The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

She explained that she owned a Warehouse Management System, purchased a Proof of Delivery Software as a Service, implemented a licensed-to-use Accounting & Distribution System, deployed a customised online Order Management System and that she is struggling with fragmented data and documents across these systems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

The kick-off to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is just two weeks away, after being postponed last summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the event. Rob Spilman Jr.,

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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2017

But before I bring out the lawn mower and tool box, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Mondelez Says Cyberattack Cost it Business (WSJ – sub. Amazon Japan challenged by glitches in delivery services (Nikkei Asian Review). last week, the company said Thursday.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and perspectives on reported July 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The July reported value of 48.7 The July reported value of 48.7 declined 0.7

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of both December 2022 and full year reported global PMI indices that at the close of 2022 present a far different picture from the start of the year. This posting serves as a side panel to the start of our multi-part unveiling of our individual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 This provider describes itself as an AI- enabled procurement Cloud platform built for the sourcing of lower-dollar, non-strategic purchases, commonly referred to as “ tail spend.” Fairmarkit Announces $35.6

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Unleashed

APRIL 15, 2020

To help you understand the importance of tracking this metric we’ll illustrate several ways the value of your stock can change. Inventory revaluation is the adjustment of the costs of inventory to reflect changes in the recorded cost. A key metric in inventory revaluation is Net Realisable Value. Host giveaways.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 1, 2022

And Generation Z is maturing into adulthood and will shape trends with its interest in ethical sourcing, sustainability and local food.”[4] In 2020, 57% of American households purchased plant-based foods.” Mintel reports that 71% of U.S. ” Getting High on Cannabidiol-infused Products. Footnotes. [1] 10] Ibid.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® report, a composite index produced by J.P. The report pointed to underlying fundamentals remaining weak as new order volumes stagnated while business optimism was note as falling to a reported two-year low. reported at the end of March, and a 52.3 value reported for May.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

“Additionally, a review of reporting procedures can act as a safeguard against corruption throughout operations. All stakeholders who interact with the supply chain should be aware of hotlines and other reporting mechanisms, which should establish a clear path and adequate protections for whistleblowers.”

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Unleashed

APRIL 20, 2020

To measure this, we turn to the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI). While some producers are busier, a majority of industries are reporting a rapid fall in demand and production. Japan manufacturing PMI fell to 44.8 An inverted yield curve does not predict the length or severity of a downturn. in March 2020, down from 50.7

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

According to their 2017 annual report, over a quarter of Amazon’s third-party sales (which represent half of Amazon’s sales) are cross-border. Amazon’s trucking fleet is expanding rapidly; it launched in 2005 with the purchase of thousands of trailers used to shift goods between fulfillment centers. Source: Amazon.com.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

It concluded, “Food retailers who want to reach today’s growing minority populations should make sure their supplier sources include companies that are at least 51 percent owned, operated and controlled by minorities, women, veteran/service disabled veterans, and/or LGBT individuals.”[3]. ”[3]. ” Concluding Thoughts.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2019

More devastation from different natural disasters seems to have been reported in the last year than we’re typically used to seeing. For example, the catastrophic Tohoku earthquake and tsunami a few years ago resulted in a massive US$210 billion in costs for Japan. Graham Parker. .

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

China, Japan, and South Korea are among the top consumers , driven by their increasing demand for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles and other high-tech applications. To meet this demand and ensure a sustainable supply chain, Australia, Chile , China, and Brazil are proactively ramping up their lithium production.

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Unleashed

APRIL 3, 2020

To help you understand the importance of tracking this metric we’ll illustrate several ways the value of your stock can change. Inventory revaluation is the adjustment of the costs of inventory to reflect changes in the recorded cost. A key metric in inventory revaluation is Net Realisable Value. Host giveaways.

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o9 Solutions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

In fact, according to a recent Accenture report Supply Chain Transformation on the Cloud , many supply chain and related functions such as engineering, planning, manufacturing, fulfillment, and service management are rated as either low or medium in their current cloud adoption levels.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 17, 2018

There is no technology solution that stretches across industries to automate the processes of source, make and deliver. Here is the latest report outlining the capabilities. I am updating this report.). The most advanced work is in India and Japan. Ethical Sourcing. In this case, the purchase was wooden pallets.

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Kinaxis

JULY 8, 2015

Why can’t we predict everything? Predictive analytics are one way to forward think. As you can probably guess, this is the last step in reaching Stage Five for your Supply Chain Planning System of Record (SCP SOR). Quantitative analysis has really become popular and there is no lack of data. How was this done?

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Vinculum

JULY 7, 2020

As people are making buying choices based on new and ever-changing global and local circumstances, the product categories that are being purchased are also changing. These are: Proactive health-minded buying (purchasing preventative health and wellness products). ByteDance (TikTok) is hiring 10K new employees in analytical fashion.

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Aera Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

After days of manually pulling data from a diverse set of systems and painstakingly interpreting the information, we finally had a solution: move inventory from Japan to China to mitigate the near-term risk of a stockout. But it cemented in my mind the importance of having access to a single source of accurate, timely information.

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QAD

MAY 27, 2021

A recent survey of our galaxy by astronomers with VERA in Japan has shown that Earth is both moving faster and is closer to the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy than previously thought ( EarthSky , December 2020). Some sources mention 90% of dark data in our systems. How Dark is Your Data? . Fixed Assets.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Source: Laurie Cus. The enlarged entity will strengthen its position on strategic shipping routes, especially in key markets such as United States, Intra-Asia and Japan, and will boast a balanced trade portfolio. According to a report in Re/code: The trailers won’t be used to deliver packages to customer doors.

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

A report proposing three system solutions that could reshape the industry and set the clean energy technology sector on a path to sustainability. Read the short version of this report on Medium. Chapter 2 of this report outlines some of the barriers observed to play a prohibitive role to transparency for REE mining and processing.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

“The departments of Supply Chain Planning, Planning Excellence & Inventory Management and Configuration Management all report to me, which is 55 people in total. For R&D we collaborate with development companies, we source components locally – from the ‘Brainport’ region around Eindhoven – as well as from Japan, Almelo and Germany.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 12, 2022

With Google reporting that omnichannel shoppers have a lifetime value that is 30% higher than those who only shop via one channel, getting your omnichannel strategy right is critical to creating a customer experience that drives profitability. . Buy online and return in-store (BORIS). Researching products in-store then buying online.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 29, 2017

Examples include the multiple layers of approvals for purchase orders, delays in decisions when a forecast deviation occurs, or the lack of response when a major disruption shuts down shipments to customers. Examples include the Tianjin explosion, the tsunami in Japan, and the port closure in Los Angeles. These principles are not new.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The World Economic Forum’s report on the “future of the last-mile ecosystem” states that 85% of delivery mileage from freight delivery are majorly responsible for emissions and congestion driven by commercial vehicles. The growth in e-commerce purchases has increased the demand for returns through the same channel.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

There are two things Boeing and Airbus have in common, utilization of lean manufacturing system and strategic sourcing concept. However, the overall implementation of strategic sourcing is a bit different between the two companies. Moreover, products can be shipped to stores in-time then lost sales is minimal.

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Unleashed

APRIL 1, 2020

It can also involve using business analytics to help you truly understand what’s driving your business. Yes, it’s time-consuming to catch up with suppliers frequently but transparency on both sides of the channel prevents mistakes like incorrect inventory count or missing purchase orders. Map upstream suppliers.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Peck reports, “The pandemic led to a surge in both online shopping and fake reviews — during the 2020 holiday shopping season, about 42% of the reviews on Amazon were fakes, according to one estimate.” For example, Jonathan Marciano ( @J_Marciano ), Director of Communications at DataRails, reports a much lower number.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC defines the warehouse automation market according to a number of qualifications and dimensions to deliver a well-defined measure, with numerous segmentations, allowing those that purchase the research to understand what is being measured, and to easily extrapolate the findings to support their strategic planning needs.

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Resilinc

MAY 31, 2022

Electrical machinery and electronics is Malaysia’s largest export category, and the nation of 33 million people is an important source of assembly, test, and packaging (ATP) for the semiconductor industry. But losing economical sources of palm oil and rubber products could have serious impacts on revenue and margins.

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EMERGE App

MAY 24, 2020

As a small business owner of a wholesale or distribution business , there are so many metrics that you can apply to your business to assess your relative performance. The order fill rate is one such metric that you need to pay attention to. Thus, this metric needs to be seen in the company of other important inventory ratios.

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EMERGE App

OCTOBER 1, 2018

As a small business owner of a wholesale or distribution business , there are so many metrics that you can apply to your business to assess your relative performance. The order fill rate is one such metric that you need to pay attention to. Thus, this metric needs to be seen in the company of other important inventory ratios.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added insights on reported September and Q3 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. The reported September PMI reported value 49.1 reflecting a 0.4

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Nobody uses fax machines anymore (well, except in Japan). In Japan and South Korea, it’s the LINE messaging app. In Japan , for example, it’s best not to bring Western standards in negotiation to the table. And later on, you’ll see that this default currency will be used to report your financial figures.

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