SCM Insights Ad hoc, dynamic – yet efficient: automating outbound transports Transport bottlenecks, delivery delays, and volatile logistics costs have put more than just the inbound supply chain to the test in recent years. Outbound logistics faces the same challenges. But the solution has to be different. The actual outbound processes have their own specific characteristics. They typically run on different technical systems and are often…
SCM Insights How to implement an efficient risk management system The coronavirus pandemic has posed enormous, unprecedented challenges for companies. Efficient risk management plays a central role in meeting these challenges. It is not so much a question of whether the current situation could have been anticipated and planned for. Rather, the focus is on how companies can now best protect their core processes and…
SCM Insights Supply chain resolutions 2022: (4) secure material demands The new year begins just as the old one ended, with material shortages everywhere. Now, another factor is adding to the woes: Omicron.After all, delivery problems are not just a matter of whether sufficient raw materials and upstream products are available to meet demand.
SCM Insights Supply chain resolutions 2022: (1) ensure transport flow Transport woes have not eased with the turn of the year. Rising consumer demand, container shortages, congestion at or closures of major ports in the U.S. and China, significantly fewer airline movements and, last but not least, an ever-increasing driver shortage have led to significant bottlenecks in shipments and a massive increase in freight rates.
SCM Insights Transport ahoy! Securing supply despite high volatility For more than a year now, logistics and supply chain managers around the world have been struggling with unprecedented challenges. The impact from the first coronavirus-induced shutdowns, when supply chains and transportation networks around the world collapsed, continues to ripple through the industry. High volatility in demand, natural disasters and vessel incidents such as the…
SCM Insights How to better cope with demand volatility The coronavirus crisis has revealed a long-standing challenge for suppliers even more clearly: How reliable are the demand forecasts they receive from their customers? High volatility and uncertainties in demand forecasting are not limited to pandemic times. Even in the “normal state”, the originally reported requirements can differ considerably from the materials actually called off.…
SCM InsightsTechnologyUse Cases 3 Use cases how companies benefit from Smart Logistics Data Transport damages to goods, delays in delivery, poor delivery reliability: These are three typical use cases in which Smart Logistics Data helps to identify and counter risks well in advance.
SCM Insights How to avoid missing supplies with Smart Logistics Data Missing supplies, i.e. delayed, deficient, and completely absent deliveries, are a serious and recurring problem for companies. But what can you do? And how can you ensure that ordered goods actually arrive on time?Smart Logistics Data – that is, the intelligent collection, enrichment, and usage of data relevant to the logistics process – promises relief.
SCM Insights Why comprehensive data consolidation is the basis for efficient risk management Nowadays, everyone is preaching that data is the new oil. But unlike oil, it’s not (just) the sheer output volume that matters here. What really counts is the efficient use of this data so as to draw the right conclusions in terms of the supply chain reliability.
SCM InsightsTechnology Smart Logistics Data: the intelligent supply chain A supply chain has to be agile, robust and resilient. Capable of anticipating potential risks and responding in advance, detecting problems early on and flexibly circumventing them.All this requires the intelligent use of data. But how can we really make data “smart”?