Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2022

Supply chain optimization has also improved in significant ways that can address these trade-offs better than before. Analytical techniques like linear programming can create the mathematically “optimal” plan, but these methods must be implemented well to avoid creating other challenges. Supply chain optimization for today’s realities.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 6, 2021

Transportation network optim ization is a leading goal for supply chains around the globe. However, unpredictable environments and rising consumer demands require unprecedented efficiency and agility to react to changing network conditions with dynamic decisions. Track the Right Performance Metrics. Industry 4.0

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This is why transportation network optimization is important. What Is Transportation Network Optimization? Transportation network optimization is simply streamlining your network of logistics carriers, the methods for shipping, and the processes for managing the network.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

In a hyper-connected scenario of the future, entire networks can proactively sense and respond to potential supply chain disruptions. Optimize supply chain execution and minimize both delivery time and costs. Analyzing real-time insights and historical performance using AI, delivers key metrics on availability and service levels.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 15, 2023

We are trying to assess the value of a network in managing contract manufacturing.) Use of Supply Chain Descriptors Most organizations are locked into functional silos driven by functional metrics. Stuck in a rut, supply chain leaders try to punch their way through a set of conflicting metrics and priorities each day.

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QAD

JUNE 25, 2019

It is critical to monitor inventory effectiveness using five key metrics: Expedited orders, inventory turns, obsolete inventory, safety stock and stockouts. Using Metrics to Measure the Health of the Business. Companies use these metrics to minimize their investment in inventory without adversely affecting customer service levels.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 25, 2022

Companies need to have a plan to deal with the key challenges they face today: Lack of supply chain resilience A reliance on extended value networks Disruption as a constant, not an event Lack of visibility across supply, demand and network partners. New KPI’s are also being prioritized, including sustainability metrics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 10, 2024

ARC defines supply chain planning (SCP) products as including supply planning, demand planning/inventory optimization, and network planning. Network planning solutions include supply chain design, integrated business planning, and end-to-end supply chain analytics. Supply planning engines “optimize” the schedule.

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Precoro

MAY 19, 2023

To monitor supply chain performance, stakeholders of successful companies typically define supply chain metrics that are relevant to the given business and track these KPIs regularly. By setting benchmarks for metrics, analysts can recognize unsettling trends and take preventive measures on time.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

For organizations layered in functional metrics and driving a cost agenda, this is a tough nut to crack. During the pandemic, companies struggled with planning systems turning off the optimizers, and using the technology as a system of record. What Is the Value of A Network? Tougher than most understand.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Similarly, UPS uses its ORION system, which integrates real-time and historical data to optimize delivery routes, saving fuel and enhancing delivery reliability. Real-time route optimization allows fleets to adapt to dynamic conditions such as traffic and weather, minimizing fuel consumption and delivery delays.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The high priority focus on RFPs and carrier network optimization will continue to impact services and shipping protocols well into 2022 and beyond. What Is Carrier Contract Optimization? The heart and soul of a successful transportation company is its ability to master carrier network optimization across the board.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2021

As an entrepreneur I’ve been reflecting on this a lot: The current milestone in logistics and fulfillment is using emerging technologies to capture and leverage exponentially growing data sets in warehouses and throughout the entire fulfillment network. Data sets have grown quickly in the cloud paradigm – and they exploded in 2020.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 22, 2017

But the sheer complexity of supply chain networks, and the impact design decisions have on operational performance, makes supply chain inventory management aligning inventory investments with on-time customer delivery and margins a major challenge. Implementing inventory optimization. Single vs. multi-echelon inventory optimization.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 11, 2023

We speak about the need to move from a functional understanding to a global, holistic capabilities, but the traditional supply chain leader defines bonus incentives and process performance goals based on functional metrics. Bi-Directional Flow and Value Networks. Measurement. Innovation is slowing. Innovation.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 20, 2022

AI-driven Geospatial Capabilities to Enable Businesses to Avoid Choked and Unprofitable Distribution Routes and Optimize On-Time, In-Full (OTIF) Deliveries. This in turn helps uncover network optimization opportunities, sense demand at the local level, and proactively audit material flow right down to the individual SKU’s.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 30, 2024

Inventory strategies are increasingly focused on optimizing stock locations — what to hold and where, especially for inventory not immediately sold. Given current conditions, one way retail and CPG companies can optimize their order visibility is by integrating their systems of record.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

These technologies can help identify patterns in product performance and supply chain efficiency, allowing companies to optimize their operations. This integration includes tracking individual components and collecting data on environmental impact, including sustainability metrics such as carbon footprint and recyclability.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 14, 2024

Pull Logic uses the Product Availability Ratio (PAR) score to optimize inventory management and ensure customers have access to the products they want when they need them. Explore how accurate demand forecasting and inventory optimization ensure the right products are available for customers. Timestamps (00:00:00) Solving the $1.8T

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In this blog, I will give you my top 15 tips for LinkedIn profile optimization from my experience as a user who has managed to get 57k supply chain followers. Whatever I have learned about LinkedIn profile optimization I have learned from LinkedIn Guru Hammad Siddiqui. 3. Configure LinkedIn’s ‘Open to Network’ Settings. .

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QAD

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In a recent article in MD+DI , QAD Life Sciences Director Jennifer Petrosky describes essential ways to optimize the medical device supply chain. End-to-end transparency relates to internal and external data sources to identify leading lagging metrics in such areas as data security, operations, organizational maturity and compliance.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 26, 2021

Outdated transportation management methods relied on manual processes, physical phone calls, and the hope that your network partners would be available. It was difficult to see where the optimization opportunity was and what was necessary to achieve the best result. . A TMS platform can track movements and optimize routes.? .

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

By monitoring particular metrics over time across your online sales, in-store sales, and operations, you’ll gain quantitative insights into your business performance. A retail KPI (or “Key Performance Indicator”) refers to a quantifiable metric used to measure how a retail business is performing. Why are retail metrics important?

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Mitigating Weather Disruptions in the Short Term, via Logistics Optimization Not every shipper has the resources available to win a multimillion-dollar auction and move past weather-related supply chain roadblocks. That’s the beauty of transportation optimization in today’s age of sophisticated AI and ML. But that’s just the beginning.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Optimization engines to improve functional metric performance resulted in an exploding number of planners. I would prefer for companies to invest in the building of outside-in processes, supply chain design capabilities, and network automation. Reduce Data Latency in Networks. Think past EDI. Take the plunge.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 24, 2023

One of those urgent challenges is optimal data management — and few people are more qualified to discuss this topic than Frank Slootman, Chairman and CEO of Snowflake , along with Duncan Angove, CEO of Blue Yonder, the leader in end-to-end supply chain management who will share the keynote stage at the event on May 3.

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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

JULY 3, 2024

Catalyst Phase Overview The Catalyst Phase is the execution stage where the selected distributor(s) are integrated into your distribution network and the strategies developed during the blueprint phase are put into action. Track metrics such as sales volume, market share, inventory levels, and customer satisfaction.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Based on the work with Georgia Tech, we are getting clear on which metrics matter by industry. As companies adopt a balanced scorecard, the functional metrics shift to a focus on reliability. Based on market conditions, the meat packer will shift to optimize the demand opportunity. There are 192 different ways to cut-up a cow.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 6, 2023

MILAN and BOSTON – June 6, 2023 – ToolsGroup , a global leader in retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, is thrilled to announce it has been selected by D.I.MAR, an Italian leader in the frozen food industry, to heighten its supply chain performance, bolster supplier relationships, and drive enhanced business results.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

A network design model figures out where factories and warehouses should be located. The key solutions are demand forecasting/inventory optimization, supply planning, and network design. The key solution for this is network design. Supply and network design models are constraint-based models.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 13, 2024

In short, manufacturers need to reimagine their foundational processes to create additional resilience, then match those new processes with innovative digital technologies and new network structures. Detailed scheduling optimizes production programs, while creating transparency into demand, resources and capacities.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These systems also support phased implementation, allowing you to start with high-priority processes, train staff during regular work hours, deploy your wireless infrastructure before software rollout, maintain parallel systems during the initial transition, and closely monitor performance metrics. Think of it as smart routing for your team.

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ThroughPut

JUNE 17, 2024

If you find yourself stuck between optimizing routes, cutting costs, responding with agility to fluctuating demands, and managing your fleet and labor efficiently, this blog is tailored for you. Here’s a detailed look at how one such tool, ThroughPut AI, optimizes logistics processes and distribution for multiple industries.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Network optimization is a critical issue across all Supply Chains. In Manufacturing, Distribution, Logistics and Retail the effectiveness of your network will make the difference between success and failure. There are many environmental factors that must be taken in to account in order to define and optimize your network.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Interview with Lora Cecere, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights and Author of Supply Chain Metrics that Matter ( published December 2014 ). Metrics that Matter became a three year research project. I realized that many organizations are very confused about metrics. So I started this book as a summary of this research.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 2, 2023

When reference data – such as product codes, supplier information, and warehouse locations – is misaligned across systems, it can cause discrepancies in transactional data, leading to inaccurate inventory levels and unreliable performance metrics. Plus, accurate inventory information is the key to optimal decision-making.

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Locus

JULY 24, 2023

Retailers should find ways to optimize truckloads to reap benefits. How do we optimize these loads? Shippers need to leverage automated and intelligent solutions to truly optimize the supply chain and impact the bottom line in a positive way. However, trucking industries have many business models they operate by.

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