Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Onshoring: Manufacturers capitalise on goods ‘made in the USA’ ( Financial Times ). Decaying Bridges, Highways Raise Costs for Truckers, Manufacturers ( Wall Street Journal ). Years from now, when we look back at 2013, we might say this was the year where logistics truly became a strategic weapon for companies.

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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

JUNE 3, 2013

It was funded by 50 large consumer products manufacturing companies (CPG). In the dawn of e-commerce, conservative manufacturers, anteed up $240 million in four months. In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The stories border on the ridiculous.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2014

All metal fabricators realize that they have to do some analyses before the company purchases equipmen t or hires new people, but now there seems to be a new intensity about the process. Now is the Time for Manufacturing to Look at Logistics Efficiency. Manufacturing seems heading for a long awaited comeback.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 Also, warehouse automation excludes similar systems such as airport baggage handling, manufacturing-line automation, and manually driven forklifts. KION is a publicly-traded company and reports on the Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) segment. billion in 2019.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

2013 has certainly been an interesting year! I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2013

We finished our report on the maturation of hospital supply chains , and I have put the finishing touches on the Healthcare Supply Chain Index for this Thursday’s webinar. We have to change the mental model of our organizations to move forward.” Medical Device Manufacturer. Generalize procurement of materials.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Almost two decades of reporting. One of my insights from doing the industry analysis for the Supply Chains to Admire each year is that smaller and less well-known companies outperform larger and better-known manufacturers. The analysis is biased toward large process-based manufacturers in the Gartner network. Is this success?

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GlobalTranz

JULY 10, 2015

On June 23, 2015, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals ( CSCMP ) released the “State of Logistics Report,” which happens to be in its 26 th year. For members of the CSCMP , the cost of the report is free, but it stands out at $295.00 In 2014, the total cost of logistics rose to a staggering $1.45

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

At the 2013 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit, Rick Sather , now VP of Supply Chain for Jack-O-links stated that “there should be an app for that.” Today, 7% of order and purchase order flows move through business networks. For access to the report on business networks reference this r eport. The gaps are large.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 2, 2023

Services that can be shared among the various business units of a company include finance, purchasing, inventory, payroll, hiring, and information technology. The concept of shared services was introduced in the 1980s, when a number of large companies with multiple business units began looking for ways to reduce their administrative costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2014

“The idea of the value chain is based on the process view of organizations, the idea of seeing a manufacturing (or service) organisation as a system, made up of subsystems each with inputs, transformation processes and outputs. How value chain activities are carried out determines costs and affects profits.”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! But, when my mom was buying a new vehicle, she didn’t decide to scrap the vehicle from 1993 and purchase one from 1995. Procurement is a business function that has undergone a lot of change in the last few years. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 1, 2018

Even in blockchain, errors in data entry will result in continuous compounding negative effects and incorrect supply chain analytics insight. Blockchain propagates automation by providing a lengthy source of information and through analytics, consumers can track product movements in real time. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. It is clear.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Do you currently work primarily with Life Sciences clients at Resilinc? I have nearly 30 years of experience as a global procurement and supply chain leader in High-Tech and Life Sciences. Of those alerts, 60% typically had some kind of impact reported by a supplier.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 31, 2019

Multinational enterprises deal with a dizzying array of paperwork involving procurement deals, purchase orders, shipping data, etc. ”[3] They go on to note, “A traditional ERP simply cannot keep pace with the rate of change and the need to innovate and optimize quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively. ”[5].

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

Like the multi-billion dollar chemical manufacturer that had been paying market rates for ocean transportation for eight years because nobody realized that their contract, filed away in a drawer by a transportation manager who had left the company, had expired. From the article: Columbia Sportswear added $415.6 billion in worldwide revenue.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Job reports show that people are quitting their jobs in record numbers (aka the Great Resignation). According to Axios reporter Kate Marino, “[In September,] the rate of quits increased to its highest level ever, at 2.9% Desperately.”[1] ”[1] Today’s labor market is in disarray. of the workforce.”[2]

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 30, 2023

From tech giants to manufacturing leaders, the top 10 CEOs in the supply chain industry have blazed a trail of success. Mary Barra Mary Barra is the Chairman and CEO of General Motors, a Fortune 500 auto-manufacturing company. Brian Krzanich Brian Krzanich, a former CEO of Intel Corporation, served in this position from 2013 to 2018.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 7, 2014

The heydays of 2009 to 2011 may be over but Turkey is still a very attractive market for European manufacturers. After years of 9% GDP growth followed by strong job creation and a 10% inflation rate, 2012 and 2013 have seen more modest but stable continuous growth. The year 2013 shows a 2.7% The year 2013 shows a 2.7%

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 3, 2013

SAP company passed on a thirty-day period of first refusal to acquire the asset allowing the purchase by E2open on July 31st, 2013. This licensed software offering was purchased at slightly under 3X revenues. Each has a different, and improved, position to improve value chain network visibility and analytics.

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EMERGE App

JANUARY 1, 2020

As a wholesaler and distributor, I’m willing to bet that you’re dealing with at least two currencies for your purchases and sales. World exports of manufactured goods increased from US$ 8 trillion in 2006 to US$ 11 trillion in 2016. Developing countries make up the bulk of suppliers and manufacturers today.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

  To reduce production cost, many US pharmaceutical companies purchase active ingredients from overseas and/or produce the drugs overseas.    According to the US subcommittee’s report, 40% of the drugs sold in the US are made overseas, and 80% of the active ingredients are imported from overseas. 

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2013

“Smaller players in the brokerage space will begin to get squeezed out by strict regulations and competitors” My smart, good looking friends at Carrier Direct are at it again with a great report on OTR trends. The report chronicles a number of OTR trends (over the road trends) and the top 5 are summarized below.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Giving information for customers to become more aware and concerned about how products are sourced and manufactured, and what the possible long-term risks are when it comes to ingredients will build long-term trust in Walmart’s brand — a key psychological component when it comes to product sales. Impact to Industry.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The Terra Technology investment is one of what we believe will be a series of purchases to build inter-enterprise cloud-based software platforms to redefine supply chain planning.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 26, 2021

.”[3] Deloitte analysts believe more business leaders now recognize that fact and are learning how to transform “a traditional cost center into a value driver.”[4] Moreover, they will begin transforming their supply chains from traditional back-office cost centers into value-driving operations.” ” Trend 6.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 27, 2015

How Can USMTO Reports Help Drive Manufacturing Sales and your Bottom Line? The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) data report is compiled monthly by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). Who is Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT)? What is the USMTO Data Report?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

And on the subject of sustainability, SCDigest.com covered Walmart’s 2015 Sustainability report : Walmart, the world’s largest corporation, is fresh out with its 2015 sustainability report, the eighth such document it has produced. restaurant industry made in 2013. ” Walmart states early on.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

A Boston Scientific medical device is used somewhere in the world every two seconds, but the company is much more than a medical device manufacturer. Consultants used to spend months conducting research, only to present clients with a lengthy report that subsequently ended up in a drawer. Manufacturers find themselves at a crossroads.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The ends of the supply chain–both in customer and procurement– are fragile. Which would lead them to implement text mining/sentiment analysis as a core project for 2013 into their business intelligence systems. Last month, I was at a chemical manufacturer, and the Chief Supply Chain Officer walked me to the elevator.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing.

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Jaggaer

JULY 23, 2019

In recent years, these complex supplier networks have posed difficult challenges for the purchasing teams that are charged with ensuring that goods are made at the right price, are delivered on time and meet the right ethical and quality standards. Procurement teams know that their brands are now in the spotlight.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). At Rockwell this includes all processes end-to-end except for manufacturing.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Billal Chouli explains, “A supply chain is a network of suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers, as well as intermediaries including freight companies, warehousing companies, and brokers, who transfer goods, services, money, and information amongst one another. .”[1] Only for turkeys. ” eft , 1 February 2013. [4]

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2019

As the recent report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showed, the next decade is crucial in our shift to a sustainable economy, and we believe corporates are at the heart of this transition,” said Dexter Galvin, Global Director of Corporates and Supply Chains at CDP. billion (US$4 million).

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