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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire 2015

Supply Chain Shaman

Tomorrow, I present the Supply Chains To Admire 2015 Analysis at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in Scottsdale, AZ. At the event, we will also announce the winners of the Supply Chains to Admire methodology for 2015. The analysis is designed to analyze supply chain leader success on a portfolio of metrics.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

Average performance in 2016-2019 across twenty-seven manufacturing sectors on inventory turns, Return on Invested Capital and operating margin was worse than in 2012-2015. Focus on functional metrics without alignment to a balanced scorecard to drive value. Alignment Barriers. Mistake #3.

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Sustainable Purchasing & Supply Summit 2015

Supply Chain Movement

Sustainable Purchasing & Supply Summit 2015. Date: 22 September 2015. Organization: Revolution Events. The 2015 event will again offer two complementary SPSS Masterclasses, available as separate half-day sessions or together as a full-day programme, the conference is chaired and supported by Carbon Trust.

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3PL Outsourcing Trends with Ben Steffes

The Logistics of Logistics

Coyote became a UPS Company in 2015, adding new services and capabilities to their expanding solutions portfolio. Coyote became a UPS Company in 2015, adding new services and capabilities to their expanding solutions portfolio. Coyote is the trusted global logistics provider that empowers business growth in a rapidly changing world.

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Supply Chain Spotlight on Mexico: Takeaways from Logistic Summit & Expo 2015

Talking Logistics

A clear sign that Mexico is currently in the supply chain spotlight was last month’s Logistic Summit & Expo 2015 in Mexico City, which attracted over 10,000 attendees and almost 200 exhibitors, including leading 3PLs, software vendors, and other supply chain and logistics companies from both the United States and Mexico.

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Guest Post: Ignoring this Performance Metric is Risky

TMC

It can be practically zero—as is the case with earthquakes and fires—or even negative, when a disruption is detected after the event. As I explain in my book, The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected (MIT Press, October 2015), companies can improve their disruption detection capabilities in a number of ways.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Here’s what I wrote back on this date in 2009, as I recalled the events of that tragic day eight years earlier: I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, near Red Hook and the docks. The folks from Manugistics left not knowing how they would get back home to Maryland, and I joined my colleagues next door at the Hilton to watch the events on TV.