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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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ZF’s Transition from Lean to Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

Among other things, ZF manufactures electrified powertrains, car chassis technology, active and passive safety systems, and advanced driver assistance systems. ZF offers product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. The ZF supply chain is complex.

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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. There is no solution to optimize source, make and deliver together or drive bidirectional orchestration to execute trade-offs between functions automatically. Manugistics is now owned by JDA.).

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E-commerce and the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

Retailers have always been curious about the paths consumers take when they decide something needs to be purchased. When the Internet and World Wide Web introduced consumers to online shopping (aka e-commerce), the path to purchase became much more complex. Today the digital path to purchase is growing in importance. .”[1]

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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

… Consumer purchases and decisions will increasingly be voice-driven and machine-augmented, with companies’ relationship with customers machine-to-machine, values-based and digital-first.” ”[2] Pandemics halt production, snarl logistics, confuse demand signals, and disrupt every economic sector in some manner.

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Origin of Logistics & Supply Chain Revealed! - SupplyChainOpz

Supply Chain Opz

Origin of Logistics & Supply Chain Revealed! What do we know about "Logistics" and "Supply Chain" to date? According to Lummas et al 2001 , the word "Logistics" in English appeared in the article as early as in 1898. 2) Origin of "Logistics". 1) Current State. Image credit Google Books. Image Credit : Google Books.