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Imagine 2030: Supply Chain Talent

Logility

This year’s Supply Chain Insights’ annual global conference (Live Stream: [link] ) moves to our hometown of Atlanta, a town deep in supply chain history from the crossroads of the early train routes to the hub of many of today’s leading brands, and supply chain services and technology providers.

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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

I hopped on the plane in Baltimore on my way to Atlanta last week. As we circled Atlanta, I woke up and started a obligatory conversation with my neighbor. What brings you to Atlanta?” As he spoke, I discovered: The Company Was Blindly Fielding RFP Process. I started with, “Tell me about you. The reason?

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Ferrero tells suppliers to stop sending it palm oil from Malaysian company. As I wrote about a few weeks ago, Google’s sister company Wing launched what it calls the first commercial drone delivery in a major metropolitan area. The company partnered with Walgreens to make deliveries in suburban Dallas.

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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

In our research, we find that when companies out perform, one of the first things that they talk about is success in horizontal processes. For reference, 52% of companies have a network design group, and 40% of these companies think that they do it well. Not all companies are at the same level of maturity.

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Household Products Industry Stuck in Neutral and Going Backwards

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the course of trip to Atlanta to connect to Peru, we began a discussion. I had never had a vendor thank me for giving a company a negative review. The company is now owned by JDA. During the period of 1996-2001, the company struggled. As the company spiraled in the updraft of the market, it built inventory.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

The first of the new shipping and delivery centers will open in Atlanta, GA, in the fall of this year, with more than 100 additional sites under consideration nationwide. . Using unconventional, organic materials such as seaweed and mushrooms, forward-thinking companies are bringing sustainable solutions to a wasteful supply chain.

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Herbalife Nutrition Joins the Logility Client Community

Logility

ATLANTA (September 7, 2022) – Logility, Inc., Herbalife Nutrition, a global nutrition company, selected the Logility Digital Supply Chain Platform to improve its supply chain management around the world. Logility clients include Big Lots, Husqvarna Group, Parker Hannifin and Red Wing Shoe Company. About Herbalife Nutrition.