Supply Chain Network Design Requires More Than Just a Smart Tool
AIMMS
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Network design solves a variety of issues, from cost reduction to sustainability, and from inventory optimization to investment decisions.
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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Schneider Electric has been working to simplify its supply chain over the last few years. This French public multinational was selected as having the best global supply chain by a leading analyst firm. Schneider Electric’s supply chain operation is of great interest to other practitioners.
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6 Ways AI Empowers End-to-End Decision Automation in Supply Chain
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 18, 2024
Consequently, everyone asserts they are utilizing AI, and those in the supply chain world are no exception. How will it address “the world hunger problem” in supply chains, particularly in the context of supply chain planning? How can AI contribute to end-to-end decision automation?
Supply Chain Network Design & Optimization: Steps, Guide, and Efforts
SCMDOJO
MAY 15, 2024
Supply chain design and optimization projects present significant challenges, ranging from complex network structures, and multiple databases to diverse business objectives. However, achieving these objectives requires a strategic approach and a deep understanding of dynamics within the supply chain ecosystem.
5 Powerful Prescriptive Analytics Examples in Supply Chain
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Supply chain, with its complex planning questions, is typically an area where optimization technology is required. Supply Chain Network Design. Inventory optimization. Prescriptive analytics is a type of advanced analytics that optimizes decision-making by providing a recommended action.
Is It Time to Evolve Your Supply Chain Network Design?
Logility
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Supply chain organizations are like any other part of a business – they’re always moving, changing, and trying to produce and deliver outcomes faster, more efficiently, and to everyone’s satisfaction. The Core of Today’s Supply Chain Challenges.
Do Digital Your Way. Sidestep the Supply Chain Conquistadors
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 27, 2022
In a recent research project, we found that 2/3 of companies had a digital supply chain transformation strategy; however, those that were evolving their strategy performed better during the early months of the pandemic than those that were “clear” on the project plan for a digital transformation. Supply Chain 4.0.
Inventory Strategies: Evaluating Constant Disruptions
Logility
MAY 5, 2023
Inventory strategies begin with an efficient network design to effectively balance your ability to accurately predict customer demand and work with suppliers to adjust orders in real time. Instead, supply chain leaders indicate a readiness to pursue a dramatic shift in how their organizations operate.
Active Supply Chain Design: A Key Imperative for De Risking Supply Chains
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Supply chain resiliency and sustainability are top priorities for CEOs today. To achieve these goals, corporate leadership must focus on two key areas: shift from internally focused supply chains to collaborative supply networks and actively design their supply chains.
Elevate Your Supply Chain Resilience With Scenario Planning
Speaker: Robert Olszak- Vice President, Global Supply Chain Optimization, RGP
As a supply chain director, you want to ensure that your supply chain network can withstand any disruptions and be optimized for peak performance. The global logistics market is growing, and companies need to prepare for the next generation of supply chain management.
Supply Chain Resilience. Really?
Supply Chain Shaman
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience? The reason?
Resilience by Design: The Power of Simulation in Supply Chain Strategy
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Supply chain network design (SCND) is a powerful tool for improving business operations. It can be used to solve a wide variety of supply chain problems. Simulation techniques can fill those gaps and allow for a more holistic view of a company’s supply chain. But it has gaps.
North American Building Materials Leader Cornerstone Building Brands Chooses ToolsGroup and River Logic’s Technology
ToolsGroup
MARCH 26, 2024
Unique Partnership Delivers an End-to-End Network Optimization Solution to Seamlessly Integrate Supply Chain Design, Manufacturing Footprint and Probabilistic Planning and Execution for Leading Building Materials Manufacturer. Two of Cornerstone Building Brands’ business units — Aperture Solutions – U.S.,
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Network Design in supply Chain
20Cube Logistics
APRIL 16, 2022
Supply chain Network Design can be explained as the strategic planning of the supply chain in order to measure the cost and the time required to bring the goods and services from manufacturers and suppliers to the market. This involves the placement of supply chain nodes in the accurate locations.
6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design
Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 9, 2023
If you’ve followed our blog over the years, you’ll know that we’ve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why it’s vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.
What’s wrong with Strategic Network Design?
ToolsGroup
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
The problem with strategic network design is when it accounts for service time but not service level. It optimizes the network, but it doesn’t optimize inventory across the network – a shortcut that can lead to a different network once the inventory is optimized. A very different network can emerge.
Efficient Frozen Food Distribution: Inside the Build-out of Two Automated Facilities
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 17, 2021
In December of 2019, the global grocery retailer Ahold Delhaize announced it was investing $480 million to transform and expand its US supply chain operations to support a strategy to transition the supply chain network into a fully-integrated, self-distribution model. Sources of Efficiency.
Supply Chain Planning for Dummies
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Supply chain management has been in the news. But the intricacies of supply chain management are beyond the grasp of most. One key solution used to help manage complex supply chains is supply chain planning (SCP). Supply chain planning is a complex solution.
Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 1, 2023
That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.
Being Adaptive Drives Resiliency and Margins in Collaborative Supply Chain Networks (CSCN)
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 1, 2024
According to Bloomberg , the coffee supply chain is struggling with constrained supply and increase in prices is inevitable. Traditional, linear supply chains struggle to adapt. This article explores how adaptive supply chains can help businesses thrive.
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Amul’s Optimized Supply Chain: Driving Global Growth in the Dairy Industry
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 15, 2024
India’s growth story can continue if it streamlines and effectively manages its supply chain like the iconic dairy brand Amul that recently entered the US market. Amul’s supply chain model is a well-structured and decentralized cooperative framework that focuses on efficiency and farmer welfare.
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How Blockchain Technology Powers the Foundation of Digital Product Passports
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
One promising application that is emerging in the Supply Chain and Sustainability space is Digital Product Passports (DPPs). The potential to provide reliable, tamper-resistant data across supply chains is driving interest from various sectors, including pharmaceuticals, electronics, and food production.
The Impact of 5G on the Logistics Industry: Advancing Connectivity and Efficiency
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
With faster, more reliable connectivity, logistics systems are becoming more efficient and automated. Supply chains can now handle larger amounts of data in real time, allowing for quicker decision-making. Maintenance predictions also benefit from the technology, allowing for proactive fleet management.
ToolsGroup and River Logic Join Forces, Leveraging Digital Twins for Powerful, End-to-End Supply Chain Benefits
ToolsGroup
AUGUST 8, 2023
Combining these impressive capabilities with ToolsGroup’s AI-driven, award-winning supply chain solutions, companies can now enjoy a truly end-to-end planning and execution process. “As Coupling physical supply chain design decisions with the digital flow of goods moving through the supply chain is the holy grail of the industry.”
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Locus Listed as Representative Vendor in 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Tools
Locus
APRIL 1, 2022
It gives us immense pleasure to announce that Locus has been listed as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Tools. And as supply chains continue to grow in scale and complexity to meet these demands, so do the costs.
Global Supply Chain Recovery Dependent On A Vaccine
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 30, 2020
However, supply chain leaders well understand that drug discovery, manufacturing, and distribution are all necessary to deliver the vaccine to a willing arm. Development and distribution, as any supply chain leader knows, are two different topics. As a result, the supply chain, as we knew it is dead.
Consumer Packaged Goods Network Optimization: The Key to Supply Chain Resiliency
Logility
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Why Network Optimization Is the Key to Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chain Resiliency It has been a few years since the onset of the pandemic exposed the tragic consequences of supply chain fragility within the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry.
Demand Planning: Whipped And Chained by Tradition
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
She wrote, “I have been working in the supply chain for 35 years, and we are still trying to solve the “demand” issue. Solving from a supply side seems to work for many companies I work with. Only 2% of companies are pushing forward in our Supply Chains to Admire analysis. I don’t know.
What are supply chain professionals using to make network decisions?
AIMMS
JANUARY 30, 2019
Part I in our series on assessing your network design’s maturity . How does you r network design compare to others ? It’s great to see the enthusiasm for this interactive tool. . Only about 22% use network design software and 18% use network design software with embedded analytics among this group. .
Responding to Supply Chain Disruption Amid COVID-19
AIMMS
MARCH 30, 2020
Our team put several resources together to help supply chain organizations navigate through this crisis safely. . The next 2-4 weeks are critical to understand the exposure throughout your value chain, take actions to address anticipated shortages , and ensure resource requirements to restart. Evaluate different scenarios .
My Take: LLamasoft Buys Barloworld Supply Chain Software
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
As an analyst in the battered supply chain software market for a decade, it is fun to watch you grow. Clients buy your software because you make it real. For those who are new to reading the Supply Chain Shaman blog, let me begin my analysis with a disclaimer. I mpact #2. Growth: Eye on Global Expansion.
What is Supply Chain Resiliency?
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.
Transform Your Supply Chain: The SCMDOJO Training Track
SCMDOJO
JUNE 14, 2024
The global economy runs on efficient supply chains. The SCMDOJO Supply Chain Track offers a comprehensive supply chain training program to equip you with the knowledge and skills to excel in this dynamic field. It’s your one-stop shop for a complete supply chain management pathway.
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Inventory Management: We Can Do Better
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 12, 2020
In my day-to-day work in supply chain management, I find more encounter more opinions than facts. …most discussions are fueled by over-zealous and self-serving marketing programs. Downsizing inventories over the past decade crippled the response.” Days of Inventory Peer Group Across Time Periods. Reflection.
AIMMS mentioned in four areas of Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Planning Technologies
AIMMS
JANUARY 20, 2020
We are really excited to get multiple mentions in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Planning Technologies , which was released in October 2019. We feel like we’ve come a long way with our supply chain focus in recent years and Supply Chain Planning seems like ‘home sweet home,’ with all of our capabilities covered.
AIMMS Featured in IT Subway Map of European Supply Chain Software Providers
AIMMS
JUNE 26, 2017
Choosing a supply chain software vendor can be a long and tedious process. You need to make sure the software has the right capabilities, that you have the right people on board to truly leverage it and that it will support and not hinder your processes. Mapping European Supply Chain Software.
AIMMS Featured in IT Subway Map of European Supply Chain Software Providers
AIMMS
JUNE 26, 2017
Choosing a supply chain software vendor can be a long and tedious process. You need to make sure the software has the right capabilities, that you have the right people on board to truly leverage it and that it will support and not hinder your processes. Mapping European Supply Chain Software.
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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 29, 2022
The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. Instead, supply chain leaders need to focus on the minimization of waste, and the alignment of signals.
Enhancing Supply Chain Network Design with Sophisticated Inventory Optimization
CHAINalytics
MARCH 28, 2017
By Chris Keller | Principal, Supply Chain Design | Chainalytics | The complexity involved in simultaneously optimizing a supply chain network and the inventory within that network has traditionally proven to be a sufficient barrier to completing such exercises.
10 Best Inventory Management Books
EMERGE App
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Inventory management is a tough task, especially when you’re starting out. There are lots of inventory management books available which can help you understand basics, but I am here with the list of best books in the market. Best Inventory Management Books of All Time: 1.
What are supply chain professionals using to make network decisions?
AIMMS
JANUARY 30, 2019
Part I in our series on assessing your supply chain network’s maturity . How does you r supply chain network design compare to others ? It’s great to see the enthusiasm for this interactive tool. . “Do you currently use advanced analytics to optimize your supply chain network?
Internet of Things (IoT): Transforming Real-Time Data Collection and Tracking for Digital Product Passports
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
This allows businesses to automate compliance and provide operational transparency, reducing the need for manual interventions and documentation. For businesses and consumers alike, this increased transparency is valuable, as it builds a clear chain of custody for products.
How BT is Building a Connected Supply Chain Amidst Ongoing Transformation
AIMMS
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Behind the scenes, BT Supply Chain has been the backbone of the company’s operations for 30 years, making sure customers get the best experience. The supply chain division fulfills 40,000 individual customer orders every day, making sure that 32,000 engineers get the tools, parts and equipment they need to deliver support and services.
Trends Transforming Logistics and Supply Chains In the MENA Region in 2023
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JANUARY 3, 2023
Trends Transforming Logistics and Supply Chains In the MENA Region in 2023. by Dr Shereen Nassar , Global Director of Logistics Studies and Director of MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management Suite at Heriot-Watt University Dubai. Technology and automation are major enablers towards this.
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