Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2016

Thanks to all of you — our readers, social media followers, and sponsors — we’re having a great year so far (pageviews are up 46 percent this quarter compared to the same period in 2015 and we have almost 75,000 followers on LinkedIn), and we have many more great episodes, posts, and other content planned for the weeks and months ahead.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2016

In technology news, INTTRA announced a partnership with JDA Software, which will give JDA customers access to INTTRA’s full suite of ocean shipping software, data and services. Twitter), and natural disaster alerting sources to find and disseminate content relevant to global supply chains.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Companies like Walmart, McDonald’s, Panera and Chipotle are already changing the way their supply chains work to keep up with growing consumer demands. From free shipping to 24/7 ordering to ensuring sustainable, environmentally friendly goods – customers’ requests are driving businesses into new processes and practices.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

This drought impacted hydropower, disrupted shipping, and affected five million people in southern China, according to the World Meteorological Organization. El Nino El Niño, a cyclical climate pattern characterized by warmer waters in the Pacific Ocean, is expected to have significant implications for global supply chains in 2024.

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Resilinc

JUNE 29, 2021

Over the last several years, factory fires have ranked as one of the most common types of disruptive supply chain events: in 2020 1,000 factory fires were tracked by Resilinc’s EventWatch monitoring system. However, fires that occur far outside factory gates are becoming a greater concern for supply chain risk managers.

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Logility

APRIL 10, 2017

Like all SOR’s (ERP – Financial SOR, CRM – Customer SOR, PLM – Product Lifecycle SOR, PIM – Product Information SOR) a SCP SOR facilitates supply chain planning processes, and is the one location for all of the company’s supply chain planning information.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 23, 2015

That liberal paraphrasing of a classic Prince song refers to particularly strong El Niño conditions predicted by the National Weather Service for winter 2015-2016—the likes of which haven’t been seen since 1998. El Niño may serve as the ultimate test of supply chain risk management and resiliency.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. In short, the increased threat of terrorism underscores the importance of taking a smarter approach to supply chain risk management , which was one of my predictions for 2014. Insights from Kenco Customer Summit 2015.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Last September, a jury at Southwark crown court in south London found Amazon guilty of shipping dangerous goods by air. As reported by The Guardian : The items included lithium-ion batteries and flammable aerosols, which were flown in and out of the UK between January 2014 and June 2015.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Peak season for ocean freight shipping is underway. That can make it difficult to meet your delivery times unless you take proactive steps now to minimize the risk in your supply chain. Our proprietary Risk Calendar envisions times of the year when disruptions may occur, and why. Yellow: Space is getting tighter.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

.” Systems, like the Enterra Intelligent Inventory Management System , are designed to help retailers and manufacturers better manage inventory fluctuations. … It all comes down to the ability to use predictive analytics to manage supply chain risk.”[6]. ”[6]. Footnotes. [1]

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TMC

MAY 26, 2016

Five Ways to Drive a High-Performance, Cross-Border Automotive Supply Chain.Connect. Where are you likely to encounter the worst bottlenecks when shipping product between the U.S. Department of Commerce , in 2015 Mexico produced 3.4 Mismatches between supply and demand is a significant cause of delays. and Mexico?

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a real-world scenario, the impact on the supply chain would depend on the scale of the nuclear incident, the industry’s dependence on nuclear energy, and the subsequent regulatory and public responses. San Andreas (2015) If California was a country, its $3.1 trillion economy would be the fifth biggest in the world.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2018

Under that strategy, employees take items from a physical store and ship it to customers, which allows Target to ship orders faster and avoid some costs related to distribution and fulfillment centers. Well, the patent was issued last week.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

We cannot let this happen again,” is what the American Apparel & Footwear Association said in 2015. And as I wrote two years ago, the larger challenge facing the ports, especially in the United States, is the need to increase port productivity as larger ships replace smaller vessels.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2017

It could be unloading a container from a ship, receipt of a shipment, transfer of ownership, a return, or a change in status. Started in December 2015 by the Linux Foundation, it enables blockchain-based distributed ledgers. These are typically the handshakes, or interface points, between applications. Use Cases for Hyperledger.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

planes and ships ); Iran and North Korea and their nuclear ambitions; ISIS exporting its brand of terrorism around the world; and China building islands in the South China Sea (and reportedly putting weapons on them ). Cyber risk and security is getting more attention from the ocean shipping community too.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 29, 2015

"The dangers are higher and the risks are more pronounced—but at the same time, we’re getting better at planning and responding.". Sheffi has made a career out of researching supply chain risk management. It's one solution to a huge supply chain problem: building better communication across global networks.

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