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From Real-Time Visibility to Real-Time Decisions: Data’s Value Is Propagating Across Global Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

I’ve said it before (right here in Logistics Viewpoints), but it’s worth repeating: the digital transformation of our complex global supply chains is an ongoing journey. He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them. Lesson learned.

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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

Orbit Chart of Four Industry Sectors at the Intersection of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns (Year-over-Year Averages for the Sector). Enterprise resilience–the ability to have consistent balance sheet returns despite market volatility– decreased starting in 2014. The reality is very different. There are many reasons.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. This is despite the purchase of Terra Technology Demand Sensing and Multi-tier Inventory Management (MEIO) in 2014 for 12-14M$ (including implementation).

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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

Source: Dictionary.com. I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In Instead, in the SanDisk journey , they adjusted the speed of response to their customer segments, and actively designing inventory postponement strategies. It is systemic.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 4-8, 2014)

Talking Logistics

The bodega and building as it appears today (source: Google Maps). WTO failure points to fragmented future for global trade ( Reuters ). HighJump Software announced enhancements to its Retail Inventory and Point of Sale Management software, RETAIL vantage. And with that, time to head to the beach.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I also worked with a team of leading thinkers in developing the Future of Procurement Report (published by KPMG) , as well as publish the BVL International Global Logistics Trends and Strategies report with a team of leading academics and executives in Europe, China, North and South America, Russia, and India.

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Savvy Supply Chain Leaders Aren’t Letting a Good Downturn Go to Waste

Logistics Viewpoints

Freight rates have plummeted, brokerages are struggling, and the industry is still bloated with excess inventory. While many companies assemble great sourcing and procurement teams when it comes time to renegotiate freight contracts, they often fail to provide good documentation that allows them to negotiate from a position of strength.