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The Saga of Supply Chain Innovation

Supply Chain Shaman

Big Tech innovation did very little to improve supply chains, but the implications of these layoffs loom large adding another layer to the current disruption. The news takes me back to the 2002 market downturn and the market correction with the failure of B2B players and the impact on the supply chain. Conclusion.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology support. Our last full edition was published on February 14.

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Building the Network of Networks. Call for Action. Want to Help?

Supply Chain Shaman

When I joined the Advisory Services Group in Supply Chain at the Gartner Group in 2002, the concept of trading exchanges was exploding. In 2002-2003, I fought a personal battle within internal walls of Gartner Group fighting a concept called ERP II. Computing memory was a barrier in 2002. I lost the heated debates.

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Building the Network of Networks. Call for Action. Want to Help?

Supply Chain Insights

When I joined the Advisory Services Group in Supply Chain at the Gartner Group in 2002, the concept of trading exchanges was exploding. In 2002-2003 I fought a personal battle within internal walls of Gartner Group, fighting a concept called ERP II. Computing memory was a barrier in 2002. I lost the heated debates.

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Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part One

Supply Chain Matters

A key learning for retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers in 2002 was how quality were they able to sense and response to the wide-spread changes in consumer buying of products in favor of experiences. Overall inventory levels among retailers and online channels remains at high levels and continuing to fill warehouses.

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Load Tracking Now Available in Tailwind TMS with e4score Integration and Partnership

Tailwind

Drivers now check-in from the safety of their cab, significantly reducing contact and increasing warehouse safety. We also send dock instructions via EZCheck-In, accelerating our warehouse operations and reducing driver dwell time.”. “EZCheck-In is a win-win gamechanger,” says EZCheck-In user, Frank Matarazzo, CEO Fusion Transport.

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Insights from Kenco Customer Summit 2015

Talking Logistics

From 2002 through today, the Consumer Price Index has increased 35.5 Leveraging more technology, such as warehouse automation, is one way to manage rising labor costs. His company raised pay rates from $10 to $14 per hour in the warehouse, but OS&D (over, short, and damaged) costs decreased by 50 percent!