SCM Research
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
This week, SCM World have published their “SCM World University 100” ranking, which aims to list the best business schools for supply chain talent worldwide. According to this ranking, the top 5 universities worldwide are: (1) Michigan State University, (2) Penn State University, (3) University of Tennessee, (4) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and (5) Arizona State University.
The Network Effect
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
Disrupt – shatter, separate forcibly, interrupt flow or continuity. ( Concise Oxford English Dictionary , 7 th edition, 1982, Oxford University Press.). Major disruption is on the horizon. We’ve seen major technology shifts many times before, but this time it’s different. What we are about to witness is a two-fold disruption, a seismic shift and an aftershock.
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Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
Driverless vehicles and package delivery dominated the supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to it: Google wants to deliver packages from self-driving trucks ( Quartz ). Self-Driving Cars Clear a Hurdle, With Computer Called Driver ( WSJ – sub. req’d ). Amazon Building Global Delivery Business to Take On Alibaba ( BloombergBusiness ).
The Network Effect
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
Tony Dungy is a legendary NFL football coach and one of the most respected figures in professional sports. Dungy has a coaching philosophy that produced some great teams, a Super Bowl win and a key to the front door of the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Dungy however, had waited and labored hard to get his first big coaching break. For 17 years he paid his dues as an assistant coach – first at the University of Minnesota, then with the Steelers, followed by the Kansas City Chiefs, and
Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller
As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe
Supply Chain Trend
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
It is Saturday morning 8.18 am here in Melbourne and I read that River Logic just put me in their top 10 must read Supply Chain blogs for 2016. Of course I’m very pleased and honoured with this. River Logic correctly calls out that ‘my twist’ is a focus on mindset and behaviours in combination with strategy execution and S&OP. I also just realized we still got a long way to go in this area.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ModusLink Corporation
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
You may have seen that this week ModusLink launched our Enhanced Planning and Integrated Collaboration tool, EPIC. EPIC is collaborative platform that sits on top of an organization’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and can simulate changes in supply and demand, run real-time material requirements planning scenarios in just seconds and store snapshots of history […].
Supply Chain Movement
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
Practical Approaches to Temperature Controlled Pharmaceutical Logistics and Storage. Date: 12-13 April, 2016. Venue: Hotel BLOOM! Brussels, Belgium. Organisation: ELPRO. URL: www.elpro.com/en/news/elpro-seminars/eu-seminar. Practical Approaches to Temperature Controlled Pharmaceutical Logistics and Storage. Unique Format. The seminar is complimentary (no fee) attendance to pharmaceutical manufacturers.
CH Robinson Transportfolio
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
There are many market indicators and government regulations that can affect your business decisions, from truck utilization percentages to new compliance initiatives. Another important topic that’s not always included in industry reports—but can impact the transportation industry just as much—is drivers’ health and wellness. These topics and more are addressed in this month’s update, and we welcome your thoughts on them.
GlobalTranz
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
What makes or breaks a manufacturer's ability to grow, survive, and change in modern civilization? Do executive level decisions influence the small processes in a factory, or is the world simply ready for a new type of manufacturing industry? In this new kind of industry, mobility will be king, and you need to know a few things about it. The Rise of the Manufacturing Mobility Movement.
Advertiser: GEP
Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.
Enterra Insights
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
As anyone who follows education knows, there has been a lot of displeasure with federally-imposed standards of learning in the … Continued. The post Teaching STEM: Can the Average Student Learn to Love Math? appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
With the Super Bowl in our rear view mirror, it’s time to look ahead to the beginning of a new season. That’s right, one week from today, pitchers and catchers report for spring training. This past Wednesday was a big day in the Boston sports scene. While we didn’t get to celebrate another Super Bowl championship, we did get to celebrate Truck Day. For those of you who don’t know, Truck Day is the unofficial […].
Tailwind
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
All the President's Men While driving to work this past week, I have really enjoyed listening to a feature on our local Sports Radio station. It is a Valentine’s Day contest where the listeners, 90% of them men, phone in and share their Valentine’s Day nightmare stories. The radio station has offered up a great prize – dinner, gifts, a Play – with the idea that some poor sod who made a gigantic mistake with his girl can somehow make it back up to her with this priz
Kinaxis
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
by John Westerveld Last week was the Kinaxis solutions development hackathon. In a hackathon, people form up into groups and within a one-week time frame, identify a market need, develop an approach to addressing that need – in many cases prototype solutions – then present those ideas to a leadership team. This year was extra fun because we used a “Shark Tank” (or “Dragons Den” for us Canadians) approach (without the snarkiness that makes the TV version so popular).
This report details the capabilities of mesh networks, how they work, and the applications they thrive in supporting. Connectivity is necessary for optimal productivity, and mesh networking will soon be a significant provider of connectivity globally.
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