ToolsGroup

APRIL 20, 2022

Source: Fortune. #3: Source: Fortune. Give individual contributors stretch assignments and present these to leadership. Find out what employees value as part of their professional development, work/life balance, and benefits, and go from there. 3: Overcome the Staff Shortage by Supporting a Remote Workforce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Proactively adopting cleaner energy sources ensures alignment with these evolving regulations. The industry’s dependency on traditional energy sources necessitates an urgent shift toward cleaner alternatives. Transparent sourcing practices build trust among consumers and investors.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2021

Marisa Brown, Senior Principal Research Lead, Supply Chain Management at APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center) recently gave a presentation at ARC Advisory Group’s Supply Chain Forum. In her presentation, Ms. Because of the pandemic, risk management surrounding sourcing has become top of mind in supply chain organizations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Many of the case studies being presented at today’s conferences were born during the pandemic and the post-pandemic turbulence. The audience assumes that the presenting company is outperforming. Watching the presentations, I wonder how we became so laser-focused on such a limited view of risk.

Gartner 360

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For instance, sourcing of raw materials for battery manufacturing may become the next great supply problem as automakers bet big on electrification in 2023.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 9, 2023

The panel group is sourced from my group of LinkedIn followers. Summary So, if you are at a conference hearing a presentation on S&OP imagine where the presenting company is on maturity and ask for feedback on this research. My goal is to help. I openly conduct and share research in front of the firewall.) The reason?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 31, 2024

What is the role of make, source, and deliver? For additional insights check out our presentation at Informs. Define a proactive approach and the value/economies of scale of planning manufacturing/transportation and sourcing together. In small, regional distributors, the goal may be better replenishment.

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Resilinc

APRIL 17, 2024

Avoid the pitfalls of single sourcing and learn strategies to build a more resilient supply chain. Yet, within the pursuit of efficiency lies a lurking peril: single sourcing. The pandemic was a wake-up call to the dangers of single sourcing. What is single sourcing and sole sourcing?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 24, 2022

At the conference, I was fortunate to see a presentation from Brent Wilson, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Qualcomm. Brent pointed out that Covid created small interruptions for many companies in terms of sourcing semiconductor chip materials. In May, I attended the Kinaxis Kinexions event in San Diego, CA.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

In our monthly webinar last Wednesday, I presented these results. During the webinar, a respondent asked me to not present just the facts but to give advice. Recently, I was presenting to a supply chain team in Europe. Successful network design strategies are holistic crossing the boundaries of source, make and deliver.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Source: mainebiz.biz In today’s rapidly evolving logistics and supply chain sector, warehouses are increasingly turning to innovative technologies to gain a competitive edge. This presents a tremendous opportunity for forward-thinking warehouse owner/operators to create a competitive advantage. According to JLL, the U.S.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Thinking back on the many presentations, panel discussions and conversations over the course of the conference, a few unifying themes come to mind. As the logistics technology sector continues to mature, the number of tools, solutions and platforms that supply chain stakeholders are using (juggling?)

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The main take aways from the presentation earlier this year were the following: The auto industry has made supply chain risk management a priority since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. They wanted these diverse sources of information pulled together in one central, user-friendly location they call their “garage.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2023

Simply put, supply chain operations are under strain with pressures coming from multiple sources. Meanwhile, executives are focusing on the present, with an eye to the future a concern for a repeat of the recent past. And they must be capable of adapting to various demands.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Near or re-shoring sourcing strategies will be evaluated to “shorten” supply chains and gain greater control of supply chain performance. It also presents an excellent opportunity for supply chain and logistics professionals to raise the visibility and value of supply chain strategies and operations.

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ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Vishal Patel and Peter Hunt delivered their session ‘Creating Value with Strategic Sourcing’ to discuss how Procurement professionals are recognizing that the fast-paced digital landscape of today demands new approaches to category management and strategic sourcing. The answer is simple – automation. See you soon!

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

Additionally, your platform still needs to provide your operations with an open portal into the common data lake, establishing access to a source of truth from any system or device in near real-time. Our mission and core values are the foundation of our culture and guiding source in our interactions. Sound too good to be true?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s human nature to want to start a new year with new goals—the ever-present new year’s resolutions. Sourcing and procurement comes in close second at 88 percent, followed by innovation at 87 percent. Typically, we make it at least one month into the new year before we have to revise our plans.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I found the presentation by UScellular especially interesting. The supply chain team conducted an in-depth analysis of 3 key projects and determined that 61% of components are internationally sourced, and most critical components are manufactured in Asia or Europe. Fortunately for me, some of the sessions were available virtually.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. ” I said internally to myself and quickly rebounded to thank her for a great presentation. Allyson’s presentation was just that. ” “Oops!,”

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 24, 2020

There is no network capable of connecting sourcing, logistics, manufacturing, and distribution together in the market today. Avoid slick presentations. If the presentation sounds too slick, it probably is. Here are some rules of thumb: 1. It is a messy market. Form cross-functional teams and focus on building value.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Companies find it difficult to fully trust the data from suppliers, complicating efforts to ensure product authenticity, safety, and ethical sourcing. This will enable diamond jewelry consumers at scale to engage with the unique journeys their diamonds have taken from source.

Supply Chain Software 193

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Source: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Supply Chain 2022 Predictions — APEJ Implications. Tender documents and responsible source guidance are requiring suppliers to show evidence of their actions to support ESG initiatives, as well as the actions of their suppliers. Companies, both large and small, are changing. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

Supply Chain Design Software 264

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Especially, I would say when we were talking about the Amazon effect I would say now it’s present more than ever maybe even changing the word into the COVID effect. And digitalization is more than present. I think it’s more that the idea of sourcing and how to buffer certain inventory will be definitely more localized.

Predictive Analytics Software 295

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 29, 2020

No effort required to set up (careful data sourcing and data preparation is fundamental). A critical column in this table is for the output, which I know for past launches and will predict for future launches (the output column would not be present in the case of clustering). Overall reasonably accurate forecasts.

Forecasting 428

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As a result, hospital chains largely lacked competence in sourcing. In this model, you are presenting the surgeons with all the options. 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. We built strategic supplier partnerships.”

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ivalua

MAY 30, 2023

By maximizing resource utilization and implementing careful procurement management, the government can source the best goods and services at the most competitive prices. However, implementing category strategies for successful sourcing and supplier management can be challenging without the right tools.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 19, 2019

by Richard Cushing In part one of my inventory management best practices series I argue that inventory cannot be managed until it is controlled, and present the notion our general willingness to apportion blame upon unreliable data from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems is misplaced. This isn’t because the ERP system is flawed.

Inventory Management Software 245

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ivalua

MAY 31, 2022

A company’s supply chain is a key source of competitive advantage and Supply Chain Management (SCM) is designed to allow a company to monitor its suppliers and utilize the available resources to improve performance. But most sourcing and procurement teams need to pivot and modify the way they handle SCM decisions.

Procurement Solutions 246

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 9, 2020

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Too few companies have a holistic approach to embrace the plan, make, source, and deliver together. Procurement processes–encumbered by a focus on paperless processing, RFPs/RFQs, and efficient procurement–do not embrace the capabilities and requirements of direct material sourcing. Current State of Visibility.

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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. . You may have determined already that c ausal f orecasting works best in certain environments and does present some challenges. Featured Download.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2022

FreightWaves’ SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. FreightWaves provides current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2023

FreightWaves’ SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. Learn More About The Bloomberg of Freight. Mary on LinkedIn. Mary on Twitter. FreightWaves on LinkedIn.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

Driver dwell is a key source of driver dissatisfaction and contributes to the driver shortage. Weisenberger’s presentation particularly interesting was that while Ms. K-C needed one solution … to understand where loads are all across the organization” based on “one source of truth.” This was an online event. What made Ms.

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DELMIA Quintiq

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Source : Designing Disruption. Tapping into the potential of such technologies presents a wealth of essential economic opportunities to not only advance environmentally but, ultimately, to build operational excellence and organizational resiliency. Figure 1 : Potential use case benefits.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This past weekend, I decorated my house with my kids with our usual Halloween flare: skeletons, spiders, skulls, gravestones, and the ever-present flying bat. All Mars’ products in Europe to be sourced with 100% sustainable cocoa. While the Halloween season is just getting started, retailers are clearly looking ahead.

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