Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Price fluctuations and sourcing issues.

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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. Government policies are rational. The increasing issues with tax and tariff shifts and the policies of China make the response more complicated. With only 5.8%

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2021

The process as is implemented in many companies focuses on balancing demand and supply based on preestablished rules and policies that serve as guardrails for the planning process. Strategic placement of inventory buffers to ensure sufficient ability to absorb shocks. One off recommendations are made about facility locations (i.e.,

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ToolsGroup

JULY 19, 2023

With the advent of true “single source of truth” inventory visibility , a digital twin is a more feasible goal than ever before. In short, they help users make better decisions, much faster, resulting in improved financial performance, inventory efficiency, and customer satisfaction. Get the insights you need.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

If S&OP efforts were that effective, don’t you think that we would have made more progress against inventory levels, margin, and growth? In part, this results in increasing swings in inventory in response to shifts in consumer demand as one moves further up the supply chain. Go to the source.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 13, 2021

Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree. Joe Lynch and Ron Crabtree discuss sourcing strategy: effective vs efficient. When developing a sourcing strategy, the focus can be effectiveness (gaining desired results) or on efficiency (reducing cost, labor, and resources used). About Ron Crabtree.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Reason #6 Not effectively managing inventory. Having wasted time going to that store, I’d be less inclined to use that store in the future – at least I’d be much less likely to trust their website’s inventory. If the planned lead-time is longer than actual, you get excess inventories. On Hand Inventory quantity/status.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2021

On our budget then, this felt like a fortune and fueled my interest in energy policy. We must plan, source, make, and deliver differently for supply chain sustainability. These examples address the source, make, and deliver areas of supply chain. It was a rude surprise when I learned it would cost $100 to fill the tank.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Source: Dictionary.com. How will the policy be executed? Today, there is not a well-defined template on how to build and operate a supply chain defined by customer policy and segmentation strategy. The journey began with a one size fits all approach in 2008, and the policies evolved over the course of the last seven years.

Inventory Reduction 150

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 12, 2019

Too many companies get locked into traditional processes and a familiar vicious cycle: unable to reliably forecast an increasing number of SKU combinations, they load up on inventory to accommodate long-tail, erratic demand. achieving the same overall customer service level objective with far less inventory expense. percent, etc.,

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 20, 2022

Sarah Voorhees, VP of Demand and Inventory Planning at American Tire Distributors , is one such leader who emphasizes the importance of individual check-ins: A 1:1 conversation can be intimidating, though, especially if the person has sensitive concerns. Source: Fortune. #3: Source: Fortune. But it doesn’t have to.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

We are no longer just forecasting demand but also when trucks and factory machinery are likely to break down ( predictive maintenance ), the optimal amount of inventory to hold and where it should be held ( inventory optimization) , and labor forecasting in the warehouse. ML is being used to keep key parameters and policies up to date.

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Logility

MARCH 21, 2024

During this time, the same AI tools that underwrite new technologies have been key in improving efficiency and optimizing all areas of logistics and supply chain processes including forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, manufacturing, network optimization, and more.

Optimal Sourcing 225

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 27, 2021

3] Following year-long discussions about supply chain resilience, the Economist reminds us, “Resilience comes not from autarky but from diverse sources of supply.”[4] 4] Staff, “ Global supply chains are still a source of strength, not weakness ,” The Economist, 3 April 2021. [5]

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Excess inventory – it’s taking up your warehouse space, tying up working capital, and limiting your planning team’s range of motion. It’s time to Marie Kondo your supply chain by eliminating excess inventory and learning how to avoid it in the first place. Let’s talk about: What Excess Inventory Is. What Causes Excess Inventory.

Inventory Reduction 156

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Source: Supply Chain Insights ASCM defines resilience in the SCM Supply Chain Dictionary as the ability of a supply chain to anticipate, create plans to avoid or mitigate, and to recover from disruptions to supply chain functionality. I am currently doing research on inventory management. Today, this is not the case. Yes, I think so.

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Logility

MAY 25, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and unpredictable global market, the secret to maintaining a competitive edge lies in a key area—robust inventory control techniques. Inventory control is the act of managing and organizing stock to meet customer demand without surplus or deficiency. This is where inventory control techniques come in.

Inventory Reduction 130

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Headline news included Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s and Macy’s struggling with inventory bloat and offering deep discounts. Wall Street Journal Headline on Retailers Using Containers to Store Excess Inventories. My take away?

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Like most industries, manufacturers around the world are feeling the pinch of inventory disruption brought on by shortages and other supply chain challenges. Depending on what report you read, manufacturers are either stockpiling inventory to meet service levels or scrambling to stock up on inventory and often miss the mark due to shortages.

Inventory Reduction 156

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Over the last six years, we studied the connection between business results (growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)) and the link to company characteristics. We like the metrics of growth, on-time and in-full orders, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

Supply Chain Planning Software 317

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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. Government policies are rational. The increasing issues with tax and tariff shifts and the policies of China make the response more complicated. With only 5.8%

Supply Chain Planning Software 195

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

More than ever, seasonal inventory needs to be carefully accounted for during the demand forecasting and inventory planning process , ensuring right-sized inventory that can meet customer expectations while limiting the spend and use of working capital. Benefits of Effective Seasonal Inventory Management.

Inventory Reduction 156

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 1, 2019

Every supply chain professional understands inventory is a necessary evil. Carry too little inventory and you can miss out on sales and anger customers. Carry too much inventory and you increase handling costs and cut into profits. The inventory optimization challenge. The inventory optimization challenge.

Optimal Sourcing 124

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Global supply chains are built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of transportation resources, and low variability. In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization, increasing access to China as both a channel and a supply source. Inventory Management. Compliance, sanctions, and tariffs loom.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Conflicts, government policy changes, regulatory changes and coups can mean that supply is suddenly turned off or that a market is no longer available. If your demand decreases, you have excess inventory or idle capacity. Political issues can also have a significant impact on supply. Comment back and let us know!

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Traditional risk management policy assumes a contraction in growth: the conventional focus is the shutdown and reallocation of supply. Source E2open Shipping Index). I worked with the organization for a year and scheduled a meeting with Lucas to explain that his policies were the primary issue. His response? “Huh?

Procurement Analytics 221

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2020

Usually disruptive events require redefinition and reconfiguring of the supply chain network in order to identify correct allocation of flows and inventory. You can model alternative flows and networks while guaranteeing service policies to customers. Take advantage of dynamic multi-echelon rerouting tools.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Value networks do not interoperate and the business leader trying to track shipments must manually sync multiple data sources to get to answers. In addition, the terminal operators changed policies for chassis ownership which complicated unloading. Get Good at Inventory Management. Variability increased during the pandemic.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

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. Some would claim that this is sufficient and optimizing inventory in strategic studies is not that important because those details are not important. Here’s why.

Network Design Software 180

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 14, 2018

A slight change within a function–in sourcing or manufacturing, or along the chain–can greatly impact the outcomes of cost, customer service, or working capital. Today, over 90% of companies have deployed ERP and APS, but as shown in Table 1, inventory levels have grown not decreased in over 80% of industries studied.

Optimal Sourcing 173

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Kinaxis

DECEMBER 6, 2017

New data sources. With mergers and acquisitions, new data sources are added along with the data in these systems. Depending on the system and processes inherited with the new source, data issues could be significant. In addition, these record counts are never static. With that amount of data, something is going to be off.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Incorporating circular economy principles throughout, from source to disposal. Incorporating responsible sourcing principles into the supply chain. Ordering, manufacturing and positioning of inventory in preparation for maintenance activities. Reduction in waste and driving cost efficiencies.

Resource Reduction 243

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2013

It combines decisions across sell, deliver, make and source processes to drive value based outcomes. More advanced supply chain leaders model the role of complexity (product and customer), the impact of risk, and opportunity of innovation as well as product shipping and manufacturing locations, and inventory policies.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

It is prime time for visibility / inventory management tools and outsourcing. These are rooted in a changing business and competitor environment, altering consumer behavior, regulators’ policy decisions and a shifting geopolitical global power balance. Source: US Census Bureau. But what will really happen?

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

There won’t be a new normal, just new sources of disruption, from weather to government policies to industry conditions. Don’t expect to plan for every disruption; instead, develop a strategy to overcome supply chain disruption, regardless of the source. Price fluctuations and sourcing issues. Trade disputes and tariffs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

While many companies attempt to improve the response by being reactive on traditional data sources, this is not the answer. The decision support technologies combine advanced math, flow analysis, policy execution with adaptive rule-sets. We have tethered the supply chain to transactional enterprise data. What To Do? Decision Support.

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