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What Were the Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions of 2015

RFgen

Supply chains are now dependent on cutting-edge software and systems to meet growing global demand. Supply chains are now more wide-sweeping, meaning the chance of disruption is also higher. A hurricane or typhoon was the third-most impactful disruption in 2014. Rebound Well with the Right Supply Chain Solutions.

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What Were the Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions of 2015

RFgen

Supply chains are now dependent on cutting-edge software and systems to meet growing global demand. Supply chains are now more wide-sweeping, meaning the chance of disruption is also higher. A hurricane or typhoon was the third-most impactful disruption in 2014. Rebound Well with the Right Supply Chain Solutions.

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Winner of the last quarter (Q3-2015): Amazon

Supply Chain Movement

American e-commerce company Amazon has secured the number one position in the 11th Supply Chain Top 25 ranking, which was announced at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2015 in Phoenix, USA, earlier this year. The list is published annually by Gartner, Inc.,

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The Avnet Tech Games IX Welcomes The Inaugural JDA Supply Chain Challenge

BlueYonder

This year, I am especially pleased about a new event called the “ JDA 2014 Supply Chain Challenge.” This event brought teams of two to four students together to form Littlefield Technologies, a fictitious manufacturer of digital satellite system receivers. The winning team consisted of: Matt Mulholland. Tushar Solanki.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. In 2014, the Postal Service worked with about 4,000 highway contractors. Phlow CEO Eric Edwards MD calls for Reimagining of Pharmaceutical Supply Chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. Global Supply Chains Open Door to Fraud ( CFO.com ). Forget cloud, social, and mobile. Forget WMS and TMS. Forget BI and analytics.

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From supply chain survival to leader: How you can follow Lenovo’s lead and find success during an acquisition

Kinaxis

That was how Ben Massie, Vice President of E2E Supply Chain Execution at Lenovo , kicked off his presentation at the 2019 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, AZ. Smashing together the System X supply chain with that of Lenovo’s proved difficult. Seven in sixteen months.

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