Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 20, 2023

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Choice ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. Today’s article comes from Matt Elenjickal, Founder and CEO at FourKites, and looks at redefining real-time visibility. When you look at the real-time supply chain visibility market of several years ago, it was all about solving or addressing foundational use cases: Where’s my shipment?

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Logility

JULY 20, 2023

Good forecasting leads to good demand planning —and good demand planning means better profitability. That’s why it’s essential to be sure you’re equipping your organization with the right demand planning software. When you choose the right solution, you can stay ahead of fluctuations in customer demand, achieve high levels of forecast accuracy, handle seasonality, and drive collaboration across supply chain stakeholders.

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QAD

JULY 20, 2023

Quistem’s Cathy Fisher and I have been strong advocates about breaking down the silos among quality, supply chain and IT a lot on the Auto Supply Chain Prophets podcast through our research on the intersection of MMOG/LE and IATF 16949, which then led to our 24 essential supply chain processes. However, most wonder how it can be done. We recently had Mike Payionk, Quality Control Program Manager at PennEngineering on the podcast and here is what he had to say!

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IT Supply Chain

JULY 20, 2023

By Victoria Jones, (pictured) Senior Medicare & Health Insurance Writer The post The Fundamental Guide to Medicare Parts A, B and C appeared first on IT Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2023

The manufacturing sector must have up-to-date cyber-security tools and cyber-hygiene practices. Doing so will strengthen the global supply chain and public safety as well.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 20, 2023

For a Change, it was a Relatively Calm Six Months

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EC Sourcing Group

JULY 20, 2023

The energy sector faces several unique procurement challenges, such as complex supply chains, volatile commodity prices, strict regulatory requirements, and the need for sustainable and socially responsible sourcing. Simfoni’s procurement technology solutions can provide significant benefits to these companies, effectively addressing the challenges and offering the following benefits: Enhanced Supply Chain Visibility : The energy, utilities, and mining sectors often have extensive and in

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Exiger Perspectives

JULY 20, 2023

Sanctions compliance has dominated the financial crime and compliance news lately. This will continue as influential countries — in this case, Australia — attempt to curb illicit money flows, goods, trade and services that could be used, for example, by Russia. The Economist, a well-respected UK publication, asked, “ Are sanctions on Russia working?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights added perspectives to EV automaker Tesla’s report of Q2-2023 financial performance this week. After reporting record Q2-2023 production out and vehicle deliveries earlier this month , Tesla r eported all-time high automotive sales and added profitability performance in the recent quarter. However, investors seem more concerned with eroding operating margins as a result of an ongoing strategy of aggressive price cuts on particular vehicles.

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crisp

JULY 20, 2023

The Swoon team uses fresh insights in the Crisp platform to anticipate demand levels and get sugar-free lemonade on the right shelves – ensuring success as their Barbie collaboration hits retailers nationwide this summer. Swoon’s zero-sugar, entirely-satisfying canned teas and lemonades are flying off the shelves in major retailers nationwide – and with summer (and a timely Barbie brand collaboration) underway, things are just warming up.

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Locus

JULY 20, 2023

They say that time is money. And in the world of logistics and supply chain management, the more time spent by vehicles on the road in making deliveries, the better. The truth is: much of their time is spent under a roof waiting to load or unload their next shipment. As much as 50%, according to some estimates. This is where reducing Time Under The Roof becomes critical.

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HICX Solutions

JULY 20, 2023

Following the most recent IPCC report , organizations face intensifying pressures to manage and track their carbon emissions throughout their supply chains to reduce their environmental impact. There is a particular focus on supply chains due to the amount of electricity used to store and transport goods in warehouses. This has led to an increasing collective belief that organizations should bear significant responsibility for the emissions generated and be held accountable for their carbon foot

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Global Trade Management

JULY 20, 2023

Imagine an adrenaline-filled pilot of a WWII fighter plane with battle scars limping back to base. What enabled the pilot to return safely? Engineers carefully inspected the returned planes and improved the areas where they found gunfire holes. As the person responsible for managing the fighter plane disruption problem, would you rely on the data you see to define mitigation actions, such as reinforcing the plane where holes were spotted, to protect your soldiers and pilots?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 20, 2023

Finding available trucking capacity is often a challenge, especially when demand is high. The sad truth, however, is that a lot of capacity gets wasted too. We see this, for example, in the number of empty backhauls that happen every day. There is another form of wasted capacity, however, that many shippers overlook — that. Read more The post Riviana Foods: Using Optimized Load Building to Reduce Transportation Costs and Improve Sustainability appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adria

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 20, 2023

Nice List from Annual Deloitte CPO Survey

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Enterra Insights

JULY 20, 2023

The news has recently been filled with stories about large language models (LLM) such as ChatGPT and Bard — often referred to as generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. You can test the models for yourself and quickly discover that not everything being generated is true. The generated misinformation is attributed to AI hallucination — as though the AI model somehow consumed magic mushrooms.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2023

Wheat prices grew by 8.2% on the European stock exchange from July 18 to July 19 while U.S. wheat futures rose by 8.5%.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

JULY 20, 2023

When it comes to gaming, Reno has the second largest number of casinos of any city in the world. And when it comes to order fulfillment, distributing from Reno warehouse space could greatly increase your brand’s odds for success.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2023

UPS said that it is pleased to be continuing contract negotiations and that it's prepared to meet some of the union’s demands for better pay and more benefits.

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West Coast and California Logistics

JULY 20, 2023

The products that you have sitting in your warehouse – or that of your 3PL warehousing partner – may not be in the configuration that they need to ship to the end customer. For example, you may need to combine multiple component products into one new re-configured (or ‘kitted’) product. Or you may need to break apart an existing kitted product into multiple component products.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2023

If Germany approves the expansion plans, Tesla’s gigafactory will be able to increase its battery storage capacity to 100 gigawatt hours per year from 50 gigawatt hours currently.

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Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro

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TrackVia

JULY 20, 2023

Data management, a critical practice across various industries, involves handling data as a valuable strategic resource. This involves collecting, processing, governing, sharing, and analyzing data in an efficient, effective, and reliable way. However, the challenge lies in avoiding data management complexities and enhancing this process to support analytics, data science, and machine learning more effectively.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2023

The latest ruling by the South Asian nation, which has already imposed restrictions on wheat and sugar exports, would affect about 25% of total rice shipments from India.

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Bulk Connection

JULY 20, 2023

Nearly every product that we use on a daily basis started out in dry bulk form inside a pneumatic trailer. These materials need to be transported in raw form before being manufactured into bigger and better things. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at this type of transportation and tell you what you should look for in the pneumatic trucking companies you work with.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2023

A s AI drives autonomous systems that monitor markets and conduct buy cycles, the risk of causing a shortage by trying to “beat the market” could cause a disruption.

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crisp

JULY 20, 2023

Adopting an ERP system, or changing from one to another, and then integrating it with their EDI isn’t something companies frequently do. As a result, most don’t know what to expect or how to prepare. In this piece, we discuss why it’s imperative to start planning your EDI in conjunction with the ERP. Tip #1 – Ensure you get an EDI provider offering a flexible solution.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 20, 2023

Is it time to unravel the trade ties that bind the U.S. and China? Or are the economies of the two countries too “deeply intertwined” to sever?

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Axway

JULY 20, 2023

The concerning surge in ransomware attacks targeting Managed File Transfer (MFT) vendors, including several significant breaches that have occurred this year, is getting a lot of attention.

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