Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 19, 2018

It is now our fifth year of analyzing balance sheets to understand which companies are outperforming their peer groups on the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while driving improvement. Wal-Mart and TJX Orbit Chart for Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for the Period of 2006-2017.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Here I share insights on the work we are doing on the Network of Networks, and Five Trends that Excite Me. At this small session we will explore these new trends: What is the role of blockchain in the future of building value networks? Five Technology Trends That Excite Me. Here are several promising trends to consider.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2019

It is that time of year again when we at Cerasis take a global view of what trends to expect in supply chain management throughout the remainder of the year. So, let us reflect on the peak shipping season trends we saw at the close of 2018 and how those trends will affect the industry now and throughout 2019. Automation trends.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Container Ship Leasing Trends Downward. In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. And now to this week’s logistics news…. Philly Cheesesteak Delivered by Drone?

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2017

11 Ways Tech Will Change Logistics in 2017. Tracking Freightos’ LogTech summaries showed one overarching trend: logistics companies are eyeing tech solutions; tech companies are eyeing logistics markets. The post 11 Ways Tech Will Change Logistics in 2017 appeared first on Freightos. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 30, 2020

Glaxo SmithKline introduced Shingrix in 2017, but shortages prevailed. The companies are just not good at managing inventories and orchestrating distribution strategies. Use contactless shopping channels to test and learn to understand localization trends and unearth new opportunities. My left arm hurts. Why does this matter?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Among the new trends in manufacturing improving the industry, additive manufacturing and cloud-based systems will push manufacturing forward in 2017. Let’s take a closer look at final five trends in manufacturing to watch for in 2017. Crowdsourcing is one of the new trends in manufacturing. The Big Picture.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

March 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Could it develop the necessary technology to manage inventory and shipments across many disparate partners and get the warehouses to use it? Domino’s autonomous vehicle pizza delivery now live in Germany (ZDnet). New York to allow self-driving vehicle testing (Reuters).

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

Did LLamasoft (a Talking Logistics sponsor) help to create these inflection points or did it simply see these trends coming before others and caught the wave early? In short, the manufacturer realized some time ago that it was setting inventory policies based on outdated lead time and forecast data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The award, based on beating the industry peer group on rate of improvement on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) while outperforming their peer group, is tough to achieve. Orbit Chart for L’Oréal at the Intersection of Inventory Turns and Operating Margin.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

Build an industry peer group and gain insights on major trends. In Figure 1, we show the aggregate trend of the chemical industry in an orbit chart format showing year-over-year results at the intersection of two metrics operating margin and inventory turns. inventory turns. Ecolab was able to overcome the downward trend.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

Working on it over the holiday break, allowed me to spend more time to think about the trends that I am seeing in the data. ” Compare the results to the industry trends. The paradigm needs to change to buck the trend. Industry Trend at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns for 2013-2022 My conclusion?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2019

Companies cannot save their way to supply chain excellence with cost-cutting and inventory management — customer back capabilities. In 2019, here are seven trends that I will be tracking: The Horizon? Unfortunately, the rusted nuts and bolts of the supply chain only turn in place. The ERP Battle Is Over. Will We Ever See Value?

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The Consumer Products Industry experienced a 32% growth in active items in 2015 and that trend has accelerated over the last 18 months. From a supply chain standpoint the battle for new product profitability relies largely on two key capabilities, developing accurate new product forecasts and optimizing new product inventory.

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PINC

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Here are the top trucking trends that all shippers should be aware of, according to The American Transportation Research Institute. expansion in the first quarter, which mostly was buoyed by lower imports and higher inventories< , JOC reports. The post Transportation Trends: What’s Going on in the Trucking Industry?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In our conversation, Ken spoke about some of the findings from a recent survey Logistyx conducted on cross-border holiday spending, as well as some larger trends around the state of parcel shipping. Fourth, what are some industry-specific trends for parcel shipping? Industry Trends. Returns Management.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Last month, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry. In addition to fleet visibility, the company has a other supply-chain related applications, including demand and inventory management and dispatch optimization.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

IoT supports operational efficiencies in areas such as asset tracking, inventory management and forecasting, improving productivity and aiding decision-making across the supply chain. That’s an increase from 17% in 2017. Just 7% say they’re not likely to adopt predictive analytics, a decrease from 11% in 2017.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 was that traditional software user interfaces would start migrating toward chatbots and virtual assistants. In short, Transfix is responding to the convergence trend I’ve been writing about for several years (see Putting 3PLs and Software Vendors in a Box and What Do Shippers Want?

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Ryder Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results. stores to replenish inventory faster and save employees time when products run out.” Alphabet looks to snowy Michigan to test self-driving cars (Reuters). Daimler Steals Tesla’s Thunder With Heavy-Duty Electric Truck (Bloomberg). Manhattan Associates Reports Solid Third Quarter Performance.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 16, 2017

A common theme of the 2016 predictions was growth and scalability, so let’s look at how companies are using these technologies as we prepare for the innovations of 2017. The use of wearables will continue to be one of the top trends throughout the remainder of 2016 and upcoming years as well. Cloud-Computing Use Continues to Increase.

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Unleashed

JUNE 23, 2021

Best practice inventory management – and the wider world of supply chain management – has played a big part in business survival through 2021. With that in mind, here’s our pick of the 10 most important inventory management trends for 2022. 10 inventory management for 2022: 1. Inventory analytics goes mainstream.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 30, 2022

As many brands continue to grapple with supply chain challenges and grocery retailers strive to fill the sudden increase in online shopping orders through their brick-and-mortar stores, both must rethink their pre-pandemic notions of ideal store-level inventory levels, category management, and maximizing a store’s footprint and linear real estate.”[3]

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 5, 2022

Although many of the trends discussed below involve technology, supply chain professionals need to give equal attention to people, processes, and technology. ”[1] Improved visibility and connectivity are involved in many of the supply chain trends discussed below. Supply Chain Trends. Digital Supply Chain Transformation.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 11, 2019

Every business person who deals with inventory management is involved in a balancing act. Keep too little inventory on hand and you risk losing sales and, on occasion, customers. Keep too much inventory on hand and the costs add up resulting in lower profits. Omnichannel operations exacerbate inventory management complexity.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 23, 2018

Technologies generally emerge then drive trends. Trends often refer to how technologies are being or will used. ” Trends defining the next Industrial Revolution. 1] Chris Pope, “ From theory to reality – powering up Industry 4.0 ,” Diginomica , 29 November 2017. [2] ” Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 6, 2022

In 2017, Manesh G Pillai, a senior director at SapientRazorfish, openly asked, “Is cognitive computing the future of retail?”[2] turn to the technology for a wider range of operations, from inventory management to more personalized online search and shopping.”[3] Inventory turnover. and Wayfair Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2023

Zero marks the historical average, and changes in either direction mark standard deviations from that trend. In 2017, a chicken farm affiliated with Tyson Foods discovered a flock had been contaminated. Actually, when looking a bit closer at the numbers, supply pressures actually fell below normal. in December 2021.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 10, 2017

Unmanned coffee stations transmit POS data every 15 minutes to help a highly autonomous planning system forecast demand, optimize inventory, and generate replenishment proposals for distribution and procurement. At Costa Express , just one planner now handles the planning for 5600 points of sale. What going on?

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Rob O’Byrne makes an early start with his round-up of supply chain and logistics trends that might make industry headlines in the coming year. His observations include trends in first and last-mile logistics, and the increase in SMEs entering global markets. 2020 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends: What’s Around the Corner?

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 6, 2017

However, the trend appears to show an increase in attacks on automotive and chemical companies for this year. Of course, there could always be that one breakthrough that redefines manufacturing and modernity, and if that happens, we will shall see how far the industry will grow in 2017.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Using well-designed data visualizations in tools such as Tableau can allow planning teams to literally “see” the behavior of forecasts vs. actuals, trends over time, missed events and over- or under- reactive forecasting processes. Inventory and CapEx required to support desired service levels.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 21, 2019

Internet of Things trends. Daniel Newman, CEO of Broadsuite Media Group, explains, “Market analysts predict the number of connected devices in the manufacturing industry will double between 2017 and 2020. Manufacturers will be able to prevent delays, improve production performance, reduce equipment downtime and manage inventory.”[6].

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here we give you our top 10 wholesale distribution trends for 2022 and beyond. Industry economic trends and an outlook for the future The global wholesale industry took a downturn in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related trade and personnel restrictions – but it’s expected to grow from now to 2025.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

We’ve read the market reports, trawled the internet and identified key areas of change, and here we break these down for you with 10 of the major trends we expect to see in this industry in 2022 and beyond. In fact, investor funding for this technology has ballooned since 2017 , growing from US$0.1 billion to $5.6 billion in 2021.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 18, 2019

Social Listening for Trend Forecasting. “As a retailer, if you’re not at least listening to social media at this point — let alone actively engaging with them on Instagram or Twitter — then you’re missing out on a slew of free and potentially invaluable information that can help you spot trends.” Inventory Optimization.

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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). Diversified Industry Performance For the Period of 2010-2017. Meet Ernest.

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