Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Infor’s CEO, Kevin Samuelson Infor’s strategy for differentiating their business from competitors like SAP and Oracle rests on a truly differentiated approach to ensuring that their customers get ongoing value from the business applications they purchase. Infor, with anticipated revenues of $3.4 We just want them solved.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2024

Lucas Systems Offers Warehouse Optimization Warehouse management systems, once known as supply chain execution systems, have evolved significantly. They have transitioned from mere work executors to planning solutions with optimization capabilities. Today, for many professionals, “WMS” is synonymous with “warehouse optimization.”

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

AI and machine learning tools identify patterns, predict issues, and suggest ways to optimize operations. Watch entire YouTube Video Here: The post Optimizing Supply Chain Transparency with Digital Product Passports appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2024

Read more The post Mitigating Forced Labor Risks: Strategies for a Resilient Supply Chain appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. The good news is that over the past few years governments and companies have been taking action to help eradicate this problem. That said, it’s not an easy problem to solve.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Alex Pradhan is the Global Product Strategy Leader and Member of the Executive Leadership team at John Galt Solutions. The Key to Unlocking the Power of Your Supply Chain Data Strategy appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Make sure you can see the signal through the noise and start turning challenges into opportunities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2024

The RISE with SAP offering includes an AI-powered cloud ERP that’s managed and optimized by SAP. Most of the new in-context GenAI solutions have been pre-trained on 200,000 pages of SAP’s training and technical documents. These use cases generate good results without using customer data for training.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2024

Locus Robotics Has Introduced a new Robot with a Heavier Payload Historically, a warehouse management system used slotting and waving functionality to optimize the work in a distribution center. In the more manual part of a warehouse, WMS waving is the key optimization tool. This is an intelligent solution.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Gartner reports that companies using data-driven strategies can achieve a 20% increase in sales by aligning inventory with current market trends. Is this the strategy you want to pursue? Retailers that adopt these dynamic rebalancing strategies often see an 18% improvement in inventory turnover rates. What are you waiting for?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 28, 2024

Delivery route optimization is the top tech choice to improve the productivity of labor workers. For companies that view their supply chain and logistics operations as a competitive weapon, 63% had partially/fully deployed route optimization versus just 28% for those where it’s viewed as a necessary evil.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Transitioning to Renewable Energy The shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy is vital for mitigating the environmental impact of logistics. Key strategies include: Electrification of Transport: The use of electric vehicles (EVs) for freight and last-mile delivery reduces emissions and operational costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For senior leaders, understanding and integrating the three pillars of sustainability—environmental, social, and economic—into supply chain strategies is essential. Meanwhile, advances in AI-driven route optimization reduce unnecessary mileage, cutting emissions and costs. Reducing carbon emissions is a cornerstone of this effort.

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DELMIA Quintiq

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In an effort to understand the role virtualization plays in manufacturers’ current and future strategies, Dassault Systèmes via IndustryWeek conducted a midyear survey of industry leaders across a wide range of manufacturing sectors. The need to reimagine supply chain strategies.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This article will examine the challenges Belcorp faced with managing its extensive product range and complex supply chain and how our solution set, which includes Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+), Demand Planning, and the Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) model, transformed their operations. It played out as follows.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It can ingest massive amounts of internal and external data and process it within the unique algorithmic engine to deliver easy-to-apply recommendations on how to optimize inventory levels, streamline supply chains, and maximize revenues. EvoAI is the dynamic demand discovery technology that powers all Evo products. How Does EvoAI work?

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A pragmatic strategy about where to concentrate efforts is also crucial in an industry as technologically slow-moving as logistics. The model would be trained on our own customer data. Our Account Managers are trained and coached to find ways to reduce costs for their customers. We’ve also stayed away from AP automations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2024

Training ensued, and the expectation of changing work was shared. We explore the concept of holistic inventory strategies focused on the form and function of inventory. The shift from Inside-out to Outside-in is impossible using a crawl, walk, and run strategy. Making strategy choices independently and not aligned.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 18, 2023

During the pandemic, companies struggled with planning systems turning off the optimizers, and using the technology as a system of record. Train teams to model variability and build a planning master data layer to understand layers of variability. (A S&OP is too slow and cannot achieve the needed alignment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Smart warehouses, governed by standards like ISO 9001 for quality management, are also integrating AI systems to optimize inventory management and automate the loading and unloading processes. Upskilling the workforce through training programs that focus on managing connected vehicles and smart warehouses will ensure a smoother transition.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

They design their supply chain on a continuous basis and focus on ecommerce retailing strategies that segment their customer base according to buying behavior. They underwent a thorough Network Optimization exercise to identify the roadmap of transitioning to a hybrid offshore/nearshore model. Nari Viswanathan is Sr.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 8, 2023

River Logic offers both a platform for customer solutions as well as network optimization and production planning & scheduling applications. Strategy Meets Execution The integrated solution from ToolsGroup and RiverLogic provides deep end-to-to-end capabilities for faster, more strategic supply chain decision making.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Running optimizers frequently introduce noise and error into a complex system. In today’s processes, we move data into jails (relational databases) and then run optimizers. GenAI is promising as a means to train and help leaders learn. Planning should never be a real-time process. Not a good thing.)

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2023

The discussions included the pros and cons of probabilistic versus deterministic optimization, advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning, and improvements in Machine Learning. Each box has an optimizer that drives output from a model based on a functional definition using enterprise data. Market Driven Insights.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Optimization is used in supply planning, factory scheduling, supply chain design , and transportation planning. In a broad sense, optimization refers to creating plans that help companies achieve service levels and other goals at the lowest cost. More recently, many other cases have emerged.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The overwhelming organizational optimism—with 94% of companies viewing AI as an opportunity generator ¹—reflects a strategic recognition of its transformative potential. Moreover, AI’s role extends beyond operational efficiency, offering end-to-end supply chain visibility, demand forecasting , and stock optimization capabilities.

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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

Despite this, there’s a wave of optimism for 2024 sweeping across importers and exporters. This optimism is buoyed by the fact that 55% of importers have their inventories in check, anticipating a stronger freight demand in the coming year. About 46% of importers expect demand to stabilize, and 41% even anticipate an improvement.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The integration of Evo’s responsive AI solutions with ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) and JustEnough® solutions will offer customers the most efficient, real-time supply chain and price optimization solution available. At Event Network, we aim to optimize the retail potential of experiential attractions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 4, 2024

With tart cherry juice sales transitioning into a steady demand pattern, retailers must adapt their inventory strategies accordingly to meet this evolving consumer preference. It serves as a compelling example of how retailers must reassess their inventory strategies to adapt to rapidly shifting market demands driven by trends.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In a recent research project, we found that 2/3 of companies had a digital supply chain transformation strategy; however, those that were evolving their strategy performed better during the early months of the pandemic than those that were “clear” on the project plan for a digital transformation. I know, a head-scratcher.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 30, 2024

Cheap spot rates and rock-bottom contract pricing have been a welcome relief for shippers — albeit brutal for truckers — looking to preserve cash flow and protect margins in what many predict will be a higher-for-longer interest rate environment.

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