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Welcome 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

The teams in these seats did not experience the down market in 2007 or the start of the market run in 2009. Bear markets drive heightened interest in supply chain management. The impact may surprise us. Today, we have younger leaders driving clicks on the keyboards. The teams are new. These supply chain groups are more global and diverse.

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Building the Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2007, it took six months for companies to sense the downturn in markets and align supply chains. Through this pilot, we are trying to connect structured data (transactions) and unstructured data (contracts and documents) to enable multi-tier payment. Market growth is now 1% versus the 2.5-3% 3% of the last decade.

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

miles out of its network from 2007-2010 and had increased its CWT per truck from 382 in FY 2007 to 415 in FY 2010, an 8.6 Put differently, in FY 2007, Del Monte left 11.2 percent improvement. percent of the truck un-utilized and by 2010 only 3.5 percent of the legal maximum was un-utilized.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27-31, 2014)

Talking Logistics

This process requires the collection, organization, filing and retention of well over one million documents annually [emphasis mine],” Wal-mart said. Implement a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) fee? Unless, of course, Wal-mart actually enjoys handling paperwork and views it as a core competency, in which case, paper on.

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Sharing Tribal Knowledge

Enterra Insights

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. He writes, “Encouraging the documentation of processes is smart, but doing it via the written word … not so much.

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10 supply chain KPIs and metrics to track

Taulia

POR = (% delivered in full) x (% damage free) x (% accurate documentation) x (% delivered on time) x 100 You can use POR to measure your suppliers’ performance , individually or aggregated across your whole supplier base. The product of these can then be expressed as the POR.

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The Impact of SOLAS on Ocean Shipping and Data Management

Talking Logistics

Still, the requirement is not new and has been under development for a number of years following a milestone vessel collapse in 2007. They are also ensuring that a VGM is received from forwarders/NVOCCs and shippers as part of a shipping document. Carriers – Many carriers are raising awareness of the pending regulation.