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New Year’s Resolution #1 for Supply Chain Planners: Improve Performance Measurement

Demand Solutions

Over my next few articles, I’ll share some tips on the kinds of resolutions you can put in place to get your supply chain performance back on track in 2015. Make it your New Year’s resolution to start using this more granular metric. New Year’s Resolution #1: “I resolve to put effective supply chain performance measures in place.”.

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Clouds: A Beautiful Thing for Sure!

Supply Chain Shaman

in fresh capital to invest in R&D to build a technology services hub in Austin, Texas. E2open went public in July 2012 and in February 2015 participated in a private buy-out for $273M by Insight Venture Partners. The company secured $22.5 Lora Cecere is the Founder of Supply Chain Insights.

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Attracting the Next Wave of Category Management Talent

BlueYonder

Based on a study conducted at DePaul University in September 2015, the retention of category management professionals will begin to erode, and by 2020, organizations could lose up to 20,000 category management professionals. There is a call to action. If we build it now…they will come!

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Attracting the Next Wave of Category Management Talent

BlueYonder

Based on a study conducted at DePaul University in September 2015, the retention of category management professionals will begin to erode, and by 2020, organizations could lose up to 20,000 category management professionals. There is a call to action. If we build it now…they will come!

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Revenue: JP¥ 544.53 billion/ $5.08

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #5

Supply Chain Trend

The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems.

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Billable Weight Explained: How to Reduce Future Shipping Costs

ShipBob

Until 2015, carriers used a package’s actual weight and shipping distance to calculate its shipping costs. Tech-enabled 3PLs like ShipBob also offer insights into important distribution metrics that you can use to make informed decisions, such as how much your average shipping costs are. Billable weight is calculated as follows: U.S.