Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 6, 2023

By working closely with suppliers, organizations can improve the quality and reliability of their in-bound supply chains, reduce costs, and increase their overall efficiency. The costs associated with purchasing these items hit the “operational expenses” components of the company’s financial statements.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Where you get these from, or how you source them, can be a huge decision. Sourcing can seem overwhelming if you’re a brand or retail buyer not entirely sure what you’re doing, but it can significantly impact the quality, cost, and availability of your products. What is strategic sourcing? What is procurement?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2023

By fostering collaboration across all stakeholders, including suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics providers, companies can enhance visibility, streamline processes, and proactively address disruptions. Configure to Order: This strategy involves customizing standard products based on customer specifications.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As businesses globally focus on reducing lost productivity, costly downtime, and rising inventory expenses, effective spare parts management has become a top priority—especially for asset-intensive industries. Business Continuity Ensuring uninterrupted operations requires sourcing the right parts at the right time and place.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 14, 2022

At Logistics Viewpoints, we have written about how companies are looking to reduce carbon emissions, especially when it comes to transportation. As the world’s largest retailer, with a world-class transportation network, we have the ability to make a meaningful difference when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Unleashed

JANUARY 25, 2023

In these tricky times, smart cash flow management strategies are essential to bring down costs (or push profits) in controllable areas, offsetting international instability. This is achieved through the implementation and continued improvement of cash flow management strategies. To improve cash flow, process optimisation is necessary.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 4, 2023

If so, then it’s time to consider the numerous benefits of reducing inventory. In this article, we’ll explore seven compelling reasons why you should reduce inventory and how it can be a game-changer for your business. But when should you consider reducing inventory? The same applies to inventory reduction.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 4, 2021

By that I mean you should design and implement a Supply Chain strategy that does not care what the lead time is for any aspect of the chain. Resilient Supply Chain Design is a Smart Strategy. Reduce, if not eliminate, single or sole sourced materials and services. Review the personalization point (ie.

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QAD

JUNE 29, 2023

Here are five key strategies for designing quality from the start, along with the tools, steps and environment needed to make it happen. This means involving stakeholders from across the company, including engineering, manufacturing, procurement, quality, maintainability, serviceability and sustainability, plus key suppliers.

Price Reduction 98

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 21, 2023

Several parts of the world saw a reduction in water pollution. While these environmental consequences have been short-term, they have been enough to attract the attention of world leaders, industries, and governments to develop aggressive environmentally sustainable strategies to curb energy usage and reduce product waste.

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QAD

JULY 18, 2024

Companies also employ tactics that theoretically reduce costs but, in many cases, generate cost savings in one area while increasing the total landed cost. Rather than view supply chain operations as a series of discrete business functions, it must be viewed in its entirety with the goal of reducing total landed costs.

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Oracle SCM

JULY 12, 2017

Supply chain executives were under pressure to develop more efficient, customer-centric supply chains while finding innovative ways to reduce costs and enable growth. They prioritized projects that reduced inventory and logistics expenses. What are the strategies that helped the best survive? FREE EBOOK.

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Unleashed

APRIL 27, 2022

With material costs rising and the drive towards sustainable practices in full swing, the circular supply chain has become an attractive way for manufacturers and sellers to manage their supply chains in a more environmentally friendly way – and save costs in the long term. So how do you close the loop on your supply chain?

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SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the global world of businesses, companies often seek help from sourcing agencies to figure out how to get the things they need. But what’s a sourcing agency or sourcing agent and how does it make buying things easier? Let’s explore this world of sourcing agencies and understand what they do.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 28, 2020

It sounds beneficial on the surface but is it a realistic long term strategy? Every source of materials and components, every manufacturing facility, every warehouse and distribution channel, and every logistics mechanism is duplicated. For many their Supply Chain is built on intellectual property and sole sourcing.

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IQMS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bottom Line : In 2021 and beyond, customers are voting with their dollars for the manufacturers who excel at sustainable manufacturing and make a positive contribution to the environment, dominating B2B supply chains and B2C purchasing decisions. of all North American manufacturers have a sustainability policy in place, and 8.3%

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Unleashed

JANUARY 14, 2024

Manufacturing inventory management is crucial to the success and profitability of your manufacturing operations. This guide for manufacturers explains how it works and explores the most effective ways to manage inventory in manufacturing.

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OptiProERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Forty-two percent of SMBs consider digital transformation a central part of their organizational strategy. Developing an Effective Digital Transformation Strategy. A digital transformation strategy is a detailed plan to improve business operations. And as stated earlier, it isn’t only large companies transforming.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 24, 2015

Businesses must decide which routes to use, where to manufacture products, and whether to employ the use of a third party logistics provider. However, one of the most important aspects of supply chain strategies is often overlooked: the reverse supply chain (also referred to as reverse logistics ). Reduced Risks to the Business.

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SCMDOJO

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

It helps businesses decide whether to produce goods internally (make) or source them externally (buy), weighing costs, quality, scalability, and capacity. Make vs Buy Analysis evaluates whether to manufacture a product in-house or purchase it from suppliers. External sourcing adds supplier pricing, shipping, and handling fees.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 27, 2021

The Parallel Supply Chain … A Twilight Zone Strategy? For that reason we wonder whether the resilient Supply Chain is a passing fad or a sustainable strategy? You need the vision, the leadership, the strategy, and the resources to implement this capability. Source: www2.deloitte.com. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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20Cube Logistics

APRIL 22, 2022

3PL services can help you save logistic cost and reduce the supply chain complexity. The transportation and logistics is becoming more and more expensive. Hence, out-sourcing these services can reduce the load and make logistics cost-effective. Technological upgrade is one of the most expensive processes.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 30, 2022

As manufacturers strive to reduce costs while increasing speed, the process of procuring materials, making products, and moving them where they need to be is more complex than ever. According to SYSPRO Research 70% of manufacturing businesses experienced material handling and supply chain disruptions during the pandemic.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But what exactly is supplier collaboration, and how can it be effectively implemented to enhance supply chain performance, reduce costs, and contribute to broader business objectives? Imagine a car manufacturer working closely with its key suppliers to develop a new electric vehicle. What is supplier collaboration?

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Silvon Software

APRIL 18, 2024

Across the globe, manufacturing businesses are navigating economic uncertainties with increasing sophistication. Insights gleaned from robust data analytics enable core business areas to identify opportunities for risk reduction, enhance operational efficiencies, and foster strategic initiatives that drive business growth.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 30, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights yet another automotive electric vehicle start-up having to initiate a significant headcount reduction in order to cut operating expenses. The post Auto EV Start-Up Lucid Group Initiates Headcount Reductions first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management.

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Elementum

JUNE 22, 2022

In this blog, we’ll continue with these themes, exploring some of the serious problems that have cascaded down from one of the most popular process management practices of the last several decades: Lean Manufacturing. As part of this exploration into Lean Manufacturing, we’ll define the term, and cover a brief history of its development.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 30, 2022

As manufacturers strive to reduce costs while increasing speed, the process of procuring materials, making products, and moving them where they need to be is more complex than ever. According to SYSPRO Research 70% of manufacturing businesses experienced material handling and supply chain disruptions during the pandemic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2023

Despite their best efforts, current events and market dynamics caught up with them, leading to issues managing their suppliers and sourcing the materials needed for their products. If nothing else, the last few years highlighted the importance of sourcing strategically. Globally, inflation is expected to rise 6.5%, down from 8.8%

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QAD

DECEMBER 3, 2019

There is a developing trend that has been gaining steam in recent years that has the potential to seriously impact and “disrupt” food and beverage manufacturing. It means buying food that is sourced and/or grown within a geographical location that could be considered “local”. Disrupting the Larger Food and Beverage Manufacturer.

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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. Planning Manufacturing Based on Demand. Preparing for Market-Driven Demand.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This is the second part of my series on various ways to reduce overall costs as it relates to logistics and warehouse cost reductions. In the first part I put forth 6 areas of focus in order to reduce logistics costs. Today, I will now address how a focus on inventory will allow for warehouse cost reductions as well.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Over the years, various methodologies have emerged to address this need, including lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and the integration of both known as Lean Six Sigma (LSS). – Operational improvements (reduction of lead time, increase in productivity, and reduction in work-in-process inventory, etc.).

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DELMIA Quintiq

MAY 21, 2020

This classification extends to the manufacturing facilities and personnel keeping us fed and supplied. Doing more with less is more critical in manufacturing than ever. They might even find themselves conscripted into manufacturing essential products under the Defense Production Act. Here are a few of them: 1. In 2018, the U.S.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

companies with global operations, one of the most effective global value chain strategies and supply chain strategies is to mitigate risk by shipping smarter. Everything from custom duties to cargo inspections can create bottleneck operations within the global supply chain strategies. In the current political climate, U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 9, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights for readers a published report noting how various manufacturers are seeking and establishing added resiliency and control of component and production networks. That would include alternatives to China under the umbrella of China Plus sourcing. We pointed out that in 2022, more U.S. billion in September.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Sound sustainability and supply chain management processes mean that organizations can not only reduce their carbon footprint but optimize end-to-end operations for cost savings and increased profitability while satisfying consumers at the same time. Carbon Footprint and Energy Reduction . Renew, Reuse, and Restore to Reduce Waste .

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