DynaSys
MARCH 31, 2020
In global manufacturing, disruptions are everywhere. Obviously, we are in uncharted waters with the outbreak of the Coronavirus. But prior to this crisis, disruptions to manufacturing and the supply chain have been increasing throughout the world. Be it weather, geo-political issues, global warming, consumer preference changes, or now, a worldwide pandemic, we can safely say, disruptors are here to stay.
The Network Effect
MARCH 28, 2020
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Provenance
APRIL 1, 2020
At Provenance, we’ve been working remote since inception and have conducted many workshops and collaborative sessions with remote groups all over the world. We are often enabling a business to bring data together from across their supply chain, often not a local endeavour. “Global supply chains provide a challenging environment for coordinating meetings, often involving participation from multiple businesses across continents and timezones.
PINC
MARCH 30, 2020
By shifting from a forecast-driven ordering system to one that enables high levels of visibility and information-sharing, companies can effectively avoid the dreaded “bullwhip effect” in their supply chains. A distribution channel phenomenon in which inaccurate forecasts quickly turn into supply chain inefficiencies, the “bullwhip effect” refers to increasing swings in inventory in response to shifts in customer demand as one moves further up the supply chain.
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ThroughPut
APRIL 2, 2020
Today, perhaps nothing is more on the top of people’s minds than the novel virus. Every leader across the globe has shifted his/her single-minded focus on impeding the pace of transmission of the coronavirus to help the larger community battle against this crisis. Covid-19 has demonstrated why manufacturers need to rethink and rewire plant operations and supply chains.
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Multichannel Merchant
APRIL 1, 2020
The effects of coronavirus are being felt on a global scale. Given the widespread impact of the virus thus far, most subscription-based businesses are sure to feel its repercussions in the long term. Currently, food and beverage subscriptions are in particularly high demand as most consumers are social distancing, sheltering in place or under quarantine.
ShipBob
MARCH 30, 2020
As the ecommerce industry grows, the logistics of getting orders to customers has become more complicated — especially with the novel coronavirus impacting entire supply chains. One thing that remains constant in these uncertain times: Consumers don’t like to wait. We see this firsthand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Even Amazon is prioritizing the fulfillment of essential-only products, causing delays of up to a month for other products.
Brookes Supply Chain Planning Blog
MARCH 30, 2020
Over the years we’ve built strong relationships with hundreds of global companies, and we hear the same challenges again and again: they can’t accurately plan for intermittent demand, they’ve got too much capital tied up in inventory, and their planners are overwhelmed by data management and complicated math. In an ever-changing global economy with all its unexpected twists and turns, supply chain leaders are looking for a way to be ready for anything the real world throws at them.
DELMIA Quintiq
APRIL 1, 2020
While most people are staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic, many are on the front line. Not just in hospitals, but our manufacturers who are essential to society and doing their part helping to stop the global pandemic. These manufacturers are on the factory floor continuing to build, construct, create and prepare. Their need is urgent and the vision for a better tomorrow continues.
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AIMMS
MARCH 30, 2020
Just like you, we’re taking the news day by day and continuously brainstorming ways to serve our community. The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on our lives, the kind we have not seen in centuries. It’s taking a profound humanitarian and economic toll , impacting supply cha ins in many ways. T he apparel industry, for instance, is bracing for a prolonged period of low activity.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 2, 2020
Omni-channel business models often lead to more complicated global supply chains. With the main focus on maximizing time and cost efficiencies, cargo risk management is often skipped over despite being a critical step in protecting your company. Due to the global outbreak of the coronavirus, many global shippers are recognizing the value in a risk management plan to best prepare themselves for the current situation and others like it in the future.
GlobalTranz
APRIL 3, 2020
All businesses face risks, and your business is only as strong as the weakest link. A failure on the part of any supplier or other supply chain partner could result in cascading problems across your business, and supply chain. However, today’s supply chain technology can help manage vendor relationships, improve payment protocols, overcome geographic challenges,read More.
Freightos
APRIL 2, 2020
As COVID-19 spreads and nations across the globe take measures to contain it, the impacts to the supply chain have been dramatic, fast-changing, and many. While we stay on top of all the rapid changes, we’ve also come across a lot of great online resources covering the coronavirus’ impact across the world from many different perspectives particularly COVID-19’s supply chain impact.
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Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea
ToolsGroup
APRIL 3, 2020
As the COVID-19 outbreak progresses, I’ve been watching the effects on supply chains and the impact of true demand (N95 masks) versus hyped demand (toilet paper). Both examples are currently seeing stock-outs, but the toilet paper shortage is more of a logistics issue than a physical supply problem. N95 masks have both a physical quantity limitation (12 million in the national stockpile) and a logistical problem: there are over 6,000 hospitals in the US.
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 30, 2020
Multinationals need war rooms to deal with the trauma being inflected on their supply chains. A key application needed in these war rooms is supply chain design. The post Multinationals Need COVID-19 War Rooms appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.
GlobalTranz
APRIL 1, 2020
The topic of supply chain risk management has taken on a new persona as the global supply chain endures the COVID-19 crisis. As explained by Aarian Marshall via Wired, the once-gridlocked cities across the country are rapidly draining stores of reserve stock and putting a renewed demand on truckers. Even locations that would routinely receive.read More.
AIMMS
MARCH 30, 2020
Just like you, we’re taking the news day by day and continuously brainstorming ways to serve our community. The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on our lives, the kind we have not seen in centuries. It’s taking a profound humanitarian and economic toll , impacting supply cha ins in many ways. T he apparel industry, for instance, is bracing for a prolonged period of low activity.
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Talking Logistics
MARCH 31, 2020
Back in December, when we were making supply chain and logistics predictions for 2020, none of us envisioned the situation the world finds itself in today due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When it’s all said and done, there will be many lessons learned, but the question right now is: How can supply chain and logistics. Read more Getting Through the COVID-19 Crisis: Advice for Supply Chain and Logistics Professionals.
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 1, 2020
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the ‘‘CARES Act’ includes many provisions directed at the supply chain and logistics function. Namely, modifications to the medical supply chain and support for air carriers are directly supported. The directives on the medical supply chain have potential to stimulate broad-based and long lasting changes.
Logility
APRIL 2, 2020
Supplier scorecards are globally accepted as a key tool for managing a more profitable supply chain. Key uses for a supplier scorecard include: Measuring performance and driving improvements. Justifying which suppliers to keep in your supplier base. Strengthening a negotiating position. Developing suppliers into better partners. Rewarding good performers based on objective data.
ivalua
APRIL 1, 2020
Healthcare supply chain GPO, Intalere, deploys an end-to-end Source to Contract solution across its purchasing functions. New York, NY March 30, 2020 – Consus , a leading procurement services provider, today announced that Intalere , a healthcare supply chain GPO based in St. Louis, Mo., has gone live with Ivalua’s Source to Contract solution.
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DAT Solutions
MARCH 30, 2020
COVID-19 has become one of the most disruptive events to hit supply chains in our lifetime, and the DAT Analytics team is publishing regular reports to track its impact on freight markets.
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 31, 2020
It is 2020; we now have reasonably accurate short-term weather forecasts. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the US, reports that the five-day weather forecasts are approximately 90 percent accurate, 80 percent for the next seven-days, establishing an acceptable level of accuracy for this crucial external input for supply chain planning, especially short-term demand forecasting.
River Logic
MARCH 31, 2020
Using this information, supply chain leaders can address supply chain challenges, reduce costs and at the same time improve service levels. Predictive analytics techniques allow organizations to identify patterns and trends hidden in their data to understand market trends, identify demand and establish appropriate pricing strategies.
Talking Logistics
APRIL 1, 2020
Today is April Fools’ Day. In years past, I have written posts aimed at fooling our readers: Breaking News: Walmart, Facebook, and Uber Form Strategic Alliance to Provide Unrivaled Commerce Experience Netflix Developing Original Series About Logistics Called “D is for Drones” Facebook, Google, and eBay Announce “Internet of Lost Things” Partnership Amazon Ups the.
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ivalua
APRIL 1, 2020
Healthcare supply chain GPO, Intalere, deploys an end-to-end Source to Contract solution across its purchasing functions. New York, NY March 30, 2020 – Consus , a leading procurement services provider, today announced that Intalere, a healthcare supply chain GPO based in St. Louis, Mo., has gone live with Ivalua’s Source to Contract solution. Consus partnered with Ivalua to lead the implementation and transformation effort at Intalere to drive cost savings, transparency and improved effici
Logility
MARCH 30, 2020
Like millions of people around the globe, I watch with growing concern as the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to grow at a logarithmic rate and approaches 1,000,000. The global economy has been disrupted by a virus that is too small to see and too small to be filtered by most available face masks. Public gatherings have been cancelled including public schools, sporting events, and social gatherings, conferences and most musical performances and other entertainment.
QAD
APRIL 2, 2020
QAD is pleased to announce the availability of QAD Adaptive ERP 2020, the latest version of QAD’s flagship next generation ERP solution that includes the Adaptive User Experience (UX) and the QAD Enterprise Platform. We are also excited to unveil updates to many other areas in the QAD Adaptive Applications solution portfolio. This latest release further enhances our customers’ ability to intelligently adopt and boost adaptive manufacturing capabilities.
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