Jessica Twentyman reported in the Financial Times , that for many manufacturers, supply chain collaboration is stuck in the dark ages. When it comes to ordering materials and components, managing inventory levels, or organizing the delivery of finished goods to customers, companies are forced continually to chase business partners – mostly suppliers, logistics companies, and retailers – via a messy stream of emails, phone calls, and even faxes. MORE
Kinaxis
JUNE 19, 2017
by Alexa Cheater If there’s one thing you can count on in supply chain, it’s that things will change. Often. It could be as relatively small as a last minute order or engineering change, or as big as an industry-wide shift that sends your end-to-end supply chain spinning in an entirely new direction. At the recent Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, there was a lot of talk about the latter.
GlobalTranz
JUNE 21, 2017
These podcasts bring the latest news and thought leadership in the supply chain and logistics industries right to your earbuds. I used to think that podcasts were a hip form of new media that millennials used to further their iPhone addictions. Fast forward a few years, and the benefits of having news and entertainment in your earbuds has converted me to a podcast fan.
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ToolsGroup
JUNE 22, 2017
Source: Andrew Downard, Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, May 2017. Business is moving fast and there is so much new data now speeding through the pipes that Gartner says it’s not possible to plan a supply chain without some level of automation. So they now offer a scale (a maturity curve) to measure the level of automation in your supply chain planning.
Supply Chain Insights
JUNE 21, 2017
After doing a deep dive into the Household Products (Nondurable) industry segment to show why Proctor & Gamble did not make the Supply Chains to Admire TM winner list, I wanted to show an example calculation for a company that made the winner list. Cisco Systems has actually made the Supply Chains to Admire list for 4 years in a row ! That’s amazing!
Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller
As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe
Kinaxis
JUNE 23, 2017
by Carmen Humplik Every year, the city of Ottawa hosts an event called Doors Open Ottawa. Approximately 150 historically, culturally, and functionally significant buildings open their doors to the public. If you’re a resident of the city, it’s a great way to explore your own backyard as it allows you to gain access to buildings that are normally closed to the public.
Supply Chain Brief brings together the best content for supply chain and logistic professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
SCM Research
JUNE 21, 2017
“Slicing and dicing the supply chain to service ever more diverse and demanding customers has become the core challenge for Chief Supply Chain Officers. But simply expanding the number of supply chain configurations and maintaining separate organizations to manage them—the approach followed by most organizations—is driving too much complexity and wasting potential synergies.” This is how a new report by Accenture starts.
Supply Chain Insights
JUNE 19, 2017
If you’re like me, you might see a long report online and skip past the details to get to the good stuff – the results. When the Supply Chains to Admire TM report came out last week, I scrolled right to the winners. To try to wrap my head around the way the winners were determined, I dug in to the data. I wanted to take one particular company and calculate their results myself to understand the methodology fully.
Talking Logistics
JUNE 23, 2017
It’s the last day of school, so lot’s of excitement here at home. With little time to spare this morning, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s Deal for Whole Foods Seen as Ideal for Urban Pickup and Delivery Hubs (WSJ – sub. req’d). Wal-Mart to Vendors: Get Off Amazon’s Cloud (WSJ – sub. req’d).
Logility
JUNE 20, 2017
What It Is, Why We Have It, and Some Simple Ideas to Fill the Gap. Rising Demand. At recent supply chain user conferences, a major concern for many companies was the talent gap in supply chain. This is an urgent issue for corporations to address, since the gap stymies growth, dampens innovative ideas and programs, and limits problem solving on a day-to-day level.
Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.
Enterra Insights
JUNE 23, 2017
It’s no secret that world’s population continues to grow and isn’t predicted to top out for several decades. All of … Continued. The post Smart Farming will Help Feed the World appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
River Logic
JUNE 22, 2017
The past decade has seen a sea change in the way supply chains are organized and instituted in the best companies. While most companies recognize the need to improve their supply chain infrastructure, the best ones realize that optimizing this portion of their business is one of the easiest and most effective ways to increase the bottom line. Here is a quick rundown on how the best companies that truly “get” the message properly manage their supply chains.
Talking Logistics
JUNE 20, 2017
Your supply chain’s key performance indicators support tactical, day-to-day business decisions, so ensuring you are reading them correctly is imperative. The question becomes, “how are you comparing your transportation metrics to what’s happening around you?” If you only focus on the data in your own supply chain, you could be missing the bigger picture, and ultimately, misreading your KPIs.
PINC
JUNE 21, 2017
By definition, an ecosystem is a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment. The same concept applies in the supply chain, where networks of organizations—including manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, retailers, customers, and carriers—are all involved in the hands-on delivery of a specific product or service.
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
Enterra Insights
JUNE 22, 2017
The term “disruption” has been used so often over the past couple of decades many pundits are now calling for … Continued. The post Disruption and Supply Chain Management appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
The Logistics of Logistics
JUNE 19, 2017
PRESS RELEASE 15.06.2017. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. Digitalisation is re-shaping the world and creating increased opportunity for development and innovation. Revolutionary concepts plus the evolution and advancement of existing platforms are providing unparalleled growth opportunities for shipping and related transport and supply chain infrastructure. However, achieving digital success requires knowledge and understanding, and an ability to drive your company’s digital thinking and transforma
Talking Logistics
JUNE 21, 2017
Eric St. Amand, VP Americas Supply Chain Optimization at Geodis and Martin Verwijmeren, CEO at MP Objects discuss the following questions and more in this timely and informative episode: What are some of the key supply chain challenges shippers are facing today? Are their priorities and objectives different today than in the past? . How are these supply chain challenges and objectives impacting their technology requirements?
Supply Chain Collaborator
JUNE 22, 2017
How well does your TMS drive process improvement and efficiency in transportation logistics? Any decent TMS solution helps shippers standardize workflows and automate things like rating, routing, tendering and carrier management functions. Yet, to really juice savings and operational efficiency using a TMS, a shipper has to be able to view and analyze the data a TMS collects.
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Enterra Insights
JUNE 21, 2017
There remains a lot of talk about digital disruption and the imperative for industrial age companies to transform into digital … Continued. The post Digital Enterprises Require Disruptive Technologies appeared first on Enterra Solutions.
Arkieva
JUNE 23, 2017
You cannot improve the performance of something that is unpredictable. S&OP processes allow businesses to create a predictable approach to managing the supply chain. In this week’s ‘Supply Chain Talk,’ Arkieva CEO Harpal Singh discusses some of the key steps for measuring, monitoring, and improving S&OP performance. Key steps for Measuring, Monitoring, and Improving S&OP Performance was first posted on June 23, 2017 at 8:10 am. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva
Talking Logistics
JUNE 19, 2017
Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen a lot of activity related to last-mile delivery — from startups providing last-mile delivery services to advancements in transportation management systems and mobile technologies to more effectively plan, execute, and track last-mile deliveries, as well as several acquisitions in this space. What’s driving this focus on last-mile delivery?
NFI Industries
JUNE 20, 2017
Leveraging technology in the supply chain can create efficiency and visibility like never before. Identifying the right systems to use that meet business needs can be a complex and tedious process. Supply chain solution providers offer technology and the right partner can provide the flexibility needed to use an ideal system for a shipper’s needs. Read More.
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Shippers and logistics service providers are pressured to match the “Amazon effect” for fast and efficient service across multiple B2C, B2B, and D2C channels. Perfect order delivery - on-time and in-full at the lowest possible cost – is critical. However, recent surveys of supply chain stakeholders reveal that many don't have the technology necessary to achieve it.
Material Handling & Logistics
JUNE 23, 2017
The study included the share of total logistics industry income as a share of total state income, the employment per capita, as well as the commodity flows data by both rail and road. read more.
Arkieva
JUNE 20, 2017
For most businesses that rely on demand forecasts for supply and capacity planning, improving demand forecast accuracy is critical. There are many methods to measure forecast bias and the accuracy of supply chain forecasts including using statistical methods like the Mean Absolute Percent Error or MAPE that we’ve discussed in our previous blogs. How Does a Demand Forecast of Zero Impact Your Forecast Accuracy?
Elementum
JUNE 23, 2017
This year opened with a list of regulatory changes in the over-the-road trucking sector, with new policies set to impact driver capacity and productivity. The new rules were set, generally speaking, to address the perennial issue of driver and road safety in the trucking industry. In fact, many stakeholders, including trucking and shipping associations, have lauded what is perceived as a right move by the government.
MIT Supply Chain
JUNE 22, 2017
The first-ever cohort in MIT’s inaugural online MicroMasters program — consisting of more than 1,100 learners who completed all five of the online courses in supply chain management — has received its final MicroMasters certificates. The pioneering cohort was honored at an online ceremony on June 20 2017. Of those learners who opted to take […].
More than 40 manufacturers across the commercial interior, material handling, and kitchen and bath industries expand offers via Configura’s CET platform in 2023.
Material Handling & Logistics
JUNE 18, 2017
Our annual look at the Top 25 (plus 3) Supply Chains reveals what the best manufacturers and retailers are achieving as they manage their global operations. read more.
Arkieva
JUNE 21, 2017
While major supply chain consequences aren’t usually life threatening, you can bet they have a huge impact on you, your organization, and your customers. Your goal is to prevent problems early but it doesn’t always happen. Establishing a Proactive Supply Chain Using Early Warning Indicators was first posted on June 21, 2017 at 2:39 pm. ©2017 " Supply Chain Link Blog - Arkieva " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.
All Things Supply Chain
JUNE 18, 2017
In a 2016 report, the global consulting firm Ernst & Young proclaimed that “supply chain sustainability can no longer be ignored.
synchrono
JUNE 19, 2017
Jessica Twentyman reported in the Financial Times , that for many manufacturers, supply chain collaboration is stuck in the dark ages. When it comes to ordering materials and components, managing inventory levels, or organizing the delivery of finished goods to customers, companies are forced continually to chase business partners – mostly suppliers, logistics companies, and retailers – via a messy stream of emails, phone calls, and even faxes.
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