GlobalTranz

JULY 1, 2021

Creating a data-driven supply chain tracking important transportation metrics helps shippers respond and adapt as quickly as possible to known and unknown events. Why Monitor Transportation Metrics. Transportation metrics provide visibility that helps drive operative and competitive advantages.

Metrics 315

Metrics Transportation Vendor Strategies Logistics Network Optimization Software 315

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Sellercloud serves small to mid-sized retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers with inventory and order management systems (IMS/OMS) that help manage and synchronize inventory across multiple sales channels, while also facilitating order fulfillment. This move continues the tradition of U.S.

Price Reduction 274

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 30, 2022

It’s no simple task providing customers access to the full range of capsules and coffee machines on all sales channels, across more than 70 boutiques in Italy, while optimizing inventory levels. ToolsGroup simplifies the task of creating orders for individual points of sale and monitoring inventory levels. Optimized transport.

Supply Chain Planning Software 317

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Modeling Supply Chain Optimization 317

GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2021

The supply chain is evolving, and the standards used for managed logistics transportation services today are more data- and technology-driven than those of the past. Shippers should consider the following as indicators for when to add an outsourced managed logistics transportation services provider. This can be a confounding issue.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 294

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2025

Businesses are responding with production shifts, supply chain diversification, inventory stockpiling, and trade route adjustments in efforts to lessen the financial burden and avoid long-term instability. Retailers and e-commerce giants like Amazon are stockpiling key inventory, preparing for potential further trade restrictions.

Mexico 201

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This article is from Zheyuan Du at Kinaxis and discusses unconventional solutions to excess inventory challenges. As a result, inventory managers have to explore new ways to cope with full warehouses. Unconventional solutions to excess inventory challenges. The answer goes beyond standard inventory management.

Inventory Management Software 254

Inventory Management Software Inventory Management Inventory Reduction Inventory 254

ToolsGroup

JUNE 2, 2023

Suddenly, managing inventory is the name of the game for companies trying to manage working capital and maximize profit while keeping customers happy. And that’s where real-time perpetual inventory signals come in. Plus, accurate inventory information is the key to optimal decision-making.

Real-time Visibility 294

Real-time Visibility Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction 294

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This metric measures the percentage of time the planners accept replenishment, transportation, or inventory plans as they are without any change in the timing of the delivery or the quantity to be delivered. You set a target inventory level. Solvoyo has a metric they call the user acceptance rate. That’s an action.

Supply Chain Planning Software 270

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The projects include local finance, warehousing, and transportation managers who help to pull the data surrounding rents, transportation costs, customs, and other marginal costs together. Carbon reduction and transportation savings tend to go “hand in hand” unless we are shipping by air.

Supply Chain Design Software 285

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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?

Inventory Management Software 255

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Transportation, warehousing, and manufacturing collectively contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making these areas critical for meaningful change. Similarly, shifting freight from road to rail or waterways offers lower-emission alternatives for long-haul transport. Efficiency is a vital component of economic sustainability.

Waste Reduction 280

Waste Reduction Sustainability Supply Chain Design Software Resource Reduction 280

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The most common trading partner collaborative processes covered in SCCN suites are purchase order/procurement collaboration, demand forecast collaboration, and the transportation shipper tender/carrier accept process. They also cover supplier managed inventory, quality collaboration, manufacturing line collaboration, and asset collaboration.

SAP 276

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Road freight alone accounts for approximately 7% of global CO2 emissions, with maritime and air transport further amplifying the environmental burden. Key strategies include: Electrification of Transport: The use of electric vehicles (EVs) for freight and last-mile delivery reduces emissions and operational costs.

Optimal Sourcing 251

Optimal Sourcing Material Savings Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 251

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

The company also sells supply chain planning and transportation management solutions. The same disconnect can happen in the warehouse and in transportation. What Manhattan is doing on the transportation side is also significant. In 2024, their supply chain planning solution was added to the platform.

Supply Chain Planning Software 203

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

Inventory Management AI Agents can track stock levels in real-time and compare them with demand forecasts, optimizing inventory levels and preventing overstock or stockouts. Logistics Optimization AI Agents can analyze transportation networks, weather patterns, and other variables to optimize routes and reduce costs.

Supply Chain Planning Software 271

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Optimization Software 271

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. Increased lead time accuracy reduces risks involved in transportation and logistics, improving your overall supply chain.

Predictive Analytics Software 363

Predictive Analytics Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Modeling Inventory Reduction 363

The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2025

With its recent acquisition of Orderbot, a distributed order management solution, OneRail is integrating inventory and order management capabilities to enable store-shelf-to-doorstep visibility. OneRail’s platform includes order management, inventory management, and real-time visibility.

Inventory Reduction 264

Inventory Reduction Expense Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Logistics Network Optimization Software 264

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Supply Chain Knowledge and Risk Mitigation: Suppliers have a direct impact on direct spend with raw material and transportation costs as two big drivers of operating margins. An example of this is Vendor Management Inventory and Capacity Collaboration for contract manufacturing.

Manufacturing Procurement 276

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Milk Processing : After collection, milk is transported to regional processing plants, where it is pasteurized and packaged. Technology Integration : Use of technology in logistics, inventory management, and supply chain tracking has helped improve efficiency and transparency.

Optimal Sourcing 271

Optimal Sourcing Modeling Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Planning Software 271

ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Technological Advancements Real-time inventory tracking and predictive analytics give leading firms a competitive edge. Optimize Inventory and Pricing Use AI-driven insights for stock mix optimization and dynamic pricing, reducing excess stock while meeting service level goals.

Price Reduction 156

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 25, 2021

The global supply chain is routinely beset by challenges, both large and small, but the past couple of years have delivered a string of significant logistics disruptions that have threatened to upend the tightly choreographed dance of global freight transportation. That’s starting to change. More and more large U.S. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain Planning Software 331

Supply Chain Planning Software Sustainability Supply Chain Software Inventory Reduction 331

RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. In the automotive sector, manufacturers are simultaneously reducing inventory costs and delivery times.

Sourcing Strategies 92

Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction Waste Reduction Expense Reduction 92

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Despite the evolution of technology, none of the 28 industry segments I follow can drive improvement at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns. Change is Hard. Unlearning is Tougher. While many might see the issue as change management, I think that the journey must start with unlearning. The industry is full of experts.

Supply Chain Design Software 221

Supply Chain Design Software Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software 221

RFgen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Supply chain optimization software tracks items as they move through your supply chain and generate alerts at important points to improves decision-making and enhance visibility across the supply chain by integrating various capabilities like procurement, inventory, and customer relationship management.

Optimal Sourcing 97

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Optimization Modeling Inventory Reduction 97

The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Offering comprehensive solutions, including warehousing, order fulfillment, and inventory management, Launch Fulfillment helps eCommerce brands streamline their supply chains. About Launch Fulfillment Launch Fulfillment Inc. is a leading e-commerce logistics provider specializing in premium fulfillment services.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 241

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 15, 2023

Functional excellence throws the supply chain out of balance decreasing results on a balanced scorecard of growth, margin, inventory turns, customer service and ROIC (Return on Invested Capital). Stuck in a rut, supply chain leaders try to punch their way through a set of conflicting metrics and priorities each day.

Manufacturing Procurement 447

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning 447

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Getting the mix wrong comes with serious consequences — excess inventory on the one hand, and lost sales on the other. Not only does multi-echelon inventory optimization, driven by AI and ML, avoid large capital investments in parts and materials, but it also decreases warehousing resources, container space and waste.

Forecasting 115

Forecasting Forecasting Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply and Demand 115

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

This ensures the secure, high-capacity, and bi-directional transfer of essential information such as master data on products, customers, production-distribution infrastructure, transactional data on sales, inventory status and position, transportation execution data, external data e.g. competitor pricing, weather, recommendations, action triggers.

Supply Chain Software 311

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

One such advancement is the integration of warehouse robotics, which has revolutionized the way tasks such as sorting, picking, transporting, and packaging goods are performed. These automated systems are designed to perform tasks such as sorting, picking, transporting, and packaging goods with unparalleled efficiency and precision.

Waste Reduction 225

Waste Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 225

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

In this scenario, by adopting an adaptive supply chain, the retailer uses real-time data analytics to identify emerging trends and collaborate closely with suppliers to quickly adjust production and inventory levels to meet customer demand. This collaboration enables faster response times and cost savings.

Modeling 297

Modeling Network Optimization Supply Chain Design Software Material Savings 297

DELMIA Quintiq

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

New technologies revolutionizing transportation are creating tremendous opportunities but also unprecedented challenges for tire manufacturers. Generate optimal production plans based on accurate forecasted demand and assign orders based on a variety of factors, including customer location and mode of transport. Short-term benefits.

Optimal Sourcing 296

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Planning Software 296

RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By maximizing space utilization, improving inventory control , and boosting workflow efficiency, you can unlock significant cost savings and elevate your customer service game. Essential technology solutions, including Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Inventory Management Systems (IMS), and the transformative power of IoT and automation.

Optimal Sourcing 95

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For managed transportation services, a best of breed transportation management system is at the heart of the service. This is much less common than contract logistics or even managed transportation. This model comes from a partnership between GEP and Eliant Inventory Solutions.

Supply Chain Planning Software 276

Supply Chain Planning Software Logistics Network Optimization Software GEP Supply Chain Software 276

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2020

They rock back and forth in improving singular metrics but struggle to improve a portfolio of growth, margin, inventory performance, and asset utilization. When we look at public companies at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns or growth and Return on Invested Capital. Redesign and Constantly Design for Value.

Supply Chain Design Software 413

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

”[5] He continues, “Most supply chains consist of the following layers or departments: manufacturing; suppliers; transporters; warehouses; distributors; service Providers; retailers; [and] customers. ” Inventory optimization. ” Logistics optimization. ” Manufacturing optimization.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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