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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

The manufacturer pays maintenance for the planning software but stops contact with Company A. New software is seldom the best answer and never chose software based on PowerPoint promises and demos. The goal of the conference is to Imagine the Supply Chain of 2030. Avoid Custom Code. Planning Is Not Planning.

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Coming soon to a supply chain near you: 8 big digital disruptors

Kinaxis

That in turn is changing how organizations are manufacturing and delivering goods. He relayed how he saw a demo of true shelf-aware systems at a retail location that sends alerts in real-time when a stock out happens directly to a mobile phone. That depends on alerts managed autonomously, and Phillips has already seen them in action.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Trucking costs to halve by 2030, study predicts (LLoyd’s Loading List). That’s what I wrote back in May following Transplace’s Shipper Symposium conference, and true to expectations, the company announced this week that it has acquired Yusen Logistics’ intermodal marketing company/over-the-road freight brokerage group.