Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2016

As McCarthy put it, after a customer buys a bed, it’s his responsibility “to make sure we deliver it to their home brilliantly.” Getting real-time data from telematics and feeding it back into the planning system for ongoing process improvement is critical.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 6, 2018

As consumers continue to purchase goods at greater frequency and trade regulations become more complex, supply chain professionals are striving to establish end-to-end control of their business operations. The modern-day supply chain begs for visibility throughout the entire chain, from point of order, to packaging, shipping, and delivery.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We also need to throw away the concept of real-time planning. Planning should never be a real-time process. As product velocity slows, the time to translate shelf takeaway/consumption to order visibility. This time is usually weeks and, in many products, three months.) Test and Learn.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2022

Solutions enable real-time inventory availability and fulfillment optimization for retailers. The combined software offering gives retailers crucial visibility into inventory as well as the sophistication needed to optimize planning and fulfillment to enable a flexible and resilient supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

Consumers are also requiring increased visibility into how products are produced, transported and retired. IoT (Internet of Things) IoT ‘s real-time tracking of products as they move through the supply chain allows data gathering on attributes such as temperature, location, or condition, all of which are automatically added to the DPP.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2023

To remain competitive, retailers and carriers must excel in the crucial last-mile delivery stage. Visibility & Tracking: Enable end-to-end tracking of deliveries, providing visibility to all stakeholders involved. And what are the comparative costs of building versus buying? Cost is an important consideration as well.

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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. The classical approach involves functional silos, sequential decisions, and Excel and people to render a plan executable. The importance of preparing for different scenarios became clear after the COVID pandemic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 16, 2022

SCCN solutions provide supply chain visibility and analytics across an extended supply chain. A company buys these solutions to optimize their business. Rich Sherman – a Senior Fellow in TCS’s Supply Chain Center of Excellence – points out that many companies are building control towers to better manage their supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

They each lag in their understanding of supply chain excellence, and are now struggling to build effective supply chain teams. In our work with pharmaceutical companies, most executives wince when we mention inventories. However, most do not realize that the Days of Inventory for the industry has grown 33%. Improve Visibility.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2023

Ensuring that you have real-time tracking and updates sent to customers is incredibly important. Research has shown that about 90 percent of online users want to know what the return policy is before they make a purchase, making a customer-centric return policy important. Personalization is the next step.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In 2015, the company began focusing on total cost of ownership, order cycle time, and sales and operations planning. The total cost of ownership analyzes the total costs of the buying decision. The company has achieved clearer visibility into plant operations by leveraging their own products. Where to Next?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 10, 2022

From stocking up your fridge with the week’s groceries to purchasing the latest smartphone, the consumer has now been placed at the center of the supply chain as they pull the complete gamut of products to where they reside. drop, and it continues to set new standards for delightful post-purchase customer experiences. That’s an 87.5%

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Logility

JULY 22, 2024

As Raheel Hussain, Director of the Supply Chain Center of Excellence at Reynolds Consumer Products notes during a recent webinar , a level of synchronization is critical to systemically share information and cut down the constant offline back-and-forth (conversations) between different functions.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

He is very passionate about developments in the Supply Chain arena and is always seeking excellence in his drive for efficiency & innovation in Supply Chain operations” – a quality that is very relevant to face up to the many Supply Chain challenges in our path!

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RFgen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Its a game-changer for businesses looking to streamline their operations, gain real-time visibility, and boost overall efficiency. Think of it as a single source of truth for everything from production planning and inventory management to financials, supply chain, and even the shop floor.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Given your expertise, I’d love to hear what alternatives you recommend for better demand forecasting and real-time visibility beyond what’s commonly adopted today.” If S&OP efforts were that effective, don’t you think that we would have made more progress against inventory levels, margin, and growth?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Technology advancements and adoption are driven by better data availability and a push for better visibility, efficiency and accuracy. Centralized information eliminates data silos and strengthens information sharing through real-time communication (instead of point-to-point data transmission).

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

While there is much hype on DDMRP and the use of orders as a proxy for demand, companies need to remember that orders carry latency: they are out-of-step with market purchase behavior. 4) Real-Time Decisions Using Streaming Data. Traditional planning is batch. Data is latent–often out-of-step with current processes.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 30, 2023

Incisiv surveyed 115 retailers to understand the current state of omni-channel retail and evaluated the digital ordering and fulfillment capabilities of these retailers in four key areas, including Inventory Visibility, Frictionless Fulfillment, Cost & Payments, and 360-Degree Service, which encompassed 104 digital capabilities.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 26, 2021

Supply Chain Visibility Has Never Been More Important! Supply Chain visibility article and permission to publish here provided by Adam Miglio. Every single organization I have been a part of has been dependent on Excel spreadsheets for order tracking and expediting – and in some cases – even demand planning.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 9, 2019

Editor’s Note: This article is from Steve Bettwy , Vice President – Quality and Business Continuity, Operational Excellence, and Continuous Improvement at Direct Supply. Today, for example, Amazon pre-loads un-purchased products onto a truck knowing they will be ordered by the time the truck reaches an area.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Well, according to Ms James, it is AI-driven, provides end-to-end network visibility, and can anticipate disruptions and generate actionable responses in real time. Leadership Excellence for the Digital Age – LogiSYM January/February 2018. MORE FROM THIS EDITION. LogiSYM Magazine – January/ February 2018.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

They care about getting their products on time, which has now become a stronger factor in determining brand loyalty and preference. According to a new study from Oracle, 84% of people say delays would cause them to cancel their order and 80% say it would cause them to stop buying from a brand altogether.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2023

At Intelligent Audit, we’re more than just a service provider; we’re a strategic partner, committed to helping businesses achieve logistical excellence and unlock untapped potential. Integrating to your existing software takes minutes, and Tusk has your back with proactive shipper support on each parcel, in real time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The MVP (Minimum Viable Product) version, set up to go live in multiple countries within three months, involves Demand Planners, Supply Planners, and Inventory Controllers with different access rights to monitor system-generated results. They can adjust quantities and generate supplier replenishment orders in PDF or Excel as needed.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Brand loyalty is no longer the driver for consumer purchasing decisions. People simply want to purchase products from businesses which provide a more transparent and streamlined service, and who deliver on their customer promise, even if it means inflated prices to obtain it.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Key challenges include balancing growth and market share over a five-year trajectory, coping with labor shortages, tackling ongoing supply chain disruptions, inefficient paper-based tracking, and struggling with poor inventory management and limited visibility. It can also ship in sequence based on specific customer order requirements.

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Logility

APRIL 9, 2020

Error-prone spreadsheets were never designed to handle the multi-dimensional relationships and constraints involved in today’s supply chains or to provide the advance numeric or visual real-time analytics required to develop an optimal response quickly. Change purchasing and manufacturing plans days or weeks sooner.

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Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Planting the Seeds of Resilience Most companies understand that accurate forecasts are critical to minimizing inventory, maximizing production efficiency, streamlining purchasing, optimizing distribution, minimizing waste, and projecting future performance confidently.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013. In the industry, the GT Nexus product is the platform of choice for ocean visibility. It is clear. I am not surprised.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As any wholesale distributor who’s tried it can tell you, attempting to back-engineer an existing, hardened ERP system into a modern solution for omni-channel inventory visibility and order fulfillment is costly, and nothing ever works quite the way it should. The result? So, what’s the solution?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers. How Do You Define Supply Chain Excellence?

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 23, 2019

For these investment purchases, consumers expect a high level of service including room of choice placement and assembly. Managing delivery exceptions for excellent customer experience. The consumer second guesses their decision to purchase that large treadmill and refuses the delivery upon arrival.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 14, 2016

A Demand-Driven Value Network as defined by AMR Research in 2007: A network that senses demand with minimal latency to drive a near real-time response to shape and translate demand. The use of unstructured text mining, and sentiment analysis, to understand and listen to customer responses to products and services in near real-time.

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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. Advanced Inventory Management. Preparing for Market-Driven Demand.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JANUARY 18, 2018

The last mile especially, leaves a lasting impression on your customers as this is the part of the supply chain that is most visible to them. This will allow your planners to make decisions with control, speed and accuracy; and people on the ground to respond to changes in real time.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 136

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Precoro

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Supply chain management, purchase requisitions and orders, budget management, and three-way matching – all these processes are integral to procurement as a whole. Managers utilize numerous dedicated tools to ensure the efficiency and simplicity of the procurement cycle and get real-time insights. Low-Quality Documentation.

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