Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 21, 2015
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is in a renaissance. The reason? With growth slowing and complexity rising, S&OP is more important than ever. It is not sexy, and it requires hard work; but the greatest value of S&OP is profitable growth. The technology market is rife with unsubstantiated claims and myths. Like a hammer looking for a nail, it seems like every vendor I meet now has an S&OP solution.
The Network Effect
AUGUST 21, 2015
jkr1812/Flickr. In our first post , we explained that the purpose of a distributed order management (DOM) system is to intelligently broker orders across the various systems and processes utilized by the multiple parties involved in replenishing an order. Then we explored the benefits for retailers. Today I want to discuss DOM in the context of the communications sector.
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Talking Logistics
AUGUST 21, 2015
I didn’t do it. I came back from vacation on Monday to find almost 1,000 emails in my inbox. I selected them all and held my finger just above the Delete key — “How liberating, how euphoric it would be,” I told myself, “a split second, that’s all it would take”…but I just couldn’t do it. Instead, I clicked the Delete key about 985 times over the course of the week, because most of the emails were either junk, outdated, or not worth keeping.
The Network Effect
AUGUST 21, 2015
SMMT/Ltd Flickr. Note: This is an ongoing series of posts on new developments within the automobile supply chain, with examples of best practices. In my last four posts, I talked about order aggregation , new inventory replenishment policies , why a network model makes so much sense , and the all important ASN. Today I want to discuss inbound logistics requirements.
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.
Enterra Insights
AUGUST 21, 2015
“To meet the growing global demand for food this century,” writes Giovanni Rodriguez (@giorodriguez), co-founder and CEO of SocialxDesign, “we … Continued. The post The World Needs to Discuss Changing Agricultural Practices appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
BlueYonder
AUGUST 21, 2015
Adeel Najmi, Chief Science Officer and Senior Fellow at JDA Software, posted a guest blog on the Supply Chain Insights blog. An excerpt from the full blog is shown below. As we approach this year’s Supply Chain Insights Summit , once again, Lora Cecere has asked me to share my thoughts about what supply chains of the future might look like. I believe that three fundamental paradigm shifts are already underway that will shape future supply chains: a shift to personalization, the rise of intellige
GlobalTranz
AUGUST 21, 2015
Throughout the course of business, demand for items will contract and grow, and your business needs to be able to process customer orders. However, you may have damaged your relationship with an LTL carrier by simply not staying in communication , not fulfilling your end of the service contract, or you may have found a slightly cheaper alternative. Unfortunately, your newfound LTL carrier partner may not have the resources to help you through the sudden surges and slumps in demand for your produ
Talking Logistics
AUGUST 21, 2015
Live Episode: Thursday, September 10, 2015. With ongoing cost pressures and capacity concerns, keeping a pulse on the transportation market, and understanding your position in it, is more important than ever. Leveraging market intelligence is not only important during a procurement engagement, it’s also critical for identifying and executing continuous improvement opportunities.
DAT Solutions
AUGUST 21, 2015
DAT Solutions is all about creating products that help you work more efficiently and profitably. We want to work within your Transportation Management System (TMS) to allow you to seamlessly post loads, search for loads, check current freight rates, validate carriers, and more. To help us help you, we need to know what TMS you use. We currently integrate DAT products with a variety of TMS providers, and we’d like to expand our reach to include the systems our customers use most.
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Kinaxis
AUGUST 21, 2015
by Alexa Cheater Moving along with our ‘Learn from the Masters’ series, which features answers to your burning supply chain-related questions from our talented business consultants, we bring you the newbie – Dominic Thomas. Dominic has only been with Kinaxis a few short months, but he’s no slouch in the supply chain field, with more than 20 years experience!
Marianne Hudson
AUGUST 21, 2015
More and more, the term “crowdfunding” is being used for a dizzying variety of business funding options. The term seems to be used for everything from Kickstarter community projects to real estate projects to advertising startup deals to accredited investors to investing in tech companies that are ready to go [.
Tailwind
AUGUST 21, 2015
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Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 21, 2015
Where has the summer gone? I am having a very difficult time wrapping my head around the fact that summer is basically over. And my oldest child, now 5, will be starting kindergarten in just over two weeks. And I also can’t believe that I haven’t given a single thought to back to school shopping. […].
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Tailwind
AUGUST 21, 2015
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