Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Fred owned logistics and customer service for the organization. I was promoted to run the warehouse, and at the time, I had no experience in distribution, but was asked to run the largest distribution center in the system. A warehouse is the tip of the spear for dysfunction. I also ran three outside warehouses.

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QAD

AUGUST 6, 2020

This is typically a strategic planning function where an expensive and time-consuming analysis of the entire connected supply chain is done once a year to choose the most cost-effective route for acquiring materials and shipping finished products. This held up trucks from leaving the factories even when they had product to ship.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

What follows are some key things a newcomer to the supply chain profession, or an interested reader of news headlines, needs to know about SCP technologies, processes, and roles. A network design model figures out where factories and warehouses should be located. The key solution for this is network design.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

The increasing need for constantly analyzing these trade-offs across the supply chain networks has highlighted the need for digital twins and what-if capabilities in network design solutions. This means continuously assessing the trade-off between the total cost to serve and meeting customer demand and minimizing lost sales.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Much of the inventory on the ships at sea will miss the essential seasonal windows.

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Logility

JULY 27, 2022

And that is answer (d) — put the warehouse at Customer A’s location and then ship 300 miles to customer B. This answer minimizes the net unit miles shipped. We all wish logistics problems were so simple, but when we complicate the network, we can often lose the picture of what we are trying to accomplish. Simplicity!

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The ability of an organization to deliver reliable and consistent results for revenue, margin, customer service, and quality in the face of demand and supply variability. No technology in the market measures inventory health. These are different by design and the armed forces lacks modeling technologies to understand the differences.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

On the supply side, material shortages, staffing challenges, and shipping capacity constraints are all happening at the same time. The rapid shifts to eCommerce during the pandemic caused retailers and brand owners alike to flex their network nodes (where goods are made and inventories are stocked) significantly.

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Turvo

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Managers of freight carrier networks and supply chains have a lot to keep tabs on with day-to-day operations in the supply chain ecosystem. Many moving parts get utilized in delivering services that the consumer wants, needs, and expects. The Problems Poor Freight Carrier Network Design and Implementation Can Cause.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, increased volume in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

While the shift from products to services will decrease consumer-centric manufacturing, the rapid escalation of defense will put unprecedented pressure on this supply chain. The answer lies in network design, demand sensing, and the simplification of product platforms. This was the biggest escalation since the 31.8%

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Much of the inventory on the ships at sea will miss the essential seasonal windows.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, reported its best quarter in 117 years, posting a $5.9B Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. Much of the inventory on the ships at sea will miss the essential seasonal windows.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Below is the list of 10 inventory management books, which are must read if you want to work in warehouses or inventory industry. Warehouse Management: A Complete Guide to Improving Efficiency and Minimizing Costs in the Modern Warehouse Author: Gwynne Richards The author focuses on cost effective techniques of managing your inventory.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Alexa Heads to the Warehouse (WSJ – sub. Postal Service seeks record price hikes to bolster falling revenues (CNN). Waitrose trials “in-home delivery” service (Reuters). DeliveryCircle Launches New SaaS Platform for Same-day, Last Mile Delivery. Alexa in the Warehouse.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

While the shift from products to services will decrease consumer-centric manufacturing, the rapid escalation of defense will put unprecedented pressure on this supply chain. The answer lies in network design, demand sensing, and the simplification of product platforms. This was the biggest escalation since the 31.8%

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2021

Embracing technology is part of that solution. A storm may leave roads closed, warehouses shut down, utilities lost, and employees stranded. Global trade regulations and conflicts, as well as tariff threats as a political tool, could cut off sources and markets and push your business plan into the red.

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ModusLink Corporation

APRIL 27, 2023

ESG supply chain management is critical to maximizing the benefits of omnichannel ecommerce and warehousing and distribution services. Clearly, shippers that need to gain control over their full emissions in the value chain can do so with a better overall network design.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I have always considered cellular and traditional communication companies to be service organizations. I overlooked the sophistication required to support widespread and ongoing projects in support of constantly advancing cellular communication networks. The company services customers with about 5 million retail connections in total.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

However, even if the process of designing a network stays the same, no assumptions can be made about current logistics practices being optimised for online retail. For example: In physical retailing, your sales and service points, perhaps tens or hundreds of them, are probably collocated with geographical concentrations of customers.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

In this regular edition of our featured column, Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , we provide a capsule synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based multi-industry supply chain readership. FedEx and FourKites.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 27, 2021

While both are types of warehouses that store inventory, they each serve distinct functions when it comes to ensuring customers across the country receive their orders intact and on-time without hurting profit margins. Beyond their spending power, these retail juggernauts continue pushing the limits of fast shipping.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Supply Chain Network Design Along with the design of supply chain strategy, the design of the supply chain itself, especially the part dealing with outbound distribution from plants or warehouses, is instrumental in the success or failure of businesses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 11, 2022

Goods-to-Man Robot at an Amazon Warehouse. Last Tuesday, Amazon issued a press release that highlighted the company’s investments across its global operations network to provide fast delivery for customers. During COVID, warehouse space was not the retailer’s main constraint, having sufficient labor was.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Pandemic demand for goods, and the shifts from a service economy, drove the increase in southern California ports where 40% of ocean carriers unload for entry into the United States. meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2

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ThroughPut

MAY 16, 2024

Powered by data analytics and advanced technologies, every stage of the supply chain can be critically analyzed, starting from procurement to distribution to identify and prioritize improvement opportunities. This opens up avenues to save procurement, transportation, inventory, and warehousing costs. What is Supply Chain Optimization?

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Locus

AUGUST 2, 2022

Gartner® Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Execution Technologies, 2022 provides insight into the maturity, readiness, and business impact of logistics technologies. This is another such milestone following being listed as Representative Vendor in the Gartner® Market Guide for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling and Last-Mile Technologies, 2021.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

While I think this through, here are the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon to Launch Delivery Service That Would Vie With FedEx, UPS (WSJ – sub. P&G Remaking Supply Chain Network (WSJ – sub. Ocado uses £150m from shareholders for warehouse robots (The Guardian).

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Before COVID-19, many companies had separate business units running e-commerce and brick and mortar stores, corresponding warehouses and fulfillment centers. This requires integrating data and processes across the network, which requires IT investments, operational work, and additional shipping and handling costs.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS (Bloomberg Technology). Walmart Announces the Acquisition of Parcel, a Technology-Based, Same-Day and Last-Mile Delivery Company. Fortna and LLamasoft Announce Partnership.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 7, 2019

While most consultants and technologists want to sell technology, and are eager to slap in a new piece of software, my caution is to slow down and better understand root issues before having a technology discussion. When a company contacts me to help them with their supply chain, the pain is usually a gap in customer service.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

So when the warehouse team threatened to unionize, I transferred into a distribution, warehouse environment. Warehouse Management and Transportation Management were in their infancy. Supply chain design looks very different by company. So, how do companies get good at supply chain design? The year was 1985.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 27, 2022

Speed and convenience enablement such as curbside pickup, ship to store, and two-day delivery are becoming table stakes. Given that customer expectations have changed, retailers need supply chain technologies that enable them to not only deliver capabilities that meet customer demands but do it well. Commerce is King.

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Locus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

They have started earmarking their investments for food supply chain networks since the pandemic. Presently, their major focus lies on local production, warehousing and strategic sourcing. million barrels of oil a day go through the canal, according to shipping journal Lloyd’s. Major supply chain risks in the Middle East.

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AIMMS

MARCH 8, 2016

To succeed, companies will have to improve visibility, in-store accuracy levels, integration and technology capabilities. To match demand, retailers will need to adapt their volume and service requirements, boost store delivery frequency and explore new avenues like same-day shipping. Strong horizontal processes. ?Horizontal

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2018

Stuart Whiting, who today serves as Schneider Electric’s senior vice president for logistics and network design, arrived at the company five years ago. While consolidating that mishmash of software was an obvious goal, paring down the diverse architecture to what Whiting terms “a federation of core ERPs” wasn’t the top priority.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 7, 2012

For the purpose of this discussion, I define agility as the design of the supply chain to deliver the same cost, quality and customer service given a level of both market volatility and process variability. It requires design. Additionally, through network strategies, be sure to design your warehouses for flows.

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