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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

Schneider Electric has been working to simplify its supply chain over the last few years. This French public multinational was selected as having the best global supply chain by a leading analyst firm. Schneider Electric’s supply chain operation is of great interest to other practitioners.

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Chatting With Your Supply Chain Software

Talking Logistics

Way back in 2013, in a post titled “Siri Comes to Enterprise Apps,” I wrote the following: Instead of manually executing tasks with a mouse or touch screen, why not speak them? We already see this in the consumer realm with smartphones, and in the warehouse too with voice picking technologies. It’s only a question.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 We define the market as those warehouse automation providers responsible for delivery of the system to the end-user (to eliminate double-counting). billion in 2019.

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Top 10 Talking Logistics Episodes of 2013

Talking Logistics

What if there was a talk show focused on supply chain and logistics topics? I asked myself that question a little more than a year ago, which ultimately led me to launch Talking Logistics this past January. Without them, Talking Logistics would not be possible. I couldn’t agree more.

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The State of Supply Chain and Logistics Innovation

Talking Logistics

What is supply chain innovation? In a 2013 white paper, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics defined supply chain innovation as “the combining and application of a mix of inventions, existing processes, and technologies in a new way that achieves a desirable change in cost, quality, cash and/or service.”

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5 Podcasts for Supply Chain and Logistics Professionals

GlobalTranz

These podcasts bring the latest news and thought leadership in the supply chain and logistics industries right to your earbuds. If you’re looking to increase your podcast listening , here are five that highlight topics of interest to supply chain and logistics professionals. Supply Chain Brain.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

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.