Enterra Insights

APRIL 27, 2021

Quick delivery, lean operations and a widely distributed footprint have been the top priorities. 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] But as the Suez Canal crisis shows, looks are deceiving.”[3]

Sourcing Strategies 130

Sourcing Strategies Manufacturing Procurement Sourcing Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 23, 2024

Collaborative discussions can help identify relevant data sources and metrics that capture the end-to-end supply chain process and align with overall business goals. Data inventory and assessment: Conduct a comprehensive inventory of available data sources within the organization, including internal systems (e.g., sensors, RFID tags).

Optimal Sourcing 267

Optimal Sourcing Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Software Modeling 267

The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Over his 30+ year career in the supply chain, Richard has worked with manufacturers around the world in operations, supply chain, and lean strategy roles to develop systems that can manage complex supply chains on a global scale. Richard previously founded and led Factory Logic, Inc. acquired by SAP).

Optimal Sourcing 246

Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement 246

AIMMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Source: CSCMP. Invest in lean and easy to use software . To master analytics quickly, you need to self-enable your team with lean and easy to use software. L everaging analytics at scale is hard. The days of drawn-out software implementations are over.

Analytics Software 250

Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Network Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing 250

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

In these times of global turmoil, there are five (5) important megatrends shaping supply chain innovations in the coming years, namely in e-fulfillment, sourcing, food and agriculture, labour intensive operations, and halal supply chain management. From global to local and regional sourcing. Marco Tieman – CEO, LBB International.

Innovation 244

Innovation Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software 244

The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The platform provides a single source of truth for shippers and carriers by aggregating data from multiple sources, including transportation management systems (TMS), freight market data, and carrier performance data.

Optimal Sourcing 244

Optimal Sourcing Analytics Software Optimization Software Supply Chain Network Software 244

DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Lean Manufacturing: Better Manufacturing Visibility, Lower Operational Costs. What Makes a Lean Initiative Successful? Despite its popularity and wide adoption among businesses, not all implementation of Lean principles achieve the same success rate. The average success rate of Lean initiatives is less than 10%.

Optimal Sourcing 156

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain S&OP 156

Unleashed

MARCH 2, 2022

Here we give you eight real-world examples of how businesses use Kanban, a popular lean tool that’s helped companies in a huge range of sectors improve efficiency – especially those in the manufacturing industry. Kanban came from the same place as the wider principles of lean manufacturing: Toyota. The customer’s order is complete.

Manufacturing Procurement 98

Manufacturing Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain Lean Examples 98

Kinaxis

AUGUST 5, 2014

This key supplier had been identified and sure enough, you have a second source primed and ready to go. We have a problem.” The alternate source uses the same supplier in Taiwan. Adding to this challenge is the reluctance of suppliers to share their sources with their customers for competitive reasons.

Supply Chain Planning Software 267

Supply Chain Planning Software Inventory Reduction Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 267

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

Solutions to these types of problems are incredibly complex and must lean on a variety of modern technologies and know-how for help. As a result, inventory is kept lean, and warehouse space is utilized more efficiently. Finally, the efficient use of vertical space is often an underutilized opportunity in warehouse management.

Waste Reduction 256

Waste Reduction Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Resource Reduction 256

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2022

This includes suppliers, logistics providers, sales, and fulfillment locations/channels supporting autonomous planning decisions that take data flowing from various internal and external sources into account. It provides a single source of truth with visibility and analytics based on the same data.

Supply Chain Planning Software 305

Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software Analytics Software Supply Chain Network Software 305

Logility

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

You can be proactive and use c ausal f orecasting to leverage data you already own, model additional data sources that could help explain demand variability… or do nothing. . Rather, it is about leaning into complexities and understanding cause and effect, not playing it safe at the expense of margin. . Featured Download.

Forecasting 246

Forecasting Forecasting Software Supply Chain Planning Software Price Reduction 246

Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Management practices such as lean manufacturing and just-in-time inventory management, along with globalization, have made tremendous impact on cost and service, but have accentuated risk. Lean manufacturing also focused on managing these operational risks, especially within the four walls of the enterprise.

Supply Chain Design Software 260

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 260

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. Let’s take a closer look at sourcing. The inadequacies of MRP is the genesis of the lean process of Plan for Every Part (PFEP).

Optimal Sourcing 173

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 173

SCMDOJO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the global world of businesses, companies often seek help from sourcing agencies to figure out how to get the things they need. But what’s a sourcing agency or sourcing agent and how does it make buying things easier? Let’s explore this world of sourcing agencies and understand what they do.

Purchasing Skills 97

Purchasing Skills Optimal Sourcing Negotiating Skills Sourcing Strategies 97

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

Supply chain trends and practices today, are mainly driven by cost optimisation and lean strategy. This has proved to be a major source of risk. Poor business continuity planning, lack of risk management programs and single source suppliers, have magnified the impact of such risks.

Supply Chain Planning Software 233

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain 233

QAD

MAY 7, 2020

The desire is to create flexible sourcing and connected supply chain networks that effectively respond to customers’ issues and expectations. Reevaluate Lean Inventory. Lean manufacturing has revolutionized production and supply chain operations over the years, resulting in business benefits and the elimination of waste.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 138

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply and Demand 138

The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 14, 2023

Vizion changes the game by providing multiple data sources that are already connected, offering instant-on capabilities. Their API normalizes data from various sources, including EDI, AIS, port-terminal events, and direct connections to Class I railways. With data refreshed multiple times daily, latency is reduced to 6 hours or less.

Container Tracking 200

Container Tracking Rail Software Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Design Software 200

The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 7, 2023

The magazine serves as an excellent source of buyers in various areas of the food and beverage industry. Food Logistics also caters to professionals in the logistics sector, including transportation, warehousing, distribution, software, and technology.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 236

Logistics Network Optimization Software Food Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Software 236

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As a result, hospital chains largely lacked competence in sourcing. Sometimes they’ll lean in, and have a discussion, and it usually resolves itself.” In many healthcare systems, the costs of these supplies and services were not closely examined. The costs were passed down the line to patients and insurers.

Negotiating Skills 220

Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Design Software Manufacturing Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 220

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Risk management solutions scrape data from hundreds of thousands of online & social-media sites, but Autoliv also has access to sources of information that they pay for. They wanted these diverse sources of information pulled together in one central, user-friendly location they call their “garage.” And we are making progress.

Supply Chain Risk Management 253

Supply Chain Risk Management Risk Management Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 253

The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Automated Freight Procurement & Sourcing: Efficiently match loads with carriers for the best available rates. Optimized Load Planning: Automate daily load planning, matching loads to carriers and creating cost-effective plans. Scalable & Smart TMS: Learn and adapt over time, improving efficiency and performance.

Optimal Sourcing 221

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Analytics Software 221

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

While lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts when they were introduced, agility and resilience must be taken to an entirely new level post pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has only confirmed what we already knew: modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 285

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Strategy 285

The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2022

billion TI Holdco organization serves more than 10,000 clients and over 50,000 carriers with logistics management services that include domestic transportation (TL, LTL, Parcel), e-commerce solutions, supply chain analytics, international transportation, warehouse sourcing, LEAN consulting and supply chain sourcing.

Price Reduction 190

Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Sourcing Strategies Logistics Network Optimization Software 190

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

Driver dwell is a key source of driver dissatisfaction and contributes to the driver shortage. K-C needed one solution … to understand where loads are all across the organization” based on “one source of truth.” Hot loads” allow companies to run a lean supply chain while still meeting customers’ service expectations.

Real-time Visibility 258

Real-time Visibility Shipping Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software 258

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 11, 2022

It collects and stores data from a variety of sources. These sources may include electronic logging devices, telematics networks, mobile devices, RF devices, and GPS information from automatic identification systems for ship locations and NORAD for aircraft positioning. Your RTTVP provider should be able to assist either way.

Supply Chain Planning Software 248

Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Network Software 248

Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

Lean, Blockchain, Industry 4.0, Trade-offs of commercial programs with source, make, and deliver to maximize value to the customer and improve margin.). Functional Intitiatives Without Clarity on Supply Chain Strategy. Supply chain leaders love fads. and DDMRP are current shiny objects. Each has promise, but not in isolation.

Procurement Analytics 370

Procurement Analytics Supply Chain Design Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning Software 370

DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Holistic data is readily accessible from a single platform or source of truth, while the solution promptly alerts operators in the event of any issues, empowering them with optimal decision support and enhancing responsiveness to disruptions. It offers a paperless system and supports Lean practices like the Kanban framework.

Optimal Sourcing 156

Optimal Sourcing Manufacturing Procurement Material Savings Optimization Software 156

DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 14, 2022

Whether you’re a senior process planner, industrial engineer, product designer, program leader, student, professor or just interested in this domain, you’ll find this Community a unique and common source of information on manufacturing planning.

Supply Chain Design Software 156

Supply Chain Design Software Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software 156

ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

While organizations continue to utilize low-cost regions like Asia, they are also employing strategies like “Asia plus one” or “China plus one” where they develop secondary sources in another region or another country to provide some insurance against regional or geopolitical disruption. Stalwarts of Business Planning Showing Cracks.

Sourcing Strategies 264

Sourcing Strategies Material Savings Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction 264

Logility

MARCH 21, 2024

Because of a personal relationship, the supply chain manager knows they can call their colleague from sourcing to lean on their vendors to get the shipments expedited. Capabilities of GenAI show the user the data source that corresponds to the answer for each question the user asks.

Optimal Sourcing 225

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Inventory Reduction 225

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

While I believe that lean is a useful concept, I think that it is not the only tool within the Supply Chain toolbox, I often seen lean too widely applied as the fix of the day for supply chain maladies. There are many companies on a lean journey without rationalizing if it is the appropriate supply chain technique for the strategy.

Supply Chain Design Software 195

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Design 195

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

When the world changes around you, and when it changes against you, what used to be a tailwind is now a headwind — you need to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.”. To improve your capability to manage demand shifts and customer expectations it is mandatory to have dual sourcing. CONCLUSION.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 258

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 258

Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 12, 2017

“ DDMRP A Repackaging of Lean and JIT from Shaun Snapp . I like Lokad’s use of machine learning using open source database techniques (think about attribute-based machine modeling in a modified Apache Spark-like architecture.) It is like boasting to a college math major that you are better at math than a third grader.

Supply Chain Planning Software 297

Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software Demand Planning Software Modeling Software 297

AIMMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Source: CSCMP. Invest in lean and easy to use software. To master analytics quickly, you need to self-enable your team with lean and easy to use software. L everaging analytics at scale is hard. The days of drawn-out software implementations are over.

Analytics Software 156

Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software 156

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Supply chains have become incredibly lean over the last couple decades. Source: Descartes Datamyne. This period was a shock to the economy, broadly affecting supply…and supply chains. Inventory, Efficiency, and the Extended Supply Chain. Furthermore, there are certain items that are chronically unavailable – like new cars.

Supply Chain Disruption 237

Supply Chain Disruption Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply and Demand Supply Chain 237

GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 10, 2014

For the true DIYer, open-source projects such as RepRap allow hackers to build their own machines using filament to print in materials such as plastic and metal. Many of these kind souls make their designs open-source and free for public use. The Third Dimension: The Advantages and Disadvantages to Printing in 3D.

Manufacturing Procurement 281

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software Manufacturing 281