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Don’t Perpetuate the Hoax of the Gartner Top 25

Supply Chain Shaman

Every year we identify the companies that best exemplify the demand-driven ideal for today’s supply chain and document their best practices, which can help all companies move closer to their demand-driven goals.” Supply chain leaders manage a complex system of non-linear, but very inter-connected metrics. It is a HOAX.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

XPO Logistics to Acquire 3PD, the Largest Provider of Heavy Goods, Last-Mile Logistics in North America. Evenex has “over 3,000 customers exchanging more than 375,000,000 documents every year and is the leading and preferred business-to-business integration provider in Denmark.”. HighJump Software Acquires Evenex.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

The retail giant plans to take out 50 million metric tons (MMT) by 2030, which is equivalent to the emissions associated with the average annual electricity consumption of 40 million Chinese households. This past summer Volvo Trucks North America announced a successful on-highway demonstration of its truck platooning technology.

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Partnering with Farm-Trace to monitor sustainability and impact

Provenance

It’s a big, wide world out there – and there’s a lot to document and verify. . For producers, these metrics provide them with farm management analytics to make smart decisions about farm interventions, aiding productivity and creating reporting efficiencies. As such, we’re always looking for partners who can bring us quality data.

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What’s New with MMOG/LE Version 5?

QAD

The MMOG/LE assessment has been a go-to document for automotive supply chain best practices for thousands of global Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers since its first publication in 2002. supplier selection and assessment, new product launch, use of metrics in the supplier assessment process).

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The 6 Greatest Challenges to your Supply Chain

DynaSys

To recover from this pandemic have documented plans in place for the following: Headcount ramp up Workplace safety to prevent COVID-19 spread Outbreak readiness. Then document how you developed these plans. Beyond that, ask your suppliers for metrics assessing creditworthiness, inventory turnover, cash flow and financial soundness. .

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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

In 2019 , 72% of consumers in 11 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia reported buying more environmentally friendly products than they did five years ago, and 81% said they expected to buy even more over the next five years. Let's learn more about them.