Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Procurement has never played such an important role in the increasingly globalised economy. Has procurement fundamentally changed itself in the past 10 years? Strategic Procurement can mean totally different things in different industries and sectors. The time when Procurement was almost a synonym to Purchasing has long gone.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Many different terms, such as less-than-truckload (LTL), procurement and transportation management, describe supply chain management processes. For example, transportation management often focuses on the journey of products after manufacturing. The Definition of Procurement Logistics. Purchased parts and similar items.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Interestingly, in Q3 2023, 38% of manufacturers, distributors and retailers missed their target for revenue guidance for the quarter. The result was restatement.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This sector is driven by several factors, including the ageing vehicle population, the rise of e-commerce platforms , and technological advancements in vehicle manufacturing. As vehicles age, they require more frequent maintenance, leading to increased demand for aftermarket parts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

For example, Campbells Soup is struggling to keep up with the demand for soup, potato chips, and cookies. For years Campbells strove to grow the soup category only to lose share in the soup category due to limited manufacturing capacity for the Swanson’s brand. Demand latency is the time from channel purchase to order receipt.)

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2024

I would like for us to move past the conventional view of sourcing strategies and globalization to drive improvements to the supply chain in a variable world. The populist narrative of sourcing globalization is only part of the story. This is especially true in the world of demand management. Let me explain. Forecastability.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

With increasing frequency, I have noticed blog posts touting the position that ‘demand planning is dead.’ Their solution: by sensing and reacting to customer demand at the point of purchase there is no longer a need for projecting demand based on history. ” And so it is with demand planning.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Automation is at the center of modern manufacturing businesses, with companies exploring the possibilities of artificial intelligence in improving workflows and profitability. Industrial engineers incorporate these technologies in designing and fabricating advanced manufacturing systems. How AI Is Changing the Manufacturing Industry.

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Logility

AUGUST 12, 2021

But there is good news: a convergence of process, data, and technology provides the real-time and predictive visibility needed to optimize supply chain planning, ensuring food manufacturers can build resilience now and for the future. Preparing for Market-Driven Demand. Planning Manufacturing Based on Demand.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As we head into the holiday season, supply delays, logistics constraints and inflation are looming over shoppers and retailers—and the manufacturers and distributors who keep them in supply. The following strategies, based on data, analytics, and collaboration, are helping planners around the globe overcome a disrupted supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. End-to-End Definition Implementation of enterprise data architectures to improve order-to-cash and procure-to-pay.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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Logility

OCTOBER 29, 2021

With the right technology, process manufacturing strategy, planning, and management can be simplified. Manufacturers have been through a trial by fire with supply chain disruptions and changes in demand during the past two years. 4 Digital Solutions That Address the Top Challenges for Process Manufacturers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

There is so much data, and to make use of it, we need to use data mining and analytics to drive meaningful insights that can be put to some good use. ABC analysis creates product segments by grouping products with similar sales volume or purchase frequency to enable category managers to focus on what matters most.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 14, 2022

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and their end-customers constantly engage in a complicated dance that has no choreographed steps. Sometimes CPG manufacturers take the lead and sometimes consumers take the lead. Most business consultants today urge CPG manufacturers and retailers to become consumer-centric and demand-driven.

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

Through Logility, Kelly-Moore has moved beyond relying solely on shipment history to purchase raw materials by forging a deeper connection between its master production schedule and procurement decision-making. Batch manufacturing is more controlled and optimized, improving inventory turns and production scheduling efficiency.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2023

His organization purchased an advanced planning technology from well-known best of breed provider, and the implementation should have been successful, but it was not. As a result, demand planning is largely manual, inventory management is a series of manual inputs, and production planning is via spreadsheet. (BTW,

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

Integrated Planning: Tight Coupling of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to Supply Chain Planning (SCP). When companies tell me that they need to exchange their current Supply Chain Planning (SCP) from a best-of-breed provider to get a leg-up, I ask, “Why?” All of the results are reported in aggregate.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 4, 2023

Luckily, supply chain analytics is here to help! By harnessing the power of data and analytics, companies can uncover valuable insights into their supply chain processes, pinpoint areas in need of improvement, and make informed decisions that can boost their bottom line. Key Takeaways What is Supply Chain Analytics?

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Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This reality is compelling F&B companies to rethink their strategies and approach to supply chain optimization and demand planning. Staying competitive in this intense landscape demands finely tuned operations that are highly efficient and effective – from product concept to customer consumption.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As a result, a wide range of businesses, from restaurants, and retail chains, to manufacturers, have been redesigning their business services and operations and re-engineering their supply chains. Emerging Themes for Supply Chain Planning. We need planning platforms to keep up with all the changes.

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Logility

JUNE 15, 2021

For example, an F&B business that supplies perishable goods knows that these goods have a limited shelf life and therefore must accurately project how much to purchase at once. If the business purchases too much, it risks overstocking goods that cannot be sold after they exceed their shelf life. Time-phased replenishment planning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 19, 2021

“We are considering the purchase of Blue Yonder, Logility, Kinaxis, o9, or OMP. You will never be successful in selecting planning software from an RFP or an analyst model. I am constantly surprised how many intelligent manufacturing teams buy software from PowerPoint. Instead, demand output is directional. ”.

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Logility

AUGUST 14, 2023

Transactional and customer-facing data, such as transportation data and manufacturing and purchase orders, are important for generating demand signals and calculating demand variability. Setting goals without understanding what data is available and required risks sending the project and its metrics off course.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 28, 2021

The group needed a clear market signal on consumption patterns and the translation of demand with minimal latency to optimize price, mix, and schedule the factory to manage margin. Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat.

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Logility

AUGUST 11, 2020

Some F&B companies have placed more priority on developing demand sensing capabilities. Forward-thinking leaders will benefit post-COVID from these enhanced market-based demand planning capabilities. It’s no secret that most food and beverage companies have fragmented planning capabilities.

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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. This ended when Gartner purchased AMR Research in 2010. Since I do not believe in the Gartner business model, I left. Measure and understand the impact on demand latency. Reflections.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 17, 2023

For that, long-term supply chain planning and budgeting needs data to back every decision. According to a Proxima report “Investing in a Sustainable Supply Chain,” there has been a significant change in the priorities of investors. See how a manufacturing giant revamped their demand planning with AIMMS.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

I was working on a report on the Multi-Enterprise Inventory Management (often termed MEIO) and I challenged Pete. At the time, the supply chain teams at Companies like Kraft were more mature in their understanding of supply chain planning than I find today. Model Adaptability. As a high school debater, I love a good argument.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Current State of the Retail Worker Shortage: Are Retail Workers in Demand? With reports of retail layoffs and overstaffing at companies (such as Walmart and Amazon) to cover Omicron-related staffing shortages, it would appear the shortage of workers may be abating. Source: Bloomberg.com. Where Are All the Retail Workers?

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ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

attempt to make a point about the relative value of strategic sourcing, I failed to realize that thought leadership is apparently the exclusive domain of pundits. The co-dependency that is increasingly common between suppliers and their customers is gradually eroding out-of-date bullying tactics in purchasing.

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ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

attempt to make a point about the relative value of strategic sourcing, I failed to realize that thought leadership is apparently the exclusive domain of pundits. The co-dependency that is increasingly common between suppliers and their customers is gradually eroding out-of-date bullying tactics in purchasing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. There is also no Santa Claus.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

They center on how to make a good decision in the purchase of supply chain planning solutions. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets. I have followed the supply chain planning market for sixteen years as an analyst. The source of data for this blog comes from market triangulation.

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QAD

MARCH 27, 2024

So far, we’ve seen how data is an integral part of the demand planning cycle. However, completing this task becomes complex when multiple systems store demand planning data. It’s fair to say that your information is likely not unified in one system offering a single source of truth.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Surveys have shown that consumers are 71% more likely to make a purchase based on social media referrals, and 47% of millennials’ purchases are influenced by social media1. That means there are many companies out there struggling to make sense of constantly shifting demand data and to make smart inventory optimization decisions.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 21, 2021

Supply chain key performance indicators and metrics are ways in which someone can quantify the performance of their company’s supply chain to gain a better understanding of its strengths and weaknesses. It encompasses all of the supply chain costs associated with your products such as sourcing, producing, transporting, storing (etc).

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