The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Recent cumulative events have increased the emphasis on the supply chain, emphasizing its importance and bringing it to the fore. As was quoted, “no one mentions the supply chain when it works, but when it fails….” The COVID-19 pandemic has been global, with no country or organization immune from its impact.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 13, 2020

Quality is one of the pillars of supply chain management, along with cost, service, and risk. Managing quality across the supply chain is critically important for all industries, but especially in Aerospace and Defense. Read more The Value of Supply Chain Quality Management in the Aerospace and Defense Industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

The supply chain industry is on a years-long digital transformation journey, and one of the key objectives that industry leaders almost universally aim to achieve is true end-to-end (E2E) visibility across their complex global networks of suppliers, partners and customers. So, what is true E2E supply chain visibility?

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry is arguably one that was most immediately and severely impacted by the coronavirus crisis. Without a strong digital thread across the enterprise and operations, companies have to contend with the complexities of managing disconnected supply chains, which is difficult even in the best of times.

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Kinaxis

MARCH 19, 2018

by Ilyas Kucukcay Recent advancements in the space launch market may indicate an increased need for logistics and supply chain management in outer space operations. It’s an indication of a society that can use advanced supply chain technology to achieve the best, and to find and harvest the undiscovered.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 15, 2021

Those who made investments in the underlying technology and have seen their businesses thrive during 2020. The supply chain was one of the areas that has seen this focus with a large emphasis now on supply chain responsiveness—with businesses wanting to ensure they see an external change, and that supply chains can adapt to that change.

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Resilinc

MARCH 26, 2025

Spend Matters recently released their Spring 2025 SolutionMap for Risk Management , and we’re pleased to share that Resilinc has maintained a strong position ahead of competitors in the Supply Chain Risk Management module. The Numbers That Matter One metric from the Spend Matters analysis stands out above all others: our 9.0

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 20, 2017

The United States aerospace manufacturing industry is a highly competitive one. This is thanks in part to our unraveled supply chain, linking subsections like maintenance and repair with metalworking and avionics. These factors make aerospace manufacturing companies highly valued partners, even internationally.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2025

TSX: KXS) an end-to-end supply chain orchestration, today announced a new partnership that will deliver improved alignment of supply chain plans with business objectives and strategies for midmarket discrete manufacturing companies.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 23, 2017

Their testing spans across many industries including aerospace, automotive, surface transportation, construction, energy, and sports. I found it interesting to discover that one of their current projects has direct impact on supply chains; more specifically, on freight transportation.

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. Instead, supply chain leaders need to focus on the minimization of waste, and the alignment of signals.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

Still, it can be just as disruptive to supply chain performance. Fleet management is a long game — budget cycles, replacement planning, technology roadmaps. Without experienced managers in place, truck availability drops, repairs are delayed, and cost control becomes difficult. Disruptions in decision-making.

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Kinaxis

JULY 31, 2017

by Alexa Cheater Rushing kids out the door, walking the dog, navigating traffic—life is complicated enough without having to deal with overly complex supply chain management processes. Just because supply chains are getting more complex, doesn’t mean the job of managing them has to as well. Compromise becomes key.

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Resilinc

MARCH 7, 2025

Discover the top five aerospace and defense supply chain challenges of 2024 from Resilincs exclusive EventWatch AI data. The aerospace and defense sectors operate in some of the most complex and highly regulated supply chains in the world. while Lynx Air and Jetlines ceased operations in Canada.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 22, 2016

by Melissa Clow This guest post comes to us from Argentus Supply Chain Recruiting , a boutique recruitment firm specializing in Supply Chain Management. We’re always trying to stay on top of Supply Chain developments at Argentus. So it doesn’t hurt to see what’s on the horizon. Enter Hyperloop. 1126km / h).

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Resilinc

MARCH 6, 2025

Learn how to secure aerospace and defense supply chain resiliency with five key areas to note in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2025. For Fiscal Year 2025, the NDAA places significant focus on supply chain resilience, ensuring the U.S. What is the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)?

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Exiger Perspectives

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Industries dependent on these metals, including defense , renewable energy , electronics, and manufacturing, may experience supply chain disruptions, including delays, price increases, and supply bottlenecks, due to China’s leading role in their production. defense and technology. It is not clear whether U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights the final report of the Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition related to the threat of falsified or modified component parts in commercial aircraft supply networks. We further draw some parallels to the technology enablement of the ongoing implementation phases of the U.S.

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RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2024

The aerospace industry plays a critical role in global transportation, defense, and economic growth. The manufacturing processes behind aerospace components and systems are highly intricate, demanding precision, innovation, and robust quality controls.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator. Trane Technologies faces these unprecedented global challenges with a bold strategy and a commitment to building a healthier planet and a sustainable world. “ Trane Technologies is developing shop floor digital twins to optimize all manufacturing process development.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2013

Last week in the middle of a presentation, a supply chain leader made the statement, “We have solved the issues in supply through better optimization and use of data. Many supply chain leaders are so convinced they know the answers that they have stopped listening and learning. The issue is demand.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 9, 2025

The State of and Challenges with the Lithium Supply Chain! Existing in its pure form and various alloy compositions, titanium has revolutionized industries, such as aerospace, medicine, sports, and consumer products. Here are some technological advancements that drive its increasing adoption.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 5, 2021

” The storyline starts with a supply chain story of a shortage–semiconductors, rental cars, plastics–and ends with an easy answer. Nothing about the current state of the supply chain is easy. Supply chain leaders have the ability to drive change like never before. And, voila!

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Kinaxis

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

by Alexa Cheater 6 speed bumps on the road to automotive supply chain success. A trending move from regional to global supply chain processes is adding complexity to the automotive supply chain at an unprecedented level, driving a growing need for automation and collaboration. Multiple ERPs.

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The Network Effect

AUGUST 25, 2014

No company has ‘truly’ modeled the full relationship set between how companies interact with other companies upstream and downstream in the supply chain. Even companies who have invested in building an accurate database of their direct suppliers know very little about the next tier of suppliers upstream in the supply chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Over his 30+ year career in the supply chain, Richard has worked with manufacturers around the world in operations, supply chain, and lean strategy roles to develop systems that can manage complex supply chains on a global scale. Richard previously founded and led Factory Logic, Inc. acquired by SAP).

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 19, 2025

As Founder and Managing Editor I am pleased to announce that Cloud based supply chain planning and synchronization solutions provider Kinaxis® will again serve as a Sustained Sponsor of this independent thought leadership platform in 2025 and 2026.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

Even prior to early April, a casual observer of todays ever-changing geopolitical landscape might have concluded that global supply chains are shrinking and that business collaboration is waning. Enlightened business leaders know, however, that global supply chains remain important. million worth of Canadian components.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 20, 2016

Being a bit of a techie nerd, I’ve been following the Internet of Things (IoT) evolution on the consumer device market for a while, but I honestly haven’t given much thought to how the IoT will impact supply chain. The video was a report out and analysis of a survey that MPI had done on Internet of Things in the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 18, 2025

Supply Chain Matters features its latest full edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a compilation of funding, partnership and other noteworthy announcements related to supply chain technology providers. Our previous posting in this series was published on March 28 th.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 24, 2025

4 Reasons for Businesses To Embrace Technology By Ian Summers (pictured) Content Writer 123 Views Thinking of embracing the digital revolution within your business? 4 Reasons for Businesses To Embrace Technology By Ian Summers (pictured) Content Writer 123 Views Thinking of embracing the digital revolution within your business?

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DELMIA Quintiq

AUGUST 31, 2023

It is important to point out that software robots, or “bots”, are not part of the Robotics field, as these are computer programs, without physical presence, which are designed to autonomously perform virtual tasks. For example, companies are using robots for deliveries, customer service and automating restaurant kitchen tasks.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 24, 2025

Excess inventory weighs down supply chains. Powered by digital tools, on-demand strategies offer a cleaner, more responsive path to production. The Shift to On-Demand Production Models Modern supply chains need flexibility more than volume. This section breaks down the key technologies powering this shift.

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IT Supply Chain

JUNE 24, 2025

Reasons Why Your Company Needs Reverse ETL Software By Ian Benson (pictured) Content Writer 125 Views Data drives business decisions today more than ever. Reasons Why Your Company Needs Reverse ETL Software By Ian Benson (pictured) Content Writer 125 Views Data drives business decisions today more than ever.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Recent global events have put the Aerospace & Defense sectors in a precarious position. Commercial aerospace is dealing with the sudden drop in demand followed by a gradual ramp-up of production while defense spending has remained strong fueling new production requirements. Teams and processes need to adopt lean principles.

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Logility

JULY 25, 2019

At that point in my life I probably had only heard the term “logistics” as related to the military and the term “supply chain management” hadn’t been coined yet. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, I went to work in the aerospace manufacturing industry as a test engineer.

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