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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. Average performance in 2016-2019 across twenty-seven manufacturing sectors on inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital and operating margin was worse than in 2012-2015. Mistake #2.

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Delivering Hope: Taimen Transport Ships Life-Saving Vaccines

Turvo

Taimen Transport LLC is a rapidly growing logistics company located in Chattanooga, TN specializing in over-the-road transportation. Taimen Transport had previously implemented Turvo , replacing a number of legacy systems and processes. Chris Wang, CEO of Taimen Transport. When opportunity called, Taimen answered.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

Approximately 60 percent of today's unfilled manufacturing jobs are due to a shortage of applicants with sufficient proficiency in science, technology, engineering, and math ( STEM ) skills. IMPO Executive Editor, Anna Wells provides insights into the complicated issue in her article “Why The Manufacturing Skills Gap Is Serious”.

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Transportation Management Systems as a Service (TMSaaS) Transform the Logistics Industry

GlobalTranz

The use of the new technologies, ranging from robotics to value-added services within transportation management systems (TMSs) saw greater implementation across supply chains via TMSaas, and widely-held beliefs about the supply chain’s limitations were tested. Multiple Companies Sought to Replace the Deficit Left by Amazon Robotics.

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Transport and Transportation: Do They Mean the Same Thing?

Logistics Bureau

What is Transportation? Well, I asked John Cole one of our transport experts, exactly that question, and a few others related to transport! How Would you Define “Transport” and Transportation? Check out our Related Transportation Pages Below: Freight Consultants. Transport Consultant Speaks Optimisation.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech – January 11, 2023

Supply Chain Matters

This SaaS software provider has a noted 7,000 customer with a vertical industry presence spanning chemicals and life science , government , manufacturing and metals and mining industry sectors. In 2023, this tech secured $13 million in added financing, led by MK Capital , a venture capital firm.

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Does Geography Matter in the Digital Age?

Enterra Insights

But then along came the internet in the 1980s, and suddenly distance-related business costs collapsed for transactions, communications, transportation, and search. Transportation costs became lower in two ways. Nevertheless, the globalization of business placed greater emphasis on lead times, transportation costs, and so forth.

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