2012 Metrics Shipping Sourcing 
Arena Solutions
APRIL 4, 2023
Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. alone, colleges and universities awarded 83,263 bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2012, a 37% increase over the 60,605 degrees conferred in 2002. Breaking it down In the U.S.
Requis
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course. Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand.
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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). And finally, UPS raised a red flag by lowering its full-year EPS expectations.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 29, 2013
Your stakeholders can: Align sourcing, purchasing, logistics, and I.T. Sourcing uses P.O. performance metrics to influence vendor behavior and impact sourcing choices. Thanks to route optimization, order speed from vendor ship date to DC delivery aligns with demand. Encourage ongoing stakeholder input.
QAD
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Supply chain analytics allows leadership to target these challenges and mitigate the risks – that include poor forecasting, increasing trade regulations, material shortages, rising shipping costs and more – and craft data-based solutions. What is Supply Chain Analytics Software?
Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail. Mexico trade.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 14, 2014
I think about this discussion with Keith often as I work on the Supply Chain Index and edit the chapters of Metrics That Matter. In Figure 1, I share a composite orbit chart of progress of Cisco Systems, Intel, Samsung and Flextronics on the Effective Frontier at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for 2006-2012.
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