Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 27, 2017

Tom McLeod of the well-known eponymous logistics software provider published an interesting opinion piece in Transport Topics this week called, “Eight Predictions for Our Industry”. The underlying theme to McLeod’s op-ed is simply stated. The underlying theme to McLeod’s op-ed is simply stated.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

And LV is a logistics industry blog, not a political op-ed site. However, I believe the issue of global trade is both a core logistics topic and a hot political one. Logically enough, the majority of Logistics Viewpoints (LV) readers work in the logistics field.

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Jaggaer

AUGUST 12, 2020

Sourcing was in chaos and a topic that concerned many customers was that they were pushing back transportation tenders – and especially any planned mega – bids – while they waited to see how the market would develop. Most Wendy’s outlets were closed for dining in, but the drive-through business saw a significant uptick.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 6, 2015

Bud Rodowick, Strategic Relations executive with Thermo King published an op-ed in Transport Topics reporting on the nearing implementation of the USDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

View the full post or view the snippet below: I got the idea for this blog post after reading Shaun Snapp’s LinkedIn post on the topic of big data. Someone even went as far in a Washington Times op-ed to say “It’s worse than 2008, it reassembles 1937…”.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Here’s some research on this topic. So, my answer would be the single biggest supply chain problem is forecasting accuracy as part of S&OP. Also, Gartner says that sales and operations planning (S&OP) is the single, most-important and critical cross-functional process.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 26, 2018

Matthew Kropp, a logistics tech company CEO recently said in a Transport Topics Op-Ed piece, “We can use technology to transform the current trucking ecosystem by significantly reducing the amount of empty trucks on the road.” Powerful Optimization for Better Routing and Fewer Empty Miles.

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