The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Brad is the Founder of JBF Consulting , which specialize in freight technology – strategy, system integration, implementation and deployment. Brad is a highly recognized senior supply chain leader with over 23 years of managing, designing, and implementing freight transport technology. About Brad Forester.

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Supply Chain Trend

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Intelligent automation will change this. Here, you can read the Rise of Autonomous , Unshackle the planners , Closing the Decisions Gaps and a new role for supply chain planners. Decision Intelligence Technology There are simple checklists that can speed up and make better IBP decisions and improve decision quality.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 31, 2023

Intelligent automation will change this. Here, you can read the Rise of Autonomous , Unshackle the planners , Closing the Decisions Gaps and a new role for supply chain planners. Decision Intelligence Technology There are simple checklists that can speed up and make better IBP decisions and improve decision quality.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Supply chain innovation is slowly simmering in the face of radical disruption. The supply chain visionary wants novel and new. I find technology providers pitching old–often wrapped in the cloak of ‘digital transformation.’ As a result, supply chain leaders continuously ask me to unravel market confusion.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Brad, Mike, and their team at JBF Consulting advise Fortune 500 companies on the assessment, selection, and implementation of supply chain software. Brad is a highly recognized senior supply chain leader with over 23 years of managing, designing, and implementing freight transport technology.

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DynaSys

JANUARY 5, 2021

Could 2020 be the turning point that finally forces professionals and entire industries to reshape their global supply chain model? What are the news trends for Supply Chain Planning in 2021? This last year definitely showed us that today, supply chains are becoming more forward thinking than ever before.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 15, 2021

BOSTON (July 15, 2021) – ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning software , and Supply Chain Process Improvement, Inc. They’re worried about making the wrong technology choice and may not have the expertise to implement the critical processes behind it. Supply Chain Process Improvement, Inc.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For the past twenty-two years, I have had the luxury of watching supply chain stories unfold. Business leaders came and went as an analyst, technology shifted, and markets ebbed and flowed. I also am very grateful for the following and the support of the global supply chain. I give thanks for this experience.

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crisp

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In the heart of New Zealand, a modern-day global empire flourishes, driven by a combination of cutting-edge analytics and creative imagination. Automation and a commitment to applying data to data in every decision. Welcome to the world of ZURU Group. ZURU’s secret weapon?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

For example, a discussion with Anu Gardiner at Docusign opened up my eyes to the technology involved in signing contracts. Anu discussed how when she signed contracts for her house she bought in 2003, it involved 80 signatures. Several companies are working on data readiness issues that are driving new technologies.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Unlike SARS in 2003, the Covid-19 pandemic has spawned an unprecedented Global health pandemic. As a result, Global Supply Chains have experienced severe “Supply side Shocks” with massive disruptions impinging on all sectors. SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION—Respond, Recover and Regrow. Crisis Recovery.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action™” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 27, 2020

[ii] We observed an intense and immediate response by the Joint Acquisition Task Force to rapidly source supplies and quickly institute a robust vendor risk assessment process. However, this task force was at the mercy of long-standing healthcare supply chain and strategic national stockpile (SNS) issues that no one was prepared to face.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 8, 2013

In a growing number of companies today, supply management is being asked to demonstrate deep insights into customer requirements, and to quickly translate those insights into product offerings that often rely more on outsourced capabilities. It was formed from the November 2003 merger of Biogen, Inc. Biogen Idec Inc.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. and J-P Rodrigue (2004)).

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2020

As always, it was a busy year covering the latest supply chain and logistics trends, emerging technologies, mergers and acquisitions, major news announcements, and more. 2020 Supply Chain Technology Trends ; Steve Banker, Chris Cunnane, and Clint Reiser. But how mature are these technologies?

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Authors Niels van Hove and Hein Regeer explain that while planning and forecasting technologies have benefitted from significant innovations since then, today’s IBP seems unhinged from the day-to-day operations of the business. New Wave 3 Technology can empower a more efficient and responsive planning process.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I hope UPS does the same for communicating the value of networks to supply chain and logistics executives — not just physical networks, but digital ones too. Supply Chain Operating Network Model (as depicted in 2003). Where to Find Supply Chain Innovation (Source: Adelante SCM). Source: UPS.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 6, 2015

The premise of the Christensen’s book is that when companies focus on current customer needs, they fail to adopt new technologies or business models that will meet the customer’s unstated or future needs. I think that IBM, HP, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Teradata are victims today in the information technology sector.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

Considering today’s modern online procurement technologies, customers and sellers may interact from all over the globe to compete for goods and services. eAuctions technology can reduce the cost of purchasing products and services by up to 20%. These reductions are substantiated by eAuctions software providers Cimmra.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Supply chains respond. Supply chain business networks need an overhaul. Supply chain transactions remain dependent on EDI messaging standards that are now over 45 years old. Today’s supply chain is more dependent on supplier and customer relationships. Today’s supply chain is sick.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 17, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. Hasso Plattner who co-founded SAP in 1972, stepped down from his CEO leadership role in 2003.

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Supply Chain Insights

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Supply chains respond. Supply chain business networks need an overhaul. Supply chain transactions remain dependent on EDI messaging standards which are now over 45-years old. Today’s supply chain is more dependent on supplier and customer relationships. Today’s supply chain is sick.

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Jaggaer

APRIL 6, 2020

With an ever more connected global economy, and almost instantaneous n ews transmission, the impact of global health has multiplied since the last global (SARS) epidemic in 2003. Identifying Supply Chain Risk Amidst the Chaos . S upply chain risk, in a global pandemic scenario , has five defining characteristics : .

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QAD

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Matlis to collectively share the latest research, trends, and insights around digital technology adoption in the life sciences industry. Adoption of Digital Technologies in Life Science Manufacturing. Everything that the company did was based on paper, we had very rigid supply chains. Daniel: Absolutely.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 1, 2024

How do you communicate within your own teams, across teams, across sites, with your supply chain, which is very critical today. So, your choices are manual processes, so paper-based workflows; basic digital tools, spreadsheets. Basic digital spreadsheet, tools, excuse me, spreadsheets [9%]. So, still coming in.

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HICX Solutions

APRIL 28, 2022

So, they are brilliant pieces of technology, don’t get me wrong, but, to me, as a former practitioner it always feels slightly disconnected from my day-to-day reality.”. As Dr Elouise Epstein , Partner at Kearney , maintains, “Traditional technology is wholly inadequate to support the digital evolution.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

MH&L’s Editorial Advisory Board tackles some of the toughest topics facing the supply chain today. That’s why we went to the experts—the members of the MH&L Editorial Advisory Board—and asked them to weigh in on that subject, and on several other of the most pressing concerns to supply chain professionals.

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