Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

After the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , I took the time to recharge and took a month off from writing. The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2016

What does this have to do with supply chain planning? In supply chain planning, we are driven by metrics. Using manual spreadsheets or even a supply chain planning system that generates reports based only on what took place in the past is a rearview mirror approach. As it turns out, plenty.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 16, 2021

The changes in technology thus far in my career have been profound. Now, technology surrounds us, with hyper connectivity, and mind blowing ubiquitous computational power creating a powerful technological force creating powerfully tangible results. Technology allowed C.H. Amplified by a 2.9

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Arkieva

JANUARY 6, 2017

Over the past year, the Arkieva Supply Chain Link Blog provided thought leadership and informative posts on supply chain strategy tips, trends, and news. Here is a list of the Top 20 Supply Chain Strategy Blog Posts from 2016. The ABCDs of an Excellent Supply Chain. Happy new year!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future! 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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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 5, 2016

Over the course of trip to Atlanta to connect to Peru, we began a discussion. The market shift was dramatic, and if we had made a series of small cuts in staff or direction, we would have had the same fate as i2 Technologies or Manugistics. They remained independent despite the death spiral of Manugistics and i2 Technology.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 24, 2020

After learning he had terminal pancreatic cancer in 2006, he delivered an upbeat 2007 talk titled “ The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams ,” which became a popular YouTube video. Of course, manufacturing is not the only business sector in which tribal knowledge is important. Cognitive technologies.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 19, 2015

One of my favorite quotes from the conference, which I believe sums up the perspective many customers have about GT Nexus, came from Joe Dixon, SVP of Supply Chain at Brooks Brothers: “SAP is our internal ERP system, GT Nexus is our external [supply chain] ERP system.”. Adrian Gonzalez (@talkinlogistics) June 9, 2015.

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

The level of sophistication in the consumer chain has advanced a thousand-fold in the past decade alone. What was formerly a rather simple process of planning promotions has now become a complex blend of technology and skill at predicting consumer behavior. They have no fear of technology and embrace it as easily as blinking an eye.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2014

to Provide Next-Generation Supply Chain Resiliency Capabilities. Maersk Container Industry to Launch New technology with Big Potential. Ratings for President Obama’s “State of the Union” address were the lowest since 2000 , but if you tuned in, he raised a couple of points related to supply chain and logistics.

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EcoVadis

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

In December EcoVadis announced some big news that — we hope — will change the trajectory of sustainable supply chain progress. This is, of course, an important milestone for EcoVadis and the entire team here is extremely excited. More advanced and flexible software integrations (e.g. Bravo, and thank you!

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 17, 2016

While autonomous vehicles may seem like a futuristic fairy tale to some, these technological game-changers may be closer to reality than you think. The first challenge featured 15 self-driving cars trying to navigate a 142-mile course between California and Nevada. There were subsequent challenges in 2005 and 2007.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 17, 2015

The short version is that 2014 came darn close (with 86 trucking and logistics companies acquired) to beating the record of 90 acquisitions set in 2007. To a lesser degree, there have been financial acquisitions too wherein investment companies seek to capitalize on the high demand and low supply of drivers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 12, 2019

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. I hired a team, secured three (3) Asian suppliers, 3 software suppliers ( US, France, and Taiwan). From 2007 – 2012, I worked at Celestica.

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SCMDOJO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While Lean focuses on eliminating waste and optimizing processes to achieve seamless workflow, Six Sigma targets reducing variation and improving quality through data-driven analysis and statistical tools. – DMAIC methodology links tools and techniques in a sequential manner. – Comparatively simple deployment tools.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Financial balance sheet improvements cannot be driven by traditional supply chain processes. In the words of a supply chain leader yesterday, “Lora, please give me stories of success. When I first met Nick, he was driving a supply chain transformation at VTech Communications. Price to Tangible Book Value.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

If you were to tell me that your company had never looked at its supply chain costs and sought to deliver reductions, I would be mightily surprised. On the other hand, if you told me your company hasn’t been able to sustain any progress in supply chain cost reduction, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 23, 2016

As supply chains extend globally, they become more complex. The flow of supplies, finished goods, and information are widely distributed, presenting significant challenges across a manufacturer’s entire supply chain network of customers, suppliers, and logistics providers.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Published with kind permission of MHD Supply Chain Solutions Magazine. When supply chain leaders like Walmart start to test the waters by using Uber and its competitor Lyft to make last-mile deliveries, it’s probably time to take notice – or to start catching up. How close is it to significantly disrupting logistics?

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 4, 2013

I see a lot of parallels in the training that I did for the triathlon, and the work that I am doing on financial ratios with Abby Mayer on my team at Supply Chain Insights. Abby and I are writing an e-book on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. We call this the Supply Chain Index. It needs to be deliberate.

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Unleashed

JULY 11, 2021

Across Europe, EPDs are routinely factored into personal and corporate level purchasing and supply chain management decisions. BlueSign certification assesses each step through the supply chain from raw materials, processing, dyeing, and finishing to ensure nothing is missed in sustainable materials and work steps.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 24, 2022

Life for the supply chain leader is more complex. We are living in a world of rich supply chain case studies. Each day, the Wall Street Journal features a supply chain failure as front-page news. Traditional processes accelerate the bullwhip impact leaving leaders chained and forced into reactive behavior.

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ShipBob

AUGUST 3, 2020

They have backed about 900 businesses, including major technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Twitter. It was the world’s largest VC firm in 2007 with over $20 million in assets during the year. Casper getting into pillows, sheets, night lights, sleep technology, and even CBD, so it’s not a one-and-done purchasing situation).

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This week, I spoke at a University of Wisconsin event on responsiveness and ASCM on the future of supply chain planning. Here I want to share insights on my beliefs on the future of Supply Chain Planning. Managing supply chains in the face of this level of uncertainty is new and unprecedented.

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Taulia

JUNE 19, 2019

The company was acquired by Indian conglomerate Tata in 2007, but in 2016 Tata sold the struggling business to private equity group Greybull Capital for £1. And of course, many other customers of British Steel are watching developments closely – particularly those that benefit from the company’s specialist steel grades.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 7, 2021

”[3] Of course, viruses are not the only potential threat. Johnson ( @Brett_W_Johnson ), a lawyer at the firm of Snell & Wilmer, notes that back in 2007 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated, “Pandemic influenza is not necessarily imminent, but we believe it is inevitable.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 18, 2016

The first recovery was from 2001 to 2007, but it was halted with the Great Recession of 2008. Some of these measures, reports Supply Chain Digest, include the following: Focus on Research and Development – U.S. Since 1991, the U.S. Ironically, the same time frames for recovery does not necessarily mean a recession is imminent.

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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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