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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, a robust supply chain may have backup power generators, firewalls, security systems, and emergency plans to prevent or mitigate the effects of disruptions. For example, an agile supply chain may have real-time data, advanced analytics, decision support tools, and cross-functional teams to monitor, diagnose, and solve problems.

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Supply Chain Helps Meet ESG Goals

Blue Grace Logistics

As corporations become increasingly focused on ESG initiatives, their supply chain and logistics partners respond with tools and services designed to help them grow sustainability and other goals. Here’s how many companies are turning to their supply chains to meet their ESG goals. Inbound Logistics. Sandra Beckwith.

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Toyota Kata: What If There Is No Takt Time?

The Lean Thinker

The whole goal of an ideal “Just-in-Time” system is that we have only the capacity required to meet the demand. We have to attack a source of variation and work on stability. This is true in Steve’s example of an Emergency Department. Don’t Confuse the Tool with the Goal. are an example of this.

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

Increasingly, forecasts are being improved by leveraging outside data sources rather than merely relying on a company’s internal historical shipment data. Machine learning also makes it possible to make more granular forecasts – for example, instead of forecasting demand for the company’s products in the Eastern Region of the U.S.,

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Cutting Emissions Through Better Transportation Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Transportation is, of course, a major source of green house emissions. A transportation management system (TMS) allows a shipper or carrier to plan the most cost-effective set of shipments that meets service level goals. For example, Oracle is using average emission from a 5-ton truck, or a bulk tanker.

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Autoliv’s Supply Chain Risk Management Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

The company works hard to meet the demanding requirements for quality, innovation, and cost from their OEM customers. Risk management solutions scrape data from hundreds of thousands of online & social-media sites, but Autoliv also has access to sources of information that they pay for. The implementation was not trivial.

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How to Prepare for Global Logistics in 2022

CH Robinson Logistics

At year-end, we typically see a jump in demand as shippers meet quarter-end quotas and prepare for the upcoming Lunar New Year, during which many factories in China shut down. Additionally, the right technology tools can give you the visibility and predictability you need to adjust. If you import into the U.S., Final Thoughts.