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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. However, writing it is a great time to get into industry patterns and think. With surgery, I just never got to the report finished. The report was scheduled to publish in the summer of 2023, but life got in the way. The full report publishes this week.

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The Top 10 Supply Chain Blog Posts from 2017

GlobalTranz

We will feature over the next 4 business days each category's most viewed posts over the course of 2017. These will only contain posts written in 2017. These will only contain posts written in 2017. There were approximately 220 blog posts in 2017, and over 360,000 page views on those posts alone. Share This: Read More.

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Arriving Just in Time – Advanced Transportation Logistics Scheduling

Supply Chain Collaborator

Freight transportation capacity, (particularly truckload capacity) is tight as it has ever been. The bellwether metric – spot rates – are pegging the meter. The biannual Fall/Winter 2017 edition of Food Shippers of America magazine includes an article sharing the solution to these challenges. There can be no argument.

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A New Decade: Give Science A Chance

Supply Chain Shaman

We had just recovered from a recession, and my goal was to help supply chain leaders create a better supply chain by the end of the decade. At that time, Supply Chain 2020 seemed so far away. When I started my business in 2012, I frequently wrote about the future using the moniker of Supply Chain 2020. My focus was simple.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed. The network supports a wide array of messaging types including real-time GPS, EDI, and API-based capacity requests, bookings, statuses, and customs messages. Real-time location and IoT data such as condition statuses (e.g., Stuff happens.

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When The Wheels Fall Off

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2017, when I moved, I bought an old car. Leadtimes, conversion rates, and cycle times are fixed parameters. When The Wheels Fall Off Idiom: An unexpected problem arose, causing something to fail or go terribly wrong. For the prior ten years, as a city dweller in Philadelphia and Baltimore, I walked everywhere. The problem?

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Tata Steel Europe’s Connected Planning Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

Even before the pandemic the global steel industry was navigating significant disruptions that included steep price competition (China has been investigated numerous times for dumping), soft demand, and tariff issues. We don’t spend just to innovate,” Mr. Lassen said, “we need to create business value.”. What does that mean?