Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

On Monday, November 27th, Logility announced the purchase of privately-held Halo Business Intelligence. Logility is a well-established player in the supply chain software market. With over forty-years of experience in SCM software, Logility went public in 1997. Here I share what I believe that this means for the market.

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Logility

JULY 21, 2022

Serving 4 million customers in 150 countries with a global team of 100,000 experts across more than 100 locations (manufacturing sites and distribution centers), Johnson Controls’ ability to plan is critical. “We have the entire gamut of manufacturing strategies,” remarked Scrimgeour.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

ThroughPut AI SAP Integrated Business Planning Oracle SCM Cloud Blue Yonder Kinaxis RapidResponse Infor Nexus E2Open Manhattan Associates Epicor SCM Logility Anaplan Odoo Coupa HighJump (Körber) 1. It can integrate different proprietary analytical techniques and technologies to help offer the right answers at the right time.

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Logility

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Planting the Seeds of Resilience Most companies understand that accurate forecasts are critical to minimizing inventory, maximizing production efficiency, streamlining purchasing, optimizing distribution, minimizing waste, and projecting future performance confidently. And that’s pretty astonishing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 23, 2020

I write for this blog, craft reports from research for our newsletters, create blogs for Linkedin, and build articles for Forbes. 11/2017 Logility acquires Halo for 9.3 Procurement and transportation operated as islands. Over 40% of the manufacturing is outsourced, and we have not automated networks.

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Logility

AUGUST 7, 2017

Ask yourself, “Are your supply chain metrics bogging you down?” ” To manage a supply chain containing complex dependencies between teams, departments and partner companies across international boundaries requires a rich set of metrics. Functionally isolated metrics lead to sub-optimized supply chain performance.

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Logility

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Say, for example, you’re a bag manufacturer and you purchase hardware from a company that you know is sustainable, however you fail to conduct any due diligence on its suppliers. For example, you may want to require a supplier to allocate a certain percentage of its procurement spending to sustainability companies.

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Logility

JULY 20, 2023

Your business can use it to create a demand plan, which will help you set inventory levels, plan production, create manufacturing schedules, and drive other parts of your supply chain. It’s crucial for your demand plan to be accurate because it’s used to set your procurement and manufacturing levels.

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Logility

JUNE 2, 2023

Yet, despite its significance, demand forecasting continues to be a thorny issue for many businesses, particularly manufacturers. They help minimize inventory, streamline purchasing, optimize distribution, and enhance production efficiency while ensuring the highest level of customer service. Let’s get started.

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Logility

MAY 25, 2023

A recent study revealed that overstocks cost retailers a staggering global loss of $362.1 Despite these compelling figures, many manufacturers are still wrestling with inventory planning and optimization. It involves overseeing the entire inventory lifecycle—from purchasing and delivery to storage and dispatch.

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Logility

AUGUST 12, 2021

But there is good news: a convergence of process, data, and technology provides the real-time and predictive visibility needed to optimize supply chain planning, ensuring food manufacturers can build resilience now and for the future. Planning Manufacturing Based on Demand. Preparing for Market-Driven Demand.

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Logility

MARCH 24, 2021

The power of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) comes in helping companies align financial, sales, production, procurement and marketing information into a single plan, grounded in modern-day reality. You need to examine revenue, cost and margin impacts of every scenario under consideration.

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Logility

JUNE 15, 2021

For example, an F&B business that supplies perishable goods knows that these goods have a limited shelf life and therefore must accurately project how much to purchase at once. If the business purchases too much, it risks overstocking goods that cannot be sold after they exceed their shelf life. Advanced inventory management.

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Logility

JANUARY 26, 2017

The second part of Drucker’s quote, “if you can't measure it, you can't improve it,” really brings home the importance of having the right set of metrics. In the field of supply chain management, we have created an abundance of metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs). requires a different set of metrics.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 23, 2022

The dark cloud is the venture capital exploitation of manufacturers. It is the buying of software companies to profit from maintenance or service revenues paid by manufacturers and retailers to their established software partners. If considering purchasing Anaplan, pursue other options. How so, you might ask?

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Logility

MARCH 13, 2023

Yet they still struggle with contradictory pressures related to the cost savings of just-in-time manufacturing and inventory optimization, the economic realities of raw material shortages and inflation-induced pricing, and growing customer demand for sustainably made products.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 1, 2014

CRM and SRM functionality did not fit the needs for manufacturing-based companies (CRM was too lightweight. And SRM functionality, while automating indirect procurement, did not address the larger needs to automate direct material purchasing for a manufacturer.) 4) CRM and SRM Will Be Redefined for Manufacturers.

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Logility

AUGUST 11, 2020

Tillamook, a Logility customer, highlights how the right technology, people and foresight can turn this challenge into an opportunity.) The post The Food & Beverage Supply Chain is Ripe for a Digital Transformation appeared first on Supply Chain Management Software (SCM Software) by Logility.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It is not just a more efficient way of purchasing computing power but, rather, a way of facilitating new, more efficient business models. The non-stop nature of pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution requires reliability and security. Manufacturing and distribution pose particular difficulties.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 6, 2021

That’s where forecasting and predictive analytics come into play. Predictive analytics involve techniques like data mining and machine learning to predict future trends from past and current data. You might be asking yourself: What is the difference between traditional forecasting and predictive analytics?

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Logility

MARCH 17, 2022

It is a new world for businesses that really want to thrive: 85% of global consumers have become more conscious of sustainability when making purchasing decisions, 55% of US customers say they’ve made at least some changes in that direction, and these numbers are only going to rise. A sustainable business requires new technology.

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Logility

MARCH 30, 2020

According to the survey, 44 percent of manufacturers do not have a plan for supply chain disruptions from China. However, more than 40 percent of supply chain leaders say that their available data is difficult to analyze because it is split between multiple reporting tools and systems, or simply because it is bad data.

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Logility

APRIL 9, 2020

ERP systems do a great job managing transactional data but do not have the capabilities to provide an early warning to a disruption or analyze the situation through advanced analytics like simulations and what-if scenarios. Change purchasing and manufacturing plans days or weeks sooner. Divert inventory on the fly.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Hank Canitz, a Product Marketing Director at Logility, notes, “There are a number of artificial intelligence/machine learning capabilities available today to automate supply chain processes and augment your supply chain team’s ability to make decisions.”[4] ”[3]. ”[5]. Footnotes. [1] Footnotes. [1]

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Logility

AUGUST 23, 2018

Delivery of ‘make to stock’ products to a home or business is now available within hours of making a purchase. A growing number of connected, smart devices that have the capability to anticipate the need for a product are available for purchase. Eliminating excess and obsolete inventory is a priority for many manufacturers.

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Logility

AUGUST 22, 2018

Delivery of “make to stock” products to a home or business is now available within hours of making a purchase. A growing number of connected, smart devices that have the capability to anticipate the need for a product are available for purchase. Eliminating excess and obsolete inventory is a priority for many manufacturers.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The report provides a cautionary, optimistic view of the coming months saying, “Many unsettled issues are still outstanding […]. It is no longer just about slashing costs, you have to reduce costs and improve service levels at the same time. This is just below the top two areas Data Management Strategy (approx.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 20, 2014

However, what is clear from our recent study of 73 manufacturers using supply chain planning is that companies using best-of-breed solutions implement faster, achieve a quicker Return-on-Investment (ROI), and are more satisfied. Only Logility and American Software have the same name and business structure. Was it intentional?

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Logility

OCTOBER 6, 2021

They want to be confident that they are not hurting the environment or supporting unfair labor practices with their purchases. For example, you can use data from transactions to create compliance certificates that prove merchandise was not manufactured with forced labor. This includes purchase orders, packing lists, and invoices.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

These architectures are evolving and will be deeply rooted in the evolution of prescriptive and cognitive analytics. Charter a team and test and learn to understand the potential for cognitive and prescriptive analytics. 3) Rethinking Manufacturing. Figure 2: Development of Outside-In Processes. 2) Learning Supply Chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 19, 2021

“We are considering the purchase of Blue Yonder, Logility, Kinaxis, o9, or OMP. You will never be successful in selecting planning software from an RFP or an analyst model. I am constantly surprised how many intelligent manufacturing teams buy software from PowerPoint. I question, “How is this possible?”

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Logility

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

.” The digitization of a supply chain involves creating a detailed data model that mirrors the intricacies of an actual end-to-end supply chain network. Learn more in Technology Evaluation Center’s report, The Impact of Digital Transformation on the Supply Chain.) The benefits of digital transformation are plentiful.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

The study is primarily a comparison of best-of -breed solution providers (Logility, JDA, Kinaxis and OM Partners) versus SAP and Oracle. The research is a study of large manufacturers. So, why would companies implement solutions that cost more, were longer to deploy, and had lower user satisfaction? Five Lessons to Learn.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 5, 2017

This ended when Gartner purchased AMR Research in 2010. Since I do not believe in the Gartner business model, I left. These companies are fighting for deals in traditionally supply-centric models. 2) Demand-Driven Manufacturing. Reflections. New Tec hnology to Consider. I still like these concepts.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The Terra solution complimented the functionality of the traditional APS vendors, i.e. Adexa, JDA, Logility, Kinaxis, SAP APO and Steelwedge. History of E2open. The Path Forward.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

They center on how to make a good decision in the purchase of supply chain planning solutions. Most have purchased software, but are dependent on Excel spreadsheets. This includes JDA, E2Open, Infor, Logility, and Oracle.) Sadly, only 7% of companies test before purchase. They are a tangled mess from well-intended teams.

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Logility

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Their solution: by sensing and reacting to customer demand at the point of purchase there is no longer a need for projecting demand based on history. As Mark Twain said after an American paper falsely printed his obituary, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” ” And so it is with demand planning.

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