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The Counter to Constant Supply Chain Volatility Is Pervasive Visibility and Industry Collaboration

Logistics Viewpoints

Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , railways and ocean vessels. Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility.

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The Internet of Things in the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Retailers expect to be connected to manufacturers. Manufacturers expect to be connected to suppliers. And all of them expect to be connected to logistics providers transporting goods to and from various supply chain nodes. in 2014 to just 4 cents in 2019.”[6]. Consumers expect to be connected to retailers.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ).

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U.S. West Coast Labor Talks Begin This Week- Can a Timely Agreement Occur?

Supply Chain Matters

The previous five-year labor contract was ratified in 2014 , after a total of nine months of contract negotiations and considerable urging from government officials for both sides to reach resolution. As The Wall Street Journal noted in its reporting: “ The risks have seldom been as high as they are this year.”.

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Have you Heard About ‘’Chain of Responsibility’’ in the Supply Chain and Transportation?

GlobalTranz

COR was part of general recommendations sent in 2014 to the U.S. I’ll admit that I was first prompted to dig deeper into this topic after introducing our dock scheduling system to a group of Australian logistics professionals. involving the vehicle of a well-known actor, Tracey Morgan, and a Wal-Mart tractor-trailer in June of 2014.

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Ripped from the Headlines: Supply Chain Trends in the News

Talking Logistics

The article goes on to say [emphasis mine]: The shift, part of what Ralph Lauren says is a long-planned action, will move warehousing and inventory management service from a North Carolina distribution center run by XPO Logistics Supply Chain Inc.—an an arm of XPO Logistics Inc.—into But the nature of logistics outsourcing is changing.

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Three Questions People are Afraid to Ask….

Supply Chain Shaman

The supply chain planning cannot be effective if implemented by a supply chain function that is focused only on customer service, logistics and distribution. Tomorrow, I get to deliver this message to a large manufacturing client. The book publishes in December 2014. I am speaking at their global kick-off.