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Leading Inventory Attack Teams with Richard Lebovitz

The Logistics of Logistics

He is a board member of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and a contributor to the Forbes Technology Council , Manufacturing Today, WardsAuto , Supply Chain Brain, Industry Today, Aerospace Manufacturing and Design, ASSEMBLY , and more. Some of its customers include Boeing, Airbus, Spirit AeroSystems, and Tesla.

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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

A TMS helps companies move freight from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively. Finally, in making sourcing decisions, global trade compliance needs to be part of companies strategic sourcing programs. The other industry specific solution is Oracle’s solution for aerospace & defense.

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Two Important Questions About the Future of Freight Moves

Talking Logistics

Freight tons moving on the nation’s transportation network will grow 40 percent in the next three decades while the value of the freight will almost double, increasing by 92 percent, according to the latest projections by the U.S. trillion in 2015). That is the “hundreds of billions of dollars” question.

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Boeing’s Production Quality Crisis Significantly Escalates

Supply Chain Matters

They damage the image of the entire aerospace industry.” Comments aside, financial investment and aerospace industry observers are each expressing concerns for the implications of these events that continue to surround Boeing , along with the observation that Airbus can not help but to benefit from such events. All rights reserved.

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Prepare for Anything: Supply Chain and Ecosystem Predictions for 2022 and beyond….

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

IDC expects spending on Digital Transformation (DX) on the top 5 use cases – smart warehousing, freight management, optimized operations, supplier network management, and predictive network inventory orchestration – to hit USD $33Bn in 2022. Source: 2021 FUTURE ENTERPRISE RESILIENCY & SPENDING- Wave 9, September 2021.

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Supply Chain Risk Report: Ukraine-Russia Conflict

Resilinc

An invasion would send prices for both fuels higher, leading to more inflation, rising costs for a wide range of commodities including food, as well as freight surcharges and impacts on downstream markets. And electronics, automotive, aerospace, food, healthcare, and other industries would see supply allocations and revenue impacts.

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Five Technology Patents that Changed the Supply Chain

Freightos

Freight is changing. Shorter product lifecycles, fluid sourcing (a’la Aliababa ) and more transparency means agile supply chains that change often. The UPC is also the precursor for M2M communication, particularly when combined with electronic tracking that allows the Internet of Things to revolutionize the Internet of Freight.