TMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As I explain in my book, The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected (MIT Press, October 2015), companies can improve their disruption detection capabilities in a number of ways. Managing adverse weather conditions is part and parcel of transportation planning. Watching the weather is one option.

Metrics 67

Metrics Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software Supply Chain Software 67

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014. Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. Supply chain leaders make progress in three-to-five years.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 150

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Strategy Global Supply Chain 150

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 18, 2016

For December 2015, retail sales were the lowest since 2009. As a result, unit picking, shipping and returns is redefining warehouse management and transportation processes. Lora has written the books Supply Chain Metrics That Matter and Bricks Matter , and is currently working on her third book, Leadership Matters.

Supply Chain Planning Software 150

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software Manufacturing Procurement 150

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

He is an industrial engineer with a diploma in transportation and logistics from the University of Applied Sciences in Bremerhaven. Over the period of 2009-2015 only 88% of companies made improvement on the “Supply Chain Metrics That Matter.” Here we share the interview with Ralf. Performance. Operating Margin.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 154

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Here’s what I wrote back on this date in 2009, as I recalled the events of that tragic day eight years earlier: I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, near Red Hook and the docks. I was in a meeting with folks from Manugistics (now part of JDA) getting an update on the company and its transportation management system. Today is September 11.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 100

Logistics Network Optimization Software Analytics Software Forecasting Software Modeling Software 100

Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 26, 2016

The combination of technology along with the advancements in transportation made it possible. In my work tonight, I carefully studied 2006-2015 financial results to select the Supply Chains to Admire winners. The winners drive improvement while posting financial results in the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter ahead of the peer group.

Supply Chain Design Software 191

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Design 191

Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Mariotti states that you first have to measure it, and he outlines several metrics and techniques in the book, including ranking customers by annual sales, profit, and gross margin percentage. How do you reduce supply chain complexity, or at least slow its growth?

Waste Reduction 100

Waste Reduction Agile and Lean Supply Chain Six Sigma Supply Chain Optimization 100