Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
Another plane, another client; and yet another discussion. They are sounding a bit the same. I am trying to not sound like a broken record. Regional supply chain companies are attempting to define global requirements. They are well versed in requirements for regional supply chain planning, but they are attempting to redefine their processes and be more global.
AIMMS
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Gartner’s Hype Cycle for CSCOs is a valuable read for current and potential Supply Chain leaders. It brings together a long list of trends, enabling technologies, business frameworks and competencies that should be in your consideration set. The big theme of course, is the digitization of the supply chain and the implications it will have on business performance.
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GlobalTranz
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
The era of paper-based systems and physically monitoring the supply chain is ending. In place of long paper trails and maintenance schedules, machines with the capacity to communicate their needs and issues via the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) are becoming an essential component of effective processes. You have probably heard about the IoT in the famous GE commercials, such as the “Talking Train and Car,” as depicted on Engineering.com, but you might not have thought about how your organi
Kinaxis
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
by Iman Niroomand The major concern of big organizations in implementing an efficient supply chain network is improving the flow of material throughout a complex network. One way to improve the flow is with crossdocking and to expedite the process of materials throughout the supply chain channel. In this post, I would like to review the transformation of distribution center operations by using IT solutions to expedite the flow of products and minimize the cost of inventories.
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
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
There are many resources behind every supply chain — including people, production equipment, transportation assets, and more — and they’re often linked and dependent on each other. The more resources involved, the more complexity there is to efficiently plan and schedule those resources in a smart and synchronized manner. “Suppose you have just 5 tasks that you want to assign to 5 different people,” explained Dr.
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Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Who coined the term “Big Data”? How did we get there without tiny data, ordinary data, slightly larger data, chubby data and bordering on big data? People working in or associated with Supply Chains seem obsessed by data yet data itself tells you absolutely nothing. Really, not a lot apart from the fact that something is being measured or calculated.
Enterra Insights
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
“The growth of internet-enabled commerce, mobile devices and social networks has led companies to be more digitally driven since the turn … Continued. The post Omni-channel Supply Chains and Retail’s Future appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
It was 30 years ago that Robert Fulghum first published his collection of essays “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” In the title essay, he provided a list of how to live, what to do, and how to be. First and foremost on his list was “share everything.” Software infrastructure was almost undoubtedly not what Robert had on his mind as he wrote his credo many years ago, but the adage applies so well when discussing the benefits of multi-tenant technology.
SCM Research
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
The Journal of Supply Chain Management has recently announced the winner of the 2015 Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award, which is the award for the best paper published in that journal. The award goes to an article by Kim & Choi: Deep, Sticky, Transient, and Gracious: An Expanded Buyer–Supplier Relationship Typology. Herein, the authors propose an expanded typology of buyer–supplier relationships, which they theorize in two orthogonal aspects: “(1) relational posture, that is, how two f
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DAT Solutions
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
We look at national trends every week, but sometimes the detail can get lost. Then we look at lane-by-lane reports, and we might miss a broader trend. I decided to look at last week's rate trends by region. I looked at 15 regions, and compared the rates for the past seven days to the rates for the previous 90 days -- that's the first week in November compared to the entire third quarter.
PINC
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Our friend in the video is probably suffering from the " Bad Monday Syndrome "* or BMS. So, what can you do to ensure that this type of behavior won't happen in your distribution center or manufacturing plant? Please leave a comment below.
Logility
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
At the 2016 CSCMP Annual Conference a member of the audience posed the question, “is forecasting a science or an art?” As a 40+ year amateur musician and a supply chain professional for the past 25 years I couldn’t help thinking about the similarities between music and supply chain management and how each of these is a combination of both art and science.
3GTMS
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
A TMS is one of the most critical supply chain solutions because it touches nearly every other system in your world: WMS, ERP, finance and others. In this Q&A with Inbound Logistics, I discuss the why the importance of choosing the right TMS to solve your challenges can’t be overstated, along with why TMS implementations can be so complex. From the interview: A transportation management system (TMS) has one of the strongest ROIs of any supply chain management software: an average of about 7.
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Oracle SCM
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
If you’ve ever hung a string of lights during the holiday season, you know how frustrating it is when one bad bulb blows the entire strand. What if you could tell which bulbs were bad — and which were the best — before your holiday cheer fizzles into utter frustration? If your company commercializes the wrong innovations this holiday season, it could be just as disappointing.
Supply Chain Trend
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
The S&OP pulse check has been a yearly recurring S&OP survey since 2010 and is the only one of its kind. The 11 questions require 5 minutes of your time to create some great S&OP insights. Follow this link to go to the survey. The survey is open until early December and results will be published half December on: Twitter: @sctrends. LinkedIn: Supply Chain Trend group.
Material Handling & Logistics
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Expectations surrounding e-commerce sales have changed and are now part of the logistic equation. read more.
NFI Industries
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Today 6.4 billion devices are connected to the internet worldwide, which is a huge improvement to the mere 1,000 devices that were connected in 1984. With help from the Internet of Things (IoT), Gartner expects the number of connected devices to reach 20.8 billion 1. The IoT is a network of objects, sensors, and information sources. Read More.
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Arkieva
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
“Never worry about running out again…” reads a quote on the Amazon dash button website. We’ve all been there—running out of shampoo while in the shower, or realizing that you forgot one item on your grocery list. With the Internet of Things (IoT) order buttons, that might be a thing of the past. Amazon pioneered the Amazon Dash Buttons in 2015; a Wi-Fi enabled device used for reordering products with the press of a button.
MIT Supply Chain
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
The Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) has initiated a research project to help enterprises design networks for reverse logistics operations that meet their organizational objectives. The project has three main goals: to identify the main factors that influence reverse channel network design decisions, to propose a framework for making these decisions, and […].
Tompkins Blog
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Jim Tompkins, CEO, Tompkins International has just released his newest thought leadership video Supply Chain Revolutions: Responding to Digital Disruptions along with The Survival Guide to Digital Disruptions white paper. The post The Digital Age Is Affecting Everything appeared first on Tompkins International.
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Christopher Tang. As China’s economy is slowing down, everyone supports the idea that China must innovate. According to a report prepared by McKinsey Global Institute in 2015 , China must grow through innovation. To a certain extent, the Chinese government has planted many seeds to transform itself from a manufacturing economy to an innovation economy.
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Material Handling & Logistics
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Retailers are importing more during the holidays as they expect to sell more products this year than last. read more.
AFFLINK
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Since its launch in the 1980’s, autonomous cars have piqued the interests of automobile manufacturers and software developers. And with recent prototypes looking more and more capable, debates have sprung up on the consequences that these supply chain solutions could bring. Let’s find out the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to this driverless technology.
RFgen
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Effective use of data collection equipment is one way to address supply chain crises before they happen. Emergencies are an eventual fact of life in the business world. Even the most prepared company can encounter unforeseen circumstances and crises that test its ability to communicate about the issue effectively, fix the problem and maintain a positive perception among customers, employees and other stakeholders.
TMC
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Four Risk Mitigation Actions for Weathering a Stormy Market.Connect. The recent decision by Japan’s three largest container companies to merge their shipping operations is yet another symptom of the volatility that is roiling the freight business. How can shippers navigate a course through these unpredictable times? So many changes are buffeting the industry that such a mission might seem futile.
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NC State SCRC
NOVEMBER 5, 2016
Contract management analytics are critical for tracking transactional compliance with contract pricing, terms and conditions, but also as a vehicle for workflow management around negotiation of contract renewals, and aggregation of supplier performance data on service level agreements, delivery, quality, and service performance. Transactional data must be rolled up to ensure suppliers are providing the requisite price discounts, clauses, rebates and charge backs negotiated in the original contra
Material Handling & Logistics
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
George Calvert, Amway. Simply chasing low labor costs is seldom the best way to think about your supply chain. read more.
RFgen
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Effective use of data collection equipment is one way to address supply chain crises before they happen. Emergencies are an eventual fact of life in the business world. Even the most prepared company can encounter unforeseen circumstances and crises that test its ability to communicate about the issue effectively, fix the problem and maintain a positive perception among customers, employees and other stakeholders.
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