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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. One master of freight procurement is Kyle Masters. Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer.

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Manhattan Associates Releases a Ground-breaking Supply Chain Planning Solution

Logistics Viewpoints

Is this just standard PR hype? Manufacturers refer to it as the “shop floor to top floor disconnect.” This reflects manufacturers’ difficulty in synching the plans finalized in an integrated business planning executive meeting with what the shop floor is capable of manufacturing in the short-term time planning horizon.

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Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturers and Consumer-centric Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and their end-customers constantly engage in a complicated dance that has no choreographed steps. Sometimes CPG manufacturers take the lead and sometimes consumers take the lead. When retailers join in — which is most of the time — dance steps become even more complex.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

In some sort or another, Punxsutawney Phil has been predicting the weather since 1890, and let’s just say that his record is iffy at best. ” I assume that Phil tries to ignore the pomp and circumstance of how his shadow would determine the upcoming weather pattern, and just wants more sleep (like the rest of us on a cold winter’s day).

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

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. Here I share some insights from my research. The reason? My conclusion?

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Pet Food Manufacturing and the Pandemic: Inside an Industry Boom

Unleashed

Here we provide an overview of the latest pet food industry trends, and answer the question: how can pet food manufacturers respond to changes in consumer demands to take advantage of these new trends? manufacturing had seen five years of consistent growth. manufactured?pet million UK households?have family members and?companions?as

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Juggle Better: 6 Ways Production Scheduling in ERP Helps Manufacturers

OptiProERP

Before getting into production scheduling and how it helps manufacturers, let’s have a quick look at the functions of the production department in a manufacturing organization. The production schedule is a versatile and important document that focuses on planning, forecasting, predicting, and meeting demands on time.