Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

A TMS offers optimization capabilities across multiple modes to improve service levels and reduce freight spend. A TES is generally mode specific and lack optimization capabilities, but for shippers with simpler transportation requirements, that is often all they need. But machine learning can be used in other innovative ways as well.

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Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

The Benefits of Implementing AGVs in Your Operations Components and Types of AGVs AGV Navigation Technology Choosing the Right AGV Solution for Your Needs Ensuring Safety and Compliance in the Workplace Real-World Applications and Case Studies Overcoming Challenges with AGVs Conclusion Understanding Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) What is an AGV?

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Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

The Benefits of Implementing AGVs in Your Operations Components and Types of AGVs AGV Navigation Technology Choosing the Right AGV Solution for Your Needs Ensuring Safety and Compliance in the Workplace Real-World Applications and Case Studies Overcoming Challenges with AGVs Conclusion Understanding Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) What is an AGV?

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

UPS, for instance, has managed to save up $50 million a year in fuel, vehicle maintenance and time by optimizing vehicle routes with a big data model. For example, you need to look at the different demographics and what their preferences are. They’re constantly battling with cost and the time needed to meet delivery modes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

Ideally, IBP adds a stronger financial perspective to the process that in theory optimally balances customer service with profitability and even cash flow. Mr. Sorenson has studied integrated business planning for many years. The improved costing information will then be used to improve the supply chain planning model.

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

UPS, for instance, has managed to save up $50 million a year in fuel, vehicle maintenance and time by optimizing vehicle routes with a big data model. For example, you need to look at the different demographics and what their preferences are. They’re constantly battling with cost and the time needed to meet delivery modes.

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ShipLilly

JANUARY 24, 2023

For example, inflation erodes away about 8.5%. Preparing to meet and overcome these challenges Retailers and suppliers must carefully study these trends to ascertain their potential and actual impact on their trading position. For example, businesses must aim for more creativity and agility in operations and their supply chains.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In a SYSPRO-led research study, 29% of businesses stated that their systems lacked responsiveness during the pandemic and that they would be pursuing new business systems to address immediate needs and accelerate digital transformation. The first step, therefore, is to get all your information – documents and data – into a digital format.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

The hyper-focus on meeting customer expectations is also creating pressures upstream in the supply chain, as manufacturers extend visibility and collaboration beyond their own walls to avoid any disruptions. To meet customers’ growing expectations for personalized offerings, the typical company’s product lines have grown exponentially.

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Compactor Management Company

JUNE 5, 2023

This article goes into the fundamental ideas behind the circular economy and looks at real-world examples that have a beneficial impact on the environment, the economy, and society. This differs from the typical linear economic model, which is built on a pattern of take, consume, and discard. What Is Circular Economy?

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In a recent Forrester study, they found the problem to be poor quality data. Markets are rapidly evolving with a continuous stream of new regulations, new technologies are disrupting traditional business models, and new risks such as cybersecurity are arising. Foundation, Foundation, Foundation. Change can be a good thing.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

It’s a random approach in which, for example, a consignment of electric blenders might find a home in a storage location between bottles of shampoo on one side, and dog collars on the other. Does this mean it’s possible to come across the same model of electric blender in various locations as you walk through the warehouse?

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

During the webinar, Paul Coombe (Supply Chain Director at Nampak Glass) shared his insights on making the best possible use of your production facilities and optimizing the way you respond to changes in demand. Every business wants to achieve the optimal mix of customer service, smallest logistics cost and inventory carrying cost.

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3PL Links

APRIL 16, 2024

However, how can we aim for productivity, flexibility, and efficiency to meet the needs of a market that is expanding all the time? Because of its improved stock storage techniques, increased flexibility, and efficient management, the company can easily handle the surge in orders and always adjusts to meet demand.

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Optimized production scheduling enables fast, profitable decision making at Nampak. During the webinar, Paul Coombe (Supply Chain Director at Nampak Glass) shared his insights on making the best possible use of your production facilities and optimizing the way you respond to changes in demand. The difference between good and great.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 12, 2023

In addition, the energy carrier could act as an energy store with the increased use of renewable energy sources in the future, for example to temporarily store electricity generated by means of photovoltaics or wind power. “We tons load capacity, replaced the previously used IC models.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

And the opening chapter in the book is an actual case study about a team meeting I attended where they would have the inventory “target of the month”. You mention that Advanced Analytics and Modeling are helpful when trying to determine targets in each metrics area and see tradeoffs. People like stories. Can you expand on that?

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Locus

MAY 25, 2022

The above statement is spot on, largely because of its subtext: Customers spend their money elsewhere because they are not happy with how companies meet their expectations. Take last-mile deliveries for example. When e-commerce was in its infancy, people were more forgiving around meeting delivery times. – Statista, U.S.

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The Lean Thinker

MARCH 23, 2023

During the war there was huge growth and turnover within the industrial base as production shifted from civilian products (locomotives, for example) to wartime production (tanks). ” I think the answer depends on the person’s mental model and biases about the role of authority. That is the purpose of these meetings.

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AIMMS

JUNE 26, 2015

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Christian Olsen, Head of Business Development at Höegh, a leading global shipping company specializing in vehicle transportation services. I sat down with Christian to learn how Höegh is using optimization to transform their operations and to get his impression about the AIMMS hackathon.

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WorkWave

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Due to the increased popularity of online grocery shopping, there is a lot of competition, making establishing a solid business model vital for your success. Designing a successful business model requires a bit of research and analysis of your competitors. Work on an Operating Model. The Inventory Model.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2020

For example, integrating temperature-sensing solutions such as Zebra Temptime can indicate if vaccines, medications, biologics, blood, food and more have been exposed to potentially hazardous conditions that could impact their efficacy or safety. Warehouse operations are impacted by low-value worker travel in the picking processes.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Mini Case Study: Walmart. Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool. So if you want to be sure of business success, review your supply chain strategy. SEE ALSO: Supply Chain Strategy Development. .

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2019

Mini Case Study: Walmart. Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool. So if you want to be sure of business success, review your supply chain strategy. SEE ALSO: Supply Chain Strategy Development.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 28, 2018

This will be an update on a study Steve Banker did a few years ago, which looked mostly at the execution space, and how the Uber for Freight model was disrupting the market. In this study, I am specifically looking at transportation visibility. Transportation Execution and Visibility. Just how big is this gap?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Further, while artificial intelligence helps solve certain types of problems, Jay Muelhoefer – the chief marketing officer at Kinaxis pointed out – optimization and heuristics work better for other types of planning problems. Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

When “trams” (coal carts) were in short supply, for example, the “trammers” would horde carts to optimize their team’s performance at the expense of other teams being limited by the number of carts available. The study I am citing here was commissioned to determine why. Productivity plummeted.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2021

I am wrapping up my Transportation Management Systems market study which looks at the total size of the market, the forecasted growth through 2025, and the leading suppliers across a number of categories including industry, region, and customer size. The study includes a holistic view of the TMS outlook. E-Commerce Continues to Surge.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

Below I will outline how a vendor managed inventory model, in conjunction with reverse marketing, value analysis, and collaboration will achieve supply chain cost reductions. Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions. These are obviously confidential meetings in a closed office by Supplier Conference Team Members.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Examples of building intelligence in your processes: Automating product segmentation based on multiple dimensions including revenue, demand variability, supplier lead-times to manage different service level targets. Modeling the impact of weather events. Modeling the impact of weather events. key customers and/or suppliers).

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Polycrisis” was the talk of Davos at the recent meeting of the World Economic Forum, which defines it as “…a term used to describe the current global situation, where multiple complex, interconnected crises are occurring simultaneously.” A McKinsey study found that 90% of supply chain leaders expected to transform their planning systems.

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CLX Logistics

APRIL 6, 2020

The optimization of global supply chain performance isn’t a one-and-done task to be completed in a day. Global supply chain specialists at CLX Logistics for example, use detailed modeling strategies and a wealth of industry experience to continuously optimize the supply chain performance of international and domestic transportation.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In this post, we’re revisiting the topic with a more holistic approach, focusing on six factors that can make the difference between an optimal and suboptimal distribution network design. Indeed, careful attention to data in the preparation stage is indispensable for delivering a simple yet optimal design.

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Locus

MAY 25, 2023

Ford Whitman Harris first published the model of Economic Order Quantity in a paper Factory, The Magazine of Management , in 1913. This model became dominant for order-quantity analysis in the study of supply chains. Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) is a model businesses use in their supply chain and logistics operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2022

Supply chain professionals are looking for ways to store goods closer to customers by investing in micro fulfillment centers and to optimize their facilities so orders can be processed faster. An IBM study found that 57% of consumers are willing to change their shopping habits to protect the environment. Rethink Partnerships.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

According to one survey , only 27% of leaders believe that they have the talent needed to meet current supply chain performance requirements. The premise of the study was interesting. As the P&G example shows, effective collaboration within the broader organization and across partners and customers becomes a key success factor.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 30, 2023

To meet market demands, Crown redesigned the entire platform ̶ based on feedback from 250 customer surveys worldwide. Two large viewing windows are also present on the fork side, while the cab floor features grilles that provide optimal visibility without requiring the operator to leave the safe contours of the truck.

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