000s, during the height of the dotcom era, but very few of them survive today — they either went bankrupt or were acquired by others. Are we there yet? Source: Adelante SCM poll of MercuryGate clients.

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Now, That's Logistics

JUNE 29, 2022

The first major update of US international ocean-shipping laws in over two decades, OSRA is coming to be as the nation continues to deal with port bottlenecks that are negatively impacting supply chains. The most important point about the current supply chain issues we’re seeing is that they’re not necessarily new,” Eisen said.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Walmart’s On-Time In-Full initiative is a compliance measure designed to ensure that freight arrives at a Walmart store or distribution center when it was supposed to, in the quantities expected. If a company short ships TVs, they are fined more than if they short ship soup, for example. But what if the shipments don’t achieve OTIF?

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Koerber Supply Chain’s ‘Elevate’ event in Prague was an opportunity to discover how software and technology address the unprecedented complexity in logistics. End-to-end connectivity, digitization and visibility are the goals for many supply chain managers. One new concept is supply chain ‘gamification’.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and high inflation in many countries are presenting supply chain managers with major challenges. Additionally, the always present issues of shortage of skilled labour, supply chain disruptions and cost pressure also prove difficult. Demand fluctuations force action.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Our initial CAB, held in conjunction with our first-ever user conference in 2017, included 15 customers gathered around a conference table to exchange best practices and suggestions for the direction of FourKites’ continued product roadmap. From Platform to Partnership. It really is as simple as that.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

David Priestman attended Dexory ’s Supply Chain Fast Track conference. Polycrisis logistics When multiple supply chain disruptive events happen concurrently how can they be tackled? Fahy advises logisticians to tackle ‘polycrises’ by multi-sourcing, embracing technology and strong cybersecurity.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Warehouse and distribution centre (DC) design is a fascinating and absorbing topic, but alas, is often misunderstood. Regrettably, few people fully understand the discipline of warehouse design and because of this, literally thousands of facilities are underperforming. For example: Why will it exist? One warning before I begin.

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 26, 2019

As the car industry moves toward a more responsive manufacturing system producing connected and customised, autonomous vehicles with electric powertrains, its supply chain is transforming from something linear to more of a supply network based on real-time data sharing. Keeping up with current events.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 11, 2020

What is a customer-focused supply chain? Having a customer-focused supply chain essentially means meeting the customer on their terms, rather than making them settle for yours. A good example of this is using new technologies and predictive intelligence to reduce backhauls and empty miles.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

Better communication is needed in the automotive supply chain, including between OEMs, suppliers, logistics providers and IT experts providing digital supply chain services. The automotive industry also needs to be able to respond faster to disruption in the supply chain when the inevitable unforeseen crisis hits.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

Over the past couple of years, we have published many blog posts and produced several video episodes on supply chain digital transformation (see our archives ). Once complete, P&G said its new supply chain will enable 80% of U.S. production to reach stores within 24 hours.”. so that it can reach 90% of the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

My wife often jokes that she is the VP of Supply Chain and Logistics in our family. Whether it’s preventing out-of-stocks of critical household items or making sure the kids are delivered on time in full to wherever they need to be, she keeps our supply chain running as efficiently as possible — while doing her day job too!

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IoT World Today

OCTOBER 15, 2020

FedEx, for example, has been on a multiyear digital transformation journey that included cloud computing and work-from-home capabilities but also widespread sensor technology buildouts, robotics forays and continued support of blockchain technologies. Data-Driven Strategies Become Core Value Proposition.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 17, 2018

Last fall after attending the CSCMP conference in Atlanta, I shared my observation that digital transformation is now a central theme in the industry. The Hackett Group provides a useful visual for describing the maturity stages that supply chain is moving through as the industry strives to leverage data and advanced analytics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 26, 2019

Visitors to IMHX 2019 – the UK’s largest intralogistics and supply chain event – will be able to see the developments in automation and robotics technology that are reshaping the way orders are picked, packed and dispatched, says event director, Rob Fisher.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… BluJay Solutions Acquires Leading Mobility Solutions Provider Blackbay. World-Class Logistics Solutions providers MercuryGate and Banyan Technology Announce Integration Partnership. IBM Patents Cognitive System to Manage Self-Driving Vehicles.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

At its San Francisco customer conference, ‘Beyond’, Samsara Inc. Samsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, an integrated platform that enables customers to access, analyse, and act upon real-time data to digitally connect their physical operations. Our customers keep the world running.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 18, 2018

This is very similar to the “What Colors Are This Dress” debate from a few years ago, and my commentary about that question (linking it to supply chain management) applies here too. DHL Supply Chain introduces end-to-end supply chain visibility platform.

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Automotive Logistics

JUNE 19, 2018

The rate at which emerging digital technologies are transforming the automotive logistics supply chain is hard to keep up with. As both an enabler of everything from platform design to procurement, finance and planning, and a disruptor of traditional supply chain operations, digital technology associated with industry 4.0

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

As a supply chain director, manager, or boss of a multinational corporation, where the supply chain is an integral part of your business, supply chain cost reductions are always at the forefront of your team’s mind. Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions.

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Bringg

AUGUST 4, 2020

Over the last 30 years, I have seen dozens of technology trends predicted as the Next Big Thing, and then disappear into the abyss of innovation. Now more than ever, the challenge for logistics leaders is to capitalize on the right technology trends at the right time, to measurably improve their efficiency or revenues.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

At Georgia Southern, we dispel this by illustrating the dynamic nature and variety of daily activities a supply chain manager encounters. Other ways we support experiential learning include hosting external student case competitions, touring logistics facilities, and attending industry conferences.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Home > Technology > Digital megashifts could give supply chain managers “superhuman” productivity, futurist says. Technology October 16, 2018. “In the next five years, you will do all your supply chain tasks with these technologies; it will be like being superhuman.”

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3PL Links

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

They are as follows: Receipt, Conference and inspection, Identification and addressing, Storage, Separation, Shipping and Delivery. As an example: The conference can be for larger amounts; Identification made by automatic software; The process of separation by areas, and so on. The technology works better for logistics.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 11, 2018

Global shipping giant Maersk Group has begun piloting an industry-wide paperless platform in a joint venture project with IBM aimed at speeding up trade transactions. That, in turn, demands a greater willingness among all those involved in the supply chain to work for the benefit of more balanced trade. Gulf coast opportunities.

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