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2022 Supply Chain Predictions

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC analysts have published predictions about supply chain technology trends at the beginning of the year in past years. Supply Chain Disruptions Will Diminish, but Remain Substantial. Inflation Will Hinder Supply Chain Resiliency, Supply Diversification Efforts.

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A Supply Chain Executive Asks: Is Supply Chain Technology Making a Difference?

Talking Logistics

Kevin O’Meara, Vice President, Integrated Supply Chain at Shaw Industries, posted the following question on Twitter last Friday: “Have the billions of dollars invested in supply chain technology really made a significant difference in the outcomes?

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Understanding Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain sustainability can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. However, supply sustainability goes well beyond these initiatives. I’ve spoken to many supply chain leaders over the last few years and sustainability has consistently come up as a top priority.

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Where Tech Outpaces People in Supply Chains: Four Examples

Supply Chain Brain

Technology can help mitigate some of the most common human errors in supply chain management

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5 Powerful Prescriptive Analytics Examples in Supply Chain

Prescriptive analytics is a type of advanced analytics that optimizes decision-making by providing a recommended action. Supply chain, with its complex planning questions, is typically an area where optimization technology is required. Read about 5 use cases.

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Top Supply Chain Challenges for CPG companies in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Autonomous Supply Chains In this competitive environment, a CPG manufacturer needs to fight to get space on retailer shelves in each region, keep those shelves stocked, compete and collaborate simultaneously with e-commerce, and maintain its operating margins.

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Supply Chain Shortages Hit the Customer Where it Hurts

Logistics Viewpoints

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , nearly three years after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, supply chains are back to normal. Actually, when looking a bit closer at the numbers, supply pressures actually fell below normal.

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Network Visibility and Supply Chain Planning Work Better Together

Logistics Viewpoints

Infor is one example of a supplier that offers both advanced visibility and supply chain planning. Supply chain practitioners are beginning to understand the same is true for supply chain planning (SCP) and multi-enterprise supply chain network solutions.

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Supply Chain Planning for Dummies

Logistics Viewpoints

S upply chain planning requires constraints to be mapped. Supply chain management has been in the news. But the intricacies of supply chain management are beyond the grasp of most. Supply chain planning is a complex solution.

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Supply Chain Profit Leaks in Real-Life

Logistics Bureau

Here’s a real-life example. Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our website, check them out: Cost to Serve – A Smarter Way to Improved Supply Chain Profitability. 7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management.

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Common Use Cases for Mathematical Optimization

What is mathematical optimization and what are some of the most common use cases for across industries? How can this type of prescriptive analytics be applied to lower costs, reduce carbon emissions, and build more resilient supply chains? Find out in this guide.

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A New Kind of Supply Chain Managed Services

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply Chain Resilience Depends Upon End-to-End Visibility Service companies, where one firm takes over a set of duties that used to be done in-house, is quite common. In supply chain services, the services company plans and executes on behalf of their clients.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility. When it comes to driving supply chain agility there are several solutions that are important, but the key solution is a Multi-enterprise Supply Chain Network (MSCN). Supply Chain Risk Management

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COVID Has Fundamentally Changed the Profession of Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

The toilet paper shortage was one of the COVID era events that taught people what the term “supply chain management” meant. The changes to the profession of supply chain management are dramatic. In warehouses, for example, one solution is labor management.

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Logistics & Supply Chain News Roundup, January 2023

Logistics Bureau

A new year is underway, and what better way to begin our 2023 blog activity than with a summary of the freshest news from the supply chain and logistics theatre? But is that a real possibility, or are the predictions of supply chain mayhem just so much panic and hot air?

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Supply Chain Planning Maturity – How Do You Compare to Peers?

Today's supply chains are networked, global ecosystems. An event upstream in a different country or region can cause considerable disruption downstream. The COVID-19 pandemic is an extreme example of how this unfolds in practice. How prepared are supply chain teams to react and recover, from a planning maturity stance? Download this report to get exclusive insights on planning maturity!

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The World’s Most Vulnerable Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

It also provides a good explanation for why the semiconductor supply chain is the world’s most vulnerable supply chain. As just one example of the criticality of semiconductors, China spends more money on importing semiconductors than oil.

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Supply Chain Impacts from Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Logistics Viewpoints

But the topic is also of significance to supply chain practitioners. In fact, supply chains are being impacted directly by the war and by the sanctions being put in place in response. There is potential for oil and gas supply shortages to occur as well.

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The Big List of Supply Chain KPI Mistakes to Avoid

Logistics Bureau

But we’re determined to enlighten you about their existence because, with that knowledge, you can avoid making KPI mistakes in your supply chain. You cannot determine how well or how poorly your supply chain processes are performing.

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5 Powerful Prescriptive Analytics Examples in Supply Chain

AIMMS

The post 5 Powerful Prescriptive Analytics Examples in Supply Chain appeared first on AIMMS

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Post-COVID Supply Chain Planning: Steps to Take Now for Rapid Recovery

Speaker: Dave Food, Strategy Director at Prophetic Technology

Supply Chain Executives need to empower their teams to navigate through and beyond the impact of COVID-19 with powerful insights and integrated supply chain networks so that real-time change can be quickly responded to and organizations can come out of this leading from the front. Join this webinar with Dave Food, Strategy Director, Prophetic Technology, who will provide insights into planning for a post-COVID world.

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DHL Supply Chain’s Digital Transformation in the Warehouse

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2018, DHL Supply Chain announced its plans to deploy emerging technologies in 350 of its North American facilities. DHL Supply Chain has instituted a well-defined process for vetting and adopting warehouse technologies.

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Creating a Green Marine Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Seventy-one percent of the surface of our “blue planet” is covered by oceans which is also reflected in the fact that 80% of goods are moved via sea transportation within the global supply chain [1]. The post Creating a Green Marine Supply Chain appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Supply Chain Predictions for 2022 and Beyond

Logistics Viewpoints

As I was enjoying the holidays, I had an opportunity to reflect on the year past and what the future holds for supply chains. However, organizations will need to be deliberate in designing supply chains with optionality so it does not become cost prohibitive.

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No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One

Logistics Bureau

As you’ll know, if you follow our blog regularly, Logistics Bureau does a great deal of work related to supply chain strategy development and alignment. A company without a supply chain strategy is at a competitive disadvantage. Lean supply chain practices.

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No Fluff ROI: The Top 5 ROI Drivers for Supply Chain Visibility

Speaker: Glenn Koepke, Andy Johnson, and Steve Rotter

To help you chart your supply chain transformation, we gathered best practices from 1,300 of the world’s most recognized. In this webinar you’ll discover the 5 critical areas that are driving results & the steps required to get there.

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Holiday Supply Chains: Are you prepared?

Logistics Viewpoints

We’ve only just entered the second half of the year and people haven’t even taken their summer vacations yet, so why are we talking about holiday supply chains now? Shouldn’t this alleviate the pressure on holiday supply chains?”. Retail holiday supply chains

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Falling Into Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

Many current supply chain professionals say that they “fell into” the field — that is, they started their careers elsewhere but ultimately ended up in a supply chain role. Did you “fall into” Read more Falling Into Supply Chain Management.

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Easy Supply Chain Savings: A Simple Supply Chain Case Study

Logistics Bureau

Supply Chain & Logistics case studies are always interesting. This one is about easy ways to save money in your Supply Chain and Logistics operations if you just look at things differently. Maybe you have some similar examples you can share in the comments?

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A Radical New Way to Think About Supply Chain Management

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC has done research and writing on supply chain collaboration networks. A supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) is a key technology for improved collaboration across an extended supply chain. Supply Chain Planning supply chain visibility

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Top 5 Barriers to Supply Chain Network Design Adoption and How to Overcome Them

Speaker: Brian Dooley, Director SC Navigator, AIMMS, and Paul van Nierop, Supply Chain Planning Specialist, AIMMS

Want to build your internal capability, reduce costs and make better decisions? It's easier than you think. This on-demand webinar shares research findings from Supply Chain Insights, including the top 5 obstacles that bog you down when trying to improve your network design efforts.

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Explore Real-World Examples of How Retailers Are Using AI

Supply Chain Brain

Forward-thinking retailers are optimizing supply chain management with the power of AI

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How will supply chain recover?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

High and increasing costs, in combination with long recovery times, have triggered many companies to reassess their customer service plus supply-chain strategies and footprints to make them more resilient to any kind of disruption. Reducing risk in supply chains.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

When companies want to digitally transform their supply chain capabilities, moving to an integrated business planning process (IBP) is often at the heart of the transformation. To begin the journey, GEON needed a better supply chain planning tool.

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Savvy Supply Chain Leaders Aren’t Letting a Good Downturn Go to Waste

Logistics Viewpoints

For a few years now, supply chain professionals and pundits have been speculating on what the so-called “new normal” will look like. Closer to home for supply chain professionals, driver shortages continue to plague the industry. Supply Chain Visibility visibility

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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. Is supply chain inventory the problem?

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Suez Canal travails are the most recent example of supply chain challenges

Logistics Management

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