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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase year-over-year. For example, Ariba does not interoperate with Elemica, GT Nexus does not interoperate with Nulogy, and E2open does not interoperate with 3PL networks.

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2021 Supply Chain Technology Trends to Watch

Logistics Viewpoints

The theory is that as more and more devices throughout the supply chain and manufacturing process become part of the ‘Internet of Things,’ they will produce an incredibly rich data stream that will send signals in real-time to trigger a wide variety of events. Hyped technologies are getting a lot of publicity but have little proven value.

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The Story Continues…. Let’s Don’t Sugar Coat the Real Issue

Supply Chain Shaman

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. Unloading at the western ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been an issue for many months. In my interviews, some say August.

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2021 Supply Chain Challenges: The Top 5 Lessons Learned + Tips from 11 Industry Experts

ToolsGroup

It’s time to re-think how our products are manufactured and distributed. Whether through a co-warehousing, sub-lease, or 3PL warehouse scenario, securing backup options has been a key way that sellers have battled this challenge.” – Will Schneider, President, WarehousingAndFulfillment.com.

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2021 Supply Chain Technology Trends to Watch

Logistics Viewpoints

The theory is that as more and more devices throughout the supply chain and manufacturing process become part of the ‘Internet of Things,’ they will produce an incredibly rich data stream that will send signals in real-time to trigger a wide variety of events. Hyped technologies are getting a lot of publicity but have little proven value.

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The Top 6 Use Cases for Network Optimization

Logility

Powerful scenario analysis identifies optimal locations for future plants, warehouses or 3PL locations and quickly presents impacts to cost and service in an interactive environment. Manufacturing Analysis: Optimize the total landed costs of production decisions. Check out the 6 top uses cases for network optimization below.

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase in year-over-year volume. Returning containers is an ongoing issue resulting in some manufacturers investigating a return to break-bulk shipping (container free).