Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Procurement and Supply Chain are Smarter Together – Practical Use Cases ; Dr. Madhav Durbha ( Coupa ). In a previous post , I made a case for how the Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) and Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) are smarter together. Accordingly Supply Chain and Procurement will need continuous collaboration.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 30, 2020

While it expects significant falls in its core industrial trucks sector, the fast-moving supply chain solutions arm, driving automation particularly in the ecommerce sector, is strongly up year on year. percent was due to the decrease in revenue and production inefficiencies caused by supply bottlenecks affecting procurement.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Inventory management is a crucial aspect of supply chain management, and effective strategies can help businesses reduce costs, improve customer service, and increase profits. But what does a great inventory management strategy look like? Amazon did not invent the random storage approach. Book your free consultation.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

Access to Economies of Scale By outsourcing manufacturing, logistics, or other supply chain support activities such as procurement , your company may access the economies of scale enjoyed and passed on by specialist service providers. Your organisation may be one of many that a contract partner serves. Let’s take ecommerce as an example.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Described as “the world’s most important gathering of chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) and supply chain executives” and going under the banner of “Harness Complexity, Power Your Supply Chain”, the symposium aims to explore big ideas and deliver actionable insights to help supply chain leaders: Develop agile and resilient supply chain strategies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

From there, we can upgrade supply planning systems, streamline procurement, revamp warehousing and distribution and, perhaps most importantly, enable collaboration across vast networks of supply chain partners to keep goods flowing.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Changes in ownership invariably trigger reviews of business strategies and consequent reassessment of whether the right skills and expertise are in place to achieve the new goals. The processes are analogous to, but with significant differences from, consumer eCommerce.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Supply chain strategy is critical to business success, but companies often underestimate its importance and hence pay it less leadership attention than other areas of operation. Supply Chain Strategy. In other words, the majority did not recognise the need for close alignment between supply chain and general business strategies.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 14, 2019

Commercialization strategies evolve, supply chains expand, and production rates accelerate. Finished products have high ratios (average 50%) of sourced or procured product content. He has an extensive background in Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Management, CRM, Enterprise level SaaS solutions, and eCommerce.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 18, 2019

At this event, you will get the opportunity to be part of a huge network of more than 2,500 global supply chain and procurement professionals. The American Supply Chain Summit is a leadership-focused meeting designed around improving supply chain and procurement strategy across the globe. American Supply Chain Summit 2019.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Is your ecommerce business one of those that’s been growing steadily in recent years, and seen an absolute boom since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged? So what do you need to do to prevent high demand from being a double-edged sword and potentially stymieing your ability to compete in the lucrative, but fierce ecommerce marketplace?

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Maersk has unabashedly championed vertical integration for years, advocating an “end-to-end” strategy. And, not to be left behind, it’s also pursued a horizontal integration strategy, acquiring a growing fleet of airplanes. And both shifts will have major ramifications on customers – importers, exporters, and online sellers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

The presentations will deliver fresh insights into the ways supply chain strategies are shifting to meet the myriad challenges presented by changing consumer buying patterns, environmental issues and the ongoing workforce crisis. There is also a pressing need to ensure sustainability in every sense.

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Stord

JANUARY 11, 2022

From there, there are more silos focused on how the product is sold and delivered, such as "B2B retail distribution teams," "ecommerce fulfillment teams," "reverse logistics teams" and so on. There are silos responsible for "manufacturing" and "inbound planning" (international/customs).

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Every £1 billion extra spent through e-commerce generates need for 750,000 sq ft of extra space, and ecommerce is just one competing need for warehousing. In both retail and manufacturing we see businesses abandoning the dominant lean, Just-in-Time, low inventory, procurement-led supply chain model.

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

With Bukalapak being a heavyweight in O2O E-commerce, Malay wanted to know how it makes its procurement process easier and efficient. This strategy has expedited its scalability throughout Indonesia and improved its traction with mom-and-pop stores.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Unfortunately, millions more will still go to brick-and-mortar stores to find those special items, and the push toward online and omnichannel ordering will continue grow, which is why it is increasingly important to invest in eCommerce Warehousing. Embrace “Chaotic” eCommerce Warehousing. Smaller orders should have fewer touch points.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

According to the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management , supply chain risk management (SCRM) is “the implementation of strategies to manage both everyday and exceptional risks along the supply chain based on continuous risk assessment with the objective of reducing vulnerability and ensuring continuity.”.

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ShipLilly

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Early buying is a clever strategy for pulling forward with procurement. Supermarkets are responding to the increased demand by stocking up on seasonal items such as cranberry sauce, spices, and turkeys. The last thing they want, or need, are the empty shelves that blighted the season in 2020.

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EazyStock

JULY 20, 2020

Due to this, ensuring the right products in the right warehouse locations is becoming a higher priority for management teams and companies worldwide are implementing various techniques for making inventory management and procurement more efficient. Any solution provider can come up with an impressive list of features.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2014

History of Reverse Logistics is at the Core of The Stories of War, Retail, eCommerce, and Automotive Aftermarket : As you will see today the history of reverse logistics is quite older than the buzz word of it being thrown around more often today, due to the rise of internet retailing, also known as eCommerce. Read the Full Post.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In a recent survey by Procurement Leaders , 54% of the CPOs reported that they have regular touchpoints with the CEO and are considered a key stakeholder. Let us examine these: Implementing a ‘China Plus One’ strategy: Part of the resiliency comes from having alternate sources of supply.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Amazon is at the nexus of ecommerce, data, and logistics, with a drive to constantly improve their logistics network. The Senior Capability Development Manager will own the company’s import strategy. A key direct relationship with this role is with ocean carriers, and also with third-party vendors.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Swarming Robots in England: Ecommerce grocery chain Ocado brought a new automated warehouse into full service this year. What it does mean however, is that you will need to be increasingly cautious about what kind of organisation you are dealing with when procuring services and solutions.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2022

A big part of what companies need to do when building a future strategy is to look out into the future and say, “These are the things that we think we want to do and be five years from now”. Right now, we lump that into a data scientist, a demand analyst, or a data analyst, but it’s more of a data procurement role.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Alex Pradhan, Product Strategy Leader John Galt Solutions, told me that “all planning vendors have bold marketing around AI.” These “events” are turned into supplier scores, and if significant the score goes flagged in the Oracle procurement system. Now Oracle is working to connect these scores to the planning systems. Final Thoughts.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 30, 2022

Good serves as an advisor, consultant, influencer, and evangelist for all things procurement. He brings 30 years of experience leading organizations as the founder, president, and CEO of Procurement Pros Group, LLC. . Harold (Hal) Good. Twitter: @Hal_Good. Ben Gordon. Twitter: @benjaminhgordon. Lori Ann LaRocco.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

It examines the skills of the people on the team, the process, technology, and strategy associated with supply chain design. Procurement is critical to being able to stay in stock with the most important products. Supply chain management is clearly at the center of Ferguson’s strategy and competitive differentiation.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 8, 2023

Back then, a company wishing to exploit the benefits of the software would have to procure a system, install, implement, and maintain it, making the cost prohibitive for many. That obstacle no longer exists to such a great extent because developments in cloud technology have spawned a new way to adopt TMS.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 17, 2022

And then it’s about procurement practices, product and service information, labeling, all of those things that speak clearly to transparency—and that’s a key takeaway right now. It encompasses some of those classic lean levers that we know and love, such as recycling materials—and recycling is not necessarily the answer.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Ecommerce is really picking up in India. I would like to see some more insights on business models and supply chains of major Indian ecommerce players in your future blogs. Procurement Blog. Banking Suite.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The system will initially be focused only on intrastate loads in Texas, but the company plans to expand beyond Texas in the coming months, says Max Pike, strategy lead at Uber Freight. Anheuser-Busch is one of Uber’s first customers.

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