Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The average cost of a Warehouse Management System (WMS) install continues to rise each year, with implementations often reaching millions of dollars today. But heres the good news: this doesnt have to be the reality for your warehouse operations. Seasonal businesses with extreme peak demand (e.g.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 31, 2023

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Choice ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. Today’s article comes from Kyle Franklin, Senior Solutions Consultant, Lucas Systems, and looks at warehouse distribution errors. What do I mean by missed sales?

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Earlier this month, I wrote an article about the diverse range of mobile warehouse robotics solutions available in the market today. Although the solutions vary greatly, they’re alike in the ability to offer greater flexibility than many of the traditional automation alternatives. Demand, Throughput, SKU Mix, and Channel Shifts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Supply chain sustainability has become a very hot topic, but for a lot of people, there is uncertainty around its meaning. There are three responses in this question that address supply chain sustainability: align with our goals, mission, and values; meet consumers expectations; and increase profitability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

One day, a product is flying off the shelves, and the next, it’s gathering dust. That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

There are 3 common myths when it comes to adding new voice solutions to existing host or warehouse management systems (WMS): The Legacy Myth – You need a Tier 1 WMS to use voice-directed mobile applications so you should replace your custom-built systems or upgrade your legacy WMS package before looking at other solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Choice ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. This article is from Michael Balint at Solvoyo and looks at the fresh produce supply chain. To read the article, click HERE.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Supply Chain Resilience Depends Upon End-to-End Visibility Service companies, where one firm takes over a set of duties that used to be done in-house, is quite common. In the supply chain world, contract logistics – where a third-party logistics (3PL) firm runs and manages warehouses on behalf of their clients, is a $200 billion plus market.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

ERP vs. Best-in-Class for Healthcare Supply Chain Management? Are ERP systems better than best-in-class supply chain solutions for managing healthcare supply chains? That’s the question we set out to answer in our recent panel discussion with Procurement and Supply Chain experts. The verdict?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Recently, my team members and I worked on a project with a well-known retailer facing challenges in the e-commerce area of its distribution center – and here was the question at hand: ‘Would replacing the WMS be the best solution?’. Supply chain planning tools. We go back to the question of replacing the WMS.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Technology can have a significant impact on supply chains, but supply chain digitization still lags behind digitization of other areas of business across many industries. Still, there are several technologies that are transforming supply chains for the organizations that adopt them.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 13, 2020

Businesses around the world are learning to adapt as best they can to the COVID-19 supply chain impact. Unpredictable consumer behavior in response to macro events creates demand volatility in every link of global supply chains. Kathleen: What business challenges were you seeking to solve by using [the ToolsGroup] solution?

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AIMMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Supply chain software is changing. So should the purchasing process. . As someone who has worked in supply chain for over 20 years, I’m very familiar with Requests For Information (RFIs) and Requests for Proposals (RFPs). There is valuable time and effort put in by both the supplier and the purchasing party.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JUNE 9, 2020

Only purpose-built solutions deliver realistic plans that can meet customer orders while managing the variability of supply and demand. Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) and Planning & Optimization are both critical parts of the optimal solution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2022

We’ve also cancelled billions of dollars in orders to help align inventory levels with expected demand.”. Clearing the stale inventory has helped the world’s largest retailer relieve pressure on their stores and through their supply chain. Demand Planning. Walmart has about $1.5 Human instinct plays a role. “As

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

I seethed as the news stations celebrated supply chain success for the December holidays. The health of the supply chain underpins our economy. When the supply chain is sick, all industries suffer. I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. As I watched, I shook my head.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Remember those times when we used to stroll down the block and find local stores such as the mom-and-pop diners and get the chance to relish the coziness and sense of family environment there. Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

There have been massive supply chain disruptions since the pandemic began. China’s stringent COVID lockdown in critical port cities has impacted global supply chains. I talked to Steve Dowse, the senior vice president of international solutions at FourKites. Happag-Lloyd will track all their container shipments.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2023

Franklin Sports needed to protect sales in this category by improving their pickleball supply chain. To achieve that, Franklin Sports supply chain needed to be improved significantly. Sporting Goods companies must be able to support dramatic changes in demand and fast-growing new business lines. Jennings’ name.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2024

In the world of supply chain and logistics, the built environment comes in many forms, from warehouses and logistics parks to the buildings associated with ports and terminals. The operational technology (OT) world, however, is a different story.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2023

As a supply chain leader, he is struggling how to dance in the ring of fire. The ring of fire is corporate politics at the executive level on supply chain performance. Each executive has a different perspective on the definition of supply chain excellence, but they are never discussed and aligned. This week, I spoke to John.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2021

Despite the significant amount of effort involved in going from running a business on Excel spreadsheets to implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP), they are very grateful that their efforts to improve their supply chain agility were underway when the pandemic hit. The Peet’s Coffee Supply Chain.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Let’s consider these top factors affecting the trucking market, their implications on supply chains and how they are driving change within the industry. . billion in spending on e-commerce, and as the demands grow, there will inevitably be a marked increase in business-to-business e-commerce as well. That’s an astonishing $933.30

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The logistics and supply chain industry is a critical component of global trade, responsible for moving goods and materials efficiently to meet consumer and business demands. Businesses face heightened uncertainty in managing costs and securing stable energy supplies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

ARC Advisory Group did a study on the supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) a couple of years ago. ARC considers real-time visibility solutions, like the one from FourKites, one type of SCCN solution. FourKites believes they have the largest repository of supply chain data in the world. That is fast growth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Consumers are ever more conscious of value, sensitive to health and environmental issues – especially after the COVID pandemic, each demanding more options for their money. End-to-end supply chain visibility, planning, and execution support software are critical in agile supply chain performance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Anytime you have a chance to talk to an executive vice president in charge of the global supply chain of a nearly $12 billion corporation, you know you will learn some things. Cameron Bailey, EVP of Global Supply Chain at VF Corporation, did not disappoint. Achieving Agility with Regional Supply Chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2023

In early November, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an article looking at the top supply chain trends for 2023 and beyond. Supply chain disruptions have brought about an age of innovation. In my presentation, I highlighted five key transportation trends that are changing supply chains from a technology standpoint.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

My head is wobbling with announcements, late-night Friday press releases, company name changes, and executive turnover in the supply chain planning market. Let’s hope that these new executives see the light of a new day. OMP’s press release this week announced nine new chiefs. Is it musical chairs?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This quest to master distribution has risen to the top of the list because customers (whether consumers or businesses) are demanding performance like never before. On top of the insatiable desire for everyone to buy online fueling ecommerce growth in DCs, the high cost and scarcity of warehouse labor is crushing to many DC operators.

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Logility

OCTOBER 6, 2023

For the last decade supply chain leaders and CIO’s have been evaluating when and how to move their supply chain applications to the cloud. And those that leverage on-demand services provide secure access to scalable, high-performance environments available around the globe.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2024

SAP (NYSE: SAP) is the world’s largest provider of enterprise applications. The German software colossus has 300 million users who rely on its software. Historically, ERP vendors offering public cloud solutions pointed to two key advantages of multitenant offering. SAP also sells a public cloud solution called GROW.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

This technology allows businesses to unify their procurement, expense management, invoicing, payments, contract management, and spend analysis processes and reporting. Coupa also offers a robust, market share leading, supply chain design solution. Initially, this product will focus on the purchase order (PO) acceptance process.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 23, 2023

The evolution of planning moves from a focus on the enterprise to an adaptive platform that senses and responds based on market data. An outside-in model requires a redefinition making today’s supply chain planning technologies legacy investments. What Is An Inside-Out Planning Process?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As physical stores opened, shut down and re-opened again, consumers became more flexible in the way they shop for, and purchase, just about every product. They need to deliver the right product to the right location at the right time, flawlessly, to fulfill ever-more volatile demand patterns and shopping behaviors.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Conquer Intermittent Demand with Stochastic Replenishment Planning Industrial durables companies face the perpetual challenge of managing items with intermittent demand patterns. These items often exhibit sporadic and unpredictable fluctuations in demand, making traditional inventory management methods less effective.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 27, 2021

Ever since COVID tested the supply chain industry’s ability to deliver under duress, many firms began looking to ramp up their game by installing a new warehouse management system (WMS). This article lays out a common-sense approach to selecting a well-fitted WMS that will serve your purposes to a tee. What’s in Your Bag?

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