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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Feature Article by Dr. Raymon Krishnan – President at the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society. In extreme cases, firms simply state that a product comes from one country when, in actual fact, it was manufactured in a country that is impacted by the higher tariff being imposed. This practice is illegal. Postponement.

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How to Harness the Economic Power of Logistics Clusters

MIT Supply Chain

The Zaragoza Logistics Center, Zaragoza, Spain, is based in PLAZA, Europe’s largest logistics park, and both organizations benefit from the relationship. The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), Zaragoza, Spain, is celebrating its 10 th anniversary this week. The plan was to transform the region into a logistics hub.

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Our Walk In The Fog

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain innovation is slowly simmering in the face of radical disruption. I find technology providers pitching old–often wrapped in the cloak of ‘digital transformation.’ Makes us wonder if we should even manufacturer products in traditional ways? A confluence of technology drives innovation. Let’s reflect.

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Should We Celebrate this Marriage?

Supply Chain Shaman

At the time, we were both deployed as consultants for Manugistics to help a manufacturing company to implement end-to-end planning. The groups of supply planning, procurement and logistics operate within silos. There was little interaction between suppliers and logistics providers or amongst and in between these parties.

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Industry 4.0 and the Long Game

Enterra Insights

Nigel Duckworth ( @nigelduckworth ), a marketing strategist at One Network Enterprises, notes it can be difficult for manufacturers to concentrate on the long game with a swirl of new technologies constantly vying for attention. Sixty-four percent of the manufacturers surveyed are looking for increased market share in their existing markets.

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Analog Supply Chains are an Anachronism in a Digital World

Enterra Insights

Escalating tensions around trade, technological innovation and healthcare suggest it’s highly unlikely we’ll revert to the cooperative past that characterized the period following China’s 2001 admission to the World Trade Organization. Yet cooperation will be key.” ” I believe the Covid-19 pandemic is a fourth factor.

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Industry Leaders Partner with o9 Solutions to Support Executives on their Digital Transformation Journeys

o9 Solutions

He received the Prime Minister Award of National Invention Award in 2001 and the “G. He started his career at Kawasaki Steel Corporation, one of the top steel manufacturers in Japan, and became the department head of the Steelmaking Division at Chiba Steelworks. Filippo Catalano. All of us tech leaders need to do our part.”.