Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How 3PLs Can Gain Visibility and a Competitive Advantage Offering Automated Billing and a Self-Service Interactive Customer Portal It’s hard to imagine a third-party logistics (3PL) business today operating without some form of a warehouse management system ( WMS ) connecting the digital dots. But can technology do more?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Frederic Laluyaux, the CEO of Aera Technology, agrees with this assessment. Masson of ARC points out, “Each AI use case requires specific datasets and may necessitate different tools and techniques.” Warehouse management systems rely on RF scans of locations and products. Business cycles are compressing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

We need planning platforms to keep up with all the changes. This means we need more agile, flexible, and scalable planning platforms to process and consolidate new data sources, drive insights using advanced analytics such as AI/ML to drive autonomous decisions, and expand collaboration within and outside our organizations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

As a result, the project implemented by KPMG was primarily a technology implementation. The software was never tested. As he spoke, it was clear that the goal was to complete the project as soon as possible as a technology implementation. He then said, “Our technology is tough to use. Again, I got a shoulder shrug.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2024

Note to the reader: we selected these metrics for the balanced scorecard for the analysis after work with Arizona State University to understand which metrics, in combination, most closely correlated with market capitalization. My reply to my friend is that “The supply chain is a complex non-linear system.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 9, 2021

of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. During the pandemic, conventional planning systems were inadequate. Over 85% of companies turned their systems off, turning to spreadsheets and ad hoc manual analysis. Despite spending 1.1%

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To keep customers like my dad satisfied, RGD and Quick-commerce companies need to invest in new technologies to optimize the supply chain and logistics operations. These technologies are often invisible to the end-user but make a big difference in keeping the promises about product availability, freshness, and speed of delivery.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

End-to-end supply chain visibility, planning, and execution support software are critical in agile supply chain performance. CPG companies that utilize an autonomous supply chain technology see a reduction in their inventory and cost and an increase in revenue. each with discrete plans generated typically in sequential batch runs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Make no mistake: AI is indeed a once-in-a-generation technological paradigm shift and a transformative force for business reinvention. As it turns out, there are a certain number of “scheduling use cases” that require a warehouse manager to leave our system and work within another vendor’s app. But AI is no panacea.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We cannot change things overnight, but there are some steps that we can take through the use of advanced analytics. Traditional systems distort market signals. Invest in analytics to sense and translate demand. Place investment in legacy systems like– ERP, CRM, and SRM–on hold. What to do? Focus Outside-In.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We cannot change things overnight, but there are some steps that we can take through the use of advanced analytics. Traditional systems distort market signals. Invest in analytics to sense and translate demand. Place investment in legacy systems like– ERP, CRM, and SRM–on hold. What to do? Focus Outside-In.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 21, 2021

In this new, connected world, the Warehouse of the Future is about achieving key operational metrics and exceeding customer service requirements more profitably while supporting sustainability goals. for location, humidity, temperature) that are interconnected across digital networks. billion in 2020 and is projected to reach USD $14.18

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 2, 2023

The Challenge: Siloed Inventory Data and Lack of Visibility One of the primary obstacles in inventory management is the prevalence of siloed data across multiple execution systems. The larger the company, the greater the danger of duplicative, conflicting, or siloed systems. How do they achieve this?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By combining leadership and technology, I believed that we had the opportunity to create a better supply chain. The gap is the result of the stewpot of corporate politics, misguided consultants, and over-hyped technologies. The SAS forecasting system implemented in 2019 was not tested for model accuracy. My focus was simple.

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Logility

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The key areas to consider when upgrading to the cloud include: The Value of Cloud Technology Cost Competitiveness Performance Expectations Upgrades Responsiveness Support Expertise & Response The Value of Cloud Technology Which business drivers and advantages are motivating companies to shift to the cloud?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Many try to start with technology. Maturity in Analytics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. During the pandemic, companies struggled with planning systems turning off the optimizers, and using the technology as a system of record. Show the technology vendors touting digital and AI transformation the door.

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Logility

JULY 20, 2023

That’s why it’s essential to be sure you’re equipping your organization with the right demand planning software. Here are our answers to some of the most common questions about demand planning software. What is demand planning software? What are the benefits of demand planning software?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Being listed on a last-mile-delivery service platform and reaching a much broader customer base beyond the neighbors became a must-have for survival. These data sources are often spread across multiple platforms and come in various formats. Planning platforms can pull data from multiple internal and external data sources.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

However, as carbon taxes and emissions reporting requirements continue increasing, supply chain professionals face mounting pressures from inside and outside their organizations to measure and improve performance against new, nebulous sustainability metrics. Freight transportation makes up over 10% of total global carbon emissions.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As the state of the trucking market evolves and innovations improve , OTR freight management technologies and logistics service providers offer transportation management optimization to help businesses avoid significant supply chain disruption. Reducing Reliance on Outdated Systems and Technology .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2021

Promotion Management is defined as optimizing the utilization of tools, strategies, and resources to promote a product that will generate additional demand. This requires using advanced analytics to analyze historical demand patterns, link the demand peaks to the promotional offers, and adjust future forecasts based on planned promotions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This requires a thorough readiness assessment, selection of appropriate technology, and careful integration with existing business processes. This assessment helps identify whether existing systems can support DPP integration and what upgrades or changes are necessary.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Solvoyo has a metric they call the user acceptance rate. This metric measures the percentage of time the planners accept replenishment, transportation, or inventory plans as they are without any change in the timing of the delivery or the quantity to be delivered. We are a platform. Bakkalbasi states firmly. “We

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The systems–based on shipment and order data–were out of step with the market. With fixed models and hard-wired data feeds, teams could not adjust the planning systems to use consumption data or market indicators. Resist the temptation to place deeper analytics on top of existing data models. The reason? Next Steps.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. And the linked nature of supply chains mean that collaboration is necessary to ensure that a solution to a problem doesn’t meet the metrics for one link but negatively impact another.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2021

Using balance sheet data from 2011 to 2019, we chart companies’ progress by peer group on rate of improvement and performance in the metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). The focus is “How can I make better decisions using insights from planning technologies?”

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 20, 2019

They say usage of SCP BPO increased about 25% this year, driven by challenges with end users’ talent retention, technology constraints, and inefficient planning processes. Companies moving to BPO in these practice areas are experiencing supply chain improvements in metrics such as inventory turnover and customer service. versus $4.84

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 23, 2023

If you want to gain more supply chain analytics knowledge, you’re in the right place. We’ve compiled a list of 10 great supply chain analytics books to help you better understand the concepts and strategies behind this vital business field.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The global supply chain landscape is undergoing significant transformations, influenced by rapid technological advancements, shifting consumer expectations, and the intricacies of international commerce. Developing Analytical Skills Data analysis is at the heart of effective supply chain management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

With these at play, having agile planning systems which can consume large amounts of internal and external data and provide decision intelligence and decision automation are becoming essential capabilities retailers seek. With the use of advanced technologies, planning decisions can also be automated.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

BOSTON, February 16, 2022 : ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, has partnered with Planalytics to integrate their weather-driven demand (WDD) analytics with ToolsGroup’s retail planning solutions, enabling customers to isolate, measure, and manage the influence of weather on their businesses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

Because moving from guessing from the gut to statistical forecasting reduces bias and increases objectivity, based on years of research by statisticians codified into forecasting software. In spite of investment in effective tools, I regularly hear from supply chain leaders express frustration that their teams don’t “trust the box.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In a world where sustainability and traceability are increasingly important, IoT is a foundational pillar of a robust and dependable DPP system. In retail environments, IoT-enabled systems manage inventory levels and provide feedback about stock conditions, further enhancing the DPP’s accuracy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

Work planners previously did manually can be calculated by software. But advances in this area have two limitations – the software itself and our ever-changing world. The promise of supply chain planning software has led leaders to chase the mirage of the perfect plan. The myth of the “perfect plan”.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As the industry evolves and innovations improve, OTR freight management technologies offer?? Leveraging a 3PL’s relationships, people, processes and technology helps businesses balance supply and demand?volatility?and transportation metrics ?that Reducing Reliance on Outdated Systems and Technology. volatility?and

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Logility

MARCH 14, 2023

The Science and practice of predictive analytics is well established and rapidly gaining ground in the public and private sectors. How would your supply chain decision-making be enhanced if you had the power to harness the data of the past into decisions for the future using predictive analytics modeling?

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