BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2025

The traditional metrics of excellence cost efficiency, on-time delivery while still important, are no longer sufficient in an era defined by volatility, complexity and political changes. To get a quick understanding, please review this video on how logistics teams benefit from end-to-end visibility and execution, and contact us.

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QAD

JANUARY 6, 2022

In its 2021 survey, Deloitte once again affirmed the fact that more digitally mature businesses outperform industry averages on a variety of financial metrics. Did You Miss the QAD Tomorrow: Digital Manufacturing Event? How Do Manufacturers Optimize Digital Manufacturing Efforts? And we couldn’t agree more.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 14, 2021

According to the UN Environment Program’s Food Waste Index, 923 million metric tons of food is wasted globally every year. With the right solution and strategy, food manufacturers have the potential to create a major impact in reducing the scale of our global food waste crisis. The Right Approach to Food Waste Reduction.

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Unleashed

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Here explain what DSI is, how to use it, and why it’s crucial to track this metric in your business – whether you’re a retailer, manufacturer, wholesaler or distributor. Learn more: Inventory Accounting – A Free Video Guide for Accountants & Advisors What is Days Sales of Inventory (DSI)?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

These activities involve numerous stakeholders, such as suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Generative AI can use models with billions or even trillions of parameters trained on massive datasets (think the size of the internet), enabling it to produce increasingly complex outputs such as speech, text, and videos.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 9, 2025

Watch videos on SCMDOJOs YouTube channel to learn more about Strategic Sourcing! Develop Supplier Collaboration Frameworks , engage key suppliers in strategic discussions, develop joint value-creation initiatives, and establish clear performance metrics to ensure mutual growth. Click here!

Optimal Sourcing 98

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Logility

APRIL 29, 2021

It must also enable continuous improvement programs and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) by helping to identify areas that need improvement and create and manage corrective action plans. Vendor scorecards based on performance metrics help ensure better sourcing decisions when used to assess and compare vendors and assist with onboarding.

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synchrono

JUNE 4, 2018

Managing operations through multiple manufacturing systems can be challenging, but it’s a daily reality for many manufacturers. For instance, one facility might operate in a make-to-stock mode and the other in a make-to-order mode even though they manufacture the same types of products for the same customers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

In their time lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts. Manufacturers need to extend visibility and collaboration beyond their own walls to avoid any disruptions. Most manufacturers have ranked increased transparency and collaboration as one the key aspects impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

Supply Chain Network Software 243

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Logility

MARCH 24, 2021

Challenge yourself to think beyond the traditional Available-to-Promise metric and ask if an action meets the criterion of Profitable-to-Promise. Take a look at this short video to see how Logility’s IBP solution supports accelerated planning and decision-making across the enterprise.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton. Consultancy UK). Source: Consultancy.UK. Deloitte Global).

Material Savings 207

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

There are two buffers in the supply chain: inventory and manufacturing capacity. As assets become more and more utilized manufacturing loses the ability to buffer volatility through manufacturing capacity optimization. The reduction of cost and improving asset utilization is usually the charter of the supply chain team.

Waste Reduction 150

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2018

From May 2016 through the end of August 2017, “17 CEOs of public Big Food manufacturers and retailers had departed, or announced their intention to,” according to an article published last September in Fortune. There are seismic shifts in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and outsourced manufacturing world.”.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 124

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2018

A total of 137 respondents completed the survey from Manufacturing, Retail, Logistics Service Provider, and other companies in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. At the BluJay Soar 2018 conference this past May, I conducted several video interviews with BluJay customers on the growing importance of customer experience.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

This was not a trivial transition because the software industry, until relatively recently, was long fixated on measuring its health and success by new license revenue (sales of products) instead of customer-centric metrics, such as realization of ROI and payback objectives. Where is Descartes today? Keegan McCready, Sr.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 22, 2015

I was moving from a position where I led a manufacturing operation to being a part of a team to design supply chain software to improve planning decisions. I was moving from the world of manufacturing to a new world of software. The technology world moves at a quicker pace than the world of manufacturing and distribution.

Inventory Reduction 150

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2021

”[3] Despite its proven effectiveness, Hume and Taylor note, “Reinforcement learning is mostly used in academia and niche areas like video games and robotics. With enough trials, you can reinforce your way to beating your current best approach and discover a new best way to accomplish your task.”[3]

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Logility

MARCH 31, 2022

The right technology can help enforce control and accountability for all suppliers, vendors and third parties involved in the design, manufacturing and delivery of your product to ensure compliance, avoid costly litigation, reduce downstream risks and costs, and win market share by building and maintaining a positive public image.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 24, 2022

The following video provides a quick lesson about how barcodes work. This gives a business constant access to up-to-date data, allowing it to quickly calculate meaningful metrics like inventory turn, value of inventory on-hand or sales per week by item.” ”[3].

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It’s an essential process for achieving maximum success in manufacturing. Effective implementation of workforce optimisation strategies ensures you have the valuable workforce resources you need for the growth of your manufacturing operations. Greater efficiency WFO practices improve manufacturing efficiency and eliminate waste.

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Logility

JUNE 28, 2017

Process chemical manufacturers face complex supply chain challenges including dealing with hazardous and perishable ingredients whose characteristics (potency, color, composition, etc.) I believe there are several key ingredients to formulating a winning process manufacturing supply chain. can vary from lot to lot.

Chemicals 100

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Kinaxis

JUNE 30, 2017

I wanted to share their fascinating conversation with our readers – check out the video interview and transcript below: Supply chain planning in the digital age. So as a consumer, you have a lot more channels through which you can engage with the manufacturers. Think about personalization of products. Geopolitical factors….

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Unleashed

JANUARY 14, 2024

Manufacturing inventory management is crucial to the success and profitability of your manufacturing operations. This guide for manufacturers explains how it works and explores the most effective ways to manage inventory in manufacturing.

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synchrono

JUNE 19, 2017

Jessica Twentyman reported in the Financial Times , that for many manufacturers, supply chain collaboration is stuck in the dark ages. Supply Chain Market reported the closest any manufacturer can get to the magic bullet of efficiency (collaboration) is through greater supply chain visibility. A single – visible – version of the truth.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

In their time lean manufacturing and just-in-time were game-changing concepts. Manufacturers need to extend visibility and collaboration beyond their own walls to avoid any disruptions. Most manufacturers have ranked increased transparency and collaboration as one the key aspects impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 147

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 6, 2015

As I wrote last October, all signs point to Mexico playing a greater role in supply chains , as companies across a variety of industries grow their presence in the country, either manufacturing in Mexico or growing their supplier base there. A quick aside: kudos to the event organizers for a well-planned and executed event.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 16, 2022

One of my first management jobs involved responsibility for the Inventory Control deparment of a major manufacturing entity. Metrics included number and timeliness of inventory counts by day, the number and value of variances, timeliness of variance resolution, value of write-offs, etc. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

Inventory Reduction 124

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BlueYonder

MAY 7, 2024

Companies across the manufacturing, retail, and logistics service provider industries are facing several major chronic challenges that impact their supply chains. Our customers trust in our ability to help enable their digital initiatives and simultaneously improve their key performance metrics. and/or its affiliates in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 6, 2015

We wanted to see which companies were driving the fastest rate of improvement on the supply chain metrics that matter. The company operates 153 distribution centers and 39 manufacturing locations. To appreciate the culture, here are some videos of L’Oreal. We studied this pre and post-recession. Here I share their story.

Supply Chain Design Software 150

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Key components of mobile inventory management include: Smartphone app: Allows field agents to log information, analyze metrics, and manage tasks even in remote areas with limited connectivity. Create user guides and video tutorials for ongoing reference. Barcode or QR code scanning: Enables quick and accurate stock updates.

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QAD

JUNE 27, 2019

The city of New Orleans played quite the host this year to our growing community of manufacturers for our largest annual customer conference, Explore. All operator, production order and equipment transactions are recorded via data lake technology to provide for advanced traceability and operational metrics.

Las Vegas 110

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

KEY TAKEAWAYS: Just in Time Manufacturing is a business-centric approach focused on efficiency. Lean manufacturing emphasizes customer desires. When it comes to producing products, manufacturers have many options for the methodologies they adopt. How do you choose the right manufacturing method for your business?

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USC Consulting Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Supply chain disruptions have been a major challenge for manufacturers, and show no signs of abating. Here, David Newman, Supply Chain Practice Leader for USC Consulting Group, shares his insights into this pressing issue and offers tactics manufacturers can use to mitigate disruption risks.

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Kinaxis

MAY 24, 2018

Anyone in the organization may submit a four-minute video pitching their idea. Manufacturers that are used to shipping pallets and cartons to retailers will need to be prepared for the world of shipping eaches to consumers and do so economically. From the time of submission, the governance committee has 48 hours to review the idea.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

They are absolutely mission-critical in any warehouse, manufacturing or retail environment because they simplify the act of inventory management and analysis by ensuring that your people speak with a common language. Other useful SKU metrics. SKUs and UPCs – the numbers that appear on barcodes – are quite different. Inventory turnover.

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Supply Chain Network

DECEMBER 11, 2016

For those of you who prefer video to the written word, below is a recent video interview where I wax poetic about the ‘Digital Elevation of Planning and the Planning Executive’ as well as ‘The SCM Company.’

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 9, 2016

Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) measure how well the shipper-transportation provider does in daily continuous improvement. Create daily route designs, complete real time track and trace, generate real-time metrics , and complete daily problem solving. Measure Transportation Performance. Problem-solving methods.

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