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Avoiding Dead-end Streets As We Build the Future of Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, I spoke at a University of Wisconsin event on responsiveness and ASCM on the future of supply chain planning. Here I want to share insights on my beliefs on the future of Supply Chain Planning. Managing supply chains in the face of this level of uncertainty is new and unprecedented.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Until Tuesday evening, that username belonged to Gene Hwang, a San Francisco photographer who has held it since 2007. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Furthermore, the supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 are leading to a shift toward just-in-time supply chains, resulting in a need for greater storage capacity.

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Digital Twins in the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Changes in today’s business world are occurring so fast they are creating challenges former generations of supply chain leaders never faced. As analysts from John Galt note, “Companies across industries have recently found themselves operating with supply chains designed for a world that no longer exists.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment. What is supply chain visibility?

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The ShipBob Story with Dhruv Saxena

The Logistics of Logistics

Dhruv is the CEO and Co-Founder of ShipBob , the leading global omni fulfillment platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses to provide them access to best-in-class supply chain and fulfillment capabilities. Dhruv came to America (from India) in 2007 to pursue an undergraduate engineering degree. About Dhruv Saxena.

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Driving the Mission with Graig Morin

The Logistics of Logistics

Graig is the Co-Founder and President of Brown Dog Carriers & Logistics. For the past 19 years, Graig has dreamed of owning and operating a driver friendly transportation and logistics company. This gave us the opportunity to develop a solid supply chain to move your freight all over America and become a true solutions provider.

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Origin of Logistics & Supply Chain Revealed! - SupplyChainOpz

Supply Chain Opz

Origin of Logistics & Supply Chain Revealed! What do we know about "Logistics" and "Supply Chain" to date? According to Lummas et al 2001 , the word "Logistics" in English appeared in the article as early as in 1898. 2) Origin of "Logistics". 3) Origin of "Supply Chain".