2018 Logistics Metrics Procurement 
Talking Logistics
JANUARY 8, 2018
Supplier viability is a major concern of supply chain leaders and procurement professionals today when committing their direct materials to specific trading partners,” said David Cahn, Director of Product Marketing at Elemica , in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. Do we have the right Service Level Agreement metrics in place?
Freightos
APRIL 24, 2018
Today, the go-to metric for that question is typically Standard & Poor’s 500, the Nikkei, or the Dow Jones Industrial Average (a shockingly poor indicator , if you look closer). Nearly every industry has created on-demand metrics to gauge market performance, hedge risks, and make decisions accordingly. The driver?
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Zipline Logistics
JANUARY 10, 2023
T he cascading logistical problems caused by the pandemic and the war in Eastern Europe have made securing a reliable supply chain a national imperative. Andrew Lynch is President and Co-Founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods.
Resilinc
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
A common challenge for procurement and supply chain professionals is obtaining support from C-level leaders to invest in a robust supply chain risk management (SCRM) program. But to make their strongest case, SCRM advocates need to focus on one key metric: return on investment. ROI analysis: core to a strong business case.
Enterra Insights
JULY 28, 2020
Analysts at Sprint Logistics note, “Technological advancements like the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are transforming the way we live and work, and traditional supply chains are not exempt from the digital revolution.”[2] ” Sprint Logistics Blog, 27 March 2020. [3] ” Start small.
IQMS
OCTOBER 18, 2019
Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. Source: Machine Learning – A Giant Leap for Supply Chain Forecasting, Material Handling and Logistics Conference (PDF, 28 pp.,
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
You know the people, the processes and the metrics. Most companies have a Procurement function, Distribution, Logistics, Planning, Inventory Management, Product Data Management, and Operations. Poor metric performance (eg. Too many metrics, no targets, and no focus. No process based improvement program (eg.
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