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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

We started the pandemic with twenty-one more days of inventory than we had in 2007. However, based on industry and experience, 21% of manufacturers reported struggling during the first part of the pandemic. As Company, after Company, reports earnings shortfalls, the supply chain takes on even greater importance. Rebuilding.

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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

Phillips ( @EricaEPhillips ) reports some retailers were so desperate to find warehouse space this past holiday season they created pop-up warehouses in vacant suburban lots and parking garages.[1] According to Patrick, the right kind of warehouse is big and technologically advanced. The Internet of Things and Big Data.

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Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog

Arkieva

If you use certain items frequently, keep them closer to the working or shipping area. View the full post or view the snippet below: I got the idea for this blog post after reading Shaun Snapp’s LinkedIn post on the topic of big data. In the post, he correctly argues that the case for big data is sometimes exaggerated.

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The Top Logistics and Supply Chain Journalists & Thought Leaders to Know for 2020

Shipchain

He has personally conducted analyses of supply chain applications, benchmarking and best practice reports, as well as working with vast supply chain networks to uncover the issues and unlock the secrets to their success. . Emma Cosgrove is a reporter for Supply Chain Dive and frequently covers topics relating to specific businesses.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling & Logistics

In recent years, firms both large and small have launched new “Data Science” or similarly named groups. As the phenomenon of Big Data has taken hold in the private sector, many firms which as recently as 10 years ago devoted minimal resources to large scale database mining and analytics have reversed course.