The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2022

He writes a regular JOC column, speaks regularly at industry events and has been quoted in or written for mainstream business media including the The Wall Street Journal, CNBC and The Washington Post, CBS News, NPR, The Financial Times, The New York Times and others. Key Takeaways: The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 17, 2022

Courney is a Strategic Event Executive and the Chief Corporate Development Officer and President of Manifest at Connectiv, a live event studio based in NYC. Connectiv produces world-class industry leading events that focus on disruptive technology. We are a private live event studio. Anyway, it was a great event.

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Freightos

APRIL 27, 2023

A couple of years ago, I came across a podcast from Patrick O’Shaughnessy, a fantastic tech podcaster, who discussed the concept of legibility. This creates new opportunities for both automation and improved decision-making. I’m not saying that we need to swim in data. While this isn’t news to me, the importance it took on was.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 4, 2023

Who are its customers? According to Adam Tooze , an economic historian and director of the European Institute at Columbia University, “We now find ourselves in the midst of the most comprehensive tightening of monetary policy the world has seen.”[2] We have never done this before on this scale. Very likely.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 25, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights breaking news of an announced major senior leadership change for commercial aircraft designer and producer Boeing. He further communicated: “ We are going to fix what isn’t working, and we are going to get our company back on track towards recovery and stability. ”

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 18, 2024

Digital transformation is an ongoing process so we can expect to see this year’s breakthrough trends continuing to shape society into next year.”[1] As we tackle the rise of AI-generated data, organizations will need to spend time and oversight validating the data or risk hallucinated results.”[3]

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 5, 2022

This year we have decided to lead with our predictions about the broader supply chain function – as supply chain itself has become such a hot topic in executive suites, corporate earnings, general news media, and even our own personal lives. We expect direct impacts to diminish in 2022.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Now that the SU military has retrieved the wreckage, new details are emerging. China’s government has so far not commented on the new sanctions or on the news of the flying object, nor responded to questions. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The enterprises were added to a lengthy register of companies the U.S.

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Freightos

MAY 31, 2022

This isn’t just about consumerism; it’s inspiring to think that in purchasing an imported product, we are, in a tiny way, helping provide employment for people across our planet, often in developing countries. We passed this cost on to the lighting fixture manufacturers, who no doubt passed on these costs to the consumers.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 31, 2017

Whether it’s organizations partnering with universities to provide information and educational opportunities, or industry associations holding informative events aimed at the wider public, many Supply Chain leaders are using creative strategies to develop the next generation of talent in the field. We all know that’s not the case.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

From wildfires in Greece and Hawaii to the tropical storm that dumped a record amount of rainfall on Los Angeles, extreme climate-related events have filled the headlines. But if you want to go and really change the environment, then we need to start telling China and India that they have to lower their emissions.” Yes, it is.

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Resilinc

APRIL 1, 2024

However, this starts to get complicated quickly, and it becomes easy to lose track of suppliers who are multiple tiers deep in the supply chain—costing companies time and money when a disruption occurs. When an event happens, they rely on Excel sheets and hundreds of phone calls. Is there a supplier in a risky, geopolitical location?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Geopolitical events. The COVID-19 pandemic has only confirmed what we already knew: modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness. In today’s age of great volatility: responsiveness, agility, and resilience become the new competitive differentiators. Natural disasters.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We all recognize that the world’s supply chains need to operate in a sustainable manner and minimize their environmental impacts — but recent events have brought this closer to home than ever. days to 9 days , creating devastating delays, new product introductions and working capital challenges for many shippers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Container shipping procurement faces a multitude of challenges shaped by global events, industry shifts, environmental mandates, and technological advancements. This is where we need to look at the minutiae and fine print. THC, Doc Fee, Cleaning Fee, etc.,)

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 6, 2021

For the US Women’s National Soccer Team, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were supposed to be another Gold Medal event, as it entered with a 44-match unbeaten streak. And now on to this week’s logistics news. That streak came to an end in its first match, a 3-0 loss to Sweden, which happened to be the last team to defeat the US.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Associated Press reports, “Canal authorities attributed the drought to the El Niño weather phenomenon and climate change, and warned it was urgent for Panama to seek new water sources for both the canal’s operations and human consumption. Unfortunately. ” How bad have things become? .”[5]

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2022

On a personal note, we definitely built a lot of Lego sets over the last two years. And now on to this week’s logistics news. On Reddit, Amazon shoppers, who valued the former role because of its flexibility, are concerned that they won’t have the same freedom as store employees.

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 14, 2022

As a result, we develop communities to feed that desire––to feel like we’re a part of something greater than ourselves, in an environment built on trust and similar interests, and to reach collective goals. Now, with an abundance of online communities, we can not only add value to our personal lives but also enrich the way we work.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2021

She went on to say, “visibility is widely considered a new supply chain imperative. Do you want to know who your tier 2, 3, and 4 suppliers are? On the breadth dimension, we have a spectrum that includes point solutions out to alerts over a much broader range of events. Or are you asking where your truck is?

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 22, 2023

She explains, “Where geopolitics would have been reserved for dinner-party conversation or a cocktail-party conversation, clients are coming to us and saying, ‘We need a geopolitical risk management function.’ 3] She adds, “We see more volatility ahead rather than less.”

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Elementum

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A Source of Inspiration In the constant chaos that is supply chains these days, it’s often difficult to find good news. If you’re like me, then some good news – supply chain or not – is always welcome. We don’t overplan. We don’t overplan. I always say that we learned in 2020. Things are bad.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 12, 2024

Whether caused by more frequent extreme weather events , blocked shipping routes and geopolitical events , or labor shortages , disruptions have the power to throw the most carefully defined demand and supply plans into disarray. But much of this growth can be attributed to price increases.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 4, 2022

The ironic thing about this turn of events is that the great resignation and unfilled job openings are likely to hasten the pace of automation. Millions of jobs were predicted to be lost over the coming decades creating social unrest and economic chaos. Will this lead to the dystopian future some pundits predict? ”[1].

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 2, 2023

” Time ‘s Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal wrote, “The process of choosing the Person of the Year — who or what most influenced the events of the past 12 months, for good or for ill — can be agonizing. .” Do we lean into the light, reach into the darkness, or land somewhere in between?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Journalist Ben Unglesbee reports, “Extreme weather events are the top risk facing supply chains in 2024, according to an annual outlook report from Everstream Analytics. Unfortunately, in a world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, things seldom go as planned. Supply Chain Risks Geopolitical Risks.

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ivalua

JANUARY 29, 2020

The need for organisations to move quickly to protect and grow their business is not new, but through the last decade, the risks for those who don’t have grown. . Think about all those retailers who no doubt thought they would eventually develop a decent online offering – but there was no rush, was there?

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Event The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) recently concluded its ASCM CONNECT 2023 North America Conference. Supply Chain Matters shares interview highlights with ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi in conjunction with this years ASCM CONNECT 2023 Conference. They need to be prepared with response plans and added capabilities.”

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Elementum

AUGUST 2, 2022

We review how those trends are likely to impact Supply Chain and what leaders can do to adjust. We’ll also highlight emerging technologies that we believe can have an outsized impact on global supply chains. The first of these events was in January of 1982, preceding the Latin American Debt Crisis. How did we get here?

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The increase in extreme weather events is becoming commonplace for the supply chain community and the challenge of managing around these supply chain disruptions is the new norm. Let’s just look at some events: 2017 – Hurricane Irma (plus others). Quick scenario / resolution modelling before and after the event.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 6, 2023

Indeed, of the 828m people who do not get enough food, nearly 60% live in countries racked by conflict. We got very good at growing more food, and globalization allowed that food to move around the world. That’s why Cousin insists, “We need to bring all of society together to address these issues.”

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NC State SCRC

MAY 4, 2021

As the news rolls out that the vaccine rates are moving along here in the United States, it is easy for many people to become complacent. However, the news from overseas is horrific. On Saturday, India reported nearly 3,700 deaths, its highest daily toll, with 3,417 deaths on Sunday, according to a New York Times database.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Local, regional, and global supply chains are affected by these geopolitical events. He believes, “WWIII has likely started already, but we have been slow to recognize it.”[4] ”[4] Ackman did hedge his bets by adding, “[There is] much more we can do before we enter a hot war with Russia.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Women’s History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. We have certainly seen more focus on women in supply chain over the last few years, and nearly every conference that I attend has tracks dedicated to women in supply chain.

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

All ex-AMR analysts on the stage, talking about the ‘Top 15 Supply Chains we Admire’. When we did the Top 25 list at AMR, we mixed a bit of science, art and influence. The panel discussed the Top 15 Supply Chains we Admire, as built off the Supply Chain Index. So, drum roll please…. General Mills. Eastman Chemical.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 7, 2022

” With the global supply chain already snarled, increased cyber-vulnerability is not good news. Of course, this is often necessary, but a good first step is knowing who you are sharing with and what the value of those assets are.” A Connected World is a Vulnerable World. 3] They include: Malware. ” Botnets.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog updates readers with newer, and more concerning news concerning an ongoing production disruption occurring at Foxconn ’s largest Apple iPhone production facility. . Thus, we presumed that Apple would find a way to manage this disruption in collaboration with all of its contract manufacturers.

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