RPA Labs

JANUARY 13, 2022

When asked what benefits were accruing from their adoption of a technologically advanced supply chain strategy, 52% of [respondents to a recent survey] cited the ‘ability to integrate data and leverage analytics to improve the planning process.’ Remember to Think About the Value of Digital Document Management and Integration.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2023

However, to eliminate, or at least significantly reduce, the likelihood of scope creep setting in, you need next to focus directly on that element of the project. Next step: Using your project scope document as a guide, list all the deliverables your project will generate. Step 6: List Project Deliverables.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 18, 2017

It’s also important to document any constraints that will impact your plans to meet those objectives. A clear understanding of objectives and constraints will provide you with the starting point for your design review, so it’s important to get them documented and to make sure all stakeholders are aware of them.

Supply Chain Design Software 49

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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2015

The tools optimize the headhaul and backhaul components of a shipper’s network and deliver analytics used by shippers during negotiations with carriers. Investigate how frequently the vendor updates information and the level of shipper involvement in maintenance. The Cerasis Rater eliminates the manual process.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Supply chain entities need to know vendors will be held accountable and adhere to the terms within vendor-supply chain partner service level agreements. For vendors, this increased level of cyber security will propel them to take advantage of technologies that have often been left reserved for the post-manufacturing supply chain.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 7, 2015

As most warehouse strategies are formed to combat issues of product shortage or provide important accounting data regarding a product, technology has been created to help reverse supply chains and drive larger recovery by serving the business needs for selling surplus. All of it is created within the technology. Monitoring Your Success.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The supply chain is in the midst of a digital disruption, with new technology and tools promising to add efficiency and enhance accuracy. On the tracking side of things , it’s no longer necessary to take meticulous notes and manually document dates, actions, and status information. But these innovations don’t always come easily.

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Conger

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If you're looking for ways to reduce lead times, you’re in the right place. Because in this post, you’ll find 11 effective strategies for doing just that. Identify and Eliminate Bottlenecks. Unreliable vendors can cause your lead times to go up. Taking time to implement setup and vendor management software.

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Conger

JANUARY 27, 2023

You’ll also learn practical strategies for overcoming each. Reducing Equipment Damage 10. We've documented them in our labor shortage post. Retain your current employees by reducing employee turnover. Schedule preventive maintenance and track maintenance cycles to reduce downtime. Let's dive in! Finding Workers 2.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

In the document, Gartner positions AIMMS as a key vendor in Prescriptive Analytics – a form of Advanced Analytics that can improve decision making in several areas of the supply chain, including logistics, planning, and manufacturing. Pace-Layered Application Strategy and SCP. Demand-Pull Respond Planning and Scheduling.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

In the document, Gartner positions AIMMS as a key vendor in Prescriptive Analytics – a form of Advanced Analytics that can improve decision making in several areas of the supply chain, including logistics, planning, and manufacturing. Pace-Layered Application Strategy and SCP. Demand-Pull Respond Planning and Scheduling.

Supply Chain Planning Software 54

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 22, 2018

In this sense, it is like traditional printers that print electronic documents onto paper. It avoids the delays and expenses of tooling up production lines. The savings are in the reduced or zero inventory needed. Savings can be made in the reduced downtime of the systems needing the parts. 3D printing is software driven.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Many organizations have started moving to automate their contract management processes to streamline their intra organizational and vendor collaborations. Identify criteria for categorizing the legacy contracts and document categorization. Develop strategy for Contract Conversion process and building contract management system.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2015

If your business is not sound and prepared for engagement with any vendor, much less partnering with a logistics company, you will hardly reap the rewards of hiring outside expertise to bridge the gaps your company is not able to fill using in-house resources. The SLA/KPI is a “living” document that reflects the current reality of the times.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Small businesses may start out with one type of fulfillment strategy then change when the company outgrows it. Do they have a successful history of dealing with vendors, and keeping them accountable? A 3PL gives eCommerce brands extra tools to balance the different operational demands of their businesses. That’s SUPER important.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 30, 2022

As manufacturers strive to reduce costs while increasing speed, the process of procuring materials, making products, and moving them where they need to be is more complex than ever. With continuous supply chain disruptions, manufacturers need procurement strategies that consider uncertainty.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 26, 2018

To align with strategy, such as growth, a company may need to upgrade its technology. The second step in the process is documenting the critical requirements (technical and non-technical) of the business. This is also the time to document the current state versus the future state. TMS Solution Selection Step 5: Evaluation Phase.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 30, 2022

As manufacturers strive to reduce costs while increasing speed, the process of procuring materials, making products, and moving them where they need to be is more complex than ever. With continuous supply chain disruptions, manufacturers need procurement strategies that consider uncertainty.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

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Conger

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Some vendors offer supply chain module WMS to support SCM, including vendor relationships, risk evaluation, business processes, and warehousing features. Also, some ERP vendors may offer a WMS solution as an add-on. The vendor takes care of the WMS configuration, hosting, and implementation. SAP ERP Warehouse Management.

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RPA Labs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In addition to the optimization of workflow to gain more speed in business, automation is ramped up to reduce operational costs, collaboration is enhanced, logistics service providers can more confidently provide real-time visibility, and pivot from reactive to proactive management by exception to prevent excessive costs.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Think about them as different functional buckets; while there are a few software companies that can meet the requirements across all three, it’s uncommon that a single tool can solve all of a diverse transportation operation’s critical requirements (supporting a robust business case) in North America or globally. Implementation.

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Blog on Log

AUGUST 19, 2006

This will help reduce safety stocks and hence costs, improve customer service and make the Logistics network more adaptive. They will also help execute such best practices as cross—docking, in transit inventory merging, and delayed allocation strategies.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

The book (with supporting writer Edgar Blaco ), for example, quotes an executive at one company saying that “If it reduces costs we will do it; otherwise we will not” with regard to sustainability initiatives. Which is a nice segue to a simple framework Sheffi uses to describe three types of sustainability strategies.

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Logistics Manager

DECEMBER 18, 2018

We spoke with Mr. Brett Turner, Vice President Supply Chain Management at DKSH (Thailand) to learn more about the strategy behind FMCG transportation and distribution in the ASEAN region and he also shared with us his vision focusing on future development of Thailand through this business.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

One of the most notable examples is in agriculture, where equipment, fertilizer and seed vendors are working together to sell farmers guaranteed crop yields. In some domains, however, software is on its way to eliminating supply chains too, or at least shortening them significantly. Goodbye Lean, Hello Agile.

Supply Chain Software 101

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 22, 2021

Cloud-based systems, automated processes , machine-backed performances, and advanced tool integration will all help shippers improve and keep ahead of the competition. Access to third-party supplier and vendor resources Concerns about updating shipping technology stacks are common.

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