GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Many off-shore manufacturers have returned to the U.S., Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Transportation and freight costs are reduced.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. We look at 6 core areas that manufacturing companies will take a long look at as they gear up for a successful 2016. E-Commerce for Manufacturing. Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

No company in either the household non-durable (consumer goods) or the food manufacturing group beat their peer group on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for 2013-2022. Look at the circular pattern of the results.” The paradigm needs to change to buck the trend.

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QAD

JANUARY 9, 2020

Manufacturing in Thailand. In addition, manufactured products in Thailand include textiles, beverages, tobacco products, cement, jewelry, appliances, computers automotive parts and agricultural equipment. . Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. About twice the size of the U.S. Tourism and services account for 55.6%

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2014

I like many other gray-haired supply chain professionals reported through a functional organization like manufacturing or transportation. For me, it was manufacturing. The reporting of manufacturing and procurement organizations through the supply chain leader has the probability of the flip of a coin.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The best application of CPFR I’ve encountered was in 2005, when working for a meat manufacturer that received point-of-sale (POS) data four times a day (10am, noon, 2pm, 4pm) from over 600 stores from the largest retailer in the Netherlands. POS data from the afternoon sales was used to adapt the production schedule for the next day.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2022

3] By his account, in 2005 end-to-end visibility was impossible. It’s the doing, the actions taken to improve your transportation and logistics operations, for example, that ultimately delivers value.” By 2015 end-to-end visibility became an interesting possibility. He also insists, “Visibility is not enough.”[4]

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Changing Landscape of Supply Chain Executives Traditionally, supply chain executives excelled in managing functions like transportation, warehousing, inventory, and production planning but supply chain process extends beyond the firm, involving global relationships with suppliers and customers.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2023

Spirit , which was spun off from Boeing in 2005, is a key supplier to both major aircraft manufacturers, Boeing and Airbus. Added Thoughts We have noted that labor activism should not be a surprise within deemed critical industry supply networks along with global and national services transportation and logistics services firms.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Spirit , which was spun off from Boeing in 2005, is a key supplier to both major aircraft manufacturers, Boeing, and Airbu s. The existing labor contract was scheduled to expire at midnight this Friday and both parties have been negotiating since the beginning of May.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

As the fabric suppliers require the longest lead times, ZARA approves designs & initiates manufacturing after it gets feedback from its stores. When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005, Cisco executives created a business continuity-planning dashboard to mitigate risks. Case Study Resilience: CISCO.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Here I am doing my standard Talking Logistics intro through one of my favorite filters: How awesome would it be to discuss blockchain or the capacity crunch in transportation using this filter for an entire episode? Lanehub Adds Backhaul Assist to Collaborative Transportation Network. Anybody want to join me as a guest?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 1, 2024

Reports point to a three-way transaction that will return Boeing’s fuselage structural component production back to direct Boeing control, in essence ending a major outsourcing strategy that was initiated in 2005. The report notes that Boeing has since formally apologized to the safety agency.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

by Kirsten Watson The term crowdsourcing—the process of obtaining ideas, services or information by soliciting feedback from a large group of people—has existed since 2005. Crowdsourcing transportation presents a solution for smaller enterprises to compete in this environment. But its fundamental concept predates the name by centuries.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs. The fuel supply chain could be one of many chains affected by a hurricane, especially if the hurricane threatens the Gulf of Mexico hampering the oil fields like Katrina did in 2005. These ports accounted for 18.3%

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This new customer-centric reality is prompting manufacturers and retailers of all sizes to revisit their strategies and capabilities to succeed in this highly- dynamic, highly-uncertain, and highly-competitive environment. The nature of retail has indeed changed since 2005. million-square-foot distribution center in Merced, CA.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 11, 2022

These disruptions include Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Sendai disaster, the start of trade wars between the US and China in 2019, and the Covid-19 pandemic. A root cause of the problem was the closure of a plant owned by Abbott, one of the few manufacturers serving the US domestic market for baby formula.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Sustainable distribution: Distribution of goods usually generates a lot of waste and is can damage the environment, but green distribution consists of green packaging including size, shape, and materials that have an impact on transportation of the goods. Swinburne University of Technology. / Abu Dhabi University., Abu Dhabi, UAE.:

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 30, 2015

For our readers, who are in the supply chain and manufacturing space, we want to share information that helps you stay strategic. We will also include a bonus portion of the post to include what is the outlook for the freight marketplace in 2016 and what to consider as you start to plan for better transportation management in 2016. .

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 29, 2016

This research, released in 2005, gives a compelling view of a metrics hierarchy. To gain competitive economies of scale and drive the segmented response, the back office operations–procurement, manufacturing and transportation–are automated and effective. Tight Integration of Planning to ERP Improves Outcomes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Manufacturers are Now Selling Directly to Consumers. Retailers can no longer have their heads in the sand, but neither can consumer products manufacturers. Note that apparel manufacturing is growing and apparel retail is declining. Manufacturers that want to have eCommerce capabilities are scrambling to catch-up.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 5, 2017

In the period of 2005-2010 I created research on the topic of demand-driven value networks as an analyst at AMR Research. 2) Demand-Driven Manufacturing. I hope to have one of their demand-driven manufacturing implementation leaders present at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. It is often out of sync with the market.)

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2018

While I thaw out a bit, here are the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Tight Trucking Market Has Retailers, Manufacturers Paying Steep Prices (WSJ – sub. Happy New Year, everyone! Amazon shipped over 5 billion items with Prime in 2017 (TechCrunch). 30, a 3½-year high, DAT said.”.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

Kaplan & Norton (2005) observed that a fundamental disconnect between the formulation of their strategy and the implementation of that strategy is responsible for 60%-90% of failure rates in of strategy implementation. AI has been estimated to displace 38% of transport jobs and 30% of manufacturing jobs (Ghosh, 2018).

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 8, 2013

Ryder Relaunches Dedicated Transportation Solution. Roadnet Technologies Unveils Roadnet Transportation Suite 3.60 As I wrote last October in “ Why Do Truckers and Brokers Want to be 3PLs? ”, the majority of small and mid-sized shippers still don’t have a transportation management system and they still manage their operations in-house.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2017

The decision support technologies that we use today–price management, trade promotion management, network design, supply chain planning, transportation planning, supplier risk management–are on the cusp of redefinition through new forms of analytics. Only 7% of manufacturers are experimenting with cognitive computing.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Lafley defined back in 2005. And it’s not just retailers that are transforming their networks, it’s manufacturers too — including P&G. I encourage you to watch the archive of the webinar for the full presentation, including the content presented by Brian Hodgson from Descartes. production to reach stores within 24 hours.”.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Kewill and CarrierWeb Penetrate China Transportation Market with Mobility and Data Management Solutions. Processing Trade affects companies that import materials and components into China and use those materials and components to manufacture finished goods for export to foreign markets. Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 17, 2021

For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. Global fallout not the rule Hurricane Katrina in 2005 did not have a high, global impact. In the matrix, this is referred to as a secondary impact.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 19, 2020

In addition to government guidelines for the food supply chain, the Consumer Brands Association (CBA — formerly the Grocery Manufacturers Association) started a review of supply chain infrastructure, particularly that portion associated with food industries. Food Business Status Reporting System for Crisis Management.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JANUARY 27, 2021

Due to lean inventory strategies, many manufacturers only keep 15-30 days of inventory on hand. By March consumers and manufacturers alike could not obtain critical supply. However, we saw similar supply chain outages associated with the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Japan’s earthquake and Tsunami in 2011.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

With a strong manufacturing culture, much of the focus was on lean production systems. Now, based on this analysis, I can clearly see that P&G made incredible gains over competitors until 2005; but this performance could not be sustained. I started this research in 2012 with the writing of Bricks Matter , and it continues today.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In the mid 1950s, this concept was extended to transportation management with the development of intermodal containers together with ships, trains, and trucks to handle these containers. By the 1960s, a clear trend had developed in shifting more time-dependent freight transportation to truck rather than rail.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Houston is home to a number critical industries, including energy exploration, oil and gas refineries, and related manufacturing of petrochemicals and plastic resins, among others. It will take a very long time for freight transportation and logistics to return to normal, after two such monstrous storms in the same month.

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Ware2Go

APRIL 5, 2022

Children’s furniture and toy manufacturer, ECR4Kids learned first-hand that expectations for last mile carrier tracking could inundate their customer support team with consumer interactions without a scalable technology solution. Watch ECR4Kids’ full story here. Department of Commerce.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2015

In the mid 1950s, this concept was extended to transportation management with the development of intermodal containers together with ships, trains, and trucks to handle these containers. By the 1960s, a clear trend had developed in shifting more time-dependent freight transportation to truck rather than rail.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 27, 2016

When was the last time you thought about robotics being used in manufacturing? The role of the robot is no longer to simply provide the brunt force in manufacturing but to extend and work with humanity to create is superior, usable, and life-sustaining solution. However, modern robotics in manufacturing is rapidly changing.

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