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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

Logistics Viewpoints

He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. Containerization eventually reduced shipping and loading costs by at least 75%. The myth of the “perfect plan”.

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Top Supply Chain Management Courses!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Education and Certification – What’s Missing? If you’re looking to start or improve your career in the field of supply chain management courses, you might be wondering where to start. Supply Chain Management Courses.

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What Lessons a Table Fable Teaches About Supply Chain Orchestration

Logistics Viewpoints

I work in supply chain. Even worse, I work for a company who makes solutions to help companies solve these kinds of problems, which I listen, speak and write about for a living! The combinatorial factors disrupting supply chains persist, but in this case the problem was completely preventable.

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6 Things to Consider in ERP Software Selection for Supply Chain Management

OptiProERP

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions are now a dime a dozen. It’s for this reason that careful attention is needed when selecting the right ERP software for your specific business requirements. There are several options of software solutions to meet your supply chain management needs.

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Why is o9 Solutions Growing So Fast?

Logistics Viewpoints

Chakri Gottemukkala, CEO at Supply Chain Planning Vendor o9 Solutions There are several young supply chain software companies that are unicorns. One of the more interesting is o9 Solutions. In January of 2022, Dallas-based o9 Solutions was valued at $2.7 billion after a funding round.

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The Importance of Visibility In the Supply Chain

Precoro

In today’s globalized economy, extraordinary events on one continent can be felt worldwide, as companies tend to have complex supply chains involving suppliers from multiple countries. An undisturbed supply chain is vital for continuous production and, as a result, for customer satisfaction.

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting Supply Chain Disruptions

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Supply chain disruptions have led many discussions the past couple years — and how they have been embraced by experts as the new normal. However, it is important to remember that the supply chain has always been vulnerable. Recent stories have merely transformed ongoing supply chain issues into above the fold worthy news.