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3 Ways Crowdsourcing Is Revolutionizing Supply Chain Management

Kinaxis

Crowdsourcing transportation presents a solution for smaller enterprises to compete in this environment. And when they do, supply chain disruptions like halted manufacturing and transportation breakdowns rattle even the largest, most prepared enterprises. Crowdsourcing improves product innovation.

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Twitter Insights from GT Nexus Bridges 2015 Conference

Talking Logistics

One area in particular, which both Sean Feeney and Kurt Cavano (Vice Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer at GT Nexus) highlighted in their keynote presentations, is Transportation Management Systems (TMS). Moving forward, GT Nexus plans to extend and enhance its TMS footprint across the full TMS lifecycle: Transportation Sourcing.

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

This is where it gets tricky, according to Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. UPS has been working on the issue in Europe as these older cities present major challenges. Sustainable transportation is a key component of future development of many cities. “As Last-Mile Delivery. In the U.S.,

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

A Demand-Driven Value Network as defined by AMR Research in 2007: A network that senses demand with minimal latency to drive a near real-time response to shape and translate demand. An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Market-Driven Processes.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The presentations from the Summit are posted now on the Supply Chain Insights You Tube Channel. Examples include first pass yield, schedule adherence, hands-free orders, orders shipped complete, and minimization of waste. Ironically, inventory levels today are higher than they were in 2007; yet customer service levels issues abound.

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

Requis

The US and Canada primarily have the shale revolution to thank for a decreasing energy security risk score since 2007, but now shale is becoming much less profitable thanks to the recent price drop. ” Other sources agree. ” Other sources agree. The rise of microgrids.

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The Changing Face of Supply Chain Security

Logistics Bureau

Theft, fraud, smuggling, sabotage, hijacking and piracy were all present. Today’s complex networks of storage and intermodal transport face these challenges too. They can affect manufacturing, warehousing and transport. Paperwork and tallies for shipping and receiving are part of this. Transport networks.