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What to Expect When You’re Expecting Supply Chain Disruptions

QAD

Not only do they expect items in a timely fashion (like 1-2 or even same-day shipping thanks to the Amazon Effect), but customers also demand visibility. Technology Can Help In high volume shipping environments, technology is crucial to improve smooth long term operations. What carriers are needed? What supporting technology is needed?

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Supply Chain Management:The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. » The Real Headline for the 2011 Holiday Buying Season- Need for Balancing Retailer Online and Fulfillment Process Investments. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting.

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Revealing Survey Relative to Business Sustainability and ESG Actions

Supply Chain Matters

There are mixed views in business and supply chain management settings as to whether customers would be willing to both maintain brand loyalty or pay extra for products that are deemed to be sourced and produced from sustainable sources and social responsibility driven labor practices.

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Toyota and USPS See Opportunities for Blockchain Technology in Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

“If you have a tsunami and part of your supply chain is knocked out, as happened a few years ago, you have better info about where parts are,” he said, referring to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. Source: “Blockchain Technology: Possibilities for the U.S.

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Transforming Consumer Value Chains: Navigating The Power Shift to the Shopper

Supply Chain Shaman

When we do these types of analysis, we look back at the data as far as we can reach (Y chart data is available only back to 2006 in a reliable form) and then we look at the period of 2006-2014 and the more recent period of 2011-2014. Traditional supply chains ship cases, pallets and trucks; but not the EACH. The difference?

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Analyzing Supply Chain Risk

Enterra Insights

Identifying Potential Fraud : Grover notes, “Big Data can be put to use to detect frauds which could take hours of manpower and numerous interviews to zero-in on the likely source.” 2] Trevor Miles, “ VUCA, a useful acronym for today’s supply chain ,” Kinaxis Blog, 9 June 2011. [3] ”[7]. Concluding Thoughts.

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3 Trends Underscore Food Shippers’ Need for Supply Chain Management Software

Supply Chain Collaborator

Yet, there are still many food shipping organizations that are using old-school, spreadsheet and email based processes to manage logistics. Room to Grow – Young Leaders Embrace Opportunities in Food Shipping. FSMA Rules Finalized. Read the article in the current issue of Food Shippers of America magazine.