Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

As I’ve commented in previous postings, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business opportunity (see Reuters article from December 2012). And finally, UPS raised a red flag by lowering its full-year EPS expectations.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2012

They will also learn specific actions for reducing LTL carrier shipping costs. Key process indicators (KPI) for the most important aspects of LTL shipping. The post Webinar: How to Measure LTL Carrier Performance and Save Money (November 21, 2012) appeared first on The Logistics of Logistics. Webinar topics will include: 1.)

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

By 2012 Quiet had revenues of $37 million, was profitable, and in no need of any more investment. “If In the case of Locus, the labor to build one of the robots is quite minimal, so the labor savings would not be offset by the high shipping costs. Their metrics just don’t make sense. They totally got that.”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

One of my favorite interviews on this topic, that I recently completed for my upcoming book Metrics That Matter , was with Amway’s Chief Supply Chain Officer George Calvert. In prestige beauty and nutritional supplements, the cost to ship the product is minuscule. Service level is our most important metric.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 8, 2013

In the Supply Chain Metrics that Matter table, we can clearly see that “operating margin” and “inventory turns” matter to public financial performance. Each faces four years of deterioration on this important supply chain metric. Another example is the work that we are doing on collaborative shipping.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

General warehouse industry statistics Warehousing costs & revenue statistics Warehouse efficiency statistics Labor statistics in the warehousing industry Automation adoption in the warehousing industry Warehouse performance metrics Warehouse automation stats: General warehouse industry statistics 1. Since 2012, rents have increased by 5.6%

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2014

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During During the period of 2006-2012, Campbell Soup Company outperformed its peer group on the Supply Chain Index. Food and Beverage Company Performance on the Supply Chain Index for the Period of 2006-2012. We named it the Supply Chain Index.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 17, 2013

Chainalytics Creates New Metrics for Demand Planning Consortium. In related news, Maersk downgraded its forecast for ocean shipping demand. This Week in News Chainalytics cloud computing container shipping Descartes Systems Group HighJump Software Maersk NetSuite UPS' HighJump Software Announces New Partnership With NetSuite.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Due to the enhanced visibility of data and metrics across peer groups, sales leads have improved their customer service by walking prospective customers through the operations process and comfortably answering any queries on how success is measured. Overall, MDI provides organizations with key takeaways and measured KPIs.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2013

performance metrics to influence vendor behavior and impact sourcing choices. As performance reporting metrics capture vendor performance, the company can substantiate penalties for noncompliance and poor performance, recognize or reward high performers, and incent positive results and consistent behavior. Sourcing uses P.O.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

This popular metric helps buying and finance teams justify capital outlays as they bring on new products and services. He is a 2012 graduate of Harvard University where he was a four-year member of the football team. As part of our sales cycle, we are often asked by companies to provide them with an ROI (return on investment).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

Which supply chain metrics correlate to market capitalization by Morningstar sector? In 2012, supply chain process evolution was thirty years old, and I wanted to use the book, Bricks Matter, as a litmus test to tell the story of success. Which companies have made year-over-year improvements? Results of the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. To meet the criteria for The Supply Chains to Admire for 2016, companies needed to score better than their peer group average for performance metrics, while driving a higher level of improvement than 2/3 of their industry peer group.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. In Figure 1, I share a composite orbit chart of progress of Cisco Systems, Intel, Samsung and Flextronics on the Effective Frontier at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for 2006-2012.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail. Mexico trade.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 22, 2019

Marcia Walker writes, “The industrial internet of things is poised to transform everything from the factory floor to the logistics of shipping, receiving, and maintaining products at the customer site.”[5] The Brookings Institution, 22 February 2012. [2] ” Footnotes. [1]

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QAD

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Supply chain analytics allows leadership to target these challenges and mitigate the risks – that include poor forecasting, increasing trade regulations, material shortages, rising shipping costs and more – and craft data-based solutions. What is Supply Chain Analytics Software?

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 13, 2016

Editor’s note: This post originally ran in 2012. But when you have dimensional information on each product that you ship, along with its packaging, you can build better pallets. And in this company, the Shipping Department controls the loading process. What you really want are meaningful metrics.

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RFgen

JULY 19, 2015

If workers can easily pinpoint where the case packs are, for example, they will find these types of products more easily when it comes time to ship them. Perform Metrics and Measurements. In 2012, Entrepreneur reported on Village Green Apothecary , an online integrative pharmacy. Be Aware of SKU Numbers and Barcodes.

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RFgen

JULY 19, 2015

If workers can easily pinpoint where the case packs are, for example, they will find these types of products more easily when it comes time to ship them. Perform Metrics and Measurements. In 2012, Entrepreneur reported on Village Green Apothecary , an online integrative pharmacy. Be Aware of SKU Numbers and Barcodes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

In 2012 I built on these concepts to define the market-driven value network. The use of customer segmentation strategies to define order policies for lead times, discounts, allocation, and shipping priorities. Market-Driven Processes. The definition: an adaptive network focused on a well-defined value-based outcomes. Order Policy.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

million in FY 2012 to $203.8 getting buy-in from drivers and other stakeholders) and implementing appropriate metrics to measure and drive performance.). In five years, the company’s revenues have grown from $114.0 million in FY 2017 (net income has grown from $12.0 million to $23.8 million over the same time period).

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 10, 2012

state authorities to collect sales taxes into an opportunity to deploy same-day shipping capabilities in the not too distant future, allowing consumers the same convenience and gratification that they would get by purchasing goods from a physical store. Posted by Bob Ferrari on August 10, 2012 1:21 PM | Permalink.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

million this year for 800,000 metric tons of wood pellets that will only fetch $156.9 wood-pellet exportsSource: Foreign Agricultural Service 2012’15’200123456789million metric tonsthrough September With 10 plants across the South and six marine terminals, Enviva accounts for most U.S. million on the open market.

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Lucas

JULY 11, 2018

Part of this optimization and warehouse execution challenge is to balance an array of operational metrics, not just to reduce the total number of labor hours worked. have been increasing steadily since 2012, with some estimates putting job growth as high as 46% over the past five years. Warehouse and DC jobs in the U.S.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 28, 2012

A further benefit of integration of these many systems is to allow organizations to effectively report on their sustainability metrics. Transportation industry can have a close eye on resource consumption, including the fuel burned by the vehicle or the electricity and water used by passengers in aircrafts, trains, ships and coaches.

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Invata Intralogistics

JUNE 15, 2021

Too often companies focus their analysis only on the cost savings associated with the automation — reduced labor requirements, lower shipping costs, increased processing efficiencies — and not on the revenue generation that will come with increased customer loyalty. 1 As excerpted from the white paper: The Economics Behind Customer Loyalty.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 10, 2019

To survive the increasing customer demands you need shorter lead times and faster shipping and delivery times. It will also track your goods right from the moment an order is received, its journey through the supply chain until it leaves the warehouse for shipping. Make it specific, not general; practical, not conceptual.

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Invata Intralogistics

JUNE 15, 2021

Too often companies focus their analysis only on the cost savings associated with the automation — reduced labor requirements, lower shipping costs, increased processing efficiencies — and not on the revenue generation that will come with increased customer loyalty. Relevant Reading Recommendations for You: Is Your Project Team Risk Averse?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 24, 2013

Macy’s had been bragging at conferences about their work on cross-channel fulfillment with progress made in using their stores to ship directly to customers. Macy’s requested that I ship the damaged bowls back. With the introduction of Amazon Prime with free shipping, why do customers need to enter a physical store?

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Revenue: JP¥ 1,829 billion/ $16.5

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

If you look back ten years ago, being a good supply chain manager was about understanding the operations, understanding your metrics, keeping a tight grip on the costs—it’s a lot more than that now. It’s a lot more forward focused than our traditional view, in which we’re steering the ship by looking over our shoulder at the wake.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 29, 2020

The ships now have to reduce their Sulphur emission by over 80% – 85% by switching to Lower Sulphur Fuel. Due to the high level of pollutants in the exhaust of the bunker currently used to power some 60,000+ ships globally, the IMO is going to implement a new regulation regarding these fuels on January 1, 2020.

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EMERGE App

MAY 10, 2020

trillion in 2012. Benchmark yourself against some metrics. We covered some important metrics here at [link]. Cycle Time = Actual Ship Date – Customer Order Date. You can with business-to-business e-commerce. Can you afford to ignore this monumental change in the way business is done? How did you go?

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Long Beach shipping expanded 29% during the same period, such that the two ports now account for 37% of the US market since the pandemic, more than double the share of the Port of New York and New Jersey, the closest competitor. The success of the ports is undeniably tied to the success of the global economy. over the first 8 months of 2019.

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EMERGE App

MAY 10, 2020

trillion in 2012. Benchmark yourself against some metrics. We covered some important metrics here at [link]. Cycle Time = Actual Ship Date – Customer Order Date. You can with business-to-business e-commerce. Can you afford to ignore this monumental change in the way business is done? How did you go?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2015

Today, on average, there are 10-25 ships sitting on the water waiting to unload. In July 2012, E2open went public with a market capitalization of 442M. Yes, there was lots of the usual hype coming from NRF, and CES conferences filling the airways. but underneath this bravado, there was some grim news: 1) West Coast Ports.

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