Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

California, for example, passed the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 , which went into effect in January 2012. On the federal government front, President Obama signed an Executive Order Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts on September 25, 2012.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

As I’ve commented in previous postings, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business opportunity (see Reuters article from December 2012).

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Kinaxis

MARCH 5, 2015

In traditional control tower projects, months can be spent developing data extracts in source systems before loading them into the application. Consider the following: Keep requirements gathering simple—illustrate with mock-ups instead of long wordy documents. Listen to the Data. The Development Cycle – Build, align, repeat.

Supply Chain Design Software 100

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

The goal is deeper analytics to sense and respond across make, source and deliver. SAP purchased Ariba in 2012 for 4.2B$, and the company has been slow to actualize the asset and drive incremental revenue. The traditional EDI approach inserts a day latency to open and read documents. I am not surprised. It is the opportunity.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

In addition, users are able to view events of a shipment, imaged documents, and can email their account representative with questions on a particular move. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.

Optimal Sourcing 100

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IQMS

MAY 1, 2018

Bottom Line: Manufacturers are reaching a new level of results in 2018 because they have clearer, more actionable insights based on real-time manufacturing and quality metrics than ever before. Quality Metrics Enable Customer-Driven Manufacturing Networks. Quality Metrics Defining the Future of Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 4, 2013

At the age of 58, I buried my mother in November 2012. Abby and I are writing an e-book on Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. Likewise, in today’s supply chain environment, I find that supply chain leaders favor a single function of logistics, manufacturing or sourcing. I have never been an athlete. Measurement.

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