2006, Sourcing, Supply Chain and Transportation

Taking a Big Picture View of Supply Chain Networks

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

I recently read a thought-provoking report with several predictions about the future of supply chain technology. Supply chain networks: A big-picture view. But carriers are only one component of a complete supply chain network. Numbers matter when it comes to supply chain data networks.

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RFID in the Supply Chain: Fizzling Technology or the Future of Effective SCM?

GlobalTranz

MARCH 1, 2018

In 2003, Walmart announced that all of its suppliers would need to have Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all pallets and cases by 2006. Historically, the cost of RFID implementation and difficulty to utilize RFID in conjunction with other supply chain systems has hindered mass adoption by supply chain managers.

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Blue Yonder is a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader 13 Years in a Row

BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

This blog was co-written by Terence Leung and Jen McQuiston Our customers depend on Blue Yonder Transportation Management to achieve customer-centricity and operational resiliency across the globe. This fact drives us to innovate when it comes to our Supply Chain Execution solutions.

Gartner

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Inventory is Everything with Jeff Flowers

The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 17, 2022

Quickly moving towards his true passion of operations, Jeff spent 2006-2016 in various roles with the nation’s largest building products Distributor, BlueLinx. In 2016, Jeff partnered with Franklin Young to purchase PTI Security, a leader in Physical Access Control and with support from Source Capital, an Atlanta based Private Equity firm.

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How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

Their goals were lofty, but their understanding of supply chain planning was hazy. In 2006, they made a decision to implement a supply chain planning solution. Comprehensive view of source, make and deliver. Supply Chain Design. Frequent and systemic supply chain design.

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Coronavirus Increases Supply Chain Risk Management Priority

Enterra Insights

JUNE 9, 2020

For years I’ve been writing about the importance of supply chain risk management and how it’s often given short shrift in business discussions. Supply chain vulnerability shouldn’t have been hard to spot. Today, ears are no longer deaf to the topic of supply chain risk management.

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Combat Rising Transportation Costs and Driver Shortage With Supply Chain Analytics

Savi

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Supply Chain Challenges: Freight Volume Rising, Driver Shortage Growing The shipping industry plays a critical role in world economics. Its immense power stems from its ubiquity–in every sector, you will find shipping and a supply chain. Today’s driver shortage is helping to drive transportation costs higher.

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Visibility: If Only I Could See

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

The confusion starts when a supply chain leader states the need for improved visibility without a clear definition. Well-seasoned supply chain leaders understand that visibility is a capability not an IT taxonomy. The IT taxonomy for visibility is supply chain analytics. Supply chains are complex.

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Last week was the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. 110 supply chain leaders attended. In preparation for the summit, we readied the final report of the work on translating balance sheet results into a methodology to judge Supply Chain Excellence. Supply Chain Design. ” Yes, I said.

Optimal Sourcing

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

Requis

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Despite the persistance of some strong fundamentals , 2020 may signal the true turning point in the shift to renewable sources for energy companies. This is not an isolated phenomenon: Norway has been divesting a number of funds of oil and gas investments, especially from high-carbon emission sources like Canadian oil sands.

Saudi Arabia

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Chain of Custody: The source of control in global supply chains? – IoT Beyond the Buzz

Global Trade Management

MAY 22, 2017

In combination with the latest technology hypes like IoT, the chain of custody is magnified to address everything from supply chain security to regulatory compliance. What is chain of custody? How and why is it relevant for supply chains? All of them take a slightly different viewpoint on the topic.

Optimal Sourcing

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Transforming Consumer Value Chains: Navigating The Power Shift to the Shopper

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

Retail was slow to adopt supply chain processes to drive new business models; and as a result, traditional retail redefinition of supply chain processes got caught in the omni-channel hype while Amazon worked its magic to become a market leader. A Closer Look at Consumer Value Chains and the Value of the EACH.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: An Online Class Everyone.

Supply Chains Rock

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Who said supply chains are boring? Whenever I tell a friend, colleague or family member about my job as soon as the words "supply chain" are muttered I immediately see glassy eyes followed by a yawn or two. An Online Class Everyone Needs to Take: E-Commerce and Supply Chain Management. Subscribe To.

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Notes from ProcureCon Indirect West at the Wigwam in Phoenix Arizona

Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Chris Hahn from Coupa did a demo for me, showing me the ease with which Coupa software allows Accounts Payable and Sourcing groups to access all of their data online. I also met with a firm that specializes in negotiating third party contracts with transportation providers, ACSPE. Lots of really interesting presentations as well.

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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. I strongly feel that if I am going to cover the global supply chain that I need to experience it. A Personal Reflection.

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Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

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Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

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Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 30, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

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Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

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Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 31, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

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White Paper Supply Chain Performance Management

Supply Chain Digest

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

Supply Chain Performance

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Lean Manufacturng Overview Presentation - Supply Chain Digest

Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

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Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

Supply Chain Digest

MARCH 6, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

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White Paper: Improving Forecast Accuracy - Supply Chain Digest

Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

Forecasting

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Lean Manufacturing White Paper - Supply Chain Digest

Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 30, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

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The RFID-Enabled WMS Videocast Slides - Supply Chain Digest

Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

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Supply Chain Management:Has Best of Breed WMS Won the Race?

Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 5, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

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Supply Chain Management:SAP acquired Ariba, what does it mean.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

MAY 25, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. TradeEdge – Demand Chain Management. Supply Chain Management. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions.

Pharmaceutical

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My Take: The Role of Anaplan in Defining the Art of the Possible in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2018

Keeping with my normal Sunday night ritual, I poured myself a cup of tea to pen my weekly post for the Supply Chain Shaman. My passion is helping supply chain leaders. To date supply chain processes are enterprise-centric. “…the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best” ?

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

Source: Google. Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). There are a lot of niche supply chain and logistics solutions in the market and Descartes is good at finding and acquiring them. Real-time freight visibility is quickly becoming a “must have” capability for transportation managers.

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BASF: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Over the last two decades the company successfully leveraged global scale to define supply chain leadership. With 12,000 supply chain employees operating in 80 countries with 2400 storage facilities, supply chain excellence and innovation are the foundation of corporate performance. BASF creates chemistry.

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Inventory Optimization Case Study: O'Reilly Auto Parts

Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

Optimal Sourcing

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Lean Manufacturing White Paper: A Holistic Approach to Lean

Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 30, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

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Lean Manufacturing White Paper: 5 Ways ERP Can Enable Lean

Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 29, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

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Reader Question: Reducing Sort Lanes to Reduce DC Costs

Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 29, 2009

Green Supply Chain. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Retail Supply Chain. Supply Chain Agility/Flexibili. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Network Design. Supply Chain Optimization. Supply Chain Risk. Supply Chain Strategy.

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Top 15 Biggest 3PLs in the US - 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2017

This points to an ongoing trend, Armstrong notes, "for companies to outsource logistics functions to 3PLs in order to control costs and increase supply chain efficiency." The service most frequently outsourced to a 3PL is transportation management (24%), followed by warehouse management (19%). Ryder Supply Chain Solutions.

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3 Tips for Placing the Customer at the Center of Your Hospitality Supply Chain

AFFLINK

MAY 17, 2017

Customers want what they want, and there should be a supply chain plan in place that supports those needs. But what happens when your hospitality supply chain isn’t flexible enough to provide for the customer? Green Supply Chain. Never fear, though. Logistics Management. The reason?

Optimal Sourcing

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LTL Carrier Profile: UPS Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 13, 2013

Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain and Freight. Now, UPS has aggressively grown into freight and other transportation solutions through a series of strategic acquisitions. In 1992, UPS acquired both Haulfast and Carryfast and rebranded to UPS Supply Chain Solutions.

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Intelleflex Announces Cellular, GPS-equipped RFID Reader & Cloud-based ZEST™ Data Services Platform

Supply Chain Network

APRIL 3, 2012

Intelleflex, a leading provider of on-demand data visibility solutions for supply chains and asset tracking, today announced the Intelleflex CMR-6100, the first fully integrated cellular-enabled, GPS-equipped multi-protocol RFID reader with support for the ISO Class 3 battery assisted passive and EPCglobal C1G2 passive standards.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

Interested in understanding how supply chain transparency could benefit your business? There is no industry-wide certification or standard for socio-environmental reporting across the REE value chain. The idea with physical tracking is to cascade sustainability claims, alongside the physical product, from source to manufacturer.

Modeling Software

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Freightera’s New Redesign Takes Instant Online Freight Quotes to the Next Level

Freightera

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Freightera started in Canada and cross-border US-Canada transport and is rapidly expanding in the United States. Among other recent achievements, in its Silicon Valley debut, Freightera won placement in Plug and Play Ventures’ Supply Chain and Logistics Accelerator. SOURCE Freightera. About Freightera.

Optimal Sourcing

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Supply Chain Matters Editorial Commentary- Notions of Rethinking Global Supply Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Matters

MAY 26, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters editorial commentary we address the dichotomy of revisiting supply chain strategic sourcing strategies in the wake of a rapidly changing l landscape of challenges. Strategic Sourcing Shifts Away from China. Basis of Materials Strategic Sourcing. Background.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. Major routes also involve the transport of raw commodities, including petroleum, grains, minerals, and food items. They form a continuum. Gibraltar and Suez during World War II).

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Big Tech and Auto Battle for the World’s Cobalt Resources

Elementum

MARCH 27, 2018

In 2006, lithium-ion batteries consumed only 20% of the global cobalt supply. As a finite but clearly valuable resource locked mostly in countries with difficult-to-track labor standards, cobalt’s supply chain has fallen under intense scrutiny in recent months, and companies are rushing to get their share. Conclusion.

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Taking a Big Picture View of Supply Chain Networks

RFID in the Supply Chain: Fizzling Technology or the Future of Effective SCM?

Trending Sources

Blue Yonder is a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader 13 Years in a Row

Inventory is Everything with Jeff Flowers

How Do You Define a Mature Supply Chain Planning Organization? (Part 1)

Coronavirus Increases Supply Chain Risk Management Priority

Combat Rising Transportation Costs and Driver Shortage With Supply Chain Analytics

Visibility: If Only I Could See

Let the Qs Begin

Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

Chain of Custody: The source of control in global supply chains? – IoT Beyond the Buzz

Transforming Consumer Value Chains: Navigating The Power Shift to the Shopper

Who said supply chains are boring?: An Online Class Everyone.

Notes from ProcureCon Indirect West at the Wigwam in Phoenix Arizona

How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

White Paper Supply Chain Performance Management

Lean Manufacturng Overview Presentation - Supply Chain Digest

Supply Chain Digest Presents the Best in Supply Chain Content.

White Paper: Improving Forecast Accuracy - Supply Chain Digest

Lean Manufacturing White Paper - Supply Chain Digest

The RFID-Enabled WMS Videocast Slides - Supply Chain Digest

Supply Chain Management:Has Best of Breed WMS Won the Race?

Supply Chain Management:SAP acquired Ariba, what does it mean.

My Take: The Role of Anaplan in Defining the Art of the Possible in Supply Chain Planning

Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

BASF: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Inventory Optimization Case Study: O'Reilly Auto Parts

Lean Manufacturing White Paper: A Holistic Approach to Lean

Lean Manufacturing White Paper: 5 Ways ERP Can Enable Lean

Reader Question: Reducing Sort Lanes to Reduce DC Costs

Top 15 Biggest 3PLs in the US - 2017

3 Tips for Placing the Customer at the Center of Your Hospitality Supply Chain

LTL Carrier Profile: UPS Freight

Intelleflex Announces Cellular, GPS-equipped RFID Reader & Cloud-based ZEST™ Data Services Platform

A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Freightera’s New Redesign Takes Instant Online Freight Quotes to the Next Level

Supply Chain Matters Editorial Commentary- Notions of Rethinking Global Supply Sourcing Strategies

Interoceanic Passages

Big Tech and Auto Battle for the World’s Cobalt Resources

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