Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Last week, I spoke at the CPHA supply chain conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I scribbled the model in Figure 3 quickly. This was the inaugural supply chain event for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association. Checkout the presentation posted on slideshare. ). In my discussion, I used the chart in Figure 1.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2016

CLX Logistics: Annual Customer Conference, TBA (2016: September, Philadelphia). LeanLogistics : LeanLogistics ClientConnect , May 1-3, Chicago, IL. Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) Conference , April 30 – May 3, Fort Worth, TX. LogiChem US 2017 , TBA (2016: December 12-13, Philadelphia, PA).

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2018

Only 1/3 have supplier development programs, and 12% design/modify the supply chain with a focus on form/function of inventory. This week, I sent personal invites to business leaders and Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners to attend the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 4-7th in 2018 in Philadelphia, PA.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference in Philadelphia. Fuel Price increases on the order of > 3% in 2017 — and another > 7% in 2018. Overall productivity (miles per truck per day) to decline industry wide by about 3% to 4% in the coming year.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2017

I am one of the keynote speakers, along with two-time gold medalist and FIFA World Cup winner Mia Hamm, Bill Driegert (Chief Innovation Officer at Otto), and Jon Dorenbos (two-time NFL Pro Bowler with the Philadelphia Eagles and a finalist last year on America’s Got Talent). How should companies respond to these realizations?

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SCM Research

OCTOBER 23, 2011

At this year’s CSCMP Conference in Philadelphia I joined a presentation about high-quality reviews held by the co?editors editors in chief of the Journal of Supply Chain Management. Therefore, I’d like to remember their July 2010 editorial, Crafting High-quality Reviews: Guidelines, Examples and Feedback.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Never Living the Same Day Twice: The Art and Joy of Solving Supply Chain Puzzles (Takeaways from Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia Conference). 1+1=3” Opportunities in Logistics (Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2015 Conference). CLX Logistics: Annual Customer Conference , TBA (2015: September, Philadelphia). in Philadelphia).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

CLX Logistics: Annual Customer Conference, TBA (2017: September, Philadelphia). The Logistics & Supply Chain Forum , June 3-5 in Ponte Vedra, FL and November 4-6 in Tucson, AZ. Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE 2018 , September 30 – October 3, Nashville, TN.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

As shown in Table A, the Company ranked 3 out of 12 companies in their peer group on driving supply chain improvement as measured by the Supply Chain Index. AGCO envisioned employing a 3×3 training metrics: every operation would have 3 people able to execute it, and every person would be able to do 3 operations.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 18, 2019

On the top 72 reefer lanes last week, 26 lanes moved up, while 43 lanes slipped and 3 lanes were neutral. Philadelphia to Miami fell 22¢ to $1.96/mi. Spot market rates, however, have slipped lower in seven of the last eight weeks, waiting on California and Florida produce to pull them higher. Rising Rates.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

”[3] He continues, “Simply not delivering a package on time will dramatically increase the rate of returns, and poor last mile in e-commerce delivery can contribute to increasing logistics costs. miles, respectively. miles in Phoenix.”[4]. ”[4]. ” Supply Chain Game Changer , 21 December 2018. [2] 5] Erica E.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want to connect in person, next week, I will be speaking at the Quintiq world tour in Philadelphia and at Pivotcon on the Digital Supply Chain in New York. Additionally, the more IT outsourcing within the organization, the bigger this issue can be. Get Clear before You Contact Solution Providers. Did I miss any that you would add?

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 12, 2015

3) Building the Right Team. In a conversation last week with supply chain leaders, in reviewing the chart in Figure 3, they emphasized that successful planning requires a team of both junior and senior planners. Figure 3: Years in Planning Positions. As shown in Figure 2, most companies are out of balance. Did we miss any?

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QAD

MARCH 3, 2022

Some important milestones in telephone history followed: The first phone line was operated between New York and Philadelphia in 1885. Martin Cooper made the first cell phone call on April 3, 1973, from midtown Manhattan to Bell Labs in New Jersey, saying something along the lines of “I’m just calling to see if it sounds good on your end.”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 19, 2015

Today is a rainy day in Philadelphia. 3) Target Announces Closure of Canadian Stores. I am recovering from bronchitis. I am reflective as the rain sheets down my window. My travels this week took me to California and Boston. Make sure that your code base is protected and delay additional investments until the company is more stable.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The top locations are 1) New York City; 2) Los Angeles; 3) Miami; 4) Chicago and Houston, tied; 5) San Francisco/Oakland; 6) Atlanta; 7) Baltimore; 8) Orlando; 9) northern New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and Arlington/Dallas/Fort Worth, tied; and 10) Fort Lauderdale and Seattle, tied.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. 3) Business requirements Are Changing. 3) Opportunity Cost. 3) Invest in technologies that can model your business and that your planners will use. The land looks like a giant puzzle. The gap has grown.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2015

It is a beautiful fall day in Philadelphia. This afternoon I put the finishing touches on a new report, “What Is the Value Proposition for Sales and Operations Planning?” ” I think it is the most complete assessment of the S&OP value proposition I have seen in the industry. It is always fun to write great research.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

We hope to see you at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 4-7, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA. Leaders make choices on strategy and these decisions are tied to network design parameters. The network design setpoints are then incorporated into supply chain planning assumptions. Drive Organizational Alignment. It requires leadership.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

3) Forecasting Pitfalls. The second pitfall is the degradation of the forecast from lag 3 to lag 1. and lag 3 as the forecast for three months out (E.g. Supply chain planners, as shown in Figure 3, believe that their leaders have a greater understanding of supply than demand. It mattered more to the organization.

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 21, 2019

At LogiPharma 2019 in Philadelphia, Deepak Ghodke, Vice President, Bristlecone Labs, spoke about how it is, therefore, not at all surprising that the increase in AI adoption has also extended to enterprises in recent years. Step 3: Understand your customer. We use AI every day.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 10, 2022

IQPC is pleased to announce that the 18 th Annual Temperature Controlled Logistics & Security Summit , formerly the Cold Chain Global Forum, is back this year in Philadelphia on November 1-3.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. 3) Business requirements Are Changing. Most organizations have 2-3 demand and supply instances and 5-7 ERP systems. 3) Opportunity Cost. As I look below, I see field after field of United States farmland.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 7, 2016

per mile, reefers were up by 1¢, to $1.80, and flatbed rates rose 3¢ to $1.83. Philadelphia outbound rates edged up last week, on stronger demand. Load posts and load-to-truck ratios sprang up everywhere, signaling an increase in market pressure that typically leads to rising rates.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2015

for the public training in Philadelphia on August 13th and developing the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. In 2014, 70% of companies experienced three business discontinuity events with at least one resulting in a material impact to the balance sheet resulting in financial reporting. This is significant.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Van rates lost another 3¢ per mile last week, as a national average, and only a handful of markets are showing signs of an upward trend. A 3¢ decline brought van rates down to $1.62 Rates rose for high-volume lanes originating in Denver , Houston and Atlanta , but outbound rates declined in Chicago and Philadelphia.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 5, 2015

I’m already scheduled to speak at a couple of conferences in the coming weeks: 60th Annual Food Shippers of America Annual Conference , March 1-3 in San Antonio, TX. Elemica : Reveal 2015 , TBA (last year in Philadelphia and Frankfurt). Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) Conference , May 3-6, Orlando, FL.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 6, 2015

It is finally spring in Philadelphia. 3) Maturity. Yesterday, as I walked the streets on the way to ballet, I saw flowers for the first time in a year. I love spring. It is a time for awakening. My body is decompressing from travel, but my mind is full of ideas. Travel is both enriching and exhausting.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

We have developed three unique training options for you and your team: The Cross-Company Academy brings 2-3 employees from a company together with individuals from other companies (for a total of 50 participants) to take the online courses in a social environment within three regions (Americas, Europe, and Asia.) 2500 per person.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

As a result, outbound rates fell in places like Philadelphia. FALLING LANES. We’re in the retail season for freight, which leads to higher demand on inbound lanes to the Northeast. There was a trio of big drops last week, but rates on these lanes are still pretty high: Philly to Buffalo tumbled 37¢ to $2.60/mile.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 17, 2015

Spend time, as a group, to define requirements at each level of the planning architecture as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3: Defining Planning Architectures. 3) Socialize the concepts and build a guiding coalition. There are as many cultural barriers as there are technology ones. Start with the finance group. 4) Build a roadmap.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 9, 2019

Truckload capacity remained tight during the first week of 2019, and national average rates increased 3¢ for vans, reefers and flatbeds. Also, Allentown, PA, and Philadelphia declined, as e-commerce season has mostly subsided for now. Atlanta to Philadelphia declined 20¢ to $2.31/mile. mile – still a decent rate.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

Stage 3: Building Effective B2B Networks. Figure 3 is a good overview of the current state of network design in the industry. Figure 3: Focus of Network Design. The flows are typically linear and the analysis is on alternate modes and best shipping lanes. What Should the Network Be?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 22, 2015

3) Rethink What is Possible. We are working on the completion of our new game– SCI Impact – for the public training in Philadelphia in June and August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. Do not force the team to detailed process mapping until after testing and learning is complete.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

In the other direction, prices on the lane from Atlanta to Philadelphia fell 20¢ to $2.31/mile, For example, if you’re already taking advantage of the high rates for van loads going from Columbus to Philadelphia , you can add a stop to Buffalo on the way back to take advantage of the high rates from Buffalo to Columbus.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

Amazon has invested in what it calls “mini-fulfillment centers” closer to where customers lived in select US markets, initially in Philadelphia, Phoenix, Orlando, and Dallas. Now, the company has announced that it is expanding its same-day, Prime delivery service to 6 more US cities.

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