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3PL Outsourcing Trends with Ben Steffes

The Logistics of Logistics

Since joining the company in 2011, he’s focused on developing and growing its Coyote Transportation Management offerings, driving synergy efforts with UPS, and leading the Supply Chain Consulting team. Coyote became a UPS Company in 2015, adding new services and capabilities to their expanding solutions portfolio.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 13-17, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Driver Turnover Falls in First Quarter of 2015. Cass Freight Index June 2015 Report. With a July 31 deadline to extend highway funding, the House approved this week an $8 billion bill to extend federal transportation funding through December 2015 — the 34th highway funding patch since 2005. consumers for a lift (Reuters).

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Edgar Beers from Vanderlande named as Supply Chain Professional 2015

Supply Chain Movement

The Director Global Supply Chain & CPO of Vanderlande Industries fought off the two other formidable finalists, Edith van Erp-Slot (Mars Nederland) and Peter Meyer (Brezan Automaterialen), to clinch the title of Supply Chain Professional of the Year 2015 on Wednesday 10 June 2015. The 2015 finalists. Previous winners.

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Nokia Networks wins Supply Chain Management Award 2015

Supply Chain Movement

Nokia Networks has won the Supply Chain Management Award 2015. This was announced at Exchainge, the Supply Chainers’ Conference in Frankfurt (Germany) on June 25, 2015. Past winners have included GF Piping Systems (2014), ADVA Optical Networking (2013), Infineon Technologies (2012), BASF (2011), and BMW-Motorrad (2010).

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Top 25 Supply Chains Pt. 1: Masters category

Kinaxis

by CJ Wehlage On May 29, 2014, I posted a blog about the Top 25 Supply Chains predictions for 2015. All that being said, here’s my early 2015 “Not So” Bold Predictions : #5 P&G, #4 Unilever, #3 McDonald’s, #2 Amazon, #1 Apple.”. The 2015 Top Supply Chains were #1 Amazon , #2 McDonald’s, #3 Unilever.

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All Signs Point to Mexico Playing a Greater Role in Supply Chains

Talking Logistics

It’s one of the most common questions I get these days from third-party logistics providers (3PLs), especially this time of the year as they’re finalizing their strategies for 2015 and beyond. 3PL Global Trade 2015 Third Party Logistics Study FedEx Mexico Transplace' My short answer: What do your customers think about Mexico?

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What is Economic Order Quantity & its Advantages

SCMDOJO

Bixby Cooper , 166; Sunil Chopra, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, Global Edition: Strategy, Planning, and Operation (Boston: Pearson, 2015), 273; Heizer, Operations Management , 507. Jay & Barry Render Heizer, Operations Management , 10th edition (Boston Munich: Pearson, 2011), 507. Ezzat, Emad Atef.