GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Don’t expect to plan for every disruption; instead, develop a strategy to overcome supply chain disruption, regardless of the source. Price fluctuations and sourcing issues. Trade disputes and tariffs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2023

A recent report says that more than 77% of companies said, in a survey, that they are investing in deeper and more collaborative supplier relationships to improve resilience and agility. He has published numerous thought leadership articles, whitepapers, blogs and delivered dozens of webinars during his career.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2022

The initiative consists of goals and activities set out by Solace to invest in EDA product innovation; build a coalition of vendor partners united in enabling event-driven systems at enterprise scale; advance the state of open source projects; and nurture global EDA community-building through education, networking and thought leadership.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Free to download from the Tower website, the white paper – titled ‘Passive v Active in a globally disrupted age’ – collates the key findings of a 90-minute webinar organised by Tower in late 2021. CLICK HERE to download the white paper.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

Our 2018- 2019 Network Design Survey showed that the majority of organizations are still relying on spreadsheets (nearly 60%) and gut feel (15%) to make network design decisions. Another use case we see for scenario modeling in the current context is evaluating new sourcing locations. Read on for common use cases. .

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

We commissioned Supply Chain Insights to conduct independent research about this topic and discussed the findings in a recent webinar. Supply Chain Insights research found that out of 110 survey respondents, 79 (72%) have a SCND process in place. What works well, and what are the challenges?

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

We commissioned Supply Chain Insights to conduct independent research about this topic and discussed the findings in a recent webinar. Supply Chain Insights research found that out of 110 survey respondents, 79 (72%) have a SCND process in place. What works well, and what are the challenges? ” .

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

What makes Ethereum different is that it actively encourages software development teams to use its open-source protocol to design tokens that run on top of the Ethereum blockchain. Provenance ensures transparency in supply chains, with the aim of encouraging brands to source materials and labor in an ethical and fair trade manner.

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AIMMS

JULY 13, 2020

We recently held a webinar with our partners at Oliver Wight to address these questions, covering the most common obstacles companies face when adopting IBP. Image source: Oliver Wight. Watch the webinar and learn about leveraging scenarios to foster engagement during meetings. Let’s explore them below.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Over 1,000 CPOs, VPS, directors, category managers, sourcing managers, buyers, and other procurement professionals from around the world participated in the survey—a mighty feat of collective future-gazing. Source Digitalist Magazine. Come 2015, it was time to take that vision and make some quantitative observations.

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Locus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

According to a survey, 73% of supply chain managers claim that they are not equipped technologically to provide real-time tracking of orders for their customers. Schedule a Demo Sources [link] [link] [link] The post Transform Your Delivery Process with Locus’ Automated Tracking System appeared first on Locus Blog.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 29, 2017

The extent of a data initiative is not limited to the data produced by the company’s own research, it must include data obtained from external sources as well. There are no old surveys to throw out or extra printing costs. And certainly, no one left using an old version of the survey. Solution: REAL TIME DATA.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 14, 2015

It is surprising then that despite the hundreds of millions of RFID tags sold this year alone that, according to results from the 2014 GS1 US Standards Usage Survey, finally saw the technology living up to the hype in the logistics industry in the last few years. Source: Morai Logistics. Source: SupplyChainOpz.com.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

Nexant conducted a survey of the plastics industry , in collaboration with Plastics News , to understand reshoring trends and the effect on the North American market. Nexant received about 200 survey responses from compounders, fabricators, equipment suppliers and toolers. Most of them, however, never left our shores. As the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A recent survey of customer service experiences, reports DC Velocity , revealed many retailers feel current technologies do not address their customer service needs, and as few as 3 percent of retailers site full support as part of their current systems. Essentially, shippers need to track these 11 metrics. Average Service Time.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 10, 2017

A 2016 Accenture survey, reports RF Gen , explained how more companies are taking advantage of AI benefits through linked supply chains. The move to agile supply chain management inherently required more data sources than traditional supply chains, reports GT Nexus.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2017

The reality is being changed very fast, so people are sharing their knowledge and experience as well as are providing their gains as the open source. Several techniques in this relation were already developed for you, for example, a 380-degree survey. Constant learning capability.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

truck drivers still use paper logs to track hours of service, despite the federal mandate, says a new survey with 2,400 respondents from software-as-a-service (SaaS) company Teletrac Navman that provides GPS fleet tracking. . Source: [link]. Even still, one-third of U.S. 28 and another $142 million as of Aug.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 17, 2017

According to Business Insider, major companies from all industries are starting to look at the IoT as a source of inexhaustible revenue and productivity, including Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Cisco, Epson and more. Uber, Google and other auto giants are starting look at self-driving cars as a reality within the next few years.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2015

Manufacturing provides a significant source of demand for goods and services in other sectors of the economy, and these sales to other industries are not captured in measures of manufacturing sector GDP but are counted in the broader measure of its gross output. Manufacturing industries generated $2.1 trillion in GDP (12.5 In 2013, the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2015

Only 38% of companies surveyed by Cap Gemini Consulting and the MIT Center for Digital Business are currently coordinating digital initiatives across functions and regions – a key reason manufacturing lags other industries in leveraging the full power of these technologies.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

In our recent blog post on the future of procurement , we discussed how the majority of respondents in a given survey reported procurement as a long-term career in manufacturing. 20, released its list of the top 10 priorities for procurement trends, based on a national survey of its members.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 28, 2016

Additionally, 81 percent of students who participated in Manufacturing Day 2015 who were surveyed showed an increased interest in pursuing a manufacturing career. However, Hirschvogel’s program didn’t stop there.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 17, 2014

So, for a direct response marketer, it’s actually more expensive to not have EDI integration, because without it you’re closed off from potential sources of business. Looking at 2013 research, 46% of the companies surveyed use EDI “heavily” with an additional 31% reporting “some: EDI usage.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

manufacturers' decisions to reassess where they are producing or sourcing. Consider that 46 percent of respondents to a 2010 Accenture survey of North American manufacturing companies had "experienced product quality concerns as a result of offshored manufacturing and supply operations," and that 11 percent had product safety concerns.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 18, 2016

In a 2012 survey by Forrester and Zebra Consulting, reports Cigniti Technologies , only 15 percent of manufacturers had implemented at least one Industrial Internet of Things solution. Source Forbes Magazine). Previous Applications of the Industrial Internet of Things in Manufacturing. However, this mindset has changed.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 27, 2016

According to a PwC and Zpryme Survey , the use of robots is impacting workers by creating new job opportunities in the field of robot repair and Engineering of advanced robotics and systems. where does the source code for artificial intelligence come from? So, how does this affect the workforce. What happens when a robot needs repair?

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Jabil sponsored a global Dimensional Research survey to capture hard data on current experiences, challenges and trends with the supply chains of electronics manufacturing companies. . >>> Read the Full Blog Post to Learn About Lean Inventory. INFOGRAPHIC] 3 Core Supply Chain Management Trends Gearing Up to Change SCM Forever.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

However, complex supplier relationships, unreliable sources of material supply, and ever-increasing customer expectations greatly add to the expectations to select the best suppliers and conduct their operations more efficiently. Read the full article here. . Read the full article here. .

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GlobalTranz

MAY 4, 2015

Jabil sponsored a global Dimensional Research survey to capture hard data on current experiences, challenges and trends with the supply chains of electronics manufacturing companies. A trend in dual/multi-sources helps to provide additional supplier sources in the case of any concerns.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 9, 2017

Per GT Nexus , 75 percent of executives surveyed recognized the digital supply chain as an important factor for the next five years. Working with more outside agencies, also highlighted by Samantha Carr of Business 2 Community, including crowd-sourced logistics, warehouse optimization and outsourcing, and greater use of cloud-computing.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 24, 2018

However, the possibility of complete withdrawal from existing free-trade agreements is a source of great concern for supply chain leaders. Tariffs may increase, and fines or penalties for businesses that do choose to source operations overseas may become reality.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 15, 2015

A SAS survey found that 18 percent of industrial machinery companies have already started to use ‘IoT devices’ to increase production and reduce costs. includes intelligent bridging between CRM, SCM and ERP systems, social media and other information sources. Smart materials will influence how they are used.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2015

Manufacturing Industry Pros Share Why Manufacturing Is Important to the Economy: In that post, the survey asked the simple questions of “Why is American Manufacturing important to you and why is it important to the economy?” Read the Full Blog Post.

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