AIMMS

JULY 23, 2019

The company operates 7 sugar cane processing factories in Brazil, in a cluster located in the northwest region of Sao Paulo state. Decision-making goes from a highly tedious and error-prone exercise to a process that combines computational intelligence with the business knowledge needed to analyze the optimizer’s results.

Procurement Analytics 111

Procurement Analytics Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning How To 111

GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

Throughout the pandemic, factories were shut down due to COVID-19 infected employees and truck drivers and warehouse workers were idled as well. More consumers purchased bigger, bulkier items – furniture, exercise equipment, etc. These systems can help ensure quality and support recalls or other actions when necessary. Overall, U.S.

Supply Chain Planning Software 75

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Manufacturing Procurement 75

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I could understand how trade data would allow the solution to detect potential suppliers in the extended supply chain, but not how the solution would know that it was the supplier’s factory in Xian China – as opposed to Tianjin – that was the source for a component that eventually ended up in a product.

Supply Chain Software 123

Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Optimal Sourcing Procurement Solutions 123

Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2021

Plastics make every kind of product imaginable — from food packaging, appliances, smartphones, and car parts to exercise equipment and roller skates. Products could be sitting in a factory overseas for months because they can’t get loaded onto a ship. SHORTER SUPPLY + HIGHER DEMAND = HIGHER COSTS.

Industry 74

Industry Supply Chain Planning Software Material Savings Supply Chain Software 74

Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 10, 2020

After a comprehensive procurement exercise Telford based masonry manufacturer, Besblock, purchased a 70D-9, 7,000kgs diesel forklift truck from Compact Fork Truck Sales Manager, Greg Silvers. We’re pleased to officially join forces with Hyundai and excited for the new opportunities this creates.”.

Manufacturing Procurement 61

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Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Firstly, it recommended conducting realistic wargames and exercises to reflect threats and the capability of the ‘logistics enterprise’ to respond. A major report to senior US Defence leadership recently cited significant shortfalls in the capacity of the US to project military power. It’s worth dwelling on what it found.

Military 92

Military Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Expense Reduction 92

The Lean Thinker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Thus, focusing on implementing the tools of TPS (takt time, flow, pull, etc) outside of the immediate response and problem solving context is an exercise which expends energy and gains very little sustainable change. This is independent of whether it is done in a week-long intense event or not.

Events 44

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 30, 2020

Once this exercise is completed, your company can then assess the risk from tier-two suppliers onwards. This process involves determining the critical components for your operations and then, working with production personnel, identifying which ones are sourced from high-risk areas and lack ready substitutes.

Supply Chain Design Software 63

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Automotive Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A spokesperson for Audi said that every day, 27 of the electrically powered vehicles navigated routes through the factory halls delivering components, such as the front and rear axles, and the electric motor. The DTS is also used on a new cable sequencing concept that Audi has developed for e-tron production.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 28

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

With all movements of produce recorded immutably in a distributed ledger, tracing quality-compromised food or commodities back to the source can be achieved in hours, rather than the days, or even weeks, otherwise required for such an exercise. Faster delivery times to the factory. Big Names are Backing Blockchain.

Supply Chain Planning Software 83

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Tracking and Tracing 83

Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

However, remember that products or subassemblies that never made it out of the factory may need to travel backwards one or more stages along the supply chain. On the other hand, a very high-end fashion company might insist that all excess inventory was returned to the factory for recycling, rather than see its brand in low budget shops.

Reverse logistics 49

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Historically, this product ‘footprinting’ exercise was both tedious and expensive. We are seeing increasing levels of automation permeate many jobs today, both in factories as well in the headquarters offices of many companies.

Supply Chain Planning Software 60

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 29, 2022

The problem is that many factories are limited in this area because they have older legacy equipment. In the first blog, it was pointed out that any project to optimize manufacturing operations should start with a value stream mapping (VSM) exercise.

Manufacturing Procurement 111

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Optimization Software Purchasing Skills 111

Blog on Log

MAY 2, 2006

A post-9/11 simulation exercise forecast that closing the nation's ports for 12 days would cost the economy roughly $58bn. corporations, shipping companies, and domestic ports, but at factories and facilities at international origins as well. If supply were disrupted at just one major port, what economic problems would a U.S.-wide

Supply Chain Software 40

Supply Chain Software Security Supply Chains Exercises 40

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 22, 2022

The shift from oversupply to the current worldwide shortage has impacted raw materials, inbound logistics, the factory floor, and the outbound warehouse. Challenge: Skills gap on the factory floor. The metal fabrication industry faces challenges in finding and keeping qualified welders, finishers, and assemblers.

Supply Chain Design Software 105

Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing 105

Conger

MAY 6, 2019

It was difficult to stock and exercise first-in first-out rules. When this happens, we can now assign the work to another tech to complete the repairs faster.". We Consistently Ran Out of Certain Chemicals. "At At that time, chemicals were stored on the bottom of a rack in the parts department.

Waste Reduction 59

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 31, 2018

In the United States, Nippon Express USA occupies 44 stations, while subsidiary NEXTransport, a packaging and inter-factory distribution specialist, has one office; Associated Global Systems (AGS), which focuses on white glove, final-mile delivery services, has 21 locations. Adelta Logis, formerly the logistics operation of a U.S.

Material Savings 28

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 15, 2019

According to DB Schenker, the programme is based on a total of six exercises – each of which instructs learners about the various steps involved by encouraging ‘playful’ learning. Information like stock coverage, FIFO [first-in, first-out] data and quality confirmation is a very powerful tool to connect the worker with the factory.

Supply Chain Design Software 54

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Conger

MAY 6, 2019

It was difficult to stock and exercise first-in first-out rules. When this happens, we can now assign the work to another tech to complete the repairs faster.". WE CONSISTENTLY RAN OUT OF CERTAIN CHEMICALS. "At At that time, chemicals were stored on the bottom of a rack in the parts department.

Waste Reduction 40

Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 40

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 19, 2022

While the short-term plans focus on safety stocks throughout the supply chain (in most cases, the priority to keep the factories fully operational remains). To assist with the short-term solution, the answer is an extensive data-gathering exercise. Use data to improve operations.

Manufacturing Procurement 105

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains 105

Automotive Logistics

APRIL 16, 2018

But I think we are among the first logistics providers to have meaningful conversations with OEMs about what happens from the moment the car leaves the factory until it reaches the hands of the customer.”. Jack Cooper’s chief information officer, Kirk Hay, says that cyber-security issues have been high on the company’s agenda for a while.

Supply Chain Design Software 44

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

If your supply chain network design has not been under the microscope, and you care about business success, it’s probably time to consider the benefits of a design review and optimisation exercise. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool.

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Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction 122

Blog on Log

AUGUST 19, 2006

However, in reality most strategic planning exercises neither embed foresight, nor create responsive networks. Last month’s feature article talked about ‘Information Factory’. The logistics information factory provides an excellent infrastructure to enable Logistics analytics.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Supply Chain Planning Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Tracking and Tracing Supply Chain Design Software 40

Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Whether it is a hurricane or factory fire, new trade regulation or an unexpected supplier bankruptcy, much of how products are made and moved happens outside of our control. And in many cases, visibility is simply a matter of having regular status updates or reports between a company and an individual supplier, factory, carrier, or bank.

Supply Chain Planning Software 74

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Scenario Planning 74

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

For example, a CTS analysis may show you that customers ordering directly from you at your factory also generate lower costs in transport and inventory costs. Cost to Serve data and modeling benefits are sometimes deceptively simple. They may confirm things you already suspected were true. This sounds like common sense.

Purchasing Skills 88

Purchasing Skills Cost Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 88

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 18, 2022

In 2018 it was reported , for example, than an iPhone is assembled by workers at Foxconn’s factory in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou; and made of raw materials and components sourced from 43 nations. That reality makes one best practice particularly important; companies should have emergency plans in place.

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