Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Yesterday morning, I was sick. In the early morning, in a hotel room in Antwerp, I crawled to the bathroom and groaned as my body expunged what I think was food poisoning. The body is amazingly efficient in getting rid of what is making you sick. Feeling very green, I stumbled through the airport and found my way to my seat on the plane from Brussels to Philadelphia. <The joys of international travel.> While I wanted nothing more than to close my eyes and sleep, the stewardess came down

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 2, 2015

“Imagine a simple triangle diagram of the planet’s population,” writes John S. Rosenberg. “A fortunate couple of billion upper-income people … Continued. The post Business at the Base of the Pyramid appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 2, 2015

It’s been awhile since we’ve covered supply chain control towers, and I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the topic, as there has been some really interesting research published over the past few months. First–Nucleus Research released its 2015 Value Matrix: Supply Chain Control Towers. If you haven’t done so already, I suggest you read the whole thing.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 2, 2015

I originally published this blog a year ago, however with the weather impacting the East Coast this week I felt it was a timely and relevant topic to share again. The most surprising thing to me about last year’s bad weather was how it caught transportation professionals off guard. Bad weather is bound to strike again. Developing a proactive plan to deal with it is the best way to prepare yourself for whatever happens.

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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

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The Network Effect

OCTOBER 2, 2015

SCM World just released an interesting report (gated) on the “The Future of Supply Chain”, based on responses from more than 1000 supply chain leaders around the world. It’s full of interesting findings and predictions and I suggest you read the whole thing yourself if you can, but I thought I’d highlight the primary prediction because I think it’s spot on: New technologies, both upstream in manufacturing as well as downstream at the point of sale and beyond, are e

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Sunday night brought a lunar eclipse. But this wasn’t any ordinary lunar eclipse. This was a total lunar eclipse of a super moon (a super full moon). A rising super full moon looks much larger than a normal full moon as it is closer to the Earth. Total eclipses of super full moons are not exactly common. In fact, the last one occurred in 1982 and the next will not occur until October 8, 2033. […].

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Looking for a load? Here are the five best places to find a van load fast. The list is based on the markets with this week's highest number of load posts on DAT load boards , combined with outbound load-to-truck ratios above the national average of 1.7 loads per truck. Rate information from DAT RateView™ Photo by Wikimedia Commons author Nserrano.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2015

There was plenty of learning and networking at the CSCMP Annual Conference this week, which I’ll write about in a future post. Dave Clark, SVP Worldwide Operations and Customer Service at Amazon, was the keynote speaker on Tuesday, and during his talk he announced this week’s top supply chain and logistics news story: Amazon Flex: Amazon will now pay you to deliver packages (The Verge).

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Marianne Hudson

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Entrepreneurs are fascinating people. We are all interested in how their minds work, how they make decisions, and most of all, how they succeed. As angel investors, we have a vested interest in learning the path to entrepreneurial success. If we can understand it, our odds of selecting winning entrepreneurs [.

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Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.

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Tailwind

OCTOBER 2, 2015

"I want trucking software that gets me customers" “So Neil, Buzz…this is when you get into the Lunar Landing module and take the journey to the moon surface, and land in the Sea of Tranquility.” “Can’t we just start there in the Sea of Tranquility…not worry about the launch, separation of the booster rockets and all that orbiting…just catch it on the way back?

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Supply Chain 24/7

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The amount of companies utilizing Federal Trade Zones have increased significantly since the ACT was passed in initially passed in 1934.

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Tailwind

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Trans Pacific Partnership News has broken out earlier this week that the long delayed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) could be closed by the end of this week. For the unfamiliar, the TPP is a proposed trade agreement between 12 major countries from the Pacific Rim region (which covers 40% of the global economy). The agreement outlines issues and opportunities mostly pertaining to free trade between the member nations.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 2, 2015

by Alexa Cheater We just had to share this amazing infographic created by Cognizant , a global leader in business and technology services, on the perishables supply chain. Up to 133 billion pounds of food is wasted annually in the U.S. alone. This translates to a cost of $162 billion. There is much that grocers can do to rein in the squandering of such a precious resource.

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