Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2022

We live in a digital age in which, according to Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, big data is an organization’s most valuable asset. Today, it’s not people but data that tops the asset value list for companies.”[1] Data and the Digital Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 9, 2013

The term big data is moving up the charts as a “hot topic.” ” This week, we published our second quantitative study on the evolution of big data concepts, it gave us the opportunity to talk to supply chain leaders on the evolution of technologies and the use of analytics in the Race for Supply Chain 2020.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

It took years of wandering for the supply chain to end up in the morass in which it currently finds itself. Although portions of the supply chain are functioning well, many consultants believe a true transformation is needed in order to make the global supply chain more resilient.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 30, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights added reports of headcount reductions occurring across various supply chain industry services sectors. Additional data in the WSJ report indicated that UPS customer Amazon accounted for 11.8 percent of total revenues in 2023, a 0.5 percentage point gain from that of 2022.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Today we published a new report, Supply Chains to Admire. Here we share the answers to the questions that we get the most often about this research: What is the source of data? The data analyzed to compile the Supply Chains to Admire report came from publicly-available information from balance sheets and income statements.

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Demand Solutions

JUNE 1, 2020

With big companies like Forever 21 having solvency problems, it becomes apparent that any weakness in supply chain or demand forecasting can seriously hurt a fashion company. So what can be done about the fashion supply chain, and how can it be managed better? Biggest Issues in Fashion 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. But the data could not support the promise. I wanted it to be data-driven.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 9, 2013

Supply Chain Event. Date: 26-27 November 2013. Supply Chain Management, the vehicle for profitability. Following on the success of its first edition, this year the Supply Chain Event anticipates over one hundred exhibitors and an attendance in excess of 3,000 visitors. Events event supply chain'

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

LLamasoft Launches Data Services to Provide Reference Data for the Supply Chain Design Community. Oracle Delivers Transformational Capabilities with New In-Memory Applications for Oracle Value Chain Planning. SAP Announces Second Quarter and First Half Results 2013. HighJump Software Acquires Evenex.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I also share data to try to convince you to join a guiding coalition to think bigger. While the research in 2005 showed that 13% of companies were attempting to orchestrate demand and supply, today, based on my recent research, I find that it is a much smaller number of 4%. Here I argue that we made five fundamental mistakes.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In many digital transformation-focused discussions, the “enterprise” and the “supply chain” are separate conversations. Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder of Supply Chain Insights, insists, “The supply chain IS Business, not a department within a business.”[1]

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 11, 2021

”[2] It’s a question with which supply chain professionals have been wrestling for months. Bowman seems to think supply chain professionals should have been better prepared. ” Sidelining the supply chain in flush times is a bad idea. According to business writer Laura V.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Currently, however, the supply chain, like many other economic areas, is suffering from a different kind of labor pain — a pain unlikely to result in much joy unless companies can attract a new generation of supply chain professionals. Labor Woes are Contributing to Supply Chain Woes. Desperately.”[1]

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Talking Logistics

JULY 26, 2013

No time to waste this Friday, so let’s go straight to the news… Manhattan Associates Reports Record Second Quarter 2013 Revenue and Earnings. Ryder Reports Second Quarter 2013 Results. Oracle Brings Extreme Supply Chain Performance to Customers with New In-Memory Application. ATA Truck Tonnage Index Rose 0.1%

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Supply chain shortages have led to frustration at the pharmacy counter for many this year. Now, a new threat may throw a wrench in the already precarious pharma supply chain. What is the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA)? The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) is part of this act.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2013

Now, this week’s news… LLamasoft Announces New Reference Rate Tariff Powered by SMC³ for Use in Strategic Supply Chain Design. Rockfarm Supply Chain Solutions Acquires RT&T Truckload Brokerage Division. Truckload and LTL Driver Turnover Rises in First Quarter of 2013. Freight Shipments Rose 1.2%

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is a week away. We are currently tabulating the results to publish the report, “Top 15 Supply Chains to Admire.” In this report, we track the progress on balance sheet performance of companies by peer group and chart the relative improvement for the period of 2006-2013.

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Supply Chain Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Today we published a new report, Supply Chains to Admire. Here we share the answers to the questions that we get the most often about this research: What is the source of data? The data analyzed to compile the Supply Chains to Admire 2014 report came from publicly-available information from balance sheets and income statements.

Pharmaceutical 179

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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. What are the odds I’ll use them again?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JULY 19, 2013

I learned today that one of the articles I published with colleagues from the University of Tennessee, Oxford University, and Manchester University was cited for the 2013 Emerald citation of Excellence award. As papers need at least three years to accumulate citation data, the 2013 Awards have been selected from papers published in 2009.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Reports 2013 Third-Quarter Results. Menlo Continues its Support of Degree Course in Supply Chain Management. Menlo Continues its Support of Degree Course in Supply Chain Management. Con-Way this week reported 2013 third-quarter net income of $30.6 ORION consists of more than 250 million address data points.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 13, 2017

Supply chain excellence. The answer makes or breaks a supply chain leader’s career and defines corporate value. Is this because this value chain is a laggard? Some of the strongest case studies of supply chain leadership are in this value chain. The 2017 Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 9, 2017

by CJ Wehlage A few years ago, Kevin O’Marah said Gartner’s Top 25 Supply Chains was getting increasingly boring. Gartner’s Top 25 Supply Chains has become like watching Survivor, the reality TV show that places people on a remote location, where they outwit, outplay and outlast the others. Nokia was tops at 46%.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 30, 2023

From tech giants to manufacturing leaders, the top 10 CEOs in the supply chain industry have blazed a trail of success. The Top 10 CEOs Who Have Worked As Supply Chain Professionals 1. Tim Cook Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, has a background in operations and supply chain management. Don’t forget!

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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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Talking Logistics

MAY 3, 2013

Reports 2013 First-Quarter Results. NAFTA trade in February 2013. Cass Freight Index Report – April 2013. million for Q1 2013, compared to $25.6 Stotlar, Con-way’s president and CEO: “On a consolidated basis, our first quarter 2013 results were below our expectations and therefore were disappointing.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 1, 2018

Intermediaries may include financial experts, data analysts, freight auditors, and more. Although it may seem counterintuitive for a third-party logistics provider (3PL), like Cerasis, to trumpet such prospects, the resounding impact will drive greater efficiencies in supply chains. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 19, 2013

As I wrap things up for the year, it dawned on me that 2013 has been an enlightening year in the world of technology and supply chain. Delivery drones, 3D printing and big data are making headlines these last few months. Supply chain optimization: 3 tips your shouldn’t ignore. There is more to come in 2014.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 15, 2017

For years subject matter experts have touted the benefits of closer supply chain collaboration. For example, back in 2013 Leonie … Continued. The post Winning Supply Chain Teams Need to Collaborate appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 9, 2013

uses embedded business intelligence analyzing input from multiple data sources to provide allocators with better insight and recommendations. . Meanwhile, Con-way Truckload announced that it is investing $2 million “in three state-of-the-art safety technology systems for all of the 525 new tractors it will take delivery of in 2013.”

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SCM Research

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) “is an international, not-for-profit organization providing the only global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information” Written by Accenture, the CDP Supply Chain Report 2014 has now been published. down from US$13.7

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 19, 2023

Cyber Security For Supply Chain Management has the potential to become a more significant issue. However, what does “supply chain cybersecurity” actually mean? What is a Supply Chain Attack? And a supply chain attack might target any link in this chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 12, 2020

In my day-to-day work in supply chain management, I find more encounter more opinions than facts. …most discussions are fueled by over-zealous and self-serving marketing programs. So, let’s start with the data. Yes, am that geeky kind-of-gal that likes to ground discussions in data.) Supply Chain Leadership.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 8, 2014

I jeopardized the release date of the book by taking an extra three months to finish the Supply Chain Index work. He is trying to figure out the answer to these questions: What defines supply chain excellence? Since supply chain can be a bit boring, I made it into a narrative. Who has done it best?

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

LLamasoft Introduces Supply Chain Sherpa Mobile Design and Visualization Modeling Tool. New ISF (10+2) Rule May Be Coming in May ( Supply Chain Management Review ). Cass Freight Index Report – January 2013. While we wait for the storm… C.H. Robinson Reports Fourth Quarter Results. Con-way Inc.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 31, 2019

The modern supply chain is mind-boggling. Multinational enterprises deal with a dizzying array of paperwork involving procurement deals, purchase orders, shipping data, etc. Much of that “paperwork” is now done electronically, which is why consultants are increasingly touting the benefits of the digital supply chain.

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