The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 13, 2022

Steve Elwell and Joe Lynch discuss why supply chain disruptions are here to stay. Steve is he Managing Director of Haxlar , an integrated manufacturing solutions provider, delivering design, manufacturing, sourcing, supply chain, and product management services for a wide range of industries.

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DELMIA Quintiq

APRIL 21, 2020

Contingency plans and supply chain risk management. Do you have enough safety stock if a manufacturer stops operations? Many companies that aggressively pursue risk management have enjoyed: Less disruptions. So, what can companies do to prepare for major disruptions in the future?

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 4, 2020

What aerospace manufacturers need is agility in their design and production processes to help mitigate the variability in supply and demand. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is one innovation in which aerospace companies have significantly invested to try to address some of their unique challenges. What are the benefits?

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

Supply chain disruption is a fact of life for every company that moves any type of product. There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Preparing your supply chain for resiliency begins with risk management and a proactive strategy.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 18, 2025

Your Aftermarket Supply Chain is More Complex Than You Think: Stop Guessing, Start Optimizing Lets be honest: managing spare parts inventory requires specialized strategies unlike any other inventory management process. Your distribution network spans multiple locations. And demand patterns are highly unpredictable.

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QAD

APRIL 9, 2025

Can You Prevent Supply Chain Disruptions in Life Sciences? Supply chain disruptions in the life sciences industry can have serious consequences. Proactive communication and agile manufacturing further enhance resilience.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Scaling manufacturing operations is crucial for business growth but presents unique challenges. Balancing increased demand with consistent quality and controlled costs is difficult but essential for manufacturers looking to expand. Successfully scaling manufacturing requires more than just adding resources.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

manufacturer I know saw their import costs jump overnight, forcing a rethink of a decade-old sourcing strategy. Strategic moves like bulk buying, closer supplier partnerships, and syncing procurement with supply chain planning can tighten inventory, cut waste, and free up cash. What Is Agile Procurement? For example, U.S.-based

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2022

It’s a complex problem, but you can successfully optimize inventory levels with the right approach and technology. With all of today’s supply chain disruptions, and new ones no doubt lurking around the corner, companies without optimized inventory are risking overpaying and underperforming.

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Logility

JULY 21, 2023

Supply chains large and small are under siege by constant supply chain disruption. Companies find themselves struggling to serve customers, source materials, manage costs, handle supply constraints and shortages and, above all, gain visibility into what’s next. Scenario planning is becoming vital.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 24, 2021

It’s human nature to miscalculate how best to respond to supply chain disruptions–either over- or under-steering in anticipation of a crisis. Optimists often delay preparing for supply chain disruption for fear that contingency actions lead to self-fulfilling prophecies.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 14, 2025

Your Aftermarket Supply Chain is More Complex Than You Think Lets be honest: managing spare parts inventory requires specialized strategies unlike any other inventory management process. Suboptimal inventory distribution: excessive stock in low-demand locations and shortages in high-demand areas. The outcome?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

While consumers may see some short-term benefit in the form of discounted goods, many retailers have had to reset investor expectations , reflecting the expected hit on margins from carrying so much inventory. Inventory management is challenging enough in normal times. So, what is it going to take to enable better inventory management?

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Logility

APRIL 9, 2020

Supply chain disruptions, like the one we are currently experiencing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic will continue to happen. Surviving major supply chain disruptions requires capabilities that are only available through advanced supply chain planning and optimization platforms.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 29, 2023

This article explores the disruptive nature of supply chain disruptions, the significance of collaboration in managing direct spend, the role of Purchase Order (PO) Collaboration in tracking materials throughout the order cycle, and real-world challenges faced in PO Collaboration.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Demand forecasting in supply chain management is the process of predicting customer demand, supply trends, and pricing fluctuations. It leverages historical data, competitive intelligence, and external factors to guide inventory planning and resource allocation.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Demand forecasting in supply chain management is the process of predicting customer demand, supply trends, and pricing fluctuations. It leverages historical data, competitive intelligence, and external factors to guide inventory planning and resource allocation.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 31, 2022

It’s premature to know at this stage what the full impact will be on our economies and supply chains, but we can expect more delays of supply of imported inventory, food, and component parts, due to reduced or rescheduled air and sea freight. Supply chain challenges.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As we head into the holiday season, supply delays, logistics constraints and inflation are looming over shoppers and retailers—and the manufacturers and distributors who keep them in supply. The 2021 supply chain shortage is the story of our lives today, as the enormous bullwhip effect of COVID continues.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 8, 2025

In manufacturing, performance improvement, cost reduction and process optimization are crucial. Manufacturers have adopted innovative solutions and technologies to deal with these issues. There is no question that AI and ML will have important roles in shaping the future of manufacturing ERP. What is AI and ML?

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

There’s always a lot at stake in supply chain management. Today’s unprecedented supply chain disruption challenges have led to executives looking for new ways of managing their supply chains, not just for today, but to prepare for future unpredictability.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Global Trade Authority Rob Garrison, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercado Labs, shares insights from over 30 years of supply chain experience working with a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Here, he explains what caused current global supply chain disruptions, and shares the five steps needed to overcome today’s supply chain issues.

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AIMMS

MARCH 30, 2020

Manufacturing plants and warehouses will experience a sudden shift in resource utilization. Study multiple resource utilization what-if scenarios and accommodate your production and inventory plan accordingly. The post Responding to Supply Chain Disruption Amid COVID-19 appeared first on AIMMS.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For the past few years, the news has been filled with stories about supply chain disruptions, supply chain fragility, and the need for supply chain resilience. A term once prominent in supply discussions optimization isn’t heard quite as often as it used to be.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The cloud has emerged as the cornerstone of modern business and supply chain innovation. From retail and food and beverage to manufacturing and life sciences, companies from a wide variety of industries are realizing the benefits of the technology, revolutionizing how they operate, collaborate, and generate value.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

I define supply chain resilience as: The ability of an organization to deliver reliable and consistent results for revenue, margin, customer service, and quality in the face of demand and supply variability. ” Actions to Consider • Map the supply chain. ” • Implement digital and automated manufacturing.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Medical Device manufacturers face an increasingly dynamic and intricate landscape. Innovative personalized manufacturing approaches have emerged, yet many organizations struggle to fully realize their potential in this rapidly evolving race.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 21, 2022

Contrary to general opinion, the causes of the supply chain disruptions currently being experienced worldwide were prevalent long before the Covid-19 pandemic. . Instead, businesses have focused most their investments on inventory control and order requirements.

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Clear Spider

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Now’s the time for businesses to look back at the strain that rising inflation put on their supply chains and inventory management. Protecting your bottom line starts with a better understanding of the ways inflation affects supply chain management. Is Your Supply Chain Inflation-Proof?

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 6, 2022

Predicting demand was never easy (with or without an astrologer), and, looking ahead, the challenges of global supply chain disruptions continue in 2022. Here are the top five lessons learned from 2021’s supply chain challenges, with tips you can apply to uncover success in 2022.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 4, 2022

Complete halts result in backlogs and delays, which will impact warehouses and more importantly, their inventory management. As we have seen over the past 20 years, disruptions to supply chains have global impacts on all industries. Inventory takes many forms, ranging from raw materials to finished goods.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Inventory (and therefore customer service level attainment) has faced unprecedented stress this year. This requires companies to make faster proactive decisions across all of their SKUs and locations in order to make the best use of available inventory given the new constraints of supplier performance and demand variability.

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DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 30, 2023

The widespread supply chain disruptions that happened when the global pandemic hit in 2020 highlighted several important lessons regarding manufacturing and supply chain visibility. Why does Industrial Equipment need MCT?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility?

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Jaggaer

APRIL 9, 2025

How AI is Transforming Manufacturing: Strategies, Benefits, and Use Cases Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a huge topic and one that is constantly changing as research and development efforts push out the boundaries of whats possibleand whats already happening! Manufacturers now generate and own vast volumes of it.

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QAD

MARCH 30, 2023

Manufacturers may not think they have much in common with the retail companies beyond producing the products that stock store shelves, but there could be a lot to learn from the latter as the manufacturing headwinds of the last few years carry into 2023. and bring inventory accuracy up to an impressive 99.9%.

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