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The Year Ahead with Doug Waggoner

The Logistics of Logistics

From April 2004 to December 2005, Waggoner served as Chief Executive Officer of USF Bestway, and from January 2002 to April 2004 he served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing for USF Corporation. Echo’s innovations also support freight carriers by providing more flexibility, transparency, and control.

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Building Value Networks. Stopping the Backward Slide.

Supply Chain Shaman

I struggle to understand why innovation in supply chain networks stalled. I was a Gartner analyst in the period of 2000-2002 when trading exchanges were cool. I was a Gartner analyst in the period of 2000-2002 when trading exchanges were cool. Innovation for supply chain leaders in building value networks stalled.

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Selecting a Supply Chain Technology Provider is Harder than it Seems

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A commitment to innovation, which can be measured by the percentage of research and development undertaken or provided to employees at the company, is crucial. it is critical that your provider have a plan for bringing digital innovations to your partners and allowing you to collaborate and connect on a global network.

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6 Manufacturing Trends You Need to Know

Arena Solutions

alone, colleges and universities awarded 83,263 bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2012, a 37% increase over the 60,605 degrees conferred in 2002. Breaking it down In the U.S. 3 What’s the allure? Big data The use of big data is increasing in manufacturing.

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Doing Business in Switzerland

QAD

Although the country is a UN member, and became a member of NATO in 2002, it retains its commitment to neutrality. Manufacturing is the growth engine of the swiss economy, but the country has lagged in innovation during the last several years. At 41,277 sq km, it is slightly less than twice the size of the US state of New Jersey.

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Amazon Takes On the Fashion Supply Chain

Elementum

It has been selling apparel since 2002, and has slowly been making further in-roads to the fashion industry. Amazon also knows how to innovate. Some of the words used by customers to nominate Amazon are: "fast", "efficient", "hassle-free", and "free-shipping”, which are enough to capture sustainable customer loyalty.

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Logility Receives Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2021 Top Supply Chain Project Award

Logility

a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, received Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2021 Top Supply Chain Projects award (formerly known as the SDCE 100). “It Berlin Packaging drove increased supply assurance for their customers through Logility partnership.