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Logistics Buyers Survey with Jim Bierfeldt

The Logistics of Logistics

Jim Bierfeldt and Joe Lynch discuss the logistics buyers survey created by Jim and his team at Logistics Marketing Advisors. Key Takeaways: Logistics Buyers Survey. 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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Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014

Talking Logistics

Source: “Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation & Logistics,” Jason Mathers, EDF, Ryder Innovate 2014. Bruce Tompkins validated and underscored many of the points discussed during the conference with research data from Tompkins’ Supply Chain Consortium survey.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

And a FourKites survey of 350+ supply chain leaders tells us that the past few years of supply chain disruptions — including COVID-19, market volatility, global political conflict, material shortages and extreme weather events — drove 73% of respondents to begin investing in supply chain visibility, with 46% planning to invest more in 2023.

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New Survey Says Alignment of Supply Chain and Business Strategies Is Critical to Success

Tompkins Blog

RALEIGH, NC, April 15, 2014 — Is it important to connect your supply chain strategy with your business strategy? According to a recent survey by Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium, nearly 80 percent of participants agree. Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium is the premier source for supply chain benchmarking and best practices knowledge.

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Gartner Releases a New S&OP Magic Quadrant

ToolsGroup

Gartner says that the moves have been driven mainly by a significant uptick in overall S&OP maturity of the users it surveyed, which required S&OP solutions to keep pace with increased user demands. Source: Gartner Research, 2017. Source: Gartner for Supply Chain Leaders Toolkit, 2014. Some vendors did.

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There Are Not Enough Women Supply Chain Leaders!

Supply Chain Game Changer

However a new survey shows that the percentage of women in leadership roles is still low. Other industries that don’t ship physical goods (for example Financial Services or Insurance) have adopted sophisticated Strategic Sourcing methodology for their Procurement.

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The ‘Risky Business’ of Supply Chains

Tompkins Blog

The report is based on a March 2014 survey by Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium, so it guarantees a realistic perspective into what current companies are really doing and thinking. Specialized skill sets/employee expertise is the greatest supply chain risk to current operations, according to those surveyed.