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Supply Chain Disruption. A Deeper Look Into Context, Causes, and Trends  

Elementum

These self-imposed problems are, not surprisingly, endemic to major successes with outmoded approaches, and in the face of today’s new challenges and demands, they’ve exacerbated an already urgent supply chain crisis. Supply Chain Disruption: A Closer Look at Macro Factors. Up Next: Finding New Solutions.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 2-6, 2015)

Talking Logistics

New JDA Capabilities Help to Deliver a Seamless Response to Supply Chain Disruptions. UPS Accelerates Use of Routing Optimization Software to Reduce 100 Million Miles Driven. Ports Gridlock Reshapes the Supply Chain (WSJ – sub. Descartes Reports Fiscal 2015 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 23-27, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Target Lowers Free Shipping Minimum to $25 for Online Orders. DHL launches next phase Resilience360 risk management tool to help customers avoid global disasters. Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – January 2015. enVista Announces Record Revenue for 2014.

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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

From a digitally-transformed shopping experience to global supply chain disruptions and a pandemic that refuses to quit, there’s one thing retailers can count on: People are always going to shop. Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories.

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All I Want in My Easter Basket is a Supply Chain Planning System of Record

Logility

Look at the process enabling tools. Specifically, what does your supply chain team use to manage supply chain planning? Survey after survey points to spreadsheets as one of the primary tools used along with ERP systems and homegrown solutions. When a disruption takes place (e.g.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. For related commentary, see: TMS in the SMB Market: The Evolution Toward Software-as-a-Self-Service. But some of my other predictions did hit the mark or came close.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software. Key Points.