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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

As 2013 comes to a close, here are some of my thoughts regarding the supply chain trends we are likely to see emerge in 2014. Another major source of risk is the unreliability of global logistics channels, especially the challenges associated with ocean freight lines, which are becoming increasing unreliable.

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Supplier Diversity: From Checking-the-Box to a C-Suite Strategy

ivalua

In 2014, the European Union (EU) took steps to encourage supplier diversity by implementing a social procurement policy. As more and more organizations, countries, and cultures embrace diversity programs, unique certifications and data sources will increase exponentially. Social Procurement Framework in European Union.

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SCM Global 50: Best Global Supply Chain Blogs 2014

Supply Chain Opz

Managing the smooth flow of material and information in global supply chain context has been a business challenge for many years and many companies tries to find the new ways to take the advantage of the shift of global economy. Then, we finalize the results based on quality of information, timeliness of information and overall diversity.

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Logistics Buyers Survey with Jim Bierfeldt

The Logistics of Logistics

These buyers now have access to a wealth of information and do their own research on how to solve supply chain problems, and what providers can do to help. In the podcast interview, Jim shared some of the findings from the logistics buyers survey that his firm publishes every other year since 2014.

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Data Quality: Your Digital Transformation Depends on It

Logistics Viewpoints

When you’re ingesting and synthesizing data from dozens or hundreds or millions of sources (as most sophisticated platforms do nowadays), you will see duplicated records, incomplete fields, formatting inconsistencies, different languages, different units of measurement. The next step is to inform someone.

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The Green Corridor – Logistics’ Role In Preventing The Next Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

While the duty to capture and prosecute these criminals rests with law enforcement authorities, transportation companies and their staff are invaluable sources of intelligence and should step up as partners in combating IWT. When I was Head of Go Green at DHL eCommerce a few moons ago, I spearheaded a program to do just that.

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What’s New in 2015 for the supply chain world? See 2014?s predictions.

Supply Chain View from the Field

Last year around this time I made a lot of predictions about what 2014 would hold in store…Let’s revisit some of these, and see what has happened (or what hasn’t!) Here are my predictions from 2014, and an update on what I think will happen in these areas.