Atlanta Procurement Shipping Sourcing 
Supply Chain Matters
JANUARY 3, 2024
However, the lessons garnered during the pandemic will likely drive inventory management toward less of a dependency on global-wide sourcing and more toward product postponement sourcing and customer fulfillment strategies. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S.
The Logistics of Logistics
AUGUST 29, 2019
Right out of college, I worked at a logistics company in Atlanta. We found equipment and materials that can’t be sourced locally. Then, we buy and ship it to get oil out of the ground. I was involved with the procurement of equipment and materials. As globalization has taken place, more things can be sourced locally.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 9, 2017
I believe we need to move to Open Source tech. It could be unloading a container from a ship, receipt of a shipment, transfer of ownership, a return, or a change in status. One dinner participant laughed as he said, “The more efficient we try to make procurement, the more we screw it up!” Near Atlanta, GA.)
Talking Logistics
APRIL 17, 2018
Last fall after attending the CSCMP conference in Atlanta, I shared my observation that digital transformation is now a central theme in the industry. Supply Chain Analytics Maturity Model (Source: Hackett Group). This laborious process has been scaled in-house, then out-sourced, and partnered with rigid, error-prone ETL automation.
Logility
JUNE 24, 2021
ATLANTA – June 24, 2021 – Logility, Inc., Whether it be moving a customer to a cloud-based solution or implementing a more sustainable shipping option, these top supply chain projects reflect the supply chain industry’s strength and resilience to overcome disruptions and work better, smarter and more efficiently in the years ahead.”.
6 River Systems
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. Strategies include sourcing more items directly from manufacturers to improve margins, SKU rationalization and space reduction, “show more carry less” and assisted-store ordering.
NC State SCRC
MAY 11, 2020
After all, supply chain management is about getting things moving, and that applies not only to roads, airports, and ships, but to how we think about getting things to people. Example: Considering the long-term investment in capital and manpower to mine rare earth elements from domestic or intra-continental sources.
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