The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Technology plays a key role in helping companies manage supply chain risk and underpins processes that improve sustainability. IDC also forecasts that by 2023, 30 percent of Asian enterprises will ship freight using a SaaS-enabled platform, resulting in improved efficiencies in load matching and reduced shipping costs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By combining leadership and technology, I believed that we had the opportunity to create a better supply chain. The gap is the result of the stewpot of corporate politics, misguided consultants, and over-hyped technologies. When compared to pre-recession years, we ended the decade with twenty more days of inventory. I was wrong.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

Machine learning (ML) techniques can be applied to provide more accurate transit information and estimated arrival times (ETAs) by analyzing the historical shipment data in your transportation management systems. The model learns continuously and can adapt to changing conditions in the network.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

” The next call was with a technology provider. In traditional advanced planning applications (APS) for a manufacturing company, the forecasting model’s role is to generate a time-series forecast in the tactical horizon (outside of lead time). (An Models Matter. Technology modeling capabilities are changing.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 19, 2023

A digital twin is a model that can be created for a number of things – a jet engine, a factory, even a human heart. A supply chain digital twin is a complete model of your supply chain that allows you to run what-if scenarios and determine the most efficient use of resources for fulfilling demand. Get the insights you need.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2021

Ships also account for around 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions [2] , contributing to the acceleration of climate change. It is the IMO’s strictest environmental regulation to date and ushered shipping and terminal sectors in a new era to transform the way marine supply chains operate. from originally 3.5%

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Technology has become a game changer in achieving supply chain resilience through allowing real time data, visibility, and responsiveness. According to Accenture Technology Vision 2021 research, Cloud, AI, and Digital Twins are among the top technologies supply chain executives are looking to deploy in their organizations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

AI is not a new technology in the supply chain realm; it has been used in some cases for decades. Machine Learning occurs when a machine takes the output, observes its accuracy, and updates its model so that better outputs will occur. The forecast can be compared to what actually shipped or sold.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. There is no good system for visibility. Few planning systems update delivery based on actual dwell times; and despite the abundance of Internet of Things (IOT) data, there is no place to put streaming data signals into traditional planning systems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

One essential tool used by the supply chain team is supply chain design. Building automation is similar to industrial automation, except that instead of controlling a factory, the systems control a building’s entry, power consumption, and lighting. These facilities produce and ship 150,000 order lines per day.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

Today’s DCs and fulfillment centers are a major driver of employment growth and a highly visible proving ground for autonomous robots and other next-generation technologies. For companies across industries, transforming existing DCs and narrowing this technology gap is key to competitive advantage in a changing economy.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The race is on to deploy technologies such as machine learning and AI that are needed to convert massive, complex and disparate sets of downstream market data into insights that can improve execution across the enterprise. This approach is not sustainable. Let’s apply it to a real scenario.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For example, in contract logistics, the 3PL makes use of a warehouse management system so that they can do the job efficiently. For managed transportation services, a best of breed transportation management system is at the heart of the service. This model comes from a partnership between GEP and Eliant Inventory Solutions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Inventories in the chemical industry are at record lows: a forerunner of bad days ahead.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

How do we use technology to make better decisions? I was working on a report on the Multi-Enterprise Inventory Management (often termed MEIO) and I challenged Pete. Was it that Kraft was not clear in its definition of supply chain excellence (which was true) or not clear on how to best use the system (which was also true)?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

Carton and Packing Optimization Carton optimization is a critical aspect of warehouse management, as it directly impacts shipping costs, storage space, and overall efficiency. You may be giving up some carton space efficiency for the benefits of stacking, storing, and shipping efficiencies. With 90% of items shipped in the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

A company can choose to maintain a high level of costly inventory to ensure short lead times, and a family can decide to live farther away from work and school but buy a bigger house. For it to be an optimal solution, a mathematical model needs to be used. That model can then be used to analyze every new situation that arises.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 21, 2020

ToolsGroup supply chain planning software allows Allopneus.com to improve inventory quality while reducing storage space at its national distribution center by almost 20%. Inventory management is the key. Inventory management is the key to quality of service and competitiveness,” emphasises Coltat. “To NEWS RELEASE.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

How does the pandemic and digital technology play into these trends? Led some supply chain planning supplier to create new digital twins – new supply chain models – that model this supply chain much deeper than it had been previously modeled. One of the biggest names in autonomous truck technology was Starsky Robotics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 19, 2023

However, AI’s inability to solve the very limited problem of ensuring that inventory is located in the right place in a warehouse suggests that planners don’t have to worry too much about job security. For fulfillment to be efficient, a warehouse needs the right inventory located in the right slots in a warehouse.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Management practices such as lean manufacturing and just-in-time inventory management, along with globalization, have made tremendous impact on cost and service, but have accentuated risk. Metrics such as lead-times, forecast accuracy, inventory levels, and service are used to measure operational risks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It is a brilliant tool.” The enterprise software company also announced a new analytics solution covering external workforce management. SCCN solutions allow trading partners to collaborate across defined trading partner processes based on a common data model. And the supplier might reply, “I only agreed to ship 800.”

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 8, 2018

Gartner Research analyst Paul Lord has developed a thought-provoking approach (shown in the above diagram) for tailoring supply and inventory tactics to different inventory segments. Traditional ABC inventory models segment inventory into A, B and C categories based on annual consumption value. Lots of margin.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2024

The German software colossus has 27,000 customers and 300 million users that rely on their software. 27,000 customers are regularly using SAP Business AI, either as part of the SAP business flow or they have used SAP’s Business Technology Platform to create a custom AI solution. They show up with paper documents.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

When companies implement enterprise software solutions, they often label that implementation as being part of their company’s digital transformation. But implementing new software does not digitally transform anything if the people that are supposed to use that software cannot do so effectively. That is changing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond. Throughout the conference I met with several software and hardware providers to get a glimpse into what they were showcasing.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2021

Your plan should address technology, processes, and people. To build supply chain resiliency, leaders should consider these factors: Buffer inventory and shift away from JIT.? The coronavirus disruptions highlighted the stressed nature of lean and just-in-time inventories. Collaborate With Customers and Suppliers.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Just-In-Time Supply Chain Model vs. Just-In-Case Supply Chain Model Several years ago, when the pandemic became a full-blown global crisis, most supply chains used the “just-in-time” model, which relies on resources and goods being available right when they’re needed. Excess inventory is a $250+ billion problem in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Amazingly, as by some fate, the remedy usually matches what the technology or services company is selling. Let’s Start With a Discussion on Inventory. When we look at table 1, we see burgeoning inventories in some industries and extreme shortages in others. We are not good at inventory management. And, voila!

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 1, 2024

Historically, omnichannel software solutions were not capable of optimization. They can also order online and have goods shipped to their home. They can also order online and have goods shipped to their home. An omnichannel order management system helps companies meet growing customer expectations. That is changing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

Unlike some of the other trends articles we have covered at Logistics Viewpoints, which take a deeper dive into technology and application specific trends, this article looked at the top trends executives need to be paying attention to before their strategic planning meetings commence. So what can we do to make models more useful?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

There is no planning model in traditional solutions that recognizes a logistics bottleneck and drives bi-directional orchestration across source, make and deliver. The gaps in current technology approaches built based on historical assumptions of the global supply chain are inadequate. Supply Chain Variability is low and controllable.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

An indication for this belief is the level of fundraising reached by digital players like Flock Freight, a trucking platform and project44, a supply chain visibility platform, which reached US$113.5 It is sensor and system data that are foundational to drive a new quality of collaboration across networks.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 4, 2023

By land, by air, by sea – transit organizations know the competition is fierce for retaining customer loyalty, requiring inventory management strategies that balance consumer needs with sustainability initiatives and business goals. In other cases, such as cruise ships, the ship is the warehouse.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As the state of the trucking market evolves and innovations improve , OTR freight management technologies and logistics service providers offer transportation management optimization to help businesses avoid significant supply chain disruption. Reducing Reliance on Outdated Systems and Technology .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

More recently the technology has evolved to a point where such processes can be conducted at a faster cadence than a typical monthly cadence that was the norm. Strategic placement of inventory buffers to ensure sufficient ability to absorb shocks. Does this mean at some point in time we move on from S&OP?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 22, 2024

Omnichannel Retailers Leverage Optimization Historically, omnichannel software solutions were not capable of optimization. They can also order online and have goods shipped to their home. An omnichannel order management system helps companies meet growing customer expectations. A customer can of course buy goods in a store.

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