Enterra Insights

MARCH 26, 2018

Supply chain professionals are like the military’s special forces. According to Steve Geary, President of the Supply Chain Visions family of companies and Chief Operating Officer at ROSE Solutions, logistics is the key tool in the supply chain professional’s kit. ”[2].

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. So, here is my invented future for 2015, starting with my most audacious prediction: Google will acquire a logistics service provider (3PL) and/or a logistics software vendor.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Today, supply chain excellence matters more than ever. During the pandemic, the supply chain discussions take new importance. While the supply chain technology market lost its allure at the start of the last decade, it is now cool again. The supply chain career is new. Reflection.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In this blog, Camcode discusses how collaboration provides supply chain disruption to impact the future of logistics management. The supply chain is in the midst of a digital disruption, with new technology and tools promising to add efficiency and enhance accuracy.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Several years ago, I interviewed CIOs and IT executives from leading third party logistics (3PL) companies, and one of the most interesting findings was that their teams spent a majority of their time fixing and cleansing data. Sounds like a typical day in supply chain and logistics to me. percent last year. .

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

That was the main theme of a panel session I led at last month’s MercuryGate User Conference 2013 , which included the following 3PL executives: Shelli Austin , VP at Integrated Distribution Services (IDS). Jane Sandifeer , VP Business Solutions at Advanced Shipping Technologies. Michael Bartz , CIO at ReTrans.

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Freightos

MARCH 29, 2017

Behind the $5 billion dollars in logistics technology investments. In the five years since Freightos launched, logistics and technology have increasingly converged. At JOC ’s TPM in Long Beach last month, no less than fifteen sessions featured technology, digitalization, and freight future-proofing.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 31, 2019

The modern supply chain is mind-boggling. Much of that “paperwork” is now done electronically, which is why consultants are increasingly touting the benefits of the digital supply chain. ” This begs the question: Is the digital supply chain about digitization or digital transformation?

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

On demand warehousing and logistics services Cloud platform provider Flexe has initiated a layoff reportedly involving upwards of a third of its workforce. With this lucrative funding came the desire to hire the brightest minds in technology, artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 11, 2013

At the Manhattan Associates Momentum 2013 conference last month, the answer was a great conversation about transportation trends, challenges, and opportunities. Arne Gonzales , Director, Supply Chain at C&S Wholesale Grocer. This is yet another example of how software vendors are starting to compete on design.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

2013 has certainly been an interesting year! I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

We are pleased to continue our 2021 fire-side chat series with key people in the supply chain industry, and it is with particular pleasure to catch up with Stuart Whiting, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Planning at Schneider Electric, based in Singapore but with a global functional responsibility.

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SCM Research

JULY 14, 2016

All of these articles were selected from articles published in 2013. It can again be observed that articles dealing with sustainability or resilience seem to have a good chance to become highly cited, but also articles about innovative technologies turn out to be quite popular. Business Horizons, 56 (2), 167-177 DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2012.11.010.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2019

Supply chain managers probably come as close to being generalists as anyone in the business field. That’s why Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder of Supply Chain Insights, insists, “The supply chain IS Business, not a department within a business.”[1] Supply chain management requires analytical thinking.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

However, this mature team found the technology insufficient. Notice how the water turns from blue to brown in Figure 3 with the lack of demand translation capabilities within the enterprise for manufacturing and logistics. Tight coupling of the supply chain forecast to the financial forecast will improve value.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 24, 2015

There was a lot of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to it. UPS Said to Be in Talks to Buy Coyote Logistics for $1.8 Transplace Launches Supply Chain Consulting Practice. Transplace Launches Supply Chain Consulting Practice. Billion (Bloomberg).

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Bottom line: Machine learning makes it possible to discover patterns in supply chain management data by relying on algorithms that quickly pinpoint the most influential factors to a supply networks’ success, while constantly learning in the process. How Machine Learning Is Redefining Supply Chain Management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 19, 2014

You are pissy and opinionated in this world of supply chain blandness. The term supply chain excellence is easier to say than define. I have been trying to define it as a supply chain analyst for over fifteen years. I had spent the last two decades in the technology market and I wanted to celebrate success.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 11, 2013

Last week, I attended the SAS Analyst Day at Steamboat Springs and the Logistics and SCM 2013 event in Las Vegas. This event is owned and run by WIS Publications and features insights on SAP product developments and software.) I find that the larger concern is advanced analytics. Here I share my insights. for a reason.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 6, 2013

The success of the third-party logistics industry is evident in the generally high marks given to 3PLs by respondents to a survey as part of the 2013 17th Annual Third Party Logistics Study, which identifies trends and explores how both 3PLs and shippers are using these relationships to improve and enhance their businesses and supply chains.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Now, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: E2open and Steelwedge Join Forces to Deliver Collaborative Sales & Operations Planning Across Multi-Enterprise Business Networks. UPS Enhances Tracking Technology. AscendTMS Releases Powerful TMS Accounting Module.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

The internet giant may have started off in a garage, focusing on indexing the world’s information, but Google has since become famous for other experiments it runs, from automated cars to i nternet routers on weather balloons. Technology Trend 1: Mobile. What roles will this play in supply chain?

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AIMMS

JULY 10, 2018

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. The Dutch Delta Program Commissioner used analytics to prevent flooding and was recognized with the 2013 Edelman Award. North Star Alliance , for instance, uses optimization to find optimal locations for its mobile HIV-AIDS clinics in Africa.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Target Lowers Free Shipping Minimum to $25 for Online Orders. DHL launches next phase Resilience360 risk management tool to help customers avoid global disasters. enVista Announces Record Revenue for 2014. ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 1.2% in January.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 18, 2013

Logistics complexity – in the form of fragmented channels, increased product variations, and consumer demand for customized solutions – has been increasing, according to a global study published recently by BVL International, a worldwide supply chain and logistics membership organization. on August 12, 2013.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 25, 2016

With today being a holiday for many, let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: FedEx Introduces Global E-Commerce Solutions Under FedEx CrossBorder. Dematic Acquires NDC Automation. FusionOps Introduces Prescriptive Analytics For Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). In 2018, Rockwell Automation won the Supply Chains to Admire Award.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 24, 2013

I had the opportunity to participate in the BVL International Logistics Congress in Berlin Germany this week. There was a great deal of discussion regarding expectations for the global economy, as well as the outlook for logistics management. Apart from the economy, logistics innovation has been recognized as critical.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Winmore is bid and tender collaboration software for freight forwarders and brokers, providing visibility, efficiency, and process automation that helps our LSP customers lower costs and win more of the right bids. [01:26] Briefly, I worked in entertainment, which was my first introduction to supply chain. Yes, it is.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 2, 2016

Editor’s Note: Today’s post revisits some great advice offered by supply chain and logitics executives to students and young professionals in past episodes of Talking Logistics. We originially shared these brief video excerpts in 2013 and 2014, but we’ve compiled them here again in case you missed them the first time.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 16, 2016

Nadella said today’s work is split between tools workers use to get their jobs done, such as Microsoft’s Office programs, and professional networks that connect workers. Where to Find Supply Chain Innovation (Source: Adelante SCM). The deal, he said, aims to weave those two pieces together.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Menlo Logistics Keen to Build on 2014 Growth in South Asia. DHL Supply Chain commits EUR 218m to develop logistics infrastructure in China. Here are some details from the press release: Airclic’s cloud-based mobile solutions help streamline and automate complex ‘last mile’ logistics processes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 17, 2013

Today, I am preparing to speak at a global supply chain conference for a group of enterprise architects at a global manufacturer. They want me to speak to the future of Supply Chain Applications. Here is my first try: What Will Define the Supply Chains of the Future? This manufacturer is an industry leader.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 13, 2015

Over the years, I’ve come across many large, brand-name companies that have been successful by many measures, such as revenue growth and profitably, but when you peeled back the onion on their supply chain processes and capabilities, they were far from best-in-class. From the article: Columbia Sportswear added $415.6

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 30, 2022

Retail supply chain management has always been a complicated and complex process. But in the timeframe between 2020 to 2022, a volatile supply chain market showed the weakness in outdated, legacy supply chain execution built on rigid technology or lacking any accurate data that can improve overall decision-making.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

For the past five years, the team at Supply Chain Insights identified Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners by analyzing performance by peer group on the key metrics of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). In 2018, Rockwell Automation won the Supply Chains to Admire Award.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 15, 2015

The theme of this year’s Descartes Evolution 2015 Global User & Partner Conference , held in May in Miami, Florida, was “Logistics Integration — What’s Next?” Analytics on historical data helps Sears understand how operational decisions impact customer satisfaction and the delivery experience.

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