Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Access to Unique Process and Asset Capabilities: Some suppliers offer unique skills, technologies, or processes that are not available in-house or through other sources. For instance, suppliers may have strong Vendor Management process expertise that will help reduce working capital. Nari Viswanathan is Sr.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 3, 2025

Novonix is also collaborating with local educational institutions to create STEM-focused training programs and offer employment opportunities to disadvantaged groups. The project is expected to create 450 jobs and produce 31,500 metric tonnes of synthetic graphite annually, supporting 325,000 EV batteries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

Companies leaning heavily on global sourcing? manufacturer I know saw their import costs jump overnight, forcing a rethink of a decade-old sourcing strategy. Consequently, when shortages emerged, they had already secured alternative sources, thereby averting a significant disruption to production. For example, U.S.-based

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

Colin Masson, ARC Advisory Groups expert on Industrial AI. Lets delve into the core concepts of AI Agents and multi-agent workflows, their relevance to what ARC Advisory Group calls Industrial AI , and their potential to revolutionize supply chain management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The group turnover for Amul in 2023-24 is Rs 80,000 crores ($10 billion), which is an increase from Rs 72,000 crores ($9 billion) in 2022-23. This venture’s success will be closely watched, not only for its implications for Amul but also as a source of inspiration for other Indian brands aspiring to foray into the international arena.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 16, 2025

Collin Masson, Director of Research at ARC Advisory Group. Edge Hardware: The battle for edge hardware also intensified in 2024, as companies sought to deploy AI capabilities closer to the source of data. ChatGPT Search : This feature gives users a way to get answers from relevant web sources. But there is a larger AI ecosystem.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2025

A data fabric does not store data itself; it connects and provides access to data from diverse sources without physically moving or duplicating it. It accesses, transforms, and harmonizes data from multiple sources to make it usable and actionable for various business use cases. Agentic AI is a group of agents working together.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 16, 2025

The following Supply Chain Matters multi-part guest commentary is authored by Michael Lamoureux who provides over 18 years of experience and observations and experience in procurement sourcing technology applications. Michael is the Editor-in-Chief of the Sourcing Innovation blog. We’ll explore each of these. Why is this?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 2, 2025

For my long-time readers, you know that fewer than 3% of companies outperform their peer group in our Supply Chains to Admire analysis , and that the Gartner Top 25 is essentially a beauty contest for underperformers. Using channel and trading partner signals build outside-in models and orchestrate decisions across source, make and deliver.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 25, 2024

By charting the performance against peer groups, I could see the story. The first step was to find a reliable data set and establish the peer groups. This data source synchronizes corporate reporting across global markets while tracking restatements, name changes, and currency shifts.) We purchase data from Y charts. (A

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

According to a survey by ARC Advisory Group, only 10% of industrial companies are ready to apply artificial intelligence/machine learning. trillion records from 47 data sources in the Cognite platform. It accesses, transforms, and harmonizes data from multiple sources to make it usable and actionable for various business use cases.

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QAD

JANUARY 16, 2025

This complexity is amplified for organizations like KION Group AG with a global footprint, necessitating strong relationships and clear communication with suppliers at every level to respond proactively to shifting market conditions. By leveraging QAD SRM, KION Group AG achieved a transformative shift in its procurement strategy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2025

From sourcing and bid evaluation to warehouse slotting and dynamic routing, AI tools support faster and more consistent outcomes by processing large volumes of operational data and identifying patterns that human decision-makers may overlook. Integration allows seamless transitions from data insights to purchase approvals and execution.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 21, 2024

In fact, Estee Lauder has just finished an elaborate deployment of supply chain planning yet is not driving improvement faster than their peer group. Evaluate the performance of L’Oreal against peer group in Figures 3A and 3B. Note that L’Oreal is driving a faster level of improvement and market capitalization than Estee.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The CNW Group reports, “Three quarters of businesses worldwide are overhauling their supply chains by working with more rather than fewer suppliers to mitigate risks in an increasingly fragmented global environment. Chinas dominance in rare metal exports poses a significant challenge for companies seeking alternative sources.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 9, 2023

The panel group is sourced from my group of LinkedIn followers. As a result, with the lack of clarity on supply chain excellence, the group flounders. This group struggles if companies cannot clearly define an operating strategy and a supply chain excellence definition. My goal is to help.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

Additionally, your platform still needs to provide your operations with an open portal into the common data lake, establishing access to a source of truth from any system or device in near real-time. Jeremy Hudson is Director of Client Services at Open Sky Group. Sound too good to be true?

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 15, 2022

If you answer the survey, I will gladly give you a custom analysis of your organization against the peer group. The financial teams, and the Information Technology (IT) groups, did not see alignment gaps, but the supply chain teams felt them and viewed them as a critical performance issue. To respond, follow this link.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2022

From product design, sourcing and operations planning, to manufacturing, logistics and warehousing, there are many opportunities for improved efficiency at each stage of the process. Cloud applications that manage your supply chain provide real-time access—a single source of truth no matter where you are.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) reported stellar results once again last Wednesday (December 1st). As Asia-Pacific production ramped up, competition was on to source the scarce goods and to get access to the limited transportation capacity available to move these goods to their destinations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2021

Building optionality in the supply chain through collaborative sourcing: Supply chain teams can proactively identify choke points within the existing network by leveraging emerging technologies such as digital twins and advanced analytics, and modeling their end-to-end supply chains. This can in turn benefit Tier 2 suppliers and beyond.

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ivalua

JUNE 11, 2023

This new regulation builds upon its predecessor, the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), and brings about significant changes that impact organizations, procurement groups, and finance leaders. Sustainable Procurement Practices: Procurement groups will play a vital role in supporting compliance with the CSRD.

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AIMMS

JUNE 16, 2020

The company modeled scenarios and performed simulations in AIMMS Network Design Navigator with all their products grouped together. Another use case we see for scenario modeling in the current context is evaluating new sourcing locations. Evaluating Potential for Reshoring .

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

ARC Advisory Group’s research on the warehouse technology markets ( WMS , Warehouse Automation , and Mobile Warehouse Robotic s) shows that 3PLs are prominent investors in technology. I had the opportunity to speak with Alan Prillaman, SVP of Client Services at Open Sky Group , about the 3PL market.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

While companies that supply chain leaders believe are top performers– J&J, P&G, and Unilever– do not outperform their peer group. I list sixteen in Table 2, but of the 29 companies listed in the Gartner Top 25, 27 underperform their peer group sector. Is this success? Is this success? I don’t think so.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Discover capability gaps and create sourcing events Seek and discover what capabilities the organization may be lacking, such as vulnerabilities or inefficiencies in transportation or supplier capacity. By identifying these gaps, you can create sourcing events to close them. <br>- Organize sourcing events to address gaps.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

At the same time, the Chief Purchasing Officer (CPO) has taken on a pivotal role by securing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect the workforce and direct materials when primary sources fail. As disruptions become the norm, Supply Chain Planning and Source-to-Pay (S2P) cycles need to be increasingly dynamic and intertwined.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The idea is that data points within a group share similar properties, and each group is different (statistically speaking) from another. Retailers can apply cluster analysis techniques in different ways to find groups of customers, products, stores, or suppliers that behave similarly. The retail industry is rich with data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. Vanderlande is a member of Toyota Industries Corporation within the Toyota Advanced Logistics Group. SWISSLOG is a business and reportable segment of the KUKA Group. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 15, 2021

We can see that while both groups dropped, those that are digital suffered a smaller loss, and non-digital organisations effectively saw the last five years of growth erased. . Source: IDC 2021—Digital Analysis: Manufacturing. Source: IDC Manufacturing Iansights APeJ Industry 4-0 Survey. Driving for Digitalisation.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 14, 2023

Bulu Group is a leading provider of turnkey subscription box solutions for retail and media partners. The company offers a range of services including product sourcing, packaging design, order fulfillment, and customer service management. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 15, 2021

ELS-based systems are programmed to calculate expected work completion times for a given task or group of tasks. The data can come from a number of sources, including warehouse optimization systems, mobile devices, and automation systems (or WCS).

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In 9 days, the host country will take on Ecuador in the first match of the group stage. But all of that is in the past, and the group stages are getting ready to kick off. The US Men’s National Team is in Group B with England, Iran, and Wales, and will play its first game on November 21 against Wales.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

ARC Advisory Group engaged in an informative discussion with Derek Gittoes, VP Supply Chain Management Product Strategy at Oracle , as part of ARC’s Digital Supply Chain Forum. Derek recently authored an article on Logistics Viewpoints describing recent advancements in logistics predictability through the application of machine learning.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In one example, Crust Group in Singapore provides a Southeast Asian example of a cross industry “circular economy” partnership. Travin Singh (creator behind Crust Brewing) realised that if he could find bakery partners, he basically had access to a cheap local source of beer making raw materials. Sure there is. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The platform provides a single source of truth for shippers and carriers by aggregating data from multiple sources, including transportation management systems (TMS), freight market data, and carrier performance data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I informed our readers that ARC Advisory Group/Logistics Viewpoints is conducting a survey to determine the perceptions, priorities, and strategic initiatives of today’s supply chain and logistics executives. However, I am surprised at the degree that localized sourcing is being considered.

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